Inside the mind of Kurt Cobain (In Utero - Nirvana)

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Product:	In Utero - Nirvana
Date:	01/08/00 (57 review reads)
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Advantages: Heart Shaped Box

Disadvantages: Tourettes

After the massive success of Nevermind Nirvana took time off to come to terms with being generation spokesmodels and the pressure of fame. Kurt Cobain also got married to singer/songwriter Courtney Love of Hole; he also had a public battle with heroin addiction from which he would never really recover. But, despite all of this he still managed to take time to write the follow up to Nevermind, In Utero. It is a very different album to its predecessor, not just in musical style, where it was very much back to basics, but also its production. The band hired controversial producer Steve Albini whose unique style lends another dimension to the record, although the debate to whether it is suited will rage on.

Starting off with “Serve the servants” the album gets off on a good footing with a song that doesn’t push its way along, more ambles along. “Senseless apprentice” follows on the heels and is note worthy because it is the first song to be co-written by the Nirvana members and not just Kurt, apparently Dave Grohl came up with the guitar part and put it to the rest of the group. What follows this though is outstanding, “Heart shaped box” is a song sent straight from the angels, it really is divine and one of the gems here on this album. Again it uses the soft-loud-soft-loud model and works exceptionally well. “Rape me” follows this and caused quite a storm with women’s groups and although Kurt said that it was an anti rape song you can see why people were a little taken back by it. Musically though it seems to copy the open guitar part of “…Teen spirit”. The album rumbles through on much the same vein as the start and other highlights include “Pennyroyal Tea” and “All apologies” which are similar in style to “Heart shaped box” although retain an individual appeal.

So as a follow up to the massively successful Nevermind it works well as it
is completely different, and it also managed to achieve respectable sales as well as critical acclaim. Kurt Cobain had long wanted to get rid of some of the fan base that only knew “…Teen spirit”. He would have managed this with this album while not marginalising too many of the other fans.

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