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Music : In Utero
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Rating: 
- Mostly unlistenable...
Mostly unlistenable poor little popular rich kid angst/complaint rock - very poor - rape me is good mind
Rating:
- Excellent, Just As Good As NEVERMIND
This album is quite different to Nevermind. It is more gritty and less mainstream. Each song has a distorted sound to it but this album is still just as enjoyable as Nevermind is. It is less mainstream, more shouty and screamy and no polish is to be found anywhere on this album.
The best song on the album is 'Milk It'. With the awesome shout-along chorus to the excellent guitar rift the song is this albums 'Smells Like teen Spirit'. Just more gritty. The song is just amazing! I cannot get it out of my head and I am listening to it as I write this review.
'Heart Shaped box' is an excellent song with another excellent chrous. This song is so good because the song has multiple meanings. You can intepret it in anyway you want. It's the same as lots of Nirvana songs - they are very well written. It is probably the reason why Nirvana are so well-known.
This album is just as good as nevermind(If not better)so give it a go, I'm sure you'll LOVE it. :)
Rating: - what a record.
We bought a new stereo in August. It's well good. I like how, when you buy a new stereo that sounds great, you keep thinking of old records from your collection and wondering how they will sound on your new system. The latest record to be put to the test was Nirvana's "In Utero". To be honest, I don't think I've listened to it for about four years, but it dates right back to when I really started my record collection.
I heard "Nevermind" when it came out, but to be honest, I didn't get it. It seemed really two dimensional to me. It actually took Kurt Cobain's untimely death to make me sit up and listen - in fact, that seemed to be the case for most people at my school who became massive Nirvana fans.
If I remember the sequence of events correctly, I heard Heart-Shaped Box on "Noisy Mothers," a late night heavy metal show I used to watch. I think it was shown as a tribute to Kurt, and I loved it. The next day I managed to borrow a copy of "In Utero", and for some reason it shook my world to the ground immediately. It became of those records that I would just listen to all the time.
So obviously I stopped listening to it a few years ago. You do move on to other things, and sometimes you forget about these records, sometimes you simply pass them over. Sometimes - like in the case of Nirvana - the hype and resultant popularity seems to take all the pleasure out of the music you like. I would never deny the quality of "In Utero" though. It's just that it was nigh on time for a reappraisal.
Well on Friday night it got that reappraisal. And my verdict is: what a record! It's amazing! For all your debates about other alt. rock/grunge bands and how much better they actually are than Nirvana, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah... it's really nonsense. As good as all these other bands were, "In Utero" is an absolute classic. No other band has dared to make a record that sounds like it since. It's just HUGE. It's abrasive, muscular, multi-layered and powerfully emotional. And it's all over in around 30 minutes.
Back in the late 90s a friend of mine told me about an argument he'd had at a party. His friend had claimed that John Lennon was the greatest loss to music. My friend, and this surprised me given his eclectic musical tastes, insisted that the greatest loss was Kurt Cobain ( I might actually say Jeff Buckley). My friend's reason was that Lennon had already done all his best work, and was well on the way down creatively when he was killed. Kurt Cobain on the other hand had just recorded his greatest work, a record that I would actually say is underrated, and was surely on the brink of taking the next evolutionary step (in musical terms).
None of us can really say where Kurt would have taken the band next, or whether he might have gone solo. The posthumous release, "You Know You're Right" isn't really anything to go by. I'll tell you though what I would have liked to have seen. I would have liked an entire album of music along the lines of the "Nevermind" and "In Utero" bonus tracks: "Endless Nameless" and "Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip". Particularly the latter of those two is fantastic in my opinion, and I rue the decision that placed it 24 minutes of digital silence after the beginning of All Apologies. If only it could have been track 13...
Just like Nirvana showed a radical and original side on the "Insesticide" compilation, I think a whole album of paranoid noise-scape music (or "para-noise-scape" music) like those bonus tracks would have been fascinating and enormously affecting emotionally. And it would have been the next big challenge to alternative rock and Nirvana's own fans.
Sadly there's no chance of any such thing coming from Kurt. So it's up to someone else to go there. I don't really want to do it - I'm on a blues rock kick at the moment - but hopefully some worthy soul will take up that gauntlet. I'll be keeping an ear out.
Rating:
- Rather disappointing
Having heard a great deal about the supposedly legendary Mr Cobain and chums, I thought I'd try one of their efforts. I know Nevermind was the 'classic' but i decided that In Utero would be better option, (foolishly, it seems). I think the album basically shows a man at breaking point but instead of producing beautiful melodies, (all apologies would be the exception) he yells about everyone being gay and him wanting to be (politely) raped.
Ironically the aforementioned song is one of the highlights along with Serve the Servants, Heart-shaped box and All apologies which all proving Cobain could write a song but was too messed up with the drugs and other distractions, (Courteny what's-er-name)
Kurt being portrayed as some kind of saint or rock god is laughable and I think even he'd admit that him and his group really weren't the best band ever. Just look at the travesty that is the Foo Fighters and compare them to Nirvana and the latter would appear a hell of a lot better.
Rating: - Teen Spirit? Not at all . . .
This is Nirvana. If you have only heard Nevermind, shame on you. This is the album that truly defines Nirvana and Kurdt Kobain. This album is about Courtney, Frances Bean, Don Cobain (Kurt's father) & heroin addiction. Track 1, Serve The Servants is about Courtney's portrayl by the media (self appointed judges judge/If She floats then she is not a witch like we thought) & Don. 'I tried hard to have a father but instead I had a Dad. I just want you to know that I don't hate you anymore, there is nothing I could say that I haven't thought before'.
The rest of the album kicks into high gear with powerful riffs from 'Scentless Apprentice' 'Milk It' 'Very Ape' 'Radio Friendly Unit Shifter' & 'Tourettes'. The softer moments come from 'Pennyroyal Tea' 'Dumb' & 'All Apologies'. An album of varying contrast in many places, mainly because the tracks I've just mentioned were mixed differently by demand of Geffen (except Pennyroyal Tea).
The highlights, in my opinion are 'Milk It', 'Very Ape', 'Radio Friendly Unit Shifter' & 'Pennyroyal Tea'.
The one song that I have neglected to mention is 'Heart Shaped Box'. It was the lead single at the time of the albums release. That's all I have to say about it.
In closing, buy this album. It is an overlooked masterpiece in the Nirvana catalogue that is overshadowed by it's radio friendly predecessor.
- Mostly unlistenable...Mostly unlistenable poor little popular rich kid angst/complaint rock - very poor - rape me is good mind
Rating:
- Excellent, Just As Good As NEVERMINDThis album is quite different to Nevermind. It is more gritty and less mainstream. Each song has a distorted sound to it but this album is still just as enjoyable as Nevermind is. It is less mainstream, more shouty and screamy and no polish is to be found anywhere on this album.
The best song on the album is 'Milk It'. With the awesome shout-along chorus to the excellent guitar rift the song is this albums 'Smells Like teen Spirit'. Just more gritty. The song is just amazing! I cannot get it out of my head and I am listening to it as I write this review.
'Heart Shaped box' is an excellent song with another excellent chrous. This song is so good because the song has multiple meanings. You can intepret it in anyway you want. It's the same as lots of Nirvana songs - they are very well written. It is probably the reason why Nirvana are so well-known.
This album is just as good as nevermind(If not better)so give it a go, I'm sure you'll LOVE it. :)
Rating:
- what a record.We bought a new stereo in August. It's well good. I like how, when you buy a new stereo that sounds great, you keep thinking of old records from your collection and wondering how they will sound on your new system. The latest record to be put to the test was Nirvana's "In Utero". To be honest, I don't think I've listened to it for about four years, but it dates right back to when I really started my record collection.
I heard "Nevermind" when it came out, but to be honest, I didn't get it. It seemed really two dimensional to me. It actually took Kurt Cobain's untimely death to make me sit up and listen - in fact, that seemed to be the case for most people at my school who became massive Nirvana fans.
If I remember the sequence of events correctly, I heard Heart-Shaped Box on "Noisy Mothers," a late night heavy metal show I used to watch. I think it was shown as a tribute to Kurt, and I loved it. The next day I managed to borrow a copy of "In Utero", and for some reason it shook my world to the ground immediately. It became of those records that I would just listen to all the time.
So obviously I stopped listening to it a few years ago. You do move on to other things, and sometimes you forget about these records, sometimes you simply pass them over. Sometimes - like in the case of Nirvana - the hype and resultant popularity seems to take all the pleasure out of the music you like. I would never deny the quality of "In Utero" though. It's just that it was nigh on time for a reappraisal.
Well on Friday night it got that reappraisal. And my verdict is: what a record! It's amazing! For all your debates about other alt. rock/grunge bands and how much better they actually are than Nirvana, etc, etc, blah, blah, blah... it's really nonsense. As good as all these other bands were, "In Utero" is an absolute classic. No other band has dared to make a record that sounds like it since. It's just HUGE. It's abrasive, muscular, multi-layered and powerfully emotional. And it's all over in around 30 minutes.
Back in the late 90s a friend of mine told me about an argument he'd had at a party. His friend had claimed that John Lennon was the greatest loss to music. My friend, and this surprised me given his eclectic musical tastes, insisted that the greatest loss was Kurt Cobain ( I might actually say Jeff Buckley). My friend's reason was that Lennon had already done all his best work, and was well on the way down creatively when he was killed. Kurt Cobain on the other hand had just recorded his greatest work, a record that I would actually say is underrated, and was surely on the brink of taking the next evolutionary step (in musical terms).
None of us can really say where Kurt would have taken the band next, or whether he might have gone solo. The posthumous release, "You Know You're Right" isn't really anything to go by. I'll tell you though what I would have liked to have seen. I would have liked an entire album of music along the lines of the "Nevermind" and "In Utero" bonus tracks: "Endless Nameless" and "Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip". Particularly the latter of those two is fantastic in my opinion, and I rue the decision that placed it 24 minutes of digital silence after the beginning of All Apologies. If only it could have been track 13...
Just like Nirvana showed a radical and original side on the "Insesticide" compilation, I think a whole album of paranoid noise-scape music (or "para-noise-scape" music) like those bonus tracks would have been fascinating and enormously affecting emotionally. And it would have been the next big challenge to alternative rock and Nirvana's own fans.
Sadly there's no chance of any such thing coming from Kurt. So it's up to someone else to go there. I don't really want to do it - I'm on a blues rock kick at the moment - but hopefully some worthy soul will take up that gauntlet. I'll be keeping an ear out.
Rating:
- Rather disappointingHaving heard a great deal about the supposedly legendary Mr Cobain and chums, I thought I'd try one of their efforts. I know Nevermind was the 'classic' but i decided that In Utero would be better option, (foolishly, it seems). I think the album basically shows a man at breaking point but instead of producing beautiful melodies, (all apologies would be the exception) he yells about everyone being gay and him wanting to be (politely) raped.
Ironically the aforementioned song is one of the highlights along with Serve the Servants, Heart-shaped box and All apologies which all proving Cobain could write a song but was too messed up with the drugs and other distractions, (Courteny what's-er-name)
Kurt being portrayed as some kind of saint or rock god is laughable and I think even he'd admit that him and his group really weren't the best band ever. Just look at the travesty that is the Foo Fighters and compare them to Nirvana and the latter would appear a hell of a lot better.
Rating:
- Teen Spirit? Not at all . . . This is Nirvana. If you have only heard Nevermind, shame on you. This is the album that truly defines Nirvana and Kurdt Kobain. This album is about Courtney, Frances Bean, Don Cobain (Kurt's father) & heroin addiction. Track 1, Serve The Servants is about Courtney's portrayl by the media (self appointed judges judge/If She floats then she is not a witch like we thought) & Don. 'I tried hard to have a father but instead I had a Dad. I just want you to know that I don't hate you anymore, there is nothing I could say that I haven't thought before'.
The rest of the album kicks into high gear with powerful riffs from 'Scentless Apprentice' 'Milk It' 'Very Ape' 'Radio Friendly Unit Shifter' & 'Tourettes'. The softer moments come from 'Pennyroyal Tea' 'Dumb' & 'All Apologies'. An album of varying contrast in many places, mainly because the tracks I've just mentioned were mixed differently by demand of Geffen (except Pennyroyal Tea).
The highlights, in my opinion are 'Milk It', 'Very Ape', 'Radio Friendly Unit Shifter' & 'Pennyroyal Tea'.
The one song that I have neglected to mention is 'Heart Shaped Box'. It was the lead single at the time of the albums release. That's all I have to say about it.
In closing, buy this album. It is an overlooked masterpiece in the Nirvana catalogue that is overshadowed by it's radio friendly predecessor.