Nirvana
LP by Nirvana
Released	October 29, 2002
Recorded	1988-1994
Genre	Grunge
Length	49:34
Label	Geffen
Producer(s)	Scott Litt, Butch Vig, Nirvana
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (2.5/5) link musicOMH.com link Rolling Stone (4/5) link
Nirvana chronology
From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah (1996)	Nirvana (2002)	With the Lights Out (2004)

For other uses of Nirvana, see Nirvana (disambiguation).

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Significance

Nirvana was the third Nirvana album to be released following the suicide of singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain in April 1994, and the first to feature studio material. It contains the previously unreleased "You Know You're Right," a song recorded during the band's final studio session on January 30, 1994. The album also includes a brief selection of the band's more popular songs, culled mostly from 1991's Nevermind and 1993's In Utero, but also containing three pre-Nevermind songs and two recorded during the band's MTV Unplugged set in late 1993. Nirvana opened at #3 on the Billboard 200, but received criticism from longtime fans for being too short and omitting key tracks. Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20, 1967 – ca. ... You Know Youre Right is a song by the American rock band, Nirvana. ... January 31 goooz booz Gregorian calendar. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Nevermind is the second studio album from the American grunge band, Nirvana. ... 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar and marked the Beginning of the International Decade to Combat Racism and Racial Discrimination (1993-2003). ... In Utero is the third and final studio album from the American grunge band, Nirvana. ... MTV Unplugged is a series showcasing popular musical artists playing acoustic instruments. ... The Billboard 200 is a listing of the 200 highest selling music albums in the United States, published weekly in Billboard magazine. ...

Lawsuit

Nirvana was released following the settlement of a long-standing legal dispute between Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, and surviving Nirvana members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl. Much of the dispute centred around "You Know You're Right," which Novoselic and Grohl wanted to release on a long-delayed Nirvana box set, but which Love felt had commercial potential, and should be put out on a single-disc collection instead. [1] Courtney Love (born July 9, 1964) was the singer for the now-defunct rock band Hole. ... Krist Novoselic Krist Anthony Novoselic (born May 16, 1965, Compton, California) is an American rock musician best known for being the bassist for Nirvana. ... David Eric Grohl (born January 14, 1969, in Warren, Ohio) is a rock musician. ... A box set (or boxed set) refers to one or more recordings, movies and television programs that are contained in a box made generally out of cardboard. ...

Trivia

• Apart from "You Know You're Right," Nirvana contains two tracks which were not commonly available prior to its release: the Blew EP version of "Been A Son," recorded two years before the version which appears on Incesticide, and the Scott Litt remix of "Pennyroyal Tea", which had previously appeared only on the censored Wal-Mart and Kmart versions of In Utero and on the recalled "Pennyroyal Tea" single.

• Nirvana's liner notes were written by Rolling Stone senior editor David Fricke, who also penned the notes for the Velvet Underground box set, Peel Slowly and See.

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Track listing

All songs by Kurt Cobain unless otherwise noted:

1. "You Know You're Right" - 3:38
2. "About a Girl" - 2:49
3. "Been a Son" - 2:23
4. "Sliver" - 2:14
5. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Cobain/Grohl/Novoselic) - 5:01
6. "Come as You Are" - 3:39
7. "Lithium" - 4:17
8. "In Bloom" - 4:15
9. "Heart-Shaped Box" - 4:41
10. "Pennyroyal Tea" (Scott Litt remix) - 3:38
11. "Rape Me" - 2:51
12. "Dumb" - 2:34
13. "All Apologies (Unplugged)" - 3:47
14. "The Man Who Sold the World (Unplugged)" (Bowie) - 3:47

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Bonus Tracks

1. "Something in the Way (Unplugged)" - 4:01 (appears on vinyl and Japanese CD copies only)
2. "Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Unplugged)" (Ledbetter) - 5.08 (appears on vinyl and international CD copies only)

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Charting singles

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Album Charts

Personnel

• Steve Albini - Engineer, Mixing
• James Barber - Project Director
• Corbis Bettman - Photography
• Chad Channing - Drums
• Kurt Cobain - Guitar, Vocals
• Jack Endino - Engineer, Mixing
• Robert Fisher - Art Direction
• Steve Fisk - Engineer, Mixing
• David Fricke - Liner Notes
• Lori Goldston - Cello
• Dave Grohl - Drums, Vocals
• Adam Kasper - Engineer, Mixing
• Scott Litt - Producer, Mixing
• Bob Ludwig - Mastering
• Michael Meisel - Project Director
• Frank Micelotta - Photography
• Nirvana - Producer
• Krist Novoselic - Bass
• Frank Ockenfels - Photography
• Dan Peters - Drums
• Charles Peterson - Photography
• Redferns - Photography
• John Silva - Project Director
• Pat Smear - Guitar
• Andy Wallace - Mixing
• Butch Vig - Producer, Engineer

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Sales

• Switzerland: 2002;Gold, 2003;Platinum.
• Japanese sales: 2 November 2002, 21 weeks, 165,191