Nirvana - Nevermind 20 Years Ago

[Beach Hut]

My oh my does time fly, cannot believe this album is 20 years old now.

Always had a lot of time for Nirvana thought they were an excellent band.

 

[Hillian1]

My oh my does time fly, cannot believe this album is 20 years old now.

Always had a lot of time for Nirvana thought they were an excellent band.

This makes me feel very old indeed.

 

[NMH]

I liked them ahead of Nevermind, but think they got over-rated after Teen Spirit's success.
The album had 4 good tunes on it max, and the following materiel was shite.

QOTSA are at least as good, and back in the day The Screaming Trees and Mother Love Bone or Mudhoney would have given Nirvana a run for best NW bands.

Here's QOTSA with Dave Grohl, while we're on the subject;

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[Smithy]

I liked them ahead of Nevermind, but think they got over-rated after Teen Spirit's success.
The album had 4 good tunes on it max, and the following materiel was shite.
QOTSA are at least as good, and back in the day The Screaming Trees and Mother Love Bone or Mudhoney would have given Nirvana a run for best NW bands.

Disagree completely. In Utero remains their best album.

 

[Beach Hut]

To be fair Nevermind was a very slow burner and took quite a while to get going.

 

[tezz79]

I liked them ahead of Nevermind, but think they got over-rated after Teen Spirit's success.
The album had 4 good tunes on it max, and the following materiel was shite.

QOTSA are at least as good, and back in the day The Screaming Trees and Mother Love Bone or Mudhoney would have given Nirvana a run for best NW bands.

Here's QOTSA with Dave Grohl, while we're on the subject;

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Yeah I 100% disagree aswell, no way over rated IMO but each to their own mate, especially where musics concerned coz if we all liked the same stuff we'd be limited a couple of genres at most

 

[e77]

The impact of Nevermind is bigger than the songs on it. It did similar to Never Mind The Bollocks 15 or so years before and acted as a reset button for guitar based music which at the time had become somewhat overindulgent.

 

[CorgiRegisteredFriend]

Link on NME news page that will take you to Nirvana live at Reading 1992
Watch Nirvana live at Reading Festival 1992 on NME.COM - video | News | NME.COM

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

The impact of Nevermind is bigger than the songs on it. It did similar to Never Mind The Bollocks 15 or so years before and acted as a reset button for guitar based music which at the time had become somewhat overindulgent.

This. I never liked grunge. But I find it hard to disagree with the idea that Nevermind was anything other than a game changing heavily influential album which arrived at exactly the right time. It is a classic album, a masterpiece. No question about it.

As I mentioned, I never liked Nirvana, their sound just didn't do it for me. But many many years later I did purchase their unplugged album. This enabled me to appreciate their song writing talent. I cannot tell you why, but for me their songs work better in this format.

 

[Geoff Capes Shoebuff]

Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest is also twenty yrs old today. Two massive albums in one day!

 

[Herr Tubthumper]

Low End Theory by A Tribe Called Quest is also twenty yrs old today. Two massive albums in one day!

I think Screamadelica is as well. Make that three.

 

[BUTTERBALL]

Brilliant, brilliant album.

Does anyone remember their first TV appearance on The Word? - seems like yesterday. Just stunning. I went out and bought the album shortly afterwards. I think it has stood the test of time.

 

[Geoff Capes Shoebuff]

I think Screamadelica is as well. Make that three.

To the day? Shirley not. The world would implode.

 

[Smithy]

To the day? Shirley not. The world would implode.

Blood Sugar Sex Magick by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers was released on the same day too.

 

[Geoff Capes Shoebuff]

Blood Sugar Sex Magick by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers was released on the same day too.

Christ alive. That's ridiculous!

 

[Albumen]

I hate to piss on anyones fireworks but all releases back in 91 were on Mondays.
25th September 1991 was a Wednesday. Nevermind and Screamadelica were released on the 23rd.

 

[e77]

91 was a great year for albums. Loveless came out in the November.

 

[bhafc99]

91 was a great year for albums. Loveless came out in the November.

And that's pretty much the last Shields managed to press 'go'.

Still, only another 14 years to go till he's happy with the remastering. Maybe.

 

[e77]

And that's pretty much the last Shields managed to press 'go'.

Still, only another 14 years to go till he's happy with the remastering. Maybe.

Oddly enough the remaster was listed as being released on Amazon this week. Didn't happen, obviously.

I heard they were waiting for him to do the sleeve notes!

 

[Geoff Capes Shoebuff]

Srgt Peppers, The Queen Is Dead, Dark Side Of The Moon and 3ft High And Rising also out this time 20 years ago.