Nirvana - In Utero

Label:
Catalog#:
GED 24536, GED24536
Format:
CD, Album
Country:
Europe
Released:
1993
Genre:
Rock
Style:
Grunge

Tracklist

1   Serve The Servants 3:37 X
2   Scentless Apprentice 3:48 X
    Lyrics By [Words By] - Kurt Cobain
  Music By - Dave Grohl , Krist Novoselic , Kurt Cobain
3   Heart-Shaped Box 4:42 X
    Mixed By [Additional] - Scott Litt
4   Rape Me 2:50 X
5   Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle 4:10 X
6   Dumb 2:32 X
    Cello - Kera Schaley
7   Very Ape 1:56 X
8   Milk It 3:55 X
9   Pennyroyal Tea 3:37 X
10   Radio Friendly Unit Shifter 4:51 X
11   Tourette's 1:35 X
12a   All Apologies 31:32 X
    Cello - Kera Schaley
  Mixed By [Additional] - Scott Litt
12b   Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip
    Written-By - Dave Grohl , Krist Novoselic , Kurt Cobain

Credits

Artwork By [Art Direction & Design] - Kurt Cobain , Robert Fisher
Artwork By [Muscle System Illustration] - Alex Grey
Artwork By [Symbols Illustration] - Rodger Ferris
Bass, Backing Vocals - Krist Novoselic
Drums - Dave Grohl
Guitar, Vocals - Kurt Cobain
Mastered By - Bob Ludwig
Photography - Charles Peterson , Karen Mason , Kurt Cobain , Michael Lavine , Neil Wallace , Robert Fisher , Wendy O'Connor
Recorded By - Steve Albini
Songwriter - Kurt Cobain (tracks: 1, 3 to 12a)
Technician - Bob Weston*

Notes

"Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through The Strip" is an exclusive International Bonus hidden track.
It can be found at the end of track 12 at 24:00.

Barcode: 7 20642 45362 9
F: BM650
Distributed by BMG
Printed in Germany
LC 7266
BIEM GEMA
Made in France

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Reviews & Discussion

Rated 5/5
Review by maybitmabel Jan 22, 2006 (edited over 3 years ago)
Probably Nirvana's finest achievement. It's much less glitzy sounding than Nevermind was - and could have been even less so as Steve Albini's original, rougher sounding recordings were remixed by Scott Litt of REM (production) fame. It'd be wonderful to hear these original recordings as a re-release (like the Beatles did with Let it be [Naked]). It'll probably never happen - but that's major labels for you. According to Kurt's diaries, the original idea was to release the Albini version on vinyl and 8-track(!) only through Touch and Go recordings, and the radio friendly version on CD through Geffen. Nice idea but i'm sure Geffen didn't fancy licensing one of their biggest selling artists ever to some trendy label just so the cool kids could have the Albini version on vinyl. You never know though - they've already released about as many rarities as they can in the With The Lights Out box set, sure they'll try and milk the legacy a bit more in the next few years...
Rated 5/5
Review by d3a0n3 Jan 10, 2006 (edited over 3 years ago)
Rumoured to be have originally been titled 'I Hate Myself and I Want To Die', In Utero was a marked improvement on the previous 2 albums, Bleach and Nevermind, and offered glimpse of what might have been had things not turned out the way they did.
This album would be my recommended start point for anyone not familiar with Nirvana.
Hard, fast, energetic for the most part but with tracks that showed another side to the band, a side highlighted on the excellent 'Unplugged in New York' album.
The fact that there's a 15 to 20 minute gap of silence between tracks 12 and 13, is made less tedious to skip through by the quality of the track thats hidden, a real gem surpassed on the album by only a handful of tracks, including the sublime All Apologies, the almost balladic Heart Shaped Box and the superbly aggressive Scentless Apprentice, one of my favourite tracks ever by any artist, any genre.

"I lie in the the soil and fertilize mushrooms,
Leaking out gas fumes made into perfume"

RIP and thanks.
Review by Alastis Mar 01, 2005 (edited over 4 years ago)
This is one interesting artefact of grunge era. It wasn't recieved as well as Nevermind, but in retrospect its a certain improvement over their breakout album. Nevermind, in my opinion, suffered from some being a little bit samey, whereas In Utero, as said by Cobain himself, is more varied and better recorded album. It is also scary and quite punishing in many places - as if though Cobain cut open his head for anyone to see. In fact, one of the songs (Tourette's) is blindingly fast and no wonder that it was later covered (not sure whether it was serious or ironic version) by death metal band Impaled.
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