Description
Includes liner notes by David Fricke.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
CD contains 1 bonus track.
A Nirvana best-of that includes a previously unheard song; how much more of a no-brainer could you want? Admittedly, the trio that defined grunge--not to mention its contemporaneous generation of X'ers--wasn't around long enough to work up that extensive a discography. Still, who wouldn't relish the opportunity to have some of Nirvana's greatest tracks together on one disc (yes, completists, even the rarities collection INCESTICIDE ("Sliver") and the pre-fame album BLEACH ("About A Girl") are represented. And of course, such whisper-to-a-scream classics as "Lithium," "Come As You Are" and the ubiquitous, epochal "Smells Like Teen Spirit" are here.
Things quiet down a touch on the UNPLUGGED tracks (David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold The World, the IN UTERO hit "All Apologies"), but the intensity doesn't lessen a single iota. "Wait," we hear you cry, "what about that chilling live rendition of Leadbelly's "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" or NEVERMIND's haunting closer (hidden track aside) "Something In The Way?" You'll just have to wait for Vol. II (Courtney, are you listening?). By the way, the "new" track "You Know You're Right" is great, if not exactly revelatory.
Product Details
- Artist
- Nirvana
- Recording Environment
- Studio
- Label / Studio
- PID
- WOW HD Sales Rank
- #290
- Media Content Format
- Album
- Original year of release
- 2002
- Media Format
- Audio CD
- Year of release
- 2002
- Number of Discs
- 1
- CD 30days Sales Rank
- #258
- Cast & Crew
- Nirvana (US) (Music Performer)
Press Reviews
...By the end, you'll be happy to have relived the band's glories..." - Rating: A Entertainment Weekly (11/8/02, p.107)
...Worth it for 'You Know You're Right' alone... Mojo (12/02, p.99)
5 out of 5 - "...These songs get into your head....Nirvana's songs were smart and literate in a way that did anything but preclude mass appeal... Q (12/02, p.118)
4 stars out of 5 - "...The good - and surprising - news about Nirvana is how well these 15 songs stand up....There's nothing to fault here musically... Uncut (01/03, p.136)
Tracklisting
Disc 1:
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You Know You're Right
(3:38)
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About a Girl
(2:49)
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Been a Son
(2:23)
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Silver
(2:14)
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Smells Like Teen Spirit
(5:01)
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Come As You Are
(3:39)
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Lithium
(4:17)
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In Bloom
(4:15)
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Heart Shaped Box
(4:41)
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Pennyroyal Tea
(3:38)
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Rape Me
(2:51)
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Dumb
(2:34)
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All Apologies
(3:47)
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Man Who Sold the World
(3:49)
-
Where Did You Sleep Last Night
(5:02)
