Audio CD review:
Nirvana - In Utero

Nirvana - In Utero

Band: Nirvana Title: In Utero Rating: Release Date: 03 April, 2001 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/Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip

Editoral Review Enlisting Chicago-based noise maven Steve Albini (of Big Black fame), Kurt Cobain and company succeeded in producing a record that was violent, disillusioned, and deeply moving. Overwhelmed by sudden success, Nirvana promised to take a harsher, more abrasive route on their second major-label release. Every song reads like a commentary on the cost of fame ("Serve the Servants") and the unhealthy relationship between performer and fan ("Milk It"). Of course, they might all simply be about Courtney Love. Gossip aside, there is no denying the sheer power of Cobain's songwriting, his singing, and the band's amazing, visceral power. Cobain even manages a John Lennon-like mantra at the end of the heart-wrenching "All Apologies. " "All in all is all we are," he intones repeatedly, only for Cobain that's no consolation. --Percy Keegan .. You can see a complete list of all Nirvana discography, or go back to the Nirvana tabs