Nirvana (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Nirvana
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Nirvana


Released = October 29, 2002
Recorded = 1988-1994
Genre = Grunge
Length = 49:38
Label = DGC
Producer = Scott Litt, Butch Vig, Nirvana
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Ahc861v04zzba link]
*Pitchfork (7.0/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/20402-nirvana link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/258385/review/5943219/nirvana link]

Last album = "From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah"
(1996)
This album = "Nirvana"
(2002)
Next album = "With the Lights Out"
(2004)

"Nirvana" is the self-titled compilation album from the American grunge band, Nirvana. It was released in October 2002.

ignificance

"Nirvana" was the third Nirvana album to be released following the death 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. The album has sold millions of copies worldwide.

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 centered around "You Know You're Right," which Novoselic and Grohl had wanted to release on a long-delayed Nirvana box set. However, Love blocked the song's release, and sued Novoselic and Grohl over control of Nirvana's legacy.

Love's lawsuit maintained that "You Know You're Right" was a "potential 'hit' of extraordinary artistic and commercial value." [ [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1444878/20010629/nirvana.jhtml Love Blocks Nirvana Release - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News ] ] She believed that "You Know You're Right" would be "wasted" on a box set, and instead belonged on a single-disc compilation similar to the Beatles' "1". [ [http://www.jimdero.com/News2002/CobainMar10.htm A piece of Kurt Cobain ] ] In September 2002, it was announced by the Nirvana camp that the lawsuit had been settled, and that "You Know You're Right" would be released on "Nirvana", a one-CD history of the band." [ [http://www.nirvanaclub.com/index.php?section=news&file=09_2002.htm [NFC: The Internet Nirvana Fan Club ] ] This paved the way for the box set, "With the Lights Out" which was released two years later.

Track listing

"All songs by Kurt Cobain unless otherwise noted:"
#"You Know You're Right" (previously unreleased) – 3:38
#"About a Girl" "(from Bleach)" – 2:49
#"Been a Son" "(from the "Blew" EP)" – 2:23
#"Sliver" "(from Incesticide)" – 2:14
#"Smells Like Teen Spirit" "(from Nevermind)" (Cobain/Grohl/Novoselic) – 5:01
#"Come as You Are" "(from Nevermind)" – 3:39
#"Lithium" "(from Nevermind)" – 4:17
#"In Bloom" "(from Nevermind)" – 4:15
#"Heart-Shaped Box" "(from In Utero)" – 4:41
#"Pennyroyal Tea" (Scott Litt remix) "(from the Pennyroyal Tea single)" – 3:38
#"Rape Me" "(from In Utero)" – 2:51
#"Dumb" "(from In Utero)" – 2:34
#"All Apologies" "(from MTV Unplugged in New York)" – 3:51
#"The Man Who Sold the World" (David Bowie) "(from MTV Unplugged in New York)" – 3:47

Bonus tracks

#"Where Did You Sleep Last Night (MTV Unplugged in New York)" (Lead Belly) – 5:08 ("appears on vinyl and international CD copies only")
#"Something in the Way (MTV Unplugged in New York)" – 4:01 ("appears on vinyl and Japanese CD copies only")

Album charts

Charting singles

Note: "You Know You're Right" was only released as a promotional single and downloadable single. Retail singles were not released.

Credits

*Steve Albini - Engineer, Mixing
*James Barber - Project Director
*Corbis Bettman - Photography
*Chad Channing - drums on "About a Girl" and "Been a Son"
*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 (except on tracks 2-4), 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 on "Sliver"
*Charles Peterson - Photography
*Redferns - Photography
*John Silva - Project Director
*Pat Smear - Guitar
*Andy Wallace - Mixing
*Butch Vig - Producer, Engineer

ales

*American Sales: 1 million, (Certified 1 X Platinum 12/03/02)
*Switzerland: 2002;Gold, 2003;Platinum.
*Japanese sales: 2 November 2002, 21 weeks, 165,191.
*Korea: 2002; 19,534 copies.
*Italy: 2002; 130,000 copies; Platinum.

References

* [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1444878/20010629/nirvana.jhtml Courtney Love Sues Grohl And Novoselic, Blocks Nirvana Rarity] by Teri van Horn, "MTV News", June 29 2001
* [http://www.jimdero.com/News2002/CobainMar10.htm A piece of Kurt Cobain] by Jim DeRogatis, March 10 2002

succession box
before = "One by One" by Foo Fighters
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
years = November 4 - November 10 2002
after = "The Best of 1990-2000" by U2