i .....:. December 4th 2001 : #602 creator . Nirvana created . Nevermind on the . 09/24/1991 with . UNI/DGC (DGCD-24425) of . Grunge .....:. 01 5:01 Smells Like Teen Spirit 02 4:15 In Bloom 03 3:39 Come As You Are 04 3:03 Breed 05 4:16 Lithium 06 2:56 Polly 07 2:22 Territorial Pissings 08 3:44 Drain You 09 2:36 Lounge Act 10 3:32 Stay Away 11 3:16 On A Plain 12 3:51 Something In The Way 42:31 : 58MB .....:. no one with a mind that is capable of reasoning from words of meaning can go without recognizing the statements expressed by Kurt Cobain through Nirvana's music. if you are not a fan of the music, you might be at least interested in hearing what he had to say. try it out when you find some time. original release: 00-00-0000 Nirvana-Nevermind-1991-Apc-La FhG 128kbit js reason for rerip: each great experience happens to everyone for a first time. 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 Bleach. 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 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. - Stephen Thomas Erlewine of All Music Guide at allmusic.com There was a house fire in the local news recently. It seemed that someone left the gas stove on in the kitchen without realizing then returned to light a cigarette, and well - So much gas had accumulated and so huge was the explosion that when the fire department went in to sort things out there wasn't much left of the stove, the kitchen, or the house. In a way, that incident reminded me of the explosive impact Nirvana's Nevermind album made when it came out in September of 1991. For years the national music scene had floundered badly, desperately in need of something fresh to give it new life. The gas in the music industry's kitchen had been left on for too long; music types were spinning their wheels in search of "the next big thing." At the time, Nirvana was simply a scruffy threesome of energetic punks, guys who never considered fame a career option. They simply wanted to make the kind of music that would keep them happy and out of trouble. Their first album, 1989's Bleach, exhibited promise and considerable bluster, but no more than the nascent grooves of several other indie bands in Seattle at the time -- Soundgarden, Mudhoney, Mother Love Bone. But when Nevermind came out two years later, this time on a major label, it inadvertently lighted the match that blew up everything around it. It was the perfect embodiment of punk attitude, classic rock, and pop melody -- the combination of which had never been embraced, or heard, before. With the strength of a major label marketing team, the album exploded onto the scene, led by "Smells Like Teen Spirit," the '90s best rock song bar none, and supported by inflammatory tracks like "Come as You Are," "Lithium," and "In Bloom." Everyone smelled the gas at the time, but no one ever saw the explosion coming. Indeed, there were many casualties in the wake of Nevermind. 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