it's always weird to try to talk 'normally' about one of the greatest bands ever. Y'know? Like probably most people, I bought Bleach after Nevermind. So it was kind of a jarring record to hear at the time. The rough edges that had been "smoothed" for Nevermind were ever present on Bleach. Mind, this was some years before I'd be properly introduced to the Melvins etc, so Bleach sounded HEAVY for a "grunge" album. It sounded dark and kind of scary. Except "About A Girl" which was poppy as F and would a few years later become a signature tune for the band thanks to Unplugged; and "Love Buzz" which sounded way more like the Nirvana that I preferred. As a side-note, I think that there are two kinds of Nirvana people: the ones who prefer the heaviness and sludginess of Bleach (my wife) and the ones who prefer the punky/new-waviness of Incesticide (me). Many years later, I certainly have a far bigger appreciation of Bleach. I mean, "School" has 3 lines and is yet an amazing epic headbanger that says a lot of shit in just 3 lines. Y'know? But if I'm being honest, I love half of this record and I like the other half. Which... I mean it's still Nirvana. Even the songs I just 'like' are still Nirvana so their better the most things that are not Nirvana. Going back to the beginning, it's weird to try to talk about Nirvana albums like a normal person. This is my least favorite Nirvana album - which doesn't matter because it's still better than most other things.