Nirvana - In Utero ALBUM REVIEW 

Colton Curlee :(

Bleach, nevermind, incesticide, in utero

@Great Destroyer I consider Incesticide an honorary 3rd album of 4

Bleach, in utero, nevermind... the rest are compilations and/or shit that was released post-breakup to capitalize on nirvana's legendary status.

Tyl3r incesticide is a compilation album it doesnt count lol

My favorite brand is Metallica

Bruh look at that sun. Pink Floyd is the best clothing brand. The sun is like their famous song Stairway To Heaven.

The Smackdown Hotel 1997 Stairway To Heaven was by Radiohead you dope.

Misfits for me

But come on... they’ve got nothing on the Dad Market for the Red Hot Chili Peppers brand!

Paid off well*

Totally, that onpener line just killed it, so he went from smells like teen spirit to feel bored and old.

prizzzma teen spirit was a deodorant brand actually and his gf said that he smelt like it or something? Look it up, anyway it isn’t as uplifting a title as you’d expect

one of my favourite songs, always find myself randomly singing that line when i’m bored

@@viperfanaccount688 Kurt only learned that after the album had already been released. Kurt thought "Teen Spirit" had a deep, revolutionary meaning.

fetus position is a great start, now create a very tight space out of human flesh, fill it with water, and you're in utero

Pretty sure I did that a couple of times in my most angstiest of teen years!

@@MrThroll well that makes two of us

dude, I love to cry in the bathroom corner and hate myself with this record

@@deafphantom865 oh my why do i feel this comment so much

Courtney Cobain

Kurt cobang

Skrrt Cobain ohne Dregg ihr Spaggn aller!

Kurt Cobain huh

@@kurtcobain334 was

in a more informative, less imaginative way than most would

startervisions calm the fuck down my nigga. Save that for english class.

He never implied that he wasn't about to say anything that hasn't been said.

What else could I write?

I'm glad he did. I happen to be ignorant of Nirvana's story so the summary was helpful

TRUE

R I G H T?

General Tso's Chicken In my opinion probably the best nirvana riff of them all.

100th like

I LOVE THAT SONG

Nirvana is my favourite band of all time and thats one of my favourite songs off of in utero, but i always found it a little corny. Idk.

Yes sadness really becomes addicting after some time

@@usmanazam449 It is for me most of the time

@@soaribb32 it's not healthy. It would be better if u seek some help

@@TheKrodes the song was written about a person named frances farmer there is an interview about it if you look it up, it makes the song way better with context.

Kuristvethany nirvantano

Kristhony Novatano

Kurthony Cobainthano

Pathony Smearano

Courthony Lovetano

overrated*

yep people want to get attention so they say contrary stupid shit

You're right. Nirvana and the grunge movement got rid of glam metal.

Couldn't agree more

Not taking nothing away from any other "grunge" band at that time, but Nirvana simply took that grunge sound and expanded it beyond what any other grunge band was doing at the time. Just my opinion though.

Roman Aebi live version is the shit

Totally agree, my favourite on this record with Scentless Apprentice.

Use just once and destroy

Afterbirth of a nation!

Starve without your skeleton key

I mean, it is.

@@joko49perez think it's a reference to 'Tourettes' which starts with Kurt growling "moderate rock"

AJ G what is he saying

"Mayehhshfhheirnfhsjd Couldhabbehdfjjsjsndnf in my heart We don't knekhfhnndjsjufin my aaahh We alfjhejdjffjr jdjjsjs in my heart HEY HEY HEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYY HEEEEYY HEEEEEYYYY outta townnfhueujfjdJ is my aaahh We kdjdjjejdnnnd in my aaahhh One more jejdjjfjfjdjbs in my aahh One more atdhfijdjdndf in my ahhh HEY HEY HEEEEEEEEEEEEEEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY mean heart Cold heart Cold heart Cold heart Cold heart Cold heart Cold heart cold haaaaaaaa eeehehhhhehehehh" That song slaps!

MAYDAY EVERYDAY MY DAY

......Really

lol

I like moist vagina

Can I drink your milkshake Danny senpai ?

Now, my straw reaches acroooooooss the room and starts to drink your milkshake. I... drink... your... milkshake!

You right 😂👌💯

Blanket*

is this ironic?

+master ruseman why would it

instagram.com/p/BGMdqABTUOq/

As someone who just graduated year 8 in Australia, I think I’m the only one I know that knows of nirvana as anything other than smells like teen spirit and a clothing brand.

I was 9 years old and remember it was a big deal back then. Over the years other musicians have committed suicide like Chester Bennington and Chris Cornell but their deaths didn’t have such a large impact like Cobain. Could be representative of how much society has changed and that nowadays there really is no voice of a generation since people just stream music and listen to various artists. Music does not connect as many people as it used to.

I was only 7 years old when it happened. I remember waking up before school and my 3 older sisters were crying. The man who sold the world played in the car on the way to school, then I heard my friends older brother practicing it on his guitar after school. This was the first time I can remember perceiving music to be more than just sound. The universal emotion of it all was quite something to feel at such a young age, but I’m really glad I have that memory. R.I.P. Kurt

aidanscovers Its like a greatest hits collection.

Their best album man!

I don’t think Kurt knew what he was doing, I think he was just genuinely a visionary. Before Nevermind, nobody would have thought anything like it would ever go mainstream

It's an album with no filler. All killer.

@BONE They were #1 hits though.

my favorite aic song is all apologies

I paid $55 for this Nirvana t shirt & I got a cum stain on it =/

+Dougs World awesome!

My favorite Pearl Jam song is Black Hole Sun.

I'm sadden when nirvana broke up... but happily listening to Kurts newer band with Chad; Nickelback. great stuff.

oh wow you're the person responsible for homiepop

BarackObeezy hahah majestic

That better be through dial-up internet!

16p

1p

that’s the best way to describe it

I can’t believe just the story of Nirvana and Kurt Cobain, crazy how the audience made the artist’s life unbearable in a way I mean it was so much more though

Yep

I’m a bit cynical with ‘dumb’, just hearing myself repeat, “I think I’m dumb” over and over seems like Kurt’s musical ‘why are you hitting yourself’. It always makes me laugh.

I think sliver and mollys lips are the most up beat songs kurt wrote

@@justaamateur6533 I believe Molly's Lips is a cover

@@notlucas7078 late but yeah, later i realized it was a cover of the vaselines song

The fact that Kurt called “dumb” a happier song says a lot

Paranoid Android smh

Paranoid Android tf

no, there's this song called Lithium too, I think

They're a greatest hits band anyways

Brady Jameson lol

Its almost like a typical genius put it out his best work and presenting unique views in an extremely overwhelming and skillfuly composed melody.

Ikr. I felt he had more creative liberty when it came to writing especially listening to tracks like Rape Me and Heart Shaped Box

Yeah, definitely seems like a "look at Nirvana's artwork of creative freedom"

Fabio Barresi In Utero is my favorite Nirvana album too.

I'm not the best at critiques, but I enjoyed listening to In Utero moreso than I did with Nevermind. I still consider both of them two of the best albums of all time.

BluReviews In Utero WAYYY better than Nevermind. Nevermind really catchy tho lol

I totally agree.Nevermind kind of gets bashed because it has been played so much over the years.But if you sit and listen to it front to back,it’s a masterpiece! In Utero is equally as great just a lot darker so many people didn’t get it!

I always liked bleach the most

Bleach has the best riffs Nevermind is the catchiest In utero best lyrics and grungeness

Agree i cant seperate them, they are both very different both perfect timeless albums. People just put down Nevermind because its more poppy and popular but front to back its a perfect album. Then you have In-Uetro that is the perfect follow up, its heavy, raw but full of texture and has so much variety on it. IMHO Nevermind is like Nirvana channeling the Pixies and In-Uetro is like then channeling the Melvins.

Hahaha

He actually offered to write a song for The Ren & Stimpy Show, but Nickelodeon turned him down.

I thought Dave wrote Spongebob! Fuck me!!

ur not alone for some reason at first sight this seems really believable

Damn it, I really wanted to believe that

because he is

Anthony Fantano up close and personal for this very intimate review of an intimate album. lots of feels

it was shot in 1995

Because that's he used to shoot reviews a few years ago, the "classic" reviews. That's why he calls it classics week.

+groovyhamster Kurt shot himself in 1994

Bb, plz...

Gabriel Bizzlebop thank you!!! But instead of soft bulletin I would rather hear Music Has the Right to Children by Boards of Canada.

Yes, Portishead, please.

+Industrial Savior 👍

Soft Bulletin the album that matters the most

Ye it's my favorite on the album and no one talks about it

lowkey

I second this. It's always been my favorite track off this record.

I find Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle to be very underrated.

yes compared to nevermind this album still continues to be underrated, even though its most likely their second most popular album...this album just seems more Kurt

This actually made me say "Jesus..." out loud

Jesus Christ

fantano is a sick man

Yeah that simile hit me like a… well, you know

Kurt's gun was triggering him......

Myles Seber he actually cocked it

+Myles Seber too soon

It's been 22 years.

So you've triggered yourself?

KP's cd corner don't get me wrong there are good songs on there, but I just like in utero more

KP's cd corner agreed

William Nobody I agree

No love for bleach, huh?

William Nobody In utero is their best album.

Nirvana is not a person's name its a band name

Rosa Kami thats the joke dude

Rosa Kami bitch you dumb as hell

I guess this is a joke, but I just don't think this is funny

@@veikko9526 hey dickhead calm yourself the fuck down and stop acting like you're badass typing on your keyboard and think your cool.

aurel does he rate the record? If he does, could you please point out when? Thanks!

@@ignaciohervas7658 It's a classic review. It's always a 10/10. That's why there's no explicit rating.

aurel Thanks!

This man deserves a crown

He didn't even talk about Serve the Servants

Hey meme lord

Great song.

there's no "i" in the title stop doing that why do you guys always do that

I found u dankfrank.remember excision is love excision is life lol xrated the best hard hitting go hard drum step song ever just if u want to do a how to excision video like the Dj mustard on lol

WTF is AIFF?!

YES MAN I WANT THIS I THOUGHT I WOULD BE THE ONLY ONE

+youcancallme_Nighthawk that and the downward spiral please

dooowwnwwwaaarrdddd spppiirrraaaalll

Yes 🙌🏻

+MegaCrasherMusic Really what songs do you think are weaker? I always really loved the album but also always thought only stumbleine and tales of a scorched earth were kinda weak. I'm interested to hear your opinion though

TheConversation the music on it is shit

SepticSchizo955 bullshit

SepticSchizo955 nice bait

@@SpiralDream edge

@@SpiralDream yet here you are

"I miss the comfort in being sad"

That one an Pennyroyal Tea

Dumb

Zoli Varga Scentless Aprendice

Serve the Servants tho m8

Jonathan Rivera 1980-1995 were the best 15 years of music ever. With so many creation of new genres of music that I don't think will be achieved again.

Yeah but Kurt Cobain is someone that i would compare more to Tupac than Eazy-E.

@@Johncornwell103 nah it's 1967 - 1994

@@DannyGadish hmmmmmmmmm

I wouldn't say so. NWA revolutionized the genre and it went on to become the music of the 21st century so far while punk rock, metal and rock kinda went underground again.

The cycle continues (listens to Pinkerton)

@@senatorseymour9808 Then to Doolittle

To get more depressed Listen to the band have a nice life

@@internetsuser5251 I love those bands mentioned above; Weezer, Pixies and Have a Nice Life. lol

@@zackzallie8735 Smash mouth Haha

lol

*slow handclap*

Drake dumb

L

Fuck that nigga drake

Gianni Bellucci great anime

Gianni Bellucci great beverage

Bleach is my favorite soft drink

The only Nirvana album worth reviewing. (And "Incesticide".) As underrated as it is, I feel like he will most likely never review it.

Bleach is my personal fav from Nirvana. They’re all good but I really love the rawness of bleach.

I know this comment is old, but kurt honestly often down played his own lyrics, so knowing do they have a reason or not is kind of impossible

Yeah, quite literally..

Kurt Gobang

Weasel Weasel I see what you did there...😂

Kurt owes so much to his wife Courtney Love.

+Reijo “Rekko” P. Totally agree he was truly nothing without her

the main riff

dave did the drum beat and main guitar riff. kurt did the lyrics (based on perfume by p.suskind) added the prechorus and crazy guitar feedback parts

It has that Grohl "swing" to it. You can hear it in his Them Crooked Vultures work also. It reminds me of Bonham.

The riff.

It started as a jam in the studio and they all wrote a bit of it. Go watch Krist Noveselic talk about it. Kurt said it himself during one interview. The Scentless Apprentice Rehearsal demo in Rio is the one that started it. Someone (Dave I think) said "I have this riff like~" and the rest is history.

xxoxia that’s an issue I had with this album as well, I love this album to death and heard it for a year straight and when I bought it on vinyl I rarely picked it up and haven’t touched it in a good couple of months. The optimistic side of me is guessing that I’m gonna pick this record up in the future and get memories and be able to experience the music and the feelings I felt at the time.

Man, you are telling me.

you will pick it up again.

You just gotta take a break. That could mean a couple of month or a couple of years.

Listen to Kurt Cobain "Montage of Heck". Its a solo album by Kurt himself.

@Yin exactly endless nameless is literally pure rage

@@pabloa6855 endless nameless wasnt on the original album release. I dont really consider it when I think of Nevermind

Stay away: bro I still exist

@@joandrumz3176 Stay Away is great and was on the original Nevermind album release

@@likeyoung524 Ya I know, that's the point. Calm doesn't count for that song.

Of course

my favourite grunge band

+I'm Ye They're punk you illiterate dickwad.

When shit hit the fan, is you still a fan?

I loved his movies. Especially Shawshank.

id love to see what he has to say on tripod, like that record is just haunting with every and any thing about it that gives it the feel of in utero, the final hours

@@kendahlc.7886 "Over Now" is such a bittersweet song. Upbeat but still a hint of sadness especially knowing what would come afterward. Even the name itself is foreshadowing the end of AIC with Layne Staley.

They’re not overlooked at all.

Oh my goodness I love Jar of Flies so much. I love Alice in Chains but I can honestly take or leave their catalog, except for that EP. It gets me real starry eyed.

I think they are the *best* grunge act that was... I think it's ideally raw and heroin despair lingers heavy in AIC's catalog that doesn't come through with many of the other big grunge acts. Soundgarden had the "best" vocals, but n not the whole grunge label fits into all the music... Nirvana was amazing and popularised the genre so legendary but actually the content is average when compared to AIC etc

Dave wrote that one

best nirvana song

​@@duhlike Not the lyrics.

I wonder if you would feel the same way if Nevermind hadn't been played to death. I currently prefer Utero as well but I think it's because that album has been a slow burn for me rather than the never ending and intense repeat playing of Nevermind.

Frances farmer is top 10 best nirvana, if not top 5. It's the first song written on in utero and what prompted them to make the album too!

They are both my favorite songs on the album.

opinions, friend

RFus is one of mine too, but I prefer their weirder less commercial songs. They could've been a better band had they continued making experimental noise rock like stuff on incesticide.. and thrown in a few like all apolagies, dumb, come as you are

Radio Friendly...... Is my favorite song on that album , it's very moody

You think In Utero is raw? Listen to Bleach.

Spooky mtn dew Bleach is so cut-throat. Kurts terrible solos in some songs are so enjoyable. It's so bad it's genius. Love that album

In Utero isn't that raw and definitely not the most raw ever. You should listen to some black metal (like Mayhem) or lo-fi punk.

@@mikehawk9861 you think Bleach is raw? Try Korn's first record

@@chrisdrumz7 u think thats raw, listen to any merzbow record

It’s ok to eat fish, cause they don’t have any feelings.

I'm living off of grass, and the drippings from the ceiling.

Tarp has sprung a leak

That is because music since has softened incredibly

@@mrjefferies90 that's a fucking lie

They are as heavy as a feather.

@@mrjefferies90 in terms of rock? The hardest music we've ever dreamed is being dropped in this day and age, rock is only getting harder and darker if you look for the right bands

Heavier and catchier than I remember

It's in my top 3. I've never heard as intense and truly heavy song as this. It's really disturbed and goes to some deep places. Tool's music is actually the closest thing I can think of to this track. But it's like if you hit a Tool song with a sledgehammer and exposed its innards all over the place.

Pretty accurate description tbh

Yes.

Lost eyesight I'm on your side

Milk it on in utero and beeswax and Mexican seafood on incesticide are in my top 5.

I just said this yesterday. In Utero has a very specific feel to it. Just let Serve the Servants open up it all comes flooding back.

That loud albini drum sound is also on surfer rosa by the pixies, you prolly already know that record though

As unique and special as this album is and sounds, a big part of that “sound” is definitely due to Albini’s studio approach, Rid of Me by Pj Harvey, Surfer Rosa by Pixies and other albums with Steve producing get a similar sonic aesthetic, luckily they all still sound unique.

I agree

YAASSSSSSS

He records these months in advance now. Haven't you seen the "Classics Review Support" videos?

+Timothy E. he also posts 1 suprise one

I've always wanted him to review that album. I believe he is a fan of them too

no

A lot of bands make songs like that without being quite so emotionally damaged that they're going to shoot themselves. It's hard to discern which band is making songs that are actually a cry for help and which bands are writing songs like that simply because they know how to do write and market them. Nirvana being as big as it was made it incredibly hard to tell if it was actually a cry for help or just occupying their raw, emotional niche, just like Linkin Park's case after them: how many of their songs were a cry for help and how many were like that because it was what they knew how to make?

Jason Oliver Kurt was being sarcastic rape me was an anti rape song and I hate myself and I want to die was a sort of diss at people who tried to put too much meaning into their songs yes he was suicidal but I feel like this album wasn’t a cry for help

Kurt wrote "Rape Me" sometime before Nirvana exploded--meaning that it was written way before his trouble with the media. It's not written about him. It's literally just meant to be a blunt anti-rape song. Also, he stated that In Utero wasn't a very personal album. Obviously, it's quite easy to project a lot of the themes onto Kurt, given what he was going through, but they weren't actually written about him. He, on a personal level, probably projected the way that he felt during the writing process, since that's quite a natural thing for a songwriter to do, but the songs aren't based on him, per se. It's interesting, because I was watching an interview with Thom Yorke, and he was saying that by the time they were writing and recording Kid A, his songwriting was becoming less and less about him. But, again, when you're writing stuff that sounds so personal, but isn't about you, you're still going to be drawing emphasis from your own personal experiences and feelings. There's going to be some relation or connection with you, somehow, somewhere. So, it kind of turns into your own interpretation of what is supposed to be happening in the song, whether it's written about someone in particular or not. I think that's where Kurt was coming from when discussing many of the lyrics of this album. Personally, I'm only concluding that In Utero isn't a cry for help because Kurt said so.

I think about half of the songs are personal. Frances Farmer in no way is about him, it's about Frances Farmer. The only one that I'm truly disturbed by (in a good way) is Milk It. That song is the most creative form of self-loathing I've ever heard. Instead of using lyrics that are obviously about depression and addiction (Alice in Chains' Dirt comes to mind, and I love that album) he uses a metaphor of a virus and parasite using him as a host. It's too clever and disturbingly poetic to even make me sad. I could see how this album is a downer for a lot of people, but I think Kurt was able to turn something that would normally be sad into something clever and witty and entertaining. I think he probably amused himself to write lyrics as disturbing as those instead of saying outright that he's depressed.

De La Soul is dead

Dante is a scrub....

Thanks to Courtney Love

....and El Duche

Courtney hired Anthony Fantano as a hitman to killed Kurt.

upvote

0/10 Even as a meme Nirvana is stale af

Inb4 this comment comes up on a lot of his videos

+Isaac that's how I know you're a fuckboi using the word af

what a meme is?

Almost as good as Soundgarden and Alice in Chains!

Eye Control Don’t really care for AIC that much but Soundgarden and Radiohead were both MUCH better bands than Nirvana.

@@anonymoususer2756 As a guy that mostly listens to hiphop, AIC & Soundgarden were the 2 bands that got me into rock music. I still play Superunknown every month or so. For some reason, I couldnt understand why In Utero is regarded as one of the best rock albums of the 90's among critics.

Eye Control Superunknown is amazing. I love Head Down, Limo Wreck, 4th Of July and Like Suicide the most. Shame it never got the recognition Nevermind did because it’s so much better.

Cameron Ehh I’ve listened to Dirt many, many times and nothing in it, besides Would? which is amazing, really pops for me. His voice is also kind of boring imo. Power to you if you like it though.

Good picks.

Tristian Chase someone’s gonna live forever

I like In Utero but Revolver is the album which inspired every band popular music has.

Revolver really is their best album in all honesty

Revolver is the best Beatles album imo

Neither Alice In Chains

Recently finally dipped into pixies... wow. For 1986? That sound? I was blown away. They were like aliens to what / as a 90’s baby, born in 87 ‘s - perception I had “on THE 80’s” 🤷🏻‍♂️

Oh hell yeah! Love Superunknown

Head Down tho

Subhash x Record Head Down, Limo Wreck and 4th Of July.

I dig what you were saying about letting the record sit. I too revisited it a while ago and I couldn't help be blown away after 20 some years, thinking there might never be anything this raw and good.

Totally, I think this is especially apparent in Milk It because instead of just saying he's depressed and addicted he uses a metaphor of a parasite using him as a host. It's honestly too clever to be sad about, it's just entertaining. It was probably more amusing and gratifying for him to write about his struggles in a wittier way.

Are you fr?

YES

Ya

Adam Taylor Oh yes!

Adam Taylor no

B-Retro Gamer :(

+Saytan dude same, that and Milk It are the top two from the album.

Saytan It's my favourite too

LolBait your a piece of shit then. Of course they make a song where the chorus is screaming hey and call it Tourette's it's bs

Not A Crab Lol

Moderate Rock

this

I feel like he is P.s. Lil B is god

mushrooms/10

hope he does it

Review State of Discontent by The Unseen

+Sir Lucifer there are definitely parts of Bullet that are trash but the best parts honestly aren't bad

Let's start a band. I'll be the racist bassist.

+DarkSoulMetal i'll be bummer drummer

why did this make me laugh

it's good

Sometimes "very good music" is about the only thing you can say that does an album like this justice

I think that if Kurt Cobain didn't killed himself and Nirvana would've existed for a longer period and they would've released more albums it would've gone 2 ways: 1. Either every single new album would've been very successful 2. They would've flopped massively and maybe one or two new albums would've been very good (Sorry for the bad English, I don't know if I used the tenses correctly 😭)

I absolutely agree. Nevermind I think is their worst album, and I HATE Smells Like Teen Spirit and see it only as a necessary nuisance that had to be a hit in order for Nirvana to become big.

​@@curly_wyn you just don't like mainstream i suppose

Tf

+Grandpa Joe So savage i laughed

No

Both of them are still alive so

"imagine nirvana from the dead"😂😂😂

I'd fucking love to hear his thoughts on Tool lol. What's it gunna take Anthony?

Which one?

467v Any.. he wont tho cause he's a dirty meme lord. PROVE ME WRONG FANTANO! ...you fucking muppet...

he has the new tool album

pepsifizznation He also has GTA 6 because he rang Rockstar and made a 15 minute on it.

Caleb Rushing cold

Caleb Rushing It's criticizm of art. It's almost nothing but opinion.

It’s still just opinionated, you just like his opinion.

you’re pissy

Also, you're too close to the fucking camera

Lmao most of Nirvana's fans are walking tumors.

+GermanDirkfoot. Yeah, he's lacking headspace.

you say that like its a bad thing

No, Blink 182, man

My favourite track on The Bends is "Heart Shaped-Box"

my favourite one is grammar police

Personally, nirvanas best album is all hope is gone, and their best song is "Enter sandman".

amazing record, the songs were even better live

Yes, such a good album

nah it sucked asswipe

Noir Spectre Actually, Kurt confirmed MANY times that it's about rape. This song was supposed to be very blunt towards the subject because whenever he writes a song similar to this, people connect it to his personal life and end up badly interpreting it. he even talked about how some people tried to say that this song is about him talking about the media. he denied this meaning and simply said it's about rape (and what the previous commenter said as well)

Kurt wrote this song and all the others making them have diff meanings to diff people..Thats what artists do..At the end of the day, they are just words that he thought sounded good on top of the music.

Not saying that these songs have no meaning to him..But its possible that they can have more than one meaning.

​@@elizaidatejeda7102kurt lied often about his lyrics publicly tbh like the song definitely is dual meaning, and the "my favorite inside source/i kiss your open sores" confirms it lmao. its about kurts thoughts about the media and about big sweaty hairy macho man...that rape