Nirvana, Nevermind
NirvanaNEVERMIND.
Nevermind sounds explosive, but the record was built with careful studio decisions, tight arrangements and a mix engineered to make Nirvana's noise legible on mainstream radio.
Album artwork shown for commentary and historical reference. Image source: Cover Art Archive / MusicBrainz.
SEVEN THINGS
WORTH KNOWING.
Recording stories, personnel, physical details and numbers worth keeping with the record.
Nevermind was released on September 24, 1991 with 12 listed tracks on the standard album.
Nirvana produced the album with Butch Vig.
Major sessions took place at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California.
Andy Wallace mixed the album.
The core recording lineup was Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl.
Cellist Kirk Canning appears on "Something in the Way."
Some CD pressings contain the hidden track "Endless, Nameless" after a long stretch of silence following "Something in the Way."
WHY THIS
ALBUM MATTERS.
Nevermind balances abrasion and pop structure so precisely that the record could reach an enormous audience without removing the qualities that made Nirvana sound dangerous.
THE
NUMBERS.
LISTED TRACKS
The standard album lists twelve songs.
CORE MEMBERS
Cobain, Novoselic and Grohl made the core record.
RELEASE
Nevermind arrived on September 24, 1991.
THE
PHYSICAL OBJECT.
Kirk Weddle's underwater photograph became one of the defining album images of the 1990s, with the dollar bill turning a strange photograph into an instantly readable visual idea.
RESEARCH SOURCES
Facts are checked against official artist archives, release databases, recording credits and established archival sources before publication.
KEEP
DIGGING.
More recording stories, strange credits, cover art, chart numbers and details hiding inside the records.