Nirvana album

Album   Released Publisher Rating
Live at Reading (CD/DVD) 2009 Geffen Records
Live at Reading (DVD) 2009 Geffen
Hormoaning (Japan) 1992 DGC/MCA Victor
Back to the topLive at Reading (CD/DVD)
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Released:
November 03, 2009
Label:
Geffen Records
Rating:
Styles:
Alternative Pop/Rock
Grunge
Alternative/Indie Rock
Certain concerts create a legend as soon as the final note ceases to ring. Nirvana's headlining appearance at the 1992 Reading Festival is one of these shows, a concert that arrived at precisely the right moment and stands as testament to a band at the peak of its powers...and right before things started to turn sour within the Nirvana camp. Despite the happy news of the birth of Frances Bean Cobain a mere 12 days before this August 30 festival, rumors swirled around Nirvana right up until the band hit the stage. Kurt Cobain took full advantage of these scurrilous stories, making his entrance in a hospital gown and wheelchair pushed by journalist Everett True. Cobain feebly reached for the microphone to croak out the opening lines of "The Rose," only to collapse onto the stage, milking the drama for a moment before leading Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl through a ferocious "Breed." This impish sense of humor has been obscured over the years, lost under the weight of the band's tragic legacy, along with the fact that Nirvana could actually be as well as furious. Live at Reading brings all this roaring back. This is Nirvana's purest blast of rock & roll: there's a boundless, invigorating energy here and, just as importantly, there's a sense of joy to the performances, a joy that bubbles to the surface when Kurt laughs during the intro of "Sliver" but can be heard throughout the show, as the band rushes in tandem, pushing the tempos on "Aneurysm" and "Territorial Pissings," ebbing and flowing as one. Hints of this could be heard on the live comp From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah, but this is a complete document of Nirvana in full flight and one of the greatest live rock & roll albums ever. [A CD/DVD edition was also released.]
Track # Track Time Composer
1 Breed 3:12 Cobain Ringtone
2 Drain You 3:38 Cobain Ringtone
3 Aneurysm 4:35 Novoselic, Grohl, Cobain
4 School 2:43 Cobain
5 Silver 2:06 Cobain
6 In Bloom 4:36 Cobain Ringtone
7 Come as You Are 3:36 Cobain Ringtone
8 Lithium 4:21 Cobain Ringtone
9 About a Girl 2:51 Cobain
10 Tourette's 1:50 Cobain Ringtone
11 Polly 2:48 Cobain Ringtone
12 Lounge Act 2:36 Cobain
13 Smells Like Teen Spirit 4:45 Cobain, Grohl, Novoselic Ringtone
14 On a Plain 3:00 Cobain Ringtone
15 Negative Creep 2:52 Cobain
16 Been a Son 2:13 Cobain
17 All Apologies 3:09 Cobain Ringtone
18 Blew 3:19 Cobain Ringtone
19 Dumb 2:32 Cobain Ringtone
20 Stay Away 3:32 Cobain
21 Spank Thru 3:06 Cobain
22 The Money Will Roll Right In 2:16 Flynn, Wilson
23 D-7 3:43 Sage
24 Territorial Pissings 4:29 Cobain, Powers
25 Breed (DVD) N/A Cobain
26 Drain You (DVD) N/A Cobain
27 Aneurysm (DVD) N/A Cobain, Novoselic, Grohl
28 School (DVD) N/A Cobain
29 Sliver (DVD) N/A Cobain
30 In Bloom (DVD) N/A Cobain
31 Come as You Are (DVD) N/A Cobain
32 Lithium (DVD) N/A Cobain
33 About a Girl (DVD) N/A Cobain
34 Tourette's (DVD) N/A Cobain
35 Polly (DVD) N/A Cobain
36 Lounge Act (DVD) N/A Cobain
37 Smells Like Teen Spirit (DVD) N/A Cobain, Novoselic, Grohl
38 On a Plain (DVD) N/A Cobain
39 Negative Creep (DVD) N/A Cobain
40 Been a Son (DVD) N/A Cobain
41 All Apologies (DVD) N/A Cobain
42 Blew (DVD) N/A Cobain
43 Dumb (DVD) N/A Cobain
44 Stay Away (DVD) N/A Cobain
45 Spank Thru (DVD) N/A Cobain
46 Love Buzz (DVD) N/A Robby Van Leeuwen
47 The Money Will Roll Right In (DVD) N/A Wilson, Flynn
48 D-7 (DVD) N/A Sage
49 Territorial Pissings (DVD) N/A Cobain, Powers
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Ranked #1 in Kerrang Magazine's "100 Gigs That Shook The World" and voted as "Nirvana's #1 Greatest Moment" by fans in an NME poll, Nirvana's historic August 30, 1992 headlining ap...
Back to the topLive at Reading (DVD)
Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Released:
November 03, 2009
Label:
Geffen
Rating:
Styles:
Alternative Pop/Rock
Grunge
Alternative/Indie Rock
Certain concerts create a legend as soon as the final note ceases to ring. Nirvana's headlining appearance at the 1992 Reading Festival is one of these shows, a concert that arrived at precisely the right moment and stands as testament to a band at the peak of its powers...and right before things started to turn sour within the Nirvana camp. Despite the happy news of the birth of Frances Bean Cobain a mere 12 days before this August 30 festival, rumors swirled around Nirvana right up until the band hit the stage. Kurt Cobain took full advantage of these scurrilous stories, making his entrance in a hospital gown and wheelchair pushed by journalist Everett True. Cobain feebly reached for the microphone to croak out the opening lines of "The Rose," only to collapse onto the stage, milking the drama for a moment before leading Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl through a ferocious "Breed." This impish sense of humor has been obscured over the years, lost under the weight of the band's tragic legacy, along with the fact that Nirvana could actually be as well as furious. Live at Reading brings all this roaring back. This is Nirvana's purest blast of rock & roll: there's a boundless, invigorating energy here and, just as importantly, there's a sense of joy to the performances, a joy that bubbles to the surface when Kurt laughs during the intro of "Sliver" but can be heard throughout the show, as the band rushes in tandem, pushing the tempos on "Aneurysm" and "Territorial Pissings," ebbing and flowing as one. Hints of this could be heard on the live comp From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah, but this is a complete document of Nirvana in full flight and one of the greatest live rock & roll albums ever. [A DVD edition was also released.]
Track # Track Time Composer
1 Breed (DVD) N/A Cobain
2 Drain You (DVD) N/A Cobain
3 Aneurysm (DVD) N/A Grohl, Novoselic, Cobain
4 School (DVD) N/A Cobain
5 Sliver (DVD) N/A Cobain
6 In Bloom (DVD) N/A Cobain
7 Come as You Are (DVD) N/A Cobain
8 Lithium (DVD) N/A Cobain
9 About a Girl (DVD) N/A Cobain
10 Tourette's (DVD) N/A Cobain
11 Polly (DVD) N/A Cobain
12 Lounge Act (DVD) N/A Cobain
13 Smells Like Teen Spirit (DVD) N/A Cobain, Grohl, Novoselic
14 On a Plain (DVD) N/A Cobain
15 Negative Creep (DVD) N/A Cobain
16 Been a Son (DVD) N/A Cobain
17 All Apologies (DVD) N/A Cobain
18 Blew (DVD) N/A Cobain
19 Dumb (DVD) N/A Cobain
20 Stay Away (DVD) N/A Cobain
21 Spank Thru (DVD) N/A Cobain
22 Love Buzz (DVD) N/A Robby Van Leeuwen
23 The Money Will Roll Right In (DVD) N/A Flynn, Wilson
24 D-7 (DVD) N/A Sage
25 Territorial Pissings (DVD) N/A Powers, Cobain
Back to the topHormoaning (Japan)
Review by Steve Bekkala, All Music Guide
Released:
January 1992
Label:
DGC/MCA Victor
Rating:
Styles:
Alternative Pop/Rock
Grunge
Alternative/Indie Rock
Originally released to promote Nirvana's early 1992 Australian tour (and reissued a month later in Japan for similar purposes, albeit with different cover art), the Hormoaning EP quickly became a much sought-after item to Nirvana fans and collectors alike. Not only was it produced in relatively scarce quantities, but it also gave those who were lucky enough to track down a copy an opportunity to hear an assortment of rare tracks unavailable elsewhere (that is, until Incesticide, which contains most of these songs, was released later in the year). Only two originals are featured on Hormoaning -- the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" B-side, "Even in His Youth," and the colossal, foreboding "Aneurysm." However, in the same way that MTV Unplugged in New York would later prove, the four cover songs here tell as much about Nirvana as do the originals. Kurt Cobain's wide-ranging influences are acknowledged as if they were one and the same -- the group's love of new wave (shown in their take on Devo's "Turnaround") is treated no differently as their nod to Northwest underground punk stalwarts the Wipers ("D-7") or Cobain's beloved Scottish twee pop heroes the Vaselines ("Son of a Gun" and "Molly's Lips"). Regardless of the availability of most of this material elsewhere, Hormoaning still serves as a revealing entry in the catalog of the most influential rock band of the '90s.
Track # Track Time Composer
1 Turnaround N/A Casale, Mothersbaugh
2 Aneurysm N/A Cobain, Grohl, Novoselic
3 D-7 N/A Sage
4 Son of a Gun N/A McKee, Kelly
5 Even in His Youth N/A Cobain, Grohl, Novoselic
6 Molly's Lips N/A McKee, Kelly
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