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NIRVANA

Prior to Nirvana, alternative music was consigned to specialty sections of record stores, and major labels considered it to be, at the very most, a tax write-off. After the band's second album, 1991's Nevermind, nothing was ever quite the same, for better and for worse. Nirvana popularized punk, post-punk, and indie rock, unintentionally bringing them into the American mainstream like no other band to date.

"NEVERMIND"

Produced by Butch Vig and Nirvana

1991     LP     DGC GEFFEN RECORDS    GEF 24425

MADE IN GERMANY     EUROPEAN ORIGINAL PRESSING

SINGLE COVER + INSERT (Upside-Down Inner Sleeve)

NOTES: This is the first European pressing due to this unique misprint:

Black & white half-tone inner sleeve, top-opening, with inverted [upside-down] text & monkey image on reverse.

1st vinyl issue pressed by Sonopress, with embossed 'Clef' logo on B-Side label

"Printed in Germany" (Sleeve back)

"Made in Germany. Fabrique en Allemagne" (Label rim)

Distributed by BMG Ariola. A Bertelsmann Music Group Company.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 7 2064-24425-1 7

Label Code: LC 7266

Other (Price Code): D: SE

Other (Price Code): F: BM 270

LABEL: DGC GEFFEN - BLACK LABEL w/LOGO on TOP - SILVER TEXT

Catalog on cover: (spine) GEF 24425    (rear) GEF 24425   DGC 24425

Catalog on labels: GEF 24 425  DGC-24 425

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): 108 DMF-5752 A-1 (Etched): ?

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): 201 DM F-5752 B-3 C

On labels: rim text reads "?Marketed by BMG Ariola........Fabriqué en Allemagne?"

BIEM/GEMA     LC 7266

Produced and engineered by Butch Vig and Nirvana

Mixed by Andy Wallace

All songs by.......

Published by Virgin...............BMI

? 1991 The David Geffen Company

Produced by Special arrangement with Sub Pop Records.

On Back Cover: Produced by Special arrangement with Sub Pop Records.

?&© 1991 The David Geffen Company, an MCA Company.

Distributed by BMG Ariola?A Bertelsmann Music Group Company?All trademarks and logos are protected?Printed in Germany

tracklisting

Side A: SMELLS LIKE TEEN SPIRITS - IN BLOOM - COME AS YOU ARE

BREED - LITHIUM - POLLY

Side B: TERRITORIAL PISSINGS - DRAIN YOU - LOUNGE ACT

STAY AWAY - ON A PLAIN - SOMETHING IN THE WAY

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Nevermind was never meant to change the world, but you can never predict when the Zeitgeist will hit, and Nirvana's second album turned out to be the place where alternative rock crashed into the mainstream. This wasn't entirely an accident, either, since Nirvana did sign with a major label, and they did release a record with a shiny surface, no matter how humongous the guitars sounded. And, yes, Nevermind is probably a little shinier than it should be, positively glistening with echo and fuzzbox distortion, especially when compared with the black-and-white murk of Bleach. This doesn't discount the record, since it's not only much harder than any mainstream rock of 1991, its character isn't on the surface, it's in the exhilaratingly raw music and haunting songs. Kurt Cobain's personal problems and subsequent suicide naturally deepen the dark undercurrents, but no matter how much anguish there is on Nevermind, it's bracing because he exorcizes those demons through his evocative wordplay and mangled screams -- and because the band has a tremendous, unbridled power that transcends the pain, turning into pure catharsis. And that's as key to the record's success as Cobain's songwriting, since Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl help turn this into music that is gripping, powerful, and even fun (and, really, there's no other way to characterize "Territorial Pissings" or the surging "Breed"). In retrospect, Nevermind may seem a little too unassuming for its mythic status -- it's simply a great modern punk record -- but even though it may no longer seem life-changing, it is certainly life-affirming, which may just be better...(AllMusic)