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hipster_bebop_junkie · 01.08.2011, 09:11 PM

"In Utero" is my favourite Nirvana album, and the first record i ever bought. Played the tape until it worn off. Love the others as well. I think there's great stuff to be found in every Nirvana record, even though all of them are flawed, in a sense.

Having said that, i don't listen to the official stuff too often anymore. As atsonicpark has mentioned, some of the lesser know material is very interesting as well. I think there's still some potentially good stuff that remains unreleased... I'd love to hear the raw recording of that "Nevermind" session that spawned "Endless, Nameless", for example. I think pretty much the same about "Blandest", "Spank Thru", "Sappy"... and then there's "Montage Of Heck", "Here She Comes Now", "Oh The Guilt", etcetera.

Good call on the "From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah" record, too. I have the impression that Nirvana's best form must have been in a live setting, and that record gives a perfect idea of how tight they were when performing. I like most of the songs on "Nevermind", but i prefer to listen to a good soundboard recording, such as 1991-12-28 (that particular performance of "Aneurysm" atsonicpark mentioned is from this show), or the Halloween performance from 1991, for instance. I prefer rawness over glossiness, in this case. I'm still hunting down some live recordings that i'm missing in my collection.

Regarding the Steve Albini thing: I like what he did on "In Utero". His work was mostly successful in the sense that it made the songs sound rawer than on "Nevermind", which i understand is what the band was after when they considered hiring him. Seems to me that he captured fairly well what the band was doing. I don't agree with the idea that it would have been good that he would have produced all of Nirvana's work. Butch Vig, Jack Endino, Steve Fisk, etc... all did good things for Nirvana's sound in some sense. A huge favourite of mine in terms of Nirvana recordings, is the 1991-01-01 studio session at The Music Source in Seattle, and that one was produced by Craig Montgomery, and later remixed by Andy Wallace if i'm not mistaken. It's raw, and it fucking slays....

atsonicpark, Steve Albini in fact has been involved with Low at some point. He did a splendid job on "Secret Name", and "Things We Lost In The Fire".

01.08.2011, 09:11 PM	#49
hipster_bebop_junkie 100% Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Mexico Posts: 789	"In Utero" is my favourite Nirvana album, and the first record i ever bought. Played the tape until it worn off. Love the others as well. I think there's great stuff to be found in every Nirvana record, even though all of them are flawed, in a sense. Having said that, i don't listen to the official stuff too often anymore. As atsonicpark has mentioned, some of the lesser know material is very interesting as well. I think there's still some potentially good stuff that remains unreleased... I'd love to hear the raw recording of that "Nevermind" session that spawned "Endless, Nameless", for example. I think pretty much the same about "Blandest", "Spank Thru", "Sappy"... and then there's "Montage Of Heck", "Here She Comes Now", "Oh The Guilt", etcetera. Good call on the "From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah" record, too. I have the impression that Nirvana's best form must have been in a live setting, and that record gives a perfect idea of how tight they were when performing. I like most of the songs on "Nevermind", but i prefer to listen to a good soundboard recording, such as 1991-12-28 (that particular performance of "Aneurysm" atsonicpark mentioned is from this show), or the Halloween performance from 1991, for instance. I prefer rawness over glossiness, in this case. I'm still hunting down some live recordings that i'm missing in my collection. Regarding the Steve Albini thing: I like what he did on "In Utero". His work was mostly successful in the sense that it made the songs sound rawer than on "Nevermind", which i understand is what the band was after when they considered hiring him. Seems to me that he captured fairly well what the band was doing. I don't agree with the idea that it would have been good that he would have produced all of Nirvana's work. Butch Vig, Jack Endino, Steve Fisk, etc... all did good things for Nirvana's sound in some sense. A huge favourite of mine in terms of Nirvana recordings, is the 1991-01-01 studio session at The Music Source in Seattle, and that one was produced by Craig Montgomery, and later remixed by Andy Wallace if i'm not mistaken. It's raw, and it fucking slays.... atsonicpark, Steve Albini in fact has been involved with Low at some point. He did a splendid job on "Secret Name", and "Things We Lost In The Fire". __________________ Religion kills more than it saves you, man...
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