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Wendy Carlos's Twin · **Joined:** Sat January 05, 2013 9:37 am **Posts:** 2613

I'm kind of amazed still at the reaction "In Utero" gets and continues to get.

I can't fathom that a collection of half-ass Bleach/Nevermind outtakes with a few slightly-uninspired "new" songs thrown in was the best Cobain could do. But I guess it was.

Yet people talk about it like it's a masterpiece.

Maybe I'm wrong, but man was it deflating hearing that album for the first time.

I remember thinking "this is it?" and that they wouldn't be lasting much longer.

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Sat February 20, 2021 3:02 pm

Wendy Carlos's Twin wrote:

I'm kind of amazed still at the reaction "In Utero" gets and continues to get.

I can't fathom that a collection of half-ass Bleach/Nevermind outtakes with a few slightly-uninspired "new" songs thrown in was the best Cobain could do. But I guess it was.

Yet people talk about it like it's a masterpiece.

Maybe I'm wrong, but man was it deflating hearing that album for the first time.

I remember thinking "this is it?" and that they wouldn't be lasting much longer.

It’s the production, silly

Orpheus · **Joined:** Wed January 02, 2013 8:08 pm **Posts:** 2962

That album just kicks ass, good songs and great production. Not much more to it.

Bammer · **Posted:** Sun February 21, 2021 2:58 pm

Whenever I start to nitpick the song selection on In Utero, I just remi- ... oh nevermind.

Ello Sailor · **Joined:** Sun March 12, 2017 3:06 pm **Posts:** 2965

liebzz · **Joined:** Thu January 03, 2013 7:55 pm **Posts:** 3064

Pitchfork of course has an overwrought and way overthought archival review of Incesticide on their site this morning.

I have always been a fan of this release because it’s really the moment where Nirvana sounds loose and really sounds like them to me. There’s no fuss on production values, or worries about song selection, or whether the album is DIY enough for everyone’s own version of street cred. It’s just a collection of leftovers that shine bright on this band at its easiest. Hell, Aneurysm is the closest they’d ever get to stretching out.

tragabigzanda · **Posted:** Sun February 21, 2021 5:25 pm

I remember grabbing Incesticide after not loving Nevermind, and immediately becoming a Nirvana fan. Was like “oh now I get it, they’re actually an awesome band.”

Wendy Carlos's Twin · **Joined:** Sat January 05, 2013 9:37 am **Posts:** 2613

tragabigzanda wrote:

I remember grabbing Incesticide after not loving Nevermind, and immediately becoming a Nirvana fan. Was like “oh now I get it, they’re actually an awesome band.”

Oh yeah. I already had some of those songs on bootlegs so it was an awesome release at the time.

And it wasn't really that much like "Bleach" either.

Probably one of the best b-sides albums ever that shows a depth that people didn't know they had.

Ello Sailor · **Joined:** Sun March 12, 2017 3:06 pm **Posts:** 2965

In Utero vs. Pisces Iscariot

liebzz · **Joined:** Thu January 03, 2013 7:55 pm **Posts:** 3064

Ello Sailor wrote:

In Utero vs. Pisces Iscariot

I certainly existed as a Smashing Pumpkins fans at least through Mellon Collie (I was done after that). But I would still take the worst Nirvana album over the best Smashing Pumpkins album with only a brief hesitation for Siamese Dream.

Ello Sailor · **Joined:** Sun March 12, 2017 3:06 pm **Posts:** 2965

You're dead to me.

Bammer · **Posted:** Tue February 23, 2021 3:43 am

liebzz wrote:

Ello Sailor wrote:

In Utero vs. Pisces Iscariot

I certainly existed as a Smashing Pumpkins fans at least through Mellon Collie (I was done after that). But I would still take the worst Nirvana album over the best Smashing Pumpkins album with only a brief hesitation for Siamese Dream.

Uhhhhhh....???

B · **Posted:** Tue February 23, 2021 11:21 am

liebzz wrote:

Ello Sailor wrote:

In Utero vs. Pisces Iscariot

I certainly existed as a Smashing Pumpkins fans at least through Mellon Collie (I was done after that). But I would still take the worst Nirvana album over the best Smashing Pumpkins album with only a brief hesitation for Siamese Dream.

Agree.

Biff Pocoroba · **Posted:** Wed February 24, 2021 11:26 pm

Wow, Cobain would have been 54 and has been as long as he was here.
In Utero is one of my favorite “turn it up” records.

VinylGuy · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 5:10 pm **Posts:** 24453

54? wow, he was really young when he killed himself.

warehouse · **Joined:** Sat January 05, 2013 3:34 pm **Posts:** 3046

VinylGuy wrote:

54? wow, he was really young when he killed himself.

he was 27. just like jimi hendrix, janis joplin, jim morrison. elliot smith might have been 27 too?

Jorge · **Posted:** Thu February 25, 2021 1:04 am

Elliot Smith was in his mid 30s

warehouse · **Joined:** Sat January 05, 2013 3:34 pm **Posts:** 3046

warehouse wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

54? wow, he was really young when he killed himself.

he was 27. just like jimi hendrix, janis joplin, jim morrison. elliot smith might have been 27 too?

amy winehouse was the other one i was thinking of, not elliot smith.

for those not in the know, elliot smith was in his mid 30s when he killed himself. you're welcome.

Kevin Davis · **Joined:** Tue January 01, 2013 6:06 pm **Posts:** 7424

warehouse wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

54? wow, he was really young when he killed himself.

he was 27. just like jimi hendrix, janis joplin, jim morrison. elliot smith might have been 27 too?

Elvis too

liebzz · **Joined:** Thu January 03, 2013 7:55 pm **Posts:** 3064

Kevin Davis wrote:

warehouse wrote:

VinylGuy wrote:

54? wow, he was really young when he killed himself.

he was 27. just like jimi hendrix, janis joplin, jim morrison. elliot smith might have been 27 too?

Elvis too

I thought Elvis was in his 40s? How old was Duane Allman?

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