Friday, July 30, 2010

Nirvana - In Utero (1993)

The third and final studio album by Nirvana is significantly different than Nevermind intentionally. It easily debuted at number one and sold millions of records and in my opinion it sounds more raw than Nevermind and maybe not as raw as Bleach. It's obviously there most complex and cynical release they would ever do. The lyrics are phenomenal for instance there's a line in the very first song that sticks out to me "I tried hard to have a father, but instead I had a dad" which if you may or may not know Cobain's father abandoned him when he was just a child. Some people believe that In Utero is a forty minute suicide note and it definitely foreshadows the outcome a couple months after the release of In Utero where Kurt Cobain would shoot himself with a shotgun. It's been sixteen years ago since that major story in rock history happened. It makes you think what would've happened if he did overcome all the factors that were troubling him. What would the music world of been like if he hadn't committed suicide? Would grunge music still ride the waves of the super popular Nirvana dragging Seattle and other grunge bands into greater stages than they were achieving in 1993? All in all, things happen for a reason and maybe it was just fate. A harsh and brutal fate. Songs to check out "Heart Shaped Box", "All Apologies" and "Rape Me".

1. "Serve the Servants" – 3:36
2. "Scentless Apprentice" (Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic) – 3:48
3. "Heart-Shaped Box" – 4:41
4. "Rape Me" – 2:50
5. "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle" – 4:09
6. "Dumb" – 2:32
7. "Very Ape" – 1:56
8. "Milk It" – 3:55
9. "Pennyroyal Tea" – 3:37
10. "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" – 4:51
11. "tourette's" – 1:35
12. "All Apologies" – 3:51

1 comment:

  1. Kurt was a fucking whiny ass baby. I feel like shit blah blah so does everyone else he shouldnt get any special recognition besides selling his records. By the way Courtney didnt kill him, he killed himself like you said with a shotgun.

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