In Utero - A return to their roots (In Utero - Nirvana)

Member Name: jet92

Product:	In Utero - Nirvana
Date:	13/11/08 (23 review reads)
Rating:

Advantages: Brilliant, angst-fuelled album

Disadvantages: It's their last one

Nirvana's final studio album, In Utero, was what many believed to be Kurt's subliminal suicide note (that's if you think it was suicide). I can see why many people think this as it is a substantial return to Nirvana's raw style. All songs are fuelled by brilliant grunge/pop rhythms with Kurt screeching mesmerisingly angst-filled lyrics over the top.

Serve the Servents is a brilliant opening track, and is a semi-autobiographical account of Kurt's relationship with his parents. Scentless Apprentice is a haunting grunge classic based on a book named Perfume, and then Heart Shaped Box (the most favourite song on the album) is a disturbing yet moving love song. Rape Me, one of Nirvana's most contreversial hits, is also haunting and follows a similar rhythm to Teen Spirit.

Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle is a depressing account of an actress who was raped and labotomised, Dumb is a brilliant angst-track about a misunderstood generation, Very Ape is just grunge brilliance, and Tourettes is an energetic, raw, pounding song.

Then there are the two slower tracks (excluding Dumb), Pennyroyal Tea and All Apologies. Personally, I am not a big fan of either of these tracks but they still carry a sort of innocence and vulnerabilty that really hit home.

10/10.

Summary: Sheer brilliance.