Best Nirvana album?

[CanuckAmok]

I'm currently listening to "In Utero", produced by Steve Albini. As far as I'm concerned, it's the best Nirvana album, by far, and the only one I can enjoy all the way through, to this day.

I'm only going to list official, full-length releases...so don't get all "why didn't you list the Olympia Painter's Hall 1991 cassette, fucker?!" on me, okay?

BTW, April 7 is the ELEVENTH anniversary of Cobain's death... how old does that make you feel?!

[gyopsy]

1. Nevermind is my favorite

Good poll btw. Haven't thought about Nirvana in a while. They were an awsome band. Their music holds up well too.

[tammywammy]

11. I'm with you, Nevermind is my favorite

XM radio reintroduced the greatness of Nirvana to me. It had been so long since I'd listened to them, and, boom, it was on the radio.

[jonnyblitz]

2. Bleach is my favorite. nt

[LynzM]

3. the 'live in New York' one....

I like the talking/teasing between the tracks, in addition to a neat spin on some of the tracks.

11 years, huh?!? That does make me feel old...

[CanuckAmok]

4. Ooops... I forgot that one. Adding now. n/t

[jdj]

5. is that the Unplugged one?

I have a live one, I'm not sure if it's that one that is just too gorgeous.

It's...there are no words.

Cobain was like what Don Mclean said about Van Gogh, too beautiful to live.

edit: thanks for adding the Unplugged, that one is one of the best CD's ever of all time.

[LynzM]

7. Yup, that one!

I love when he's talking about just doing the whole song in another key, and 'if these people don't like it...' cracks me up every time :)

[jdj]

10. and "what are they tuning , a harp?"

I miss those guys.

I miss all weird nerdy talented geniuses. Death to metrosexuals, and all purveyors of style over substance.

[CanuckAmok]

13. Hey, I'm a Met....

and if I didn't think it would put my back out and crease my khakis, I'd kick your ass for that!

[jdj]

15. You can't be a full met and be posting about Nirvana...

no way. And especially not if you know the names of their albums.

You might just be a well groomed, good looking, cool person.

[CanuckAmok]

18. No, none of the above.

Look at me...tweezed eyebrows, Haida art above my fireplace, Jeep in the garage. And yet I identify with Cobain and Chuck Pahlaniuk.

I deserve to die, really. Maybe after this glass of scotch.

[LynzM]

14. LOL

No, really LOL :D

I was only 13 when he killed himself, so I mostly know them 'in retrospect'... never saw them live and wasn't really into their music until after he died. What a group, though.

[aeolian]

6. In Utero.

but it's tough call.

[CanuckAmok]

8. Everytime I listen to "in Utero"...

...I'm torn between thinking that it was a perfect swansong, and that it was just a glimse into what they would have been capable of, had they not imploded. It is unbottled directiinless, disenfranchised rage. It is pure, unfiltered, uncompromised Rock 'n' Roll.

[jandrok]

29. You hit it on the head....

I can build a pretty strong case for it as Nirvana's best work, and maybe one of rock's all-time best, period. Deep, dark, and disturbing, all the things that rock-n-roll should be. It's the sound of Cobain losing it, and the band entering the fringes of the abyss with him. Strong stuff, indeed.

[Radical Activist]

9. I like unplugged the best.

Its the least likely to give me a headache.

[RetroLounge]

12. I have to go with Bleach

I saw them live before Nevermind was released, and it was pretty amazing...

RL

[tuvor]

16. Incesticide. Just to be different. Just for the title. Just because

they covered an obscure Devo song when Devo was being dismissed.

[CanuckAmok]

17. Hmmm...now I have to dig it out.

Which Devo song is it?

CanuckAmok, proud owner of "Devo: the Men Who Make the Music", on Beta, even!

[tuvor]

19. It's "Turnaround"

I think it was a FOC b-side that I missed until this came out:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000005RT0/102-1031568-0983325?v=glance&s=music&n=507846&vi=samples#disc_1

I was lucky enough last year to find The Complete Truth About De-Evolution in little ol' Courtney's Futureshop last year. I believe it has everything but Are You Experienced, owing to some Hendrix estate battles.

[CanuckAmok]

20. {Ed McMahon voice}I did not know that! {/Ed McMahon voice}

Cool. Larraine Newman (original SNL cast) is the 'star' of the Devo movie I have... it's preety great.

That's a sweet find in Courtenay! It's amazing what you can find in the chain stores in small towns, just because the obscure stuff seldom moves off the shelves. I found a bunch of Einsturzende Neubauten rarities in the Nanaimo A&B a few years ago, including FM Einheit's "Radio Inferno", featuring John Peel!

And three copies of the original (and very rare) pressing of KMFDM's "Naive" CD.

[tuvor]

22. I think that Larraine Newman clip is on that DVD.

It even has Devo commercials advertising...laserdiscs! They look like they were made for in-store promotion. Still, they're pretty awful!

You reminded me of the days when I was working for HMV in Edmonton. Someone transposed a couple of numerals in a catalog number for Warner product, and instead of getting 50 copies of Allanah Myles or whatever, we got 50 copies of some Throbbing Gristle compilation. Probably all 50 copies in existence in Canada!

[CanuckAmok]

24. Fuck, do you think they still have them?

I collect TG stuff.

[tuvor]

26. Sorry, CA, that was some dozen years ago.

:(

[last_texas_dem]

21. Unplugged

is one of my favorite live albums ever. Their own songs they picked work well in that format, and they chose some neat songs to cover, too.

[SmileyBoy]

23. Only four votes for Bleach???

That was the best album, IMO.

[CanuckAmok]

25. It's not very "user friendly"....

Which, I suppose, is the point. I like it, but I have to admit it's not "polished" enough for my admittedly pedestrian tastes.

That version of "Love Buzz", though... WOW!

[Jamastiene]

27. I like Incesticide best

I like music raw like that. I'm so glad to find out someone still likes Nirvana. I thought I was the only one left. :hug:

[peekaloo]

28. Bleach..... because of Floyd the Barber and Love Buzz.

I'm glad I got to see them live.