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Purchased as a gift. Arrived in perfect condition

good album

Plays well love the music miss Kurt Cobain

Play Video umm yeah this vinyl record has no skip compared to a Walmart brand AC/DC vinyl record. you should for sure buy this brand.

Those who argue that Nevermind is one of the greatest albums of all time do so on the basis that it changed and defined music, single handedly, for the first five years of the 1990s. You would be hard pressed to find a single album that has done so before or since. The impact that the ultimately doomed Seattle trio made, over just seven years, makes Nirvana one of rock’s most successful artists. Nevermind begins with Nirvana’s signature track: Smells Like Teen Spirit, which Rolling Stone Magazine ranks at #9 in its 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time for its influence and lyrics about the social pressures and anxieties faced in adolescence with a massive chorus: With the lights out, it’s less dangerous Here we are now, entertain us I feel stupid, and contagious Here we are now, entertain us! The aggressive, four powerchord opening echoed down the line of the early ‘90s, being sampled by many imitating artists. Nevermind was never meant to be as huge on the pop scene as it was. Kurt Cobain worried that his grunge credibility would be threatened. His gloom was increased when Smells Like Teen Spirit, which he didn’t feel was anywhere near his best lyrical effort, was demanded at concerts. Ultimately, Cobain’s fractured, unbearable youth would provide the lyrical structure for much of Nevermind: Smells Like Teen Spirit, the anti-judgemental Come As You Are, the chilling Polly, the characterised denial and confusion of On A Plain and the heartbreaking Something In The Way all have evidence of a troubled, anguished childhood and the terrible inner turmoil that was, sadly, never too far under the surface. However, not all of Nevermind is a collection of underlying teenage unrest by an alternatively brilliant, damaged young man. The frenzied shred of Breed and Territorial Pissings are music as a party drug, the latter being most enjoyable when control is thrown out the window, Cobain’s voice cracks and the song smashes through logical structure of music. In Bloom, with its blaring riff and murmured, boiling verses, would become a fan favourite and a radio staple, as would Come As You Are. Cobain loved Drain You, which is brash, faintly repulsive yet somehow un-put-down-able. The clean cut, cynical Lithium is Cobain’s lyric writing at its best on the album, with wry, almost funny one liners turning personal slights into rebound attacks: I’m so ugly?/ That’s OK, ‘cause so are you! Polly, an acoustic about the rape of a young girl, is hard to listen to too often, especially with the line Let me clip your dirty wings. Ultimately, what makes the album is the final track Something In The Way. After the pounding and thundering of the first eleven songs, its soft, quiet desperation stands out a mile. The depressing lyrics, about Cobain living under a bridge as a young man, are graceful and poignant, with a mournfully beautiful cello playing over the chorus. A stand out. Nevermind is difficult to fully judge. The music is more than a classic of its genre; it is the genre. The lyrics, while at times unpleasant, fit perfectly with the sound. The disillusion that Cobain felt following its success makes it tragic. If you look at it in a purely music relevance sense, it is a classic, and arguably the most influential album of all time.

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I'm kinda torn on the rating here. Nirvana were my favorite band for many years, and still are easily in my top 10. This album was never my favorite from them. That honor has always gone to In Utero for me, but this is the classic that made that album possible, and there was a time where this was probably my 2nd favorite album of all time behind In Utero. I'm giving a 4 star rating, because anything under that seems ludicrous, judging the songs by themselves. I, however, agree with all the 1 star reviews complaining about the remaster, and if I wasn't worried about it impacting the rating of an all around fantastic piece of music, I would give it the same. I was ecstatic when this remaster was first announced. By the time it was announced, the original version of this album sounded dated to me. It didn't always sound this way to me, but by 2011 this album sounded most definitely like it came out in 1991 and no other year. It's a shame when over-production stops well written songs from being timeless. On this remaster, however, they went way, way, way overboard. Rather than fixing the 1991 polish to make it sound more like 21st century polish, they just cranked the volume up and ruined the 'loud, quiet, loud' aspects that made this album so great to begin with. Luckily, In Utero received the treatment it deserved, but this remaster destroys the dynamics of this entire album. I think the problem with this remaster was with the marketing team. They probably thought, "what made this album so popular? Oh, it was loud and abrasive, so if we make it louder we'll also make it more abrasive!" The strategy kinda makes sense to marketing teams who don't understand art, but it completely undermines the point of this album which made it so popular. Yes, it was partially that it was loud and abrasive in a time where most music was very pretty and glossy. Popular rock music in the 80's sucked, and this album was the perfect gut punch to get culture away from the dumb hair bands and pop songs that dominated the decade (not that all 80's music was bad... rock certainly was pretty bad, unless you were listening to hardcore punk, but some of the New Wave and Synth pop was quite excellent, and really paved the way for a lot of today's great Indie bands) However, the point of this album, and the thing that made it such a hit, was it's Pixies formula. It was the dynamics. Moments of hushed tones waiting to be shredded to bits by a roaring chorus. The song structures in this album are very basic pop, and not terribly impressive (though, melodically very impressive), but it was the dynamics of this album that made it a classic. Turning up the volume the way they did just butchers those dynamics, and ruins the album. The album itself gets a 4 star rating from me. It's not as good as In Utero. While I blame the production more than the song writing, this album does sound quite dated, even in it's louder form (almost worse because of it). I would, however, rate this remaster 0 stars, and would recommend against it. I wouldn't recommend the CD or MP3 of the original, non-remastered edition very much either. If you want to listen to and enjoy this album the way it should be enjoyed, I'd actually recommend the 180 grain vinyl edition. That doesn't sound as dated, it has the right and proper dynamics and would get a 5 star rating from me based on those merits. I hope that they do a 30th anniversary remaster and fix this crap so that I have something as enjoyable as this album deserves to remain in the 21st century. Oh, not sure if I mentioned it, but I would still strongly recommend In Utero's 20th Anniversary remaster. That album already had a timeless sound, and didn't really need the remaster, but somehow the remaster of that album made the dynamics even better. I'll do a separate review of that at another time, but having listened to the orignal and remastered In Utero side-by-side, they actually turned down the volume on some parts of it and made the loud-quiet-loud aspects much sharper, like I wish they did here.

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Play Video As I write this review on April 22, 2024…I’m reminded that Kurt passed away on April 5, 1994. 17 days ago it was 30 years since his death-wow….seems like just yesterday. So sad. Okay I understand this is not the 2013 Bernie Grundman mastering and pressing. That cut is getting more rare and expensive to find. It's also been discontinued due to licensing agreement disputes and rebranding since around 2019. I want to speak specifically about this particular master cut from Levi Seitz (Black Belt Mastering/Furnace) as part of the 30th anniversary and 2022 re-release. No one knows if this was cut using the original master tapes but seeing that it was originally recorded in 1991 the record industry started to digitize recording by this time anyways. Likely the original master tapes were converted to high-fidelity digital files anyways given the popularity of CD's in the late 80's. I imagine it's AAA as this mastering is very rich, clean, and precise ... I find Kurt's voice and guitar have been moved more focal and crisp - stage centre. The drums have an excellent loud punch but have been moved slightly back behind Kurt...at least on this cut. The cymbals ring slightly less but still sharp and clean. Even in (i.e., Smells Like Teen Spirit) the crashing cymbals have been slightly tamed and plays on the left channel but not both speakers. The sound stage is quite open with very good separation between instruments and singers-more similar to a live performance. It's obvious to me that Levi intended to cut this lacquer wanting to keep the sound stage wide (similar to the highly acclaimed BG master) but I can tell that Levi also wanted to focus a little more on Kurt's voice and guitar. This mastering is extremely close to the BG master but just slightly tighter control over the percussion...and that's a good thing in my opinion. I was born in 1973 and remember hearing this Album in Grade 10 .... I know it very well. I really like this version that Levi has remastered. The bass tones on "Something in the Way" are incredible and Kurt's voice sounds like he's just beside you, whispering the lyrics into your ear. I played my original CD from 1991 that I bought as a young teenager when it was released. I can honestly say ... listening to "Something in the Way" on this vinyl album vrs my original cd is night and day different. This LP mastering sounds like a new song - almost like hearing it live for the first time. It literally sends shivers down my spine! I own a vintage 1978 Marantz 6300 turn table, playing a vintage N98e Shure cartridge elliptical nude stylus set at 1.2 grams, a vintage Marantz 2252B amp, and expensive custom 4 omi-directional speakers 20 hz - 27,000 hz at 8 ohms. If something doesn't sound good from a bad remaster or pressing I would hear it because my system is very good quality. The album arrived extremely clean, absolutely no-surface noise, complete dead wax, no warps. If you want a wonderfully, open, rich, full sound cut...get this 180 gram Levi Steitz. You will not be disappointed. He knew what he was doing in my opinion. He's left all the grunge, left all the potent, timed chaos of Dave Grohl's drumming...that we all love... but Levi has really brought Kurt's voice and guitar front and centre in this beautiful mastering! My favourite version hands down!

CD came before the expected time and is in perfect condition. Will be buying from this seller again in the future. Perfectly packaged with not scratches or damages. Tracks work perfectly on my CD player.

Super płyta. Kultowa Nirvany. Same tłoczenie płyty bez zarzutu. Gra i nie trzeszczy. Przyjemnie się słucha.