Scoff (Album)

Nirvana | Format: MP3 Download
From the Album Bleach

Product Details

• Original Release Date: November 8, 2005
• Release Date: November 8, 2005
• Label: Sub Pop Records
• Copyright: 2005 Sub Pop Records
• Duration: 4:10 minutes
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• ASIN: B000YN693K
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #631,868 Paid in MP3 Songs (See Top 100 Paid in MP3 Songs)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Makes me want to go and get the flannel shirt out of the closet......., October 3, 2009

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Michael Jandrok (Lockhart, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Scoff (Album) (MP3 Download)

Sub Pop Records is re-releasing Nirvana's 1989 debut, 'Bleach', and has added a disk of previously unreleased tracks to the album. "Scoff" was recorded at the band's 1990 show at Pine Street Theatre in Portland, and mixed from the original tapes by 'Bleach' and 'Incesticide' producer Jack Endino. This track meshes well with the rest of the raw and punky 'Bleach' material, back before Butch Vig gave the band a glossy, metallic sheen on 'Nevermind'.

I really dig this song. It's tight and powerful, and gives fans a chance to hear more of the pre-Nevermind Nirvana, back before grunge had taken over the airwaves and gotten commercial. On the lyrical side, Kurt seems to be taking out some anger at his father's alcoholism, or at least that what the song SEEMS to be about. I'm sure that's open to interpretation, as Kurt was pretty opaque with a lot of his lyrics.

I've heard a lot of live Nirvana bootlegs, and the production on this track puts them all out to the curb. Good stuff from a legendary band.