In Utero

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To say thatNirvana’sthird and ultimately final studio albumIn Uterowas 1993’s most polarizing record would be the understatement of a decade. The unadorned sonic rawness ofSteve Albini’srecording laid bare every primal nuance of the most confrontational yet vulnerable materialKurt Cobain,Krist NovoselicandDave Grohlwould ever record. And with its 1991 predecessorNevermindhaving sold some 30 million copies, single-handedly returning honest rock ‘n’ roll to the top of the pop charts,In Uterowas essentially the first record Nirvana would make with any expectations from the public.

So from the opening quasi-shamble melodics of “Serve The Servants” through the bittersweet closing strains of “All Apologies,”In Uterowas the sound of the most incredible yet conflicted rock n’ roll band of the era at the peak of its powers coming to terms with a generational spokes-band mantle they’d never seen coming – and ultimately surmounting these struggles to make the record they needed to make. AsRolling Stone’sDavid Fricke said in his review at the time, “In Utero is a lot of things – brilliant, corrosive, enraged and thoughtful, most of them all at once. But more than anything, it’s a triumph of the will.”

1. Serve The Servants
2. Scentless Apprentice
3. Heart Shaped Box
4. Rape Me
5. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge On Seattle
6. Dumb
7. Very Ape
8. Milk It
9. Pennyroyal Tea
10. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter
11. Tourette’s
12. All Apologies