In Utero

In Utero was Nirvana's last studio recording, and it's a great one. This is the album that seperates Nirvana's followers from the true fans. It is raw, unflinching, and at times painful to listen to. Kurt Cobain, while writing this album, intended parts of it to split Nirvana's bandwagoners, that hopped on after Nevermind was released, from the true fans. All of Kurt's anguish is poured 110% into this album, and the record company releasing it, DGC, claimed it may not release the album in it's original state for it would not be commercially viable, and called the album "Unlistenable". Was the record company justified in saying this? Or were they just too harsh? Let's take a look. The album kicks off with "Serve the Servants", and this may just be my favorite track on the album. Kurt takes an introspective look at Nevermind, with the first lines of the song, and album, being "Teenage Angst has paid off well/Now I'm bored and Old". The song has a raw, disjointed feeling to it, especially the guitar chords. This is one of the reasons I love this song so much. It has a very low-fi sound, and just rocks. The next song is Scentless Apprentice, which is one of the songs that'll definitely seperate the fans from the bandwagoners. The song is very hard hitting, and most of it is Kurt screaming. At times he flies into a full out wail yelling "GO AWAAAAYYYY". It's a good song, but definitely will be tough to listen to the first few times you hear it. Next, we have the classic Heart-Shaped Box. Pretty much everybody who's been into rock music at some point knows this song, and it's easily one of the darkest songs to ever get heavy rotation on the radio. With lyrics like "I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black" and "Throw down your umbilical noose so I can climb right back", it's surprising this was released as a single at all. I especially love the *bum bum* "HEY" *bum bum* "WAIT", "I've got a new complaint!" chorus. Now, we jump over to the controversial "Rape Me". You can't help wondering that Kurt wrote the song to be as catchy as Smells like Teen Spirit, and trust me, it's as catchy if not more catchy, only to put shocking lyrics over it. The lyrics are perceived to have two different meanings: How Kurt feels that he and his image are raped by the media, or someone who is actually being raped, saying "Rape me again, karma will come and get you", as Kurt had a strong belief in Karma. The 5th track is "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle", which is another one of my favorites off the album. It's a great rock song, and Kurt's battle with depression definitely shows here, with a chorus line saying "I miss the comfort in being sad". Next we have a track on the album which is believed to be about how Kurt felt about himself, "I think I'm Dumb/Maybe Just Happy". It's one of the slower songs Nirvana did, and has a cello during the chorus. It's a great song. Next we have the little rocker "Very Ape", and while it's quite short, clocking in at 1:56, it's an excellent song that should please the fans of Nirvana's punk roots. Moving on, we have Milk It. The song follows the quiet/loud style of rock Nirvana popularized, and during the verses Kurt is barely audible. When the rock kicks in, it is blistering. Next is "Pennyroyal Tea", which is a straight forward rock track, and another favorite of mine on the album. Following is "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter", which is another punk rock sounding song, with lots of feedback. It's good, but not one of my favorites on the album. The 11th track on the album is the quick, blistering, extremely raw "Tourette's", which Kurt literally screams the lyrics to. The last song on the album is "All Apologies", which is another of Nirvana's well known songs. It is a beautifully depressing song, ending with the lines "All in all is all we are". It also contains one of my favorite song lines of all time, "What else should I say/ Everyone is gay". It is a great way to close Nirvana's last studio album. The album clocks in at a total of 41:11, with 12 songs. Overall, it's a great album. Real fans of Nirvana and grunge rock will love it, people who really only like Nirvana's singles should proceed with caution. I give this album a 9.5 out of 10, and whole-heartily recommend it to any rock fan and anyone who wants to dig deeper into Nirvana's library. The only reason the album does not get a 10 is sometimes it is truly hard to listen to, like the song "Tourette's". If you find you like this album and want to seek out some more of Kurt Cobain and crew's genius work, check out the compilation album Incesticide, their first album Bleach, and their MTV Unplugged album, which is stunning and beautiful. Enjoy!

My favorite nirvana project & for good reason, it starts off with the wonderful lyrics and instrumentals on "Serve the Servants", which I feel gives a good description of society towards his music and his relationship with his father. Next comes the heavy "Scentless apprentice", giving a feeling of abnormality and being judged at birth, which makes the "Hey, Go Away!!!" at the top of his lungs, remincent to what a child would do, especially one who has been abnormal to the world he's been living in. Next comes the song "Heart-Shaped Box", for what I can tell as being one of the most twisted, moody ways to make a love song with lyrics like 'I wish I could eat your cancer when you turn black' but also gets more interested get when the hook comes in, 'Hey, wait, I've got a new complaint; forever in debt to your priceless advice", saying that I constantly complain, and no matter how great things look, I'm just focusing on the negative, this album being the last before Kurt passed, makes a lot of the lyrics of self loathing and pain, more potent. Next of course comes "Rape Me", a song that Kurt contain said in an interview, as wanting to make a song with one solid meaning, that people couldn't confuse for something else; to that I have to say he failed because I've gotten several different meanings from this song alone; (record company, legitimate rape, himself) but regardless of what scenario you come to this song, it's still one of the best songs in the album, with lyrics that will wake anyone up; touching on the stigma that 'she was asking for it' Kurt flips the script and shows the listener what a self loathing victim 'asking for it' really sounds like, and delivers a fantastic performance, one added note, if you look at the sound as a jab at the record companies, he starts of with the riff to "Smells like teen spirit" on this song, and just getting a sense of kurt's character, he wasn't very fond of the media & I assume his life after his most popular song, it could also be a little way to say 'hey listen to this, it's you're favorite song' as a way to get the listeners engaged to the filterless lyrics that were about come up; but I've fan girled about this great song long enough. Next comes "France's farmer will have her revenge on Seattle", starts off with a relationship gone wrong, with the partner only caring about money & only worried about the other spouses well being as long as it benefits her, from here on Kurt doesn't seem surprised about this act, saying 'it's starting to sound the same' and then giving the cryptic lyrics, 'I miss the comfort in feeling sad', saying he no longer feel anything anymore & that sadness may be hell but atlas the felt something. Next comes "Dumb", where he gives a handful of depressing lyrics, with a hint that everything will be okay, then calls himself dumb, then follows up with 'I think I'm just happy'; saying that to be happy in this world you gotta be ignorant or dumb because life ain't always bliss. Next comes "Very Ape", where he acknowledges his controdictions and wears them proudly, also he says the lyrics 'out of the ground, into the sky. Out of the sky into the ground' could be a reference to religion in the first line and a reference to suicide in the next. I also would to acknowledge the hilarious line 'if you ever need anything please don't, hesitate to ask someone else first' gets me everytime. Next comes "Milk it", one of the more dark lyriced gems on the album, he starts off by calling himself a parasite with I prusume his partner, feeding off one another's happiness to stay alive, he then say 'look on the bright side is suicide' which holds a lot of weight because of the events after the album, one thing I've noticed is that when he says 'test meat' & 'doll steak' he's almost saying it as if he is as worthless as test meat and want to relate to the imagery of hanging test meat, but non the less, the song is heavy, dark & just what you expect moving on in the album. Next up comes "Pennyroyal tea" which I read use to be a method of abortion, which make 'come sit and drink my pennyroyal tea, distill the life that's inside of me' pretty clear. Next comes "radio friendly unit shifter" not much to say about this song, it has song great imagery, great instrumentals, some of my favorite lyrics such as 'love you for what I am not' and 'a blanket acned with cigarette burns', can't complain. Next is "Tourette's" and this song can be described exactly as the title suggest, chaotic, all over the place & of course very heavy. Finally come the last song "All apologies" and this song is not only a fantastic closer with an amazing riff, but give you a heart wrenching feeling when he reflects on everything that has been said and done, and just takes a deep breath and sits back on his chair, he could possibly be talking to his child, which would explain the peaceful contrast to a very dark/heavy album and the line 'i wish I was like you, easily amused'; all and all this is a fantastic closer to a phenomenal album, if an instrumental or riff doesn't get you the lyrics will, if the lyrics don't get you the delivery will. Nirvana have definitely made one of the best albums I've heard and to be honest it's hard to dispute that this album is less than phenomenal

In Utero is by far my favorite Nirvana album. I think Steve Albini did a wonderful job of capturing what the band actually sounded like at their peak. Something Andy Wallace's mix of Nevermind failed to do. In this version of the record I get to hear a full scope picture of what led to the album that i enjoyed so much the first time I heard it in 1993. The remasters disc is my least favorite part of this. I like the original master because it had dynamics. Something that's lost in this remaster. However, it doesn't ruin the record. It's also nice to have the B-sides right there. Hearing Scott Litt's polished re-mix of Pennyroyal Tea is interesting, but I prefer the original mix still. I'm happy to finally hear Albini's mixes of Heart-Shaped Box and All Apologies. Though they sound exactly as I imagined. The remix disc is very intriguing. Albini did the remix himself. So it's not some other producer trying to "improve" upon the original. In this disc he makes some interesting choices. In, "Serve the Servants" he uses an alternate solo which I frankly like better. It stands out from the mix better than the original, and is classic Kurt. For, "Dumb," he actually dumps the cello. Which I prefer, but he makes up for it by bringing the vocals up. It's quite fun to sit there and try to pick out the differences. It reminds me of the 20th version of Nevermind where you try and sense the differences in Butch Vig's mix of the songs from Wallace's.The demo's on this disc. are fun to hear. Mostly instrumental, so you get the the impression that the melodies and lyrics hadn't been finalized if written at all yet. You also get the demo of what I affectionately call the first Foo Fighters song Marigold. Here is the part that I paid extra for. Getting the Live and Loud performance on both Audio CD and DVD. Now this performance was a big deal to me when I was 16. I had missed Nirvana's 1992 in studio performance at MTV. I onl;y saw the bits that were played after the fact. So Live and Loud was big to me when it happened. And it was great. However, when I saw that there was an audio version I was worried. I HATE live recordings. HATE! Let me clarify. I don't hate live performances. They're great when you'e there. But live recordings tend to Suck with a capital S! This one is very good. I mean VERY Good. It really captures the performance beautifully. The DVD is the performance in all it''s glory. And in it you get all the performances that didn't make it on to TV as well as rehearsals and bonus live content. I highly recommend this version of In Utero's 20th anniversary to anyone who counts themselves as a Nirvana fan. Well worth the money.

Came in time

Nirvana was my favorite band growing up and I would have initially had a copy of this album in the mid 90’s when they were at the peak of their contemporary fame. As with several of my other albums, I carelessly lost it when I transitioned out of my old vehicle and into my new one since I kept a large portion of my music in my vehicle back then for use in it’s CD player. Several years later I found myself finally wanting to get a replacement of it partly because I still like Nirvana but also because I felt I owed an amends to the band for losing my first copy of the album. Recently I got an email from the band indicating that that they are getting ready to release a Super Deluxe Edition reissue to commemorate In Utero’s 30th anniversary. Personally, I continue to have mixed opinions on rereleases such as these as they tend to dramatically alter the album. Personally, I feel that when I have an album from a band I like in my music collection I want it to be as accurate of a rendition as possible of what the artistic vision for the album truly was. For example, I altered my long-time copy of Bleach to more accurately depict how the album was presented during it’s initial release by removing the last two tracks (“Big Cheese” and “Downer”) from my digital copy of the recording. I have also attempted to add tracks to other albums as well under the notion that they were intended to be included in the album during it’s release but for some reason were omitted (here I remain on the fence if Nirvana and Kurt actually wanted to end Nevermind on “Endless, Nameless”). Thus, adding (and potentially removing) tracks to an album is something that I have concern over since it tends to significantly alter the structure and sound of an album. Adding and removing tracks alters the flow of an album which in turn can make for an inaccurate representation of how the album actually was supposed to sound. Of course, effectively separating extra content from the stand-alone album minimizes this problem greatly. Remastering/reissuing albums does tend to offer several benefits, though, including breathing new life back into a classic piece of music and putting it back into circulation for a wider audience to appreciate. I feel it also, quite often, provides fans a higher quality listening experience depending on where the remaster comes from. I think it is generally accepted that it’s best to use a master tape for such a process, if it is still available, since it seems to provide the benefit of making the reissue sound as close to the original as possible with the added benefit of providing a higher quality listening experience that is more in line with where the specifications of today’s technology are currently at. Sometimes reissues do seem to dramatically alter how the album sounds and I feel that the Devonshire Mixes of Nevermind are examples of that. When I say that I am not implying that the Devonshire Mixes sound bad only that they sound dramatically different from the album’s initial presses. I suspect that some fans might actually even like something like that while a good portion of listeners would probably be indifferent. With all that being said, I ultimately settled on the base album over the deluxe edition for this particular purchase as I wanted something that was more reflective of how I remembered the album when I was growing up. Plus, I have access to a significant amount of the songs that were included in the deluxe edition as a result of a friend giving me a copy of With the Lights Out for Christmas several years back. Although my tracks may not be the exact same that would be in the deluxe edition per se I didn’t see the need to get duplicate copies of many of the songs that I already had access to. Something that I really appreciated about getting the reissue of this particular album, though, was that under the CD there was a copy of the collage that Cobain made for the album. This same collage is featured on the back of the album but I could never appreciate what it was on my initial copy of the album. Certainly, having a full color picture of it enlightened me to what it was I had been looking at on the back of this album for all those years. Had I not picked up a reissue of this album it would have been something that I just would have continued to fail to appreciate. Finally, the service from Amazon should be commented on. Overall, I am satisfied with it but this album showed up with a fine crack in the jewel case too. It’s a small complaint when I consider that the album worked fine and I was able to use it in the manner that I saw fit and that it’s liner notes showed up intact as well. I don’t think that these jewel cases are made as sturdy as they used to be and that too is probably part of the problem here. That being said, I am glad to have this album back in my music collection and thank Amazon for helping me secure a new copy of it.

This cd came in perfect condition and I do consider it a classic masterpiece. However, that being said, this is some of the most sad music ever written. A reason for this I guess is because Kurt is not very sad, he's angry, annoyed, and Does Not Believe In Change. There are lyrical references on this album to him "going to do it" "I'll show you desperate (to wreck your self image)" "I told ____ I was going to do it _____ said I wanted to Get My Money First". His lack of belief in his sadness returning is another theme, which, just makes it really insulting to the collective humanity of those who Feel that we say songs like this Aren't suggestive of what happened, this isn't- type it honestly-, he seems Happy (he is singing like he is smiling), he seemed very happy doing this,, he very often compares himself to Lou Reed, references india, and Islam as well. These references do make these incredible art pieces, but there is a humanity to them as well that is lost on Kurt Cobain On(na) T-Shirrt.

I will not discuss so much the musical content, as it is a 20-year old album that has stood the test of time, time and again. It changed my life, and changed many other people's lives as well. It made me pick up a guitar and play music, and it encouraged me to stay true to my musical vision, even when other people pressured me to just play "normal stuff" or other people's hits. Even the episode involving the remix of 2 songs did not upset me, because when you are recording you have to make a lot of difficult decisions, and everyone has reservations about their record when they finish. Having said this, the inclusion of Albini's original mixes is welcome, and I definitely prefer his versions over scott litt's ones (Including that wonderfully violent effect on the guitar solo of Heart-Shaped Box!). Regarding the vinyl package, it is solid and the vinyls are well protected. The quality of the sound is truly admirable, and it speaks volumes of Albini's abilities in mixing and mastering. From this point of view, this release should stand as a reference work for other reissues. All in all, the music in this record received the treatment it deserved. It is important to note that the dynamic range of this vinyl is superior to all the digital and cd releases. My complaints are just minor ones, such as changing the original albums' back cover for a very uninspired one. They should have kept the original art (perhaps without the track listing), and sent the track listing into the inside of the disk, into a booklet. Another complaint is that there is no booklet at all, no lyrics, nothing. Just a download code sheet. The vinyl rip itself is a welcome, yet bizarre thing. I appreciate this gesture (although a lossless option would have been ideal), but it is debatable whether it is really necessary to hear the needle drop for 10 seconds at the beginning of Serve the Servants, or the large empty space left untouched to represent "changing sides". Also, in Scentless Apprentice, the beginning of the mp4 file completely misses the first drum beat, which is an inexcusable error. Also, why did the vinyl not include the 2013 mix? A lot of people would be willing to pay more for it (or maybe they only realized this after hearing the CD version), I think. But all in all, it's an excellent reissue and the band should be proud of a job well done. You can buy this vinyl assured that the sound quality is there.

Excelente

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Excelente álbum de Nirvana Llegó en tiempo y forma Bien embalado Y el sonido extraordinario

Not having had listened to this album since the 90s it was a real treat to pick this vinyl up cheap on Amazon. Next day delivery meant I could jump straight back in and let the nostalgia sink in. Very good quality and worth the investment

by FAR, the BEST version of this album i've ever heard …..super aggressive, yet not grating, so you can really crank it, and it has a nice thick bottom end …………. i have only ever heard this on cd (original release and the 20th anniversary deluxe w albini mixes) and as fine as both those cds were …. this pressing destroys them for sure …. i did quite a bit of research on the vinyl forums and it seemed the version folks were most happy with were this one, and the ORG series pressing mastered by bernie grundman (OOP $$$$)…… i've never heard it to compare, but read enough reviews from people celebrating this one. (the forum also shows what kind of playback gear each member has) and i'm happy to say that research paid off. i couldn't be happier. buy with confidence. (i've got a chinook phono stage, with an SL 1200 mk II using a relatively cheap cartridge at the moment .. a stanton groovemaster II - i also own an ortofon blue …… i can only imagine it'll sound even better on that. so happy for this vinyl revival …. i was sidetracked by cds ….. which i still consider convenient, but when i really want to LISTEN and ENJOY music ….. it's vinyl. all. the. way. just make sure you do your research, there ARE duds and crappy pressings out there…. don't get exploited as vinyl costs a lot of moo la.

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