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Nevermind | 
 enlarge | Artist: Nirvana
Label: Polydor Group
Category: Music
List Price: £11.99
Buy Used: £2.49
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Rating:  187 reviews
Sales Rank: 493
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 42 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 24425
UPC: 720642442524
EAN: 0720642442524
ASIN: B000003TA4
Release Date: August 1, 1991
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Smells Like Teen Spirit | | • | In Bloom | | • | Come As You Are | | • | Breed | | • | Lithium | | • | Polly | | • | Territorial Pissings | | • | Drain You | | • | Lounge Act | | • | Stay Away | | • | On A Plain | | • | Something In The Way |
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Amazon.co.uk Review
One of the defining moments of the 1990s, despite happening at the start of the decade. The guitars start jittering, then "BOOMA-ABOOMA-ABOOMA-ABOOM!", the drums kick in and grunge splatters itself all over a generation of MTV viewers. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" will surely always speak to alienated teenagers, while giving them something to thrash around their rooms to, kicking the whole thing off as it means to go on. "Come As You Are" is dark and twisted, while "Lithium" and "In Bloom" show Kurt Cobain's often overlooked sense of humour, and "Stay Away" highlights the best way to shred your vocal chords. It's nigh-impossible not to love this album, and it will remain Nirvana's most affectionately remembered work. It's just a shame that a misplaced sense of "selling out" (stupid term if ever there was one) led to such an internal rejection of "...Teen Spirit". A work of genius, no question. --Emma Johnston
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| Customer Reviews: Read 10 more reviews...
 VERSE CHORUS VERSE November 18, 2004
Captain Clawfoot
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
All through time there have been bands that have influenced certain groups of people so much that they become voices of a generation. Nirvana is one of these bands. There is no point in any of you old rockers out there trying to deny it. Nirvana didn't do anything new, but what they did do was done in such a way that they made a whole generation of bored teenagers want to start a band and do it for themselves. For Nirvana, it was all about the timing. If i heard Nevermind now i would think "Yup, that is pretty heavy, but at the same time, pretty cool" but when i heard it when i was 14 years old i just thought "That is the most amazing, cool, angry, fingers up to society thing i have ever heard". It was like hearing my mums Beatles records being played with attitude, and this was something i could totally identify with at the time. The first song i ever heard was "Smells Like Teen Spirit" and i only heard the chorus first time. It blew me away so i went out and bought the single. Back in these days, buying a single or album was the most exciting thing in the world because you just couldn't wait to hear what you had just bought. I remember rushing home and putting single on. What i heard truly blew me away and i had to play it again about 10 times to take it all in. It was the verses i couldn't understand. I was supposed to be into all things angry and heavy at the time yet i totally loved the quite parts of the song as much as the heavy chorus. For me, and i'll bet for millions of other young teenagers at that time, hearing that one song was enough for me to go and buy every Nirvana record i could find, and every time having that weird sense of anticipation before you could get the record to a record player and finally hear another Nirvana masterpiece. Don't get me wrong, while all of Nevermind is truly classic and pretty much invented "Alternative" music, Nirvana did have some bad songs, and even now i am getting into bands that i might even go as far as saying i like more than Nirvana, but at the time of its release Neverming was an absolute classic, powerful, cool and life changing album. People are forgetting the fun to be had in dicovering an album like this and because its so easy to download music these days, the true experience of dicovering a band is fading very fast.
A band on top form February 15, 2006
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
Well let me first say that this is not the album for you if you thought the solo at the end of "freebird" by lynyrd skynyrd was too short. This is a no-nonsense pop record, recorded by a damn loud rock band. That's what it claims to be... it's not the answer to all your problems, and it's not trying to snuggle up beside rock dinosaurs like Pink Floyd or U2. So Cobain wasn't the greatest guitar player ever... does anyone really care? he knew what he was doing when he had the guitar in his hands. Like i said this is an album with simple tunes which should be avoided by anyone who gets excited at the mention of "rock operas".(by the way, i've read some reviews labeling Kurt Cobain an selfish such and such... we don't want your lame pseudo psycho-analysis we just want the review of the record)
Best album ever May 2, 2005
Mrs. F. A. Morecroft (Britain)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I have loved all Nirvanas albums as they are the best band ever. This is their best album and I don't think I will ever hear a better one.If you are thinking about buying it just listen to the samples at the bottom of Smells like teen spirit, come as you are and lithium (as theese are the best songs). I can't force you to buty it but you should cos it's the best.p.s. You will get your money's worth youll be listening to it all the time.
Nirvana - Nevermind February 20, 2005
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
If you don't already have this album in your CD collection, I suggest that you purchase it now, because it's an absolute must-have.
It may be over a decade since the band was abruptly halted by singer and guitarist Kurt Cobain's suicide, and yet this is still one of those albums that keeps selling and keeps selling.
Thousands of teens every year get their first taste of Nirvana. More addictive than any narcotic, and there's no horrible come-down. You can just keep listening and keep listening, and the high just gets better and better.
Smells Like Teen Spirit is the band's most famous song, without a doubt. The raw guitar into, the moment where the drums cascade into action and the fuzz peddle is pushed hard to the floor...it's the soundtrack to so many great experiences.
Come As You Are is arguably one of the best songs they ever recorded. With Krist's watery bass into, and the infectious yet simple vocal arragement is truly magic.
But skip straight to number four if you want something to headbang, jump around, scream your lungs out to! Breed is the epitome of all things loud and amazing.
Then Drain You, Lounge Act and On A Plain are the best of the rest, although it broke my heart to have to choose my favourites. This whole album is astoundingly good, and you should buy it immediately, and play it as loud as your stereo will allow you.
Revolutionary February 12, 2005
Hedgeman (Newcastle, England)
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
The best thing about Nevermind is the fact it single-handedly destroyed hair metal. Guns 'n' Roses were curtly (no pun intended) removed from their throne as Kings of Rock. Whitesnake and co. found themselves powerless against the raw force that was Nirvana. Teenagers found a reason to listen to music, record shops found a reason to open early, and Weird Al Yankovic found a reason to write another comedy skit.
Smells Like Teen Spirit was the catalyst, a monsterous, unforgettable riff which crushed all in its path. Lithium was the second attack, the simple "dum dum" on the bass drum and pinging ride cymbal giving a feel of "floatiness".
The more grungy tracks, "Drain You", "Stay Away" and "Breed" keep the Bleach fans happy as well as the people who buy this album for more than SLTS.
Nevermind is not technically the greatest album in the world, but its conviction, application and perfect timing make it the timeless legend it is today.
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