arnold layne Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 The overnight-success story of the 1990s, Nirvana's second album and its totemic first single, "Smells Like Teen Spirit," shot up from the nascent grunge scene in Seattle to kick Michael Jackson off the top of the Billboard album chart and blow hair metal off the map. No album in recent history had such an overpowering impact on a generation – a nation of teens suddenly turned punk – and such a catastrophic effect on its main creator. The weight of fame led already troubled singer-guitarist Kurt Cobain to take his own life in 1994. But his slashing riffs, corrosive singing and deviously oblique writing, rammed home by the Pixies-via-Zeppelin might of bassist Krist Novoselic and drummer Dave Grohl, put the warrior purity back in rock & roll. Lyrically, Cobain raged in code – shorthand grenades of inner tumult and self-loathing. His genius, though, in songs like "Lithium," "Breed" and "Teen Spirit" was the soft-loud tension he created between verse and chorus, restraint and assault. Cobain was a pop lover at heart – and a Beatlemaniac: Nevermind producer Butch Vig remembers hearing Cobain play John Lennon's "Julia" at sessions. Cobain also fought to maintain his underground honor. Ultimately, it was a losing battle, but it is part of this album's enduring power. Vig recalls when Cobain was forced to overdub the guitar intro to "Teen Spirit" because he couldn't nail it live with the band: "That pissed him off. He wanted to play [the song] live all the way through."Read more: http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/nirvana-nevermind-19691231#ixzz22GPuAG2kThe magazine put Nevermind seventeenth on their list of 500 Greatest Albums of All Time, but I believe it should be rated higher than that.To put it simply, Nirvana changed music forever - for better or for worse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chewbacca Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luciusfunk Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Hardly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bran Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 not even top 200 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JKKDARK Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Overrated.Just another corporate rock band. Cheesy production on Nevermind and tons of MTV videos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zeppelin Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 LOL.No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrandyk Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Fuck. No. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WhazUp Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Not the best of all time by any means. Not even close.I like it though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deepfreeze Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Brilliant album. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sweetness Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 its good but no fuckin way Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Sandman Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Direbad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DizzyReedsexmachine Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 NO.......Every song sounds the same to me ,the riffs and solos ...nothing special I prefer Dirt and Alice in chains Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Towelie Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Good album. The best of all time? Don't be ridiculous.AFD > Nevermind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Johnny Drama Posted August 1, 2012 Share Posted August 1, 2012 Hell fucKing no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan H. Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Good album. The best of all time? Don't be ridiculous.AFD > NevermindLOL. AFD doesn't even scrape the top 300 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shotgunblues1978 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Good album. The best of all time? Don't be ridiculous.AFD > NevermindLOL. AFD doesn't even scrape the top 300And yet it's still better than Nevermind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HB3 Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 I'm in love with the UYI albums, so I'm probably biased when I say they're the greatest albums of the '90s. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnold layne Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share Posted August 2, 2012 Good album. The best of all time? Don't be ridiculous.AFD > NevermindLOL. AFD doesn't even scrape the top 300And yet it's still better than NevermindNo. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Good album. The best of all time? Don't be ridiculous.AFD > NevermindLOL. AFD doesn't even scrape the top 300It's easily top 100 and the only reason I'm not putting it higher is cos once you start talking about the best 100 albums EVER written nobody can be any more accurate than that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nosaj Thing Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Good album. The best of all time? Don't be ridiculous.AFD > NevermindLOL. AFD doesn't even scrape the top 300And yet it's still better than NevermindNo.Fuck off kid. AFD > Nevermind. UYI's > Nevermind. Gn'R > Nirvana. Axl Rose > Kurt Cobain. My cock > Your cock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmo Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 (edited) I swear I prefer Load and ReLoad over Nevermind Edited August 2, 2012 by The Only Cosmonaut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arnold layne Posted August 2, 2012 Author Share Posted August 2, 2012 Good album. The best of all time? Don't be ridiculous.AFD > NevermindLOL. AFD doesn't even scrape the top 300And yet it's still better than NevermindNo.Fuck off kid. AFD > Nevermind. UYI's > Nevermind. Gn'R > Nirvana. Axl Rose > Kurt Cobain. My cock > Your cock.Reported. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
luciusfunk Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Good album. The best of all time? Don't be ridiculous.AFD > NevermindLOL. AFD doesn't even scrape the top 300And yet it's still better than NevermindNo.Fuck off kid. AFD > Nevermind. UYI's > Nevermind. Gn'R > Nirvana. Axl Rose > Kurt Cobain. My cock > Your cock.Reported./facepalm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kill Devil Hill Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 Good album. The best of all time? Don't be ridiculous.AFD > NevermindLOL. AFD doesn't even scrape the top 300It's easily top 100 and the only reason I'm not putting it higher is cos once you start talking about the best 100 albums EVER written nobody can be any more accurate than that.This.I also love Nevermind, but I even prefer In Utero. Also, what would be the criteria for "best?" When you talk about changing the face of music, that's more about "greatness" than "best," y'know, impact vs quality. Besides the fact that there are probably billions of albums, I wouldn't even know where to begin with a "best" list Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dazey Posted August 2, 2012 Share Posted August 2, 2012 This.I also love Nevermind, but I even prefer In Utero. Also, what would be the criteria for "best?" When you talk about changing the face of music, that's more about "greatness" than "best," y'know, impact vs quality. Besides the fact that there are probably billions of albums, I wouldn't even know where to begin with a "best" listAnybody who even uses the phrase "the best album of all time" is a chode cos if it even exists there's a very good chance they've never even heard it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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