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Nirvana - In Utero Audio CD

A fair review of the Nirvana "In Utero" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Nirvana reviews here, or go back to the Nirvana tabs.

Nirvana Band: Nirvana
Title: In Utero
Rating:
Release Date: 2001-04-03
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Serve the Servants 2: Scentless Apprentice 3: Heart Shaped Box 4: Rape Me 5: Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle 6: Dumb 7: Very Ape 8: Milk It 9: Pennyroyal Tea 10: Radio Friendly Unit Shifter 11: Tourette's 12: All Apologies 13: Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip

Recorded in 2 weeks
Dave Grohl really gives John Bohnam a run on this record - his bass drumming sounds like Thor's hammer hitting a drum the size of a refrigerator. Note the whole medical vibe of the cover art and song lyrics - like Kurt felt the record industry was dissecting him and exposing his life for everyone to see. This really is in a lot of ways Bleach II not in the sense of rehashed material but a returning to their harder and darker roots.


Nirvana's last studio record.
In any case, this record was a departure from their previous record, but perhaps wasn't quite as good as Nevermind, which sold more records. A short while after this record came out, Kurt Cobain died. All in all, a good record, but it would have been interesting to hear what came out next.


At first I didn't like the second side of this
It sounds like they wanted to take grunge to the next level, and make this one even more lo-fi sounding than "Nevermind". I used to have this on cassette, and the first side of this album is perfect. "Serve The Servants" is an underrated song that should've gotten some airplay on the radio. I only heard it once on 98 Rock a Tampa station, then a song I originally thought as a weak song "Scentless Apprentice" shows it's a competent song. "Heart Shaped Box" was the big hit on the radio down here in Central Florida, but the song that got it pulled from Walmart has also been getting airplay down here called "Rape Me". Then comes my favorite song on the album "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle" Cobain's favorite actress was Frances Farmer who was wild lady of the late 30's-early 40's, and when she couldn't control her partying she was committed to a asylum where she wound up getting a lobotomy which changed her forever, and she died in 1970 at the age of 56. "Dumb" is just there. Side 2 I originally thought that this was where the album fell apart as it was nothing but noise with Cobain shrieking, and it was drenched in feedback and distortion. However, after sampling the second side I found it to actually be a good side. "Going Ape" kicks off side 2, and then follows with .


awsome
It came very fast and in great condition. I was very happy with the item a got. I was also suprised to find it so cheep. I will buy again.


Solid album
Though there are many songs that will blend together or be completely forgotten, their are definitely enough memorable ones to really brig the album together. Nirvana does well throughout the entire album. Unlike Nevermind where only the first five or so songs were worth listening to, In Utero deserves full attention.


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