Nevermind

The grey vinyl was even more beautiful up close! It is truly one of a kind. Quality is great!

Very happy with my CD. Came sealed in plastic and was packed perfectly for mailing. Happy to have because my original CD was lost in my car and didn't survive.

Listening to "Smells Like Teen Spirit," the starter to Nirvana's 'Nevermind' will always remind one why the album is such an alternative classic. Definitive for the fast-forward thrust of their guitars and the primal scream trajectory of Kurt Cobain's blistering vocals, they literally invented alternative as we know it. Nevertheless, even the most creative endeavors have their influences, and ingredients are mixed and matched for the newest alchemy. While one can cite John Lennon's 'Plastic Ono Band' as a vocal first and The Replacements as influences, their blend here is new and masterful. While "grunge" may be more of a fashion statement than a sound bite for the C.D., "garage band" is a more apt description of what they perfected for all. With a mix of punk and heavy metal, they jump start a whole new genre. Besides the absolutely sublime primal angst of "Smells Like Teen Spirit," there's the propulsive "Breed," and the iconoclastic "Territorial Pissings". With a mocking intro that starts falsely with "Get Together," the latter song does more than separate the generations musically and lyrically. Then, there's the expert texture of more mid-tempo gems like "Lithium," the beautifully acoustical "Polly," and the throbbing and multi-layered "Drain You". "Lounge Act" keeps the energy going and drummer, David Grohl, whose gruelling efforts are remarkable all the way, really delivers on "Stay Away". The vocal tradeoff between Cobain and bassist, Chris Novoselic proves that you can do alternative and have great voices--that is tuneful and with great trajectory. If the variations of expert guitar patterns don't disappoint, then the variety certainly scotches any complaints of formula. "Something in the Way," which closes the album, forecasts a more "unplugged" future, even though the expertise of guitar work hardly needs elaboration. After 'Nevermind' has played endlessly on the radio, it is easy to take their work for granted. I, for one, didn't even realize that all these songs were Nirvana's. Which goes to prove that their innovations would make music new again, and it would take some people a while to catch up--not just musicians, but even some listeners.

Came in very good condition like new.

This is Nirvana’s greatest album 💽 EVER!! It’s a must buy for any grudge fan who wants to hear the greatest songs 🎼ever produced.

Overall, I'm very happy with this release. I've now had time to listen to all the CD's, watch the DVD and go through the book and am happy with my purchase. Having all of the demos, the early studio sessions, and the original Vig mixes are awesome. If you're looking at this product, you're obviously not the casual fan so my reviewing "Nevermind" will have little value. Instead, I'll discuss my overall feeling about each disc, the deficiencies of each disc, and the release as a whole as a way for you to decide if spending over $100 is really worth it to you... Disc 1 - Original Album (remastered) + B-sides - I like the remaster for the most part, but to me the parts of the song with crunchy guitar almost seem to be turned up too loud in the mix, to the point where they break out of the field of a sound a bit, if that makes sense. Kurts guitar in Come As You are (not the solo) seems turned up too much in the mix also. Disc 2 - The Smart Studio Sessions, The Boombox Rehearsals, BBC Sessions - Great disc with great quality early studio sessions and demos. This disc is awesome for getting a look at the creation of the Nevermind material from rehearsals, to early studio sessions, to a pair of early live performances. Disc 3 - The Devonshire Mixes - Definitely an interesting CD and I love rockin' it. There are mostly minor differences in the sound and mix. An interesting document of the first draft of the completed album. For me, the On A Plain mix was the coolest of the different mixes, I loved the sound, especially the mix on Kurts vocals and the outro. This is a cool way to listen to the CD with more variety in the sound. Disc 4 - Live at the Paramount CD - An excellent live concert with a ton of material - 19 tracks in all. Each song is played incredibly and Kurts vocals are right on. Incredible sound and performance all around. Disc 5 - Live at the Paramount DVD - The 16mm film makes watching this concert much more interesting than the normal "concert on DVD." Kurt knocking down the mic stand during a song, and breaking his guitar at the end are cool as well. This could easily have been released as a theatrical release. Krist's statement "White boy funk sucks!" is also funny. Having the 4 videos from the album are also awesome to have together with the concert. The Book - The book has high quality color pictures of the band during the time of the recording and promoting the album including pics of the infamous pool photo shoot, with the band in the pool. There are lyrics, expense reports, pictures of singles released, magazine articles, pics of the music video shoots, etc. Very thorough, color picture heavy book. So here's what I would say are the main deficiencies... #1 - Price - This was outrageously expensive. You can get the first two discs and the concert on DVD for right under $40. For The extra $70 I paid, I got the Devonshire mixes (Disc 3), a poster, and the book. Give a fair value of $15 to the Devonshire disc, and $5 to the poster, and you're looking at $50 for the book. The book is really nice but $50? It's also worth noting Anyone reading this is certainly going to pay more than $110 like I did because they're limited to 40,000 worldwide and have sold out so now you're going to be buying from a re-seller. #2 - Remaster Of Original Album - Definitely wish the original album would have had a touch more care put into the remastering job - minor gripe. #3 - Missing "Song In D" - Why this song was excluded on this $100+ "Super Deluxe" album is beyond me. It's an unreleased Nevermind sessions instrumental. Vig and Grohl were recently joking around about the fact that the song was not included on this set, and Grohl laughingly said "Sounds like another box set!" This 5 disc release of the original "single disc" album and they leave off that one instrumental? Uncool in my opinion. I certainly hope they don't make us poor fans buy another $100+ set to get that one song in the future. #4 - Packaging - This set is highly prone to smudges and fingerprints and seems to have a horrible reaction to the oil on human skin. I've already put a few smudges that won't come off on the case and have to wash my hands before handling the set each time. I ripped all of the music from the CD's to high quality 320kbps mp3s so that I don't have to open it and mess with it all the time. Also, the CD's are slid into cardboard cutouts in the book, which is guaranteed to scratch the discs if you take them out more than a few times, regardless of how careful you are. The case is basically the exact size of a square record sleeve but is a little over an inch thick. If you're a product of the 90s (like me) and don't have storage for LP's, storing it can be a bit awkward. These four issues make me drop a star to a 4 out of 5 rating, which is accurate for my level of satisfaction. I would never give mine up now that I have it and I love this set! The positives easily outweigh the negatives here and having official versions of all this highly bootlegged material is awesome to both benefit the artists, and get higher quality versions of this material. I can smell a similar release in a couple of years for In Utero, which I look forward to. Rock On! Chris Elliott

Me gustó que es original además de que es de buena calidad el audio y el material del producto, contiene 2 CD, uno con nevermind original, pista adicional y envíos y el otro CD son canción demo de nevermind o unas que nunca salieron, la verdad lo volvería a comprar

Everything OK. Thanks

Gran disco y buen estado de conservación

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Nevermind non è detto che significhi non importa, ma è il disco per me più importante dei Nirvana, con la copertina che anticipa Avatar. In Avatar le persone sono azzurre, qui solo l'acqua lo è, ma il bambino fluttua bene. La musica è bella, e a distanza di anni trovo nei Nirvana una melodia, un approccio romanticamente disperato, ma neanche, piuttosto dolente. Ottima la strumentazione, quella base del rock, grintosa e lamentosa la voce, riff che colpiscono(si dice che Come as you arre derivi da qualcosa di precedente, ma è sempre così)altri che conducono, una bella soddisfazione