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This article is about the Nirvana album. For the Latin medical term, see
In utero.
In Utero is the third and final studio album by the American
grunge band
Nirvana, released on September 13, 1993, on
DGC Records. Nirvana intended the record to diverge significantly from the polished production of its previous album,
Nevermind (1991).
.^ Bumped up two weeks from its original release date, Britney Spears' fifth studio album (and her first in four years) Blackout arrives.- Kurt Cobain Hub | Kurt Cobain Gay Blog Report | Towleroad, News Daily for Gay Guys. 17 September 2009 0:00 UTC www.towleroad.com [Source type: General]
.^ Courtney Love is a low life, opportunistist that completely capitalized on Kurt Corban's talent, fame, and weaknesses…that is all she will ever be in my eyes.- Perez Hilton: Kurt Cobain Back From The Dead! 28 January 2010 0:14 UTC perezhilton.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The Pulse of Radio reports that a smashed guitar that once belonged to late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain was sold for $100,000, according to the Associated Press .- http://www.roxwel.com/news/kurt-cobain-broken-guitar-on-sale-for-100000.html 28 January 2010 0:14 UTC www.roxwel.com [Source type: General]
^ Kurt Cobain's Life on Big Screen .- http://www.roxwel.com/news/kurt-cobain-broken-guitar-on-sale-for-100000.html 28 January 2010 0:14 UTC www.roxwel.com [Source type: General]
.^ Fearless Records Releases Holiday Album .- http://www.roxwel.com/news/kurt-cobain-broken-guitar-on-sale-for-100000.html 28 January 2010 0:14 UTC www.roxwel.com [Source type: General]
.^ Originally helmed by Steve Albini, an engineer known for capturing live ambience and natural tones, the album was eventually remixed by Scott Litt after the group complained about the vocal sound.- Nirvana - In Utero, Vinyl Records at SoundStage Direct Vinyl Records 10 January 2010 23:40 UTC www.soundstagedirect.com [Source type: General]
Albini declined to alter the album further, and ultimately the band hired
Scott Litt to make minor changes to the album's sound and remix the singles "
Heart-Shaped Box" and "
All Apologies".
.^ In 1956, under the management of Col. Tom Parker, Elvis entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time with 'Heartbreak Hotel' .
.^ Liberty Media holds interests in a broad range of video programming, communications, technology and Internet businesses in the United States, Europe, South America and Asia.- LIST of ANTI-GUN, COMPANIES & PEOPLE: 20 September 2009 11:23 UTC www.pinkpistols.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
Background
.^ If you do a conservative estimate, then you are talking at least 50,000 children across Canada over a century."
^ Sluggo obtained the guitar after a NIRVANA gig in New Jersey, before the band became successful.- http://www.roxwel.com/news/kurt-cobain-broken-guitar-on-sale-for-100000.html 28 January 2010 0:14 UTC www.roxwel.com [Source type: General]
^ The Pulse of Radio reports that a smashed guitar that once belonged to late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain was sold for $100,000, according to the Associated Press .- http://www.roxwel.com/news/kurt-cobain-broken-guitar-on-sale-for-100000.html 28 January 2010 0:14 UTC www.roxwel.com [Source type: General]
[2] .^ Real Name: Kurt Donald Cobain Profile: *20 Februar 1967 in Aberdeen, Washington, USA †5 April 1994 in Seattle, Washington, USA US-American musician, best known as the lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of Nirvana .- Kurt Cobain Discography at Discogs 25 January 2010 23:33 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]
^ The Pulse of Radio reports that a smashed guitar that once belonged to late Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain was sold for $100,000, according to the Associated Press .- http://www.roxwel.com/news/kurt-cobain-broken-guitar-on-sale-for-100000.html 28 January 2010 0:14 UTC www.roxwel.com [Source type: General]
^ Neva says – reply to this 149 I bet she reckons its David Grohl and Krist Novoselic - shes bitched about them making money off kurt's back for years.- Perez Hilton: Kurt Cobain Back From The Dead! 25 January 2010 23:33 UTC perezhilton.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[3] .^ Majdi Birnawi, another security expert, told Al-Jazeera that "I believe that Mossad or some other (Israeli) security organization carried out this attack."
.^ Married with Courtney Love from 24 February 1992 until his death.- Kurt Cobain Discography at Discogs 25 January 2010 23:33 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]
^ Hello Kitty says – reply to this 139 Courtney Love needs some help, and even more so with her daughter.- Perez Hilton: Kurt Cobain Back From The Dead! 25 January 2010 23:33 UTC perezhilton.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Live At Montreux 1991 & 1992 (2xCD, Album) .- Kurt Cobain Discography at Discogs 25 January 2010 23:33 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]
[5] DGC had hoped to have a new album by the band ready for a late 1992 holiday season release; since work on it proceeded slowly, the label released the compilation album
Incesticide in December 1992.
[6]
.^ Lullaby Renditions Of Baby's Favorite Rock Bands (CD, Album, Comp) .- Kurt Cobain Discography at Discogs 25 January 2010 23:33 UTC www.discogs.com [Source type: General]
Cobain said he would then choose the best material from the sessions for inclusion on the group's next album.
[7] In October 1992, Nirvana recorded several songs (mainly as instrumentals) during a demo session with Endino in Seattle; many of these songs would later be re-recorded for
In Utero.
[8] .^ "I heard that a PJ officer had been surprised to find a member of MI5 at a UK meeting about the case, and this made him suspicious that shadowy forces could be at work.
[9] The group recorded another set of demos while on tour in Brazil in January 1993.
[10] One of the recordings from this session, the long improvisational track "Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip", was included as a hidden track on non-US copies of
In Utero.
[11]
Nirvana ultimately chose Albini to record its third album. Albini had a reputation as a principled and opinionated individual in the American
independent music scene. While there was speculation that the band chose Albini to record the album due to his underground credentials, Cobain told
Request magazine in 1993, "For the most part I wanted to work with him because he happened to produce two of my favorite records, which were
Surfer Rosa [by the
Pixies] and
Pod [by
The Breeders]." Inspired by those albums, Cobain wanted to utilize Albini's technique of capturing the natural ambiance of a room via the usage and placement of several microphones, something previous Nirvana producers had been averse to trying.
[12] Months before the band had even approached Albini about the recording, rumors circulated that he was slated to record the album. Albini sent a disclaimer to the British music press denying involvement, only to get a call from Nirvana's management a few days later about the project.
[13] .^ We should not copy the poorest countries in Africa because, although they do not consume more than their fair share of resources, they do not have a decent standard of living for all their people.
[14] Before the start of recording sessions, the band sent Albini a tape of the demos it had made in Brazil. In return, Albini sent Cobain a copy of the
PJ Harvey album
Rid of Me to give him an idea of what the studio where they would record at sounded like.
[15]
Recording
The members of Nirvana and Albini decided on a self-imposed two-week deadline for recording the album. Wary of interference by DGC, Albini suggested the band members pay for the sessions with their own money, which they agreed to.
[16] Studio fees totaled
US$24,000, while Albini took a flat fee of $100,000 for his services.
.^ And even though Charlie has been visiting her in the hospital, Brooke's mother, Moira , wants her to take time away from him.- Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton 25 January 2010 23:33 UTC perezhilton.com [Source type: General]
[16] While a common practice among producers in the music industry, Albini refused to take royalties because he considered it to be immoral and "an insult to the artist".
[14]
In February 1993, Nirvana traveled to
Pachyderm Studio in
Cannon Falls,
Minnesota to record the album.
[17] .^ "I heard that a PJ officer had been surprised to find a member of MI5 at a UK meeting about the case, and this made him suspicious that shadowy forces could be at work.
^ The thing is they did, shit happened.” Q: “Were the RUC warned about the bomb?
^ Despite having "nothing left to write about," Oasis trudge on making their seventh album.- Kurt Cobain Hub | Kurt Cobain Gay Blog Report | Towleroad, News Daily for Gay Guys. 17 September 2009 0:00 UTC www.towleroad.com [Source type: General]
.^ They wanted to find a charismatic religious leader that they could promote and control and they began to cooperate with groups such as the Muslim Brotherhood.
Novoselic compared the isolated conditions to a
gulag; he added, "There was snow outside, we couldn't go anywhere. We just worked."
[17] For most of the sessions, the only people present were the band members, Albini, and technician
Bob Weston.
[19][20] .^ She didn’t like to go outside during the day.” ~~ Posted by Anon at 9:30 AM 1 comments Labels: CIA .
[19] To prevent the group's managers and label from interfering, Albini instituted a strict policy of ignoring everyone except for the band members; the producer explained that everyone associated with the group aside from the musicians themselves were "the biggest pieces of shit I ever met".
[21]
.^ In fact, three days before Hess arrived, there had been a vote of no-confidence in Churchill.
However, once recording began on February 13, work moved quickly.
[17][19] .^ The attacks took place one day following the completion of the annual Turkish-US Joint Defense Group meeting (17-19 November 2003).
[16] Cobain, Novoselic, and Grohl recorded their basic instrumental tracks together as a band.
[19] The group utilized this setup on all songs except for faster compositions like "Very Ape" and "tourette's", where the drums were recorded separately in a nearby kitchen due to its natural
reverb. Albini surrounded Grohl's drum kit with approximately 30 microphones.
[16] Cobain added additional guitar tracks to about half the songs, then added guitar solos, and finally vocals. The band did not discard takes, and kept virtually everything it captured on tape.
[19] .^ One province in Indonesia produces more carbon than the Netherlands - Indonesia forest loss killing climate, endangered animals .
^ Cuba is the only nation which: (1) provides a decent standard of living for its people and (2) does not consume more than its fair share of the world's resources.
[22] .^ Re: Cecily – First off, I never said that I think Kurt Cobain's alive so that's completely irrelevant.- Perez Hilton: Kurt Cobain Back From The Dead! 25 January 2010 23:33 UTC perezhilton.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
. .] He can make concrete steps to improve things that he doesn't think are acceptable."
[23] Cobain reportedly recorded all his vocal tracks in six hours.
[24] .^ One day six Mau Mau suspects were brought into a police station in the neighbouring district to mine.
^ This kind of shiz only happens to Courtney Love !- Perez Hilton: Kurt Cobain Back From The Dead! 25 January 2010 23:33 UTC perezhilton.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ The attacks took place one day following the completion of the annual Turkish-US Joint Defense Group meeting (17-19 November 2003).
The band, Love, and Albini refused to go into specifics, but Weston's girlfriend—who served as the studio's chef—stated that Love created tension by criticizing Cobain's work and being confrontational with everyone present.
[16]
The
mixing process for the album was completed over the course of five days.
[24] This rate was quick by Nirvana's standards, but not for Albini, who was used to mixing entire albums in a day or two. On occasions when work on a song mix was not producing desired results, the band and Albini took the rest of the day off to watch nature videos, set things on fire, and make prank phone calls for amusement.
[25] The sessions were completed on February 26.
[26]
Music and lyrics
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Albini sought to produce a record that sounded nothing like
Nevermind.
[14] He felt the sound of
Nevermind was "sort of a standard hack recording that has been turned into a very, very controlled, compressed radio-friendly mix [...] That is not, in my opinion, very flattering to a rock band." Instead, the intention was to capture a more natural and visceral sound.
[23] Albini refused to
double-track Cobain's vocals and instead recorded him singing alone in a resonant room.
[23] The producer noted the intensity of the singer's vocals on some tracks; he said, "There's a really dry, really loud voice at the end of 'Milk It' [...] that was also done at the end of '
Rape Me,' where [Cobain] wanted the sound of him screaming to just overtake the whole band."
[27] Albini achieved the album's sparse drum sound by simply placing several microphones around the room while Dave Grohl performed, picking up the natural
reverberation of the room.
.^ In Farr's Court Martial papers, the Sergeant Major is quoted as saying “If you don't go up to the f*****g front, I'm going to f*****g blow your brains out” to which Farr simply replied “I just can't go on.” The Court Martial was over in 20 minutes.
[23]
Azerrad asserted in his 1993 biography
Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana that the music of
In Utero showcased divergent sensibilities of abrasiveness and accessibility that reflected the upheavals Cobain experienced prior to the album's completion.
.^ After all, the world’s leading powers are quite adept at using past genocides/mass murders as an excuse to carry out their own genocides.
It's as if [Cobain] has given up trying to meld his punk and
pop instincts into one harmonious whole. Forget it. This is war."
.^ The ashes were probably taken by someone who truly loved and appreciated Cobain, which is more than that junkie whore ever did.- Kerrang! Kurt Cobain ashes stolen 25 January 2010 23:33 UTC www2.kerrang.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[28] .^ About this title: 180 Gram Audiophile Virgin Vinyl LP - Sealed On Colored Vinyl A reactionary statement to the phenomenal commercial success of Nevermind, In Utero remains Nirvanas most noisy, caustic, uncompromised, and aggressive album.- Nirvana - In Utero, Vinyl Records at SoundStage Direct Vinyl Records 10 January 2010 23:40 UTC www.soundstagedirect.com [Source type: General]
^ If there is a terror attack in London, is it likely that the British Security services or the Saudi security services will know more about it?
^ There are a number of THEORIES as to what happened and you can prove more than just one side of a story.- Perez Hilton: Kurt Cobain Back From The Dead! 25 January 2010 23:33 UTC perezhilton.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ At least she knew how to belt one out and not give a shit about the technicalities of musical instruments.- Perez Hilton: Kurt Cobain Back From The Dead! 25 January 2010 23:33 UTC perezhilton.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ "My friend and I had music playing loudly out of our mobile phones and this little girl was dancing to it.
[30] Novoselic viewed the album's singles "
Heart-Shaped Box" and "
All Apologies" as "gateways" to the more abrasive sound of the rest of the album, telling journalist
Jim DeRogatis that once listeners played the record they would discover "this aggressive wild sound, a true alternative record".
[31]
Several of the songs on
In Utero had been written years prior, some of which dated back to 1990.
[32] With tracks like "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle", Cobain favored long song titles in reaction to contemporary alternative rock bands that utilized single-word titles.
[33] Cobain continued to work on the lyrics while recording at Pachyderm Studio.
[34] Nonetheless, Cobain told
Spin in 1993 that in contrast to
Bleach and
Nevermind, the lyrics were "more focused, they're almost built on themes."
[35] Michael Azerrad asserted that the lyrics were less impressionistic and more straightforward than in previous Nirvana songs. Azerrad also noted that "[v]irtually every song contains some image of sickness and disease".
[28] In a number of songs Cobain made reference to books he had read. "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle" was inspired by
Shadowland, a 1978 biography of actress
Frances Farmer, whom Cobain had been fascinated with ever since he read the book in high school.
[36] The song "Scentless Apprentice" was written about
Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, a
historical horror novel about a
perfumer's apprentice born with no body odor of his own but with a highly developed sense of smell, and who attempts to create the "ultimate perfume" by killing virgin women and taking their scent.
[37]
Cobain stated in a 1993 interview with
The Observer that "for the most part [
In Utero]'s very impersonal".
[38] The songwriter also told
Q that year that the abundance of infant and childbirth imagery on the album and his newfound fatherhood were coincidental.
[39] However, Azerrad argued that much of the album contains personal themes, noting that Grohl held a similar view. Grohl said, "A lot of what he has to say is related to a lot of the shit he's gone through. And it's not so much teen angst anymore. It's a whole different ball game: rock star angst."
[40] Cobain downplayed recent events ("I really haven't had that exciting a life") and told Azerrad that he didn't want to write a track that explicitly expressed his anger at the media, but the author countered that "Rape Me" seemed to deal with that very issue. While Cobain said the song was written long before his troubles with
drug addiction became public, he agreed that the song could be viewed in that light.
[41] "Serve the Servants" contains comments about Cobain's life, both as a child and as an adult. The opening lines "Teenage angst has paid off well/Now I'm bored and old" were a reference to Cobain's state of mind in the wake of Nirvana's success.
[42] .^ Either you know how to do it or you don't.
^ You won't find me saying a bad word about her and I don't believe vice versa… we have too much wonderful history together to ever deface that."- Celebrity gossip juicy celebrity rumors Hollywood gossip blog from Perez Hilton 25 January 2010 23:33 UTC perezhilton.com [Source type: General]
^ Gosh, I don't know how anyone got Kurt's SSN. Just because they printed and sold copies of his death certificate with it right there on thousands of t-shirts after he died, and it's also been widely seen on the Web.- Perez Hilton: Kurt Cobain Back From The Dead! 25 January 2010 23:33 UTC perezhilton.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[43]
Packaging
The back cover of
In Utero is an original collage by Cobain. The work features models of fetuses and body parts arranged on a bed of flowers.
.^ I wouldn't be surprised if they were using Kurt Cobain's name as a way to buy property w/ his social security #.- Perez Hilton: Kurt Cobain Back From The Dead! 25 January 2010 23:33 UTC perezhilton.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
.^ The organization voiced a desire for an eventual handgun ban through gradual steps, but changed its name and espoused goals due to results of a survey.- LIST of ANTI-GUN, COMPANIES & PEOPLE: 20 September 2009 11:23 UTC www.pinkpistols.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
The band then considered using
Verse Chorus Verse—a title taken from its song "Verse Chorus Verse", and an earlier working title of "Sappy"—before eventually settling on
In Utero. The final title was taken from a poem written by Courtney Love.
[46]
The art director for
In Utero was Robert Fisher, who had designed all of Nirvana's releases on DGC. Most of the ideas for the artwork for the album and related singles came from Cobain. Fisher recalled that "[Cobain] would just give me some loose odds and ends and say 'Do something with it.'"
[47] The cover of the album is an image of a
transparent anatomical manikin, with angel wings superimposed. Cobain created the collage on the back cover, which he described as "Sex and woman and
In Utero and
vaginas and birth and death", that consists of model
fetuses and body parts lying in a bed of orchids and lilies.
.^ "The CIA called this Operation Cyclone and in the following years poured $4 billion into setting up Islamic training schools in Pakistan (Taliban means "student").
^ Ian Cobain, in The Guardian 17 December 2005 wrote about the secret torture centres set up by the British military after World War II - The interrogation camp that turned prisoners into living skeletons ...
[48] The album's track listing and re-illustrated symbols from
Barbara G. Walker's
The Woman's Dictionary of Symbols and Sacred Objects were then positioned around the edge of the collage.
[49]
Production controversy and remixing
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After the recording sessions were completed, Nirvana sent unmastered tapes of the album to several individuals, including the president of DGC's parent company
Geffen Records Ed Rosenblatt and the group's management company Gold Mountain.
.^ But, the Germans weren't told about it – and when they asked Washington for further information, none was forthcoming.
He said he was told his songwriting was "not up to par", the sound was "unlistenable" and that there was uncertainty that mainstream radio would welcome the sound of Albini's production.
[50] There were few people at Geffen or Gold Mountain who wanted the band to record with Albini to begin with, and Cobain felt he was receiving an unstated message to scrap the sessions and start all over again.
.^ The comandante's last move ) There is no malnutrition in Cuba.
^ Birnawi said: "Everyone knows that there are no Israelis in Sharm e-Sheikh.
^ Last year,” Curtis said in a phone interview, “there was a British army officer who was quoted in Iraq as saying the Americans view the Iraqis only as Untermenschen, the Nazi concept of subhuman.
I can't help myself—I'm just putting out a record I would like to listen to at home." However, a number of the group's friends liked the album, and by April 1993 Nirvana was intent on releasing
In Utero as it was. According to Cobain, "Of course, they want another
Nevermind, but I'd rather die than do that. This is exactly the kind of record I would buy as a fan, that I would enjoy owning."
[51]
The band members began to have doubts about the record's sound.
.^ They were afraid that something might go wrong with the first Presidential slave that was allowed to be highly visible to the public....
^ There's something wrong in a world where this kind of shit happens.- Kerrang! Kurt Cobain ashes stolen 25 January 2010 23:33 UTC www2.kerrang.com [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ "There was no recreation during that time in the cell.
The whole first week I wasn’t really interested in listening to it at all, and that usually doesn’t happen. I got no emotion from it, I was just numb."
[52] The group concluded that the bass and lyrics were inaudible and approached Albini to remix the album.
.^ Each wanted to be the one who could make money from deals with the mining companies.
And I don't think he felt he had that yet [. . .] My problem was that I feared a slippery slope."
[53] The band attempted to fix its concerns with the record during the
mastering process with
Bob Ludwig at his studio in
Portland, Maine. Novoselic was pleased with the results, but Cobain still did not feel the sound was perfect.
[54]
Soon afterward, in April 1993 Albini remarked to the
Chicago Tribune that he doubted Geffen would release the completed album.
[55] .^ An officer from the Ethical Standards Department was stood down a year later from the Ombudsman's investigation for "incompetence" after failing to pass on information from two key witnesses, and claiming that he never spoke to them when phone records proved that he had.
All I know is [. . .] we made a record, everybody was happy with it. A few weeks later I hear that it's unreleasable and it's all got to be redone".
[56] While Albini's remarks in the article drew no immediate reply from the group or its label,
Newsweek ran a similar article soon afterwards that did.
[57] .^ "There were personal pressures," he said.
.^ In Egypt, moves were made to undermine Nasser , in the hope that a more feudal leadership would take over.
[58]
Nirvana wanted to do further work on the recorded tracks, and considered working with producer
Scott Litt and remixing some tracks with Andy Wallace (who had mixed
Nevermind). Albini vehemently disagreed, and claimed he had an agreement with the band that it would not modify the tracks without his involvement. Albini initially refused to give the album master tapes to Gold Mountain, but relented after a phone call from Novoselic.
.^ There has been speculation that the CIA has used its MKULTRA brainwashing on many celebrities, including Madonna, Curt Cobain, Britney Spears and Elvis.
^ "There is a wealth of evidence to suggest that Britain’s security services sheltered Hamza for many years and even worked with him."
^ There is a deep Turkey working against the deep state.
[60] The rest of the album was left unaltered aside from a remastering which sharpened the bass guitar sound and increased the volume of the vocals by approximately three
decibels.
[61] Albini was critical of the album's final mix; he said, "The end result, the record in the stores doesn't sound all that much like the record that was made.
.^ With Obama the problem is a little different, though Capone still comes into it."
[6]
Release and reception
.^ A Turkish military base would be set up on Cyprus, on the Karpass Peninsula.
^ Sir Stuart Menzies - the head of MI6 - advised Churchill to stay out of things and let the Nazis and the Russians get on with it."
^ The mainly Greek part of the Island would join up with Greece.
[62] In contrast to the previous album, the label did not release any of
In Utero's singles commercially in the United States.
[6] .^ Arkansas Coalition to End Gun Violence Westside Station Box - 21681 Little Rock, AR 72221-1681 .- LIST of ANTI-GUN, COMPANIES & PEOPLE: 20 September 2009 11:23 UTC www.pinkpistols.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
[62] Despite the label's promotion, the band was convinced that
In Utero would not be as successful as
Nevermind.
.^ "We’re certain that MI6 was totally involved in the Hess affair - they weren’t luring him over: they were inviting him over.
[63]
.^ The Greek junta contributed $549,000 to the 1968 Nixon-Agnew election campaign in the United States.
^ The real KSM, on the other hand, was educated in the United States and had obtained a degree in mechanical engineering from an American university in 1986."
^ "Israel would still be the only democracy in the region for the United States to deal with," he said.
[64][65] .^ In 1956, under the management of Col. Tom Parker, Elvis entered the Billboard Hot 100 chart for the first time with 'Heartbreak Hotel' .
[67] .^ Then Wal-mart sells the Pocahontas pyjamas for quite a few dollars.
.^ "Others were recruited at an Islamic school in Brooklyn, New York, within sight of the fated Twin Towers.
^ During this attack over 100 men, women and children were killed according to the New York Times April 13, 1948.
^ According to the New York Times, the Million Mom March organization has laid off 30, of it's 35-employees.- LIST of ANTI-GUN, COMPANIES & PEOPLE: 20 September 2009 11:23 UTC www.pinkpistols.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
DGC issued a new version of the album with reworked packaging to the stores in March 1994. This version featured edited album artwork, and listed the name of "Rape Me" as "Waif Me".
[69] A spokesperson for Nirvana explained that the band decided to edit the packaging because as kids Cobain and Novoselic were only able to buy music from the two chain stores; as a result they "really want to make their music available to kids who don't have the opportunity to go to mom-and-pop stores".
[70]
In Utero received acclaim from critics.
Time's
Christopher John Farley stated in his review of the album, "Despite the fears of some alternative-music fans, Nirvana hasn't gone mainstream, though this potent new album may once again force the mainstream to go Nirvana."
[71] Rolling Stone reviewer
David Fricke wrote, "
In Utero is a lot of things – brilliant, corrosive, enraged and thoughtful, most of them all at once. But more than anything, it's a triumph of the will."
[72] Entertainment Weekly reviewer David Browne (who gave the album a rating of B+) commented "Kurt Cobain hates it all", and noted that the sentiment pervades the record. Browne argued, "The music is often mesmerizing, cathartic rock & roll, but it is rock & roll without release, because the band is suspicious of the old-school rock cliches such a release would evoke."
[73] NME gave the album an eight out of ten rating. However, reviewer John Mulvey had doubts about the record; he concluded, "As a document of a mind in flux — dithering, dissatisfied, unable to come to terms with sanity — Kurt [Cobain] should be proud of [the album].
.^ "The CIA called this Operation Cyclone and in the following years poured $4 billion into setting up Islamic training schools in Pakistan (Taliban means "student").
[74] Ben Thompson of
The Independent commented that in spite of the album's more abrasive songs, "
In Utero is beautiful far more often than it is ugly", and added, "Nirvana have wisely neglected to make the unlistenable punk-rock nightmare they threatened us with."
[75] Critics ranked
In Utero as one of the best releases of the year. It placed first and second in the album categories of the
Rolling Stone and
Village Voice Pazz & Jop year-end critics' polls, respectively.
[76][77] .^ During this attack over 100 men, women and children were killed according to the New York Times April 13, 1948.
^ According to the New York Times, the Million Mom March organization has laid off 30, of it's 35-employees.- LIST of ANTI-GUN, COMPANIES & PEOPLE: 20 September 2009 11:23 UTC www.pinkpistols.org [Source type: FILTERED WITH BAYES]
^ Doctors Warn of a Looming TB Threat - New York Times .
[78] The album was nominated for
Best Alternative Music Album at the
1994 Grammy Awards.
[79]
That October, Nirvana embarked on its first American tour in two years to promote the album.
[80] A second single, a split release that featured "All Apologies" and "Rape Me", was issued in December in the United Kingdom.
.^ It's hard to believe, but today marks 15 years since Kurt Cobain was found dead.- Kurt Cobain Hub | Kurt Cobain Gay Blog Report | Towleroad, News Daily for Gay Guys. 17 September 2009 0:00 UTC www.towleroad.com [Source type: General]
[82] The intended third single from
In Utero, "
Pennyroyal Tea", was cancelled in the wake of Cobain's death and the subsequent dissolution of Nirvana; limited promotional copies were released in Britain.
[6] Three days after Cobain's body was discovered,
In Utero moved back up the
Billboard charts, from number 72 to number 27.
[83]
In the ensuing years,
In Utero has continued to perform commercially and gather critical praise.
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^ Cuba is the only nation which: (1) provides a decent standard of living for its people and (2) does not consume more than its fair share of the world's resources.
If it is possible for an album that sold four million copies to be overlooked, or underappreciated, then
In Utero is that lost pearl."
[84] .^ During this attack over 100 men, women and children were killed according to the New York Times April 13, 1948.
^ In the Sunday Times Rich List 2007 ranking of the wealthiest people in the UK he was placed 18th with an estimated fortune of £1,995 million.
^ At the same time, all we hear about Turkey in the Western European and North American mainstream media is the accession talks with the European Union, the conflict between the religious AKP government and the country’s secular establishment (including the military) and the cross-border operations into Northern Iraq.
[88] .^ MARK WEISBROT wrote in Counterpunch about Haiti ( Mark Weisbrot: The Silence About Haiti's Torment ) According to Weisbrot: Aristide, Haiti's president, was overthrown twice 'by thugs supported by the United States'.
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Track listing
- "Serve the Servants" – 3:36
- "Scentless Apprentice" (Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic) – 3:48
- "Heart-Shaped Box" – 4:41
- "Rape Me" – 2:50
- "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle" – 4:09
- "Dumb" – 2:32
- "Very Ape" – 1:56
- "Milk It" – 3:55
- "Pennyroyal Tea" – 3:37
- "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" – 4:51
- "Tourette's" – 1:35
- "All Apologies" – 3:51
- Bonus track
- "Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip" (Cobain, Grohl, Novoselic) – 7:28
This song is included on non-US pressings of the album.
Personnel
Sales chart positions
Album
Singles
References
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Notes
- ^ Cross, 2001. p. 193
- ^ Olsen, Eric. "10 years later, Cobain lives on in his music". MSNBC.com. April 9, 2004. Retrieved on July 5, 2007.
- ^ Gaar, 2006. p. 70
- ^ Azerrad, Michael. "Inside the Heart and Mind of Nirvana". Rolling Stone. April 16, 1992. Retrieved on January 17, 2009.
- ^ Azerrad, 1994. p. 312
- ^ a b c d Gaar, Gillian G. "Verse Chorus Verse: The Recording History of Nirvana". Goldmine. February 14, 1997.
- ^ True, Everett. "Nirvana: Crucified By Success?" Melody Maker. July 25, 1992.
- ^ Gaar, 2006. p. 17
- ^ Gaar, 2006. p. 21–22
- ^ Gaar, 2006. p. 23
- ^ Gaar, 2006. p. 29–30
- ^ DeRogatis, 2003. p. 5–6
- ^ Azerrad, 1994. p. 313
- ^ a b c Azerrad, 1994. p. 314
- ^ Gaar, 2006. p. 39
- ^ a b c d e Cameron, Keith. "This Is Pop". Mojo. May 2001.
- ^ a b c Gaar, 2006. p. 40
- ^ Gaar, 2006. p. 36–37
- ^ a b c d e f Azerrad, 1994. p. 315
- ^ Azerrad credits Weston as "assistant engineer", but the album liner notes list him as "technician"
- ^ DeRogatis, 2003. p. 16–17
- ^ Azerrad, 1994. p. 316
- ^ a b c d Azerrad, 1994. p. 317
- ^ a b Gaar, 2006. p. 61
- ^ Azerrad, 1994. p. 318–19
- ^ Gaar, 2006. p. 64
- ^ Gaar, 2006. p. 45
- ^ a b Azerrad, 1994. p. 321
- ^ Azerrad, 1994. p. 332–33
- ^ Azerrad, 1994. p. 323
- ^ DeRogatis, 2003. p. 18
- ^ Gaar, 2006. p. 3
- ^ Azerrad, 1994. p. 326–27
- ^ Gaar, 2006. p. 41
- ^ Steinke, Darcey. "Smashing Their Heads on That Punk Rock". Spin. October 1993.
- ^ Gaar, 2006. p. 50–51
- ^ Gaar, 2006. p. 42–43
- ^ Savage, Jon. "Sounds Dirty: The Truth About Nirvana". The Observer. August 15, 1993.
- ^ Sutcliffe, Phil. "Kurt Cobain: King of Pain". Q. October 1993.
- ^ Azerrad, 1994. p. 322
- ^ Azerrad, 1994, p. 322–23
- ^ Azerrad, 1994. p. 325
- ^ Azerrad, 1994. p. 326
- ^ Cross, 2001. p. 277
- ^ Azerrad, 1994. p. 330
- ^ Cross, 2001. p. 278
- ^ Gaar, 2006. p. 79
- ^ Gaar, 2006. p. 83
- ^ Gaar, 2006. p. 84
- ^ Azerrad, 1994. p. 331
- ^ Azerrad, 1994. p. 332
- ^ Mothersole, Ben. "Nirvana's Kurt Cobain: Getting to Know Utero". Circus. November 30, 1993.
- ^ Gaar, 2006. p. 69
- ^ Azerrad, 1994. p. 336
- ^ Kot, Greg. "Record Label Finds Little Bliss in Nirvana's Latest". Chicago Tribune. April 19, 1993.
- ^ Gaar, 2006. p. 66
- ^ Goodman, Fred. "Nirvana to "Newsweek": Drop dead". Rolling Stone. June 24, 1993. Retrieved on February 10, 2008.
- ^ Azerrad, 1994. p. 336–37
- ^ Azerrad, 1994. p. 337–38
- ^ DeRogatis, 2003. p. 6
- ^ Azerrad, 1994. p. 338
- ^ a b Rosen, Craig. "Nirvana Set Has Smell of Success". Billboard. September 25, 1993.
- ^ DeRogatis, 2003. p. 4
- ^ a b Gaar, 2006. p. 97
- ^ "Precious Pearls". Entertainment Weekly. October 15, 1993. Retrieved on January 20, 2009.
- ^ "In Numero Uno". Entertainment Weekly. October 8, 1993. Retrieved on December 1, 2008.
- ^ Gaar, 2006. p. 98
- ^ Pareles, Jon. "Nirvana, the Band That Hates to Be Loved". The New York Times. November 14, 1993. Retrieved on February 25, 2008.
- ^ Gaar, 2006. p. 87
- ^ Gordinier, Jeff. "Attention Kmart Shoppers". Entertainment Weekly. April 8, 1994. Retrieved on January 20, 2009.
- ^ Farley, Christopher John. "To The End Of Grunge." Time. September 20, 1993. Retrieved on February 25, 2008.
- ^ Fricke, David. In Utero (review). Rolling Stone. September 16, 1993. Retrieved on February 25, 2008.
- ^ Browne, David. In Utero (review). Entertainment Weekly. September 24, 1993. Retrieved on February 25, 2008.
- ^ Mulvey, John. In Utero (review). NME. September 4, 1993. Retrieved on February 25, 2008.
- ^ Thompson, Ben. In Utero (review). Independent on Sunday. September 1993.
- ^ Fricke, David. "Kurt Cobain: The Rolling Stone Interview". Rolling Stone. January 27, 1994.
- ^ Christgau, Robert. "The 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll". Village Voice. March 1, 1994. Retrieved on December 13, 2008.
- ^ Pareles, Jon. "The Pop Life". The New York Times. January 5, 1994. Retrieved on December 13, 2008.
- ^ Rule, Sheila. "Sting Nominated To Receive 6 Grammys". The New York Times. January 7, 1994. Retrieved on December 13, 2008.
- ^ Azerrad, 1994. p. 352
- ^ Azerrad, 1994. p. 344, 354
- ^ Strauss, Neil. "The Downward Spiral". Rolling Stone. June 2, 1994. Retrieved on January 25, 2009.
- ^ Pareles, Jon. "Music Confers an Afterlife As Cacophony Lingers On". The New York Times. April 17, 1994. Retrieved on January 21, 2009.
- ^ Cross, Charles R. "Bollocks to Nevermind...Here's In Utero". Guitar World. October 2003.
- ^ Pitchfork Media staff. "Top 100 Albums of the 1990s". PitchforkMedia.com. November 17, 2003. Retrieved on January 25, 2009.
- ^ "439) In Utero". Rolling Stone. November 1, 2003. Retrieved on January 25, 2009.
- ^ "100 Greatest American Albums of All Time: In Utero". Blender. 2004. Retrieved on January 25, 2009.
- ^ Brod, Doug. "Nirvana – In Utero". Spin. July 2005.
- ^ Top 100 Albums. RIAA.com. Retrieved on November 20, 2008.
- ^ Barnes, Ken. "Sales questions: Nirvana vs. Pearl Jam". USAToday.com. March 23, 2007. Retrieved on December 14, 2008.
- ^ a b Discography Nirvana. Australian-charts.com. Retrieved on January 23, 2009.
- ^ Nirvana - In Utero (Album). Austriancharts.at (in Austrian German). Retrieved on November 19, 2008.
- ^ RPM100 Albums. RPM. October 9, 1993. Retrieved on November 20, 2008.
- ^ Chartverfolgung / Nirvana / Longplay. Musicline.de (in German). Retrieved on November 19, 2008.
- ^ Archívum. Mahasz (in Hungarian). Retrieved on November 20, 2008. NB user needs to enter "In Utero" in "Eloadó/cím", select "dal/album cím" and click "Keresés".
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- ^ a b Roberts, David (ed.). British Hit Singles & Albums. 19th edition. HIT Entertainment, 2006. ISBN 1-904994-10-5, p. 396
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- ^ Nirvana Dans Les Charts Français. Lescharts.com (in French). Retrieved on November 20, 2008.
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