Nirvana
Nevermind
Original Release: Geffen, 1991
Reissue: Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab, 1997
Catalogue: UDCD 666
1. Smells Like Teen Spirit (5:01)
2. In Bloom (4:15)
3. Come As You Are (3:39)
4. Breed (3:04)
5. Lithium (4:17)
6. Polly (2:57)
7. Territorial Pissings (2:23)
8. Drain You (3:44)
9. Lounge Act (2:37)
10. Stay Away (3:32)
11. On A Plain (3:16)
12. Something In The Way (20:35)
This new rip of Nevermind was made to replace the one that is currently on the tracker. That rip is also mine, but it's from back when I was just learning how to rip/flac/scan/bt etc.... The offset on that original rip was not set properly and was kindly pointed out to me by KitchenStaff. He asked if I could go back and do Nevermind again, so here it is. The artwork has also been scanned another time and I'm certain it will look better than my original scans. The files are all tagged as well. So, hopefully we have the definitive version of this MFSL release. Hope you like it!! Please do not upload this music or art onto any other music sharing sites. Thanks a lot!!
Stephen Thomas Erlewine, AMG wrote:
"Nevermind was never meant to change the world, but you can never predict when the zeitgeist will hit, and Nirvana's second album turned out to be the place where alternative rock crashed into the mainstream. This wasn't entirely an accident, either, since Nirvana did sign with a major label, and they did release a record with a shiny surface, no matter how humongous the guitars sounded. And, yes, Nevermind is probably a little shinier than it should be, positively glistening with echo and fuzz-box distortion, especially when compared with the black-and-white murk of Bleachnev. This doesn't discount the record, since it's not only much harder than any mainstream rock of 1991, its character isn't on the surface, it's in the exhilaratingly raw music and haunting songs. Kurt Cobain's personal problems and subsequent suicide naturally deepens the dark undercurrents, but no matter how much anguish there is on Nevermind, it's bracing because he exorcises those demons through his evocative wordplay and mangled screams -- and because the band has a tremendous, unbridled power that transcends the pain, turning into pure catharsis. And, that's as key to the record's success as Cobain's songwriting, since Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl help turn this into music that is gripping, powerful, and even fun (and, really, there's no other way to characterize "Territorial Pissings" or the surging "Breed"). In retrospect, Nevermind may seem a little too unassuming for its mythic status -- it's simply a great modern punk record -- but even though it may no longer seem life-changing, it is certainly life-affirming, which may just be better."
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