Nevermind

Nirvana | Format: MP3 Download

Product Details

• Original Release Date: September 24, 1991
• Release Date: September 24, 1991
• Label: Geffen
• Copyright: (C) 1991 DGC Records
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• Total Length: 42:32
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• ASIN: B000V698DI
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Defined rock like few do, December 29, 2010

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Jason W. Hamilton (Raleigh, NC) - See all my reviews
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It's the end of 2010, 19 years after this record was released, and I'm going to buy this record for about the 4th time just because Amazon has it on sale. Kurt Cobain didn't make a very good hero or role model, and he didn't want to. His personal life was horrible, his guitar work was mediocre, and the lyrics were often shallow. But he somehow managed to enthrall so many of us, and make music that spoke to us like few did. At the same time, the popularity of Nirvana branded rock music to the extent that little new has come out since. The bluesmen influenced the Beatles and Rolling Stones, who spawned the great golden era of rock in the late 60's and 70's. During that time Led Zepplin and Black Sabbath helped define the hard rock and heavy metal genres that continued after them, and then the grunge movement hit in the early 90's. Most of the music we hear on rock radio today is just Nirvana rehashed the way most rock music before them was just Led Zepplin rehashed. A great example is how much this record doesn't feel dated at 20 years old, but when it came out records that were 20 years old at the time sounded incredible dated. Think about Elvis, early Rolling Stones, or some of the residual hippy music from the early 70's.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic album, August 14, 2008

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Mark G. Sablan (Goodyear, AZ USA) - See all my reviews
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Anyone who acknowledges grunge as a good time in rock n roll, has to have this album.

5.0 out of 5 stars Nirvana Nevermind Super Deluxe Boxset, September 17, 2011

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Manic Nirvana (Minnesota) - See all my reviews

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Having listened to Nevermind in this remastered form (Super Deluxe Boxset), I must say it is quite good. The sound is very clear when compared to the 1991 CD. The volume has been slightly increased but it luckily is not a victim of the loudness wars. The Smart Sound Sessions tracks show the band's beginning and are decent sound quality but those versions are hardly essential. You won't find yourself using the repeat button. The Boombox Rehearsal tapes, although recorded on what appears to be a crappy tape deck, are cool to hear. There is something genuinely amazing about hearing the band in such an intimate yet powerful way. You wouldn't necessarily put those songs on repeat either but within the context of the boxset, they are a welcomed addition. The finest part of this boxset is perhaps the most anticipated, The Devonshire Mixes a.k.a. The Butch Vig Mixes. This is basically the version of the finished record before mixer Andy Wallace got his hands on it, or the way the band thought it should sound. To be honest, the results aren't all that different. They're the same songs with the polish scrubbed off. If anything they sound less focused and more grungy. I was expecting these to sound radically difference but they really don't. You won't hear it and have a "second-coming-of-Jesus" experience because in truth it wasn't the production that made Nevermind so good. It was the songs and if you need three hours of them to make you realize it then you weren't listening closely enough in the first place. In truth, I believe the Andy Wallace mix of Nevermind, as originally released, is the essential version. So, while this collection is impressive, unless you are a hardcore fan who needs to have everything, your original version of Nevermind or the remastered single disc version will do just fine.