Best of NIRVANA "15 Greatest Hits" Rare UK Sub Pop Double LP MINT Kurt Cobain

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Nirvana / Nirvana - Geffen/Sub Pop Records 493523 (UK)(2002) ...This auction is for an original Import issue Double Record on (UK) vinyl. This is a limited pressing and is no longer available.

   It's difficult to compile Nirvana's best material by any chart-based yardstick, the way that the Beatles 1 and to be as successful a catalog item -- did, since they didn't have that many singles, nor did their career need to be condensed like the Rolling Stones' Forty Licks since they only recorded for five years. Nirvana's best tracks -- not necessarily the same thing as Cobain's best songs, although they frequently overlapped -- were buried on album tracks, B-sides and stray singles.

  Track listings and reviews included below...

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Detailed item info:

Track listing
Record 1
(Side One)
1. You Know You're Right
2. About A Girl
3. Been A Son
4. Sliver

(Side Two)
1. Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. Come As You Are
3. Lithium
4. In Bloom

Record 1
(Side One)
1. Heart Shaped Box
2. Pennyroyal Tea
3. Rape Me
4. Dumb

(Side Two)
1. All Apologies
2. Man Who Sold The World
3. Something In The Way
4. Where Did You Sleep Last Night

Details Number of LPs: 2
Recording type: Studio Distributor: Geffen/Sub Pop Records
Recording mode: Stereo
Album notes Nirvana: Kurt Cobain (vocals, guitar); Dave Grohl (vocals, drums); Krist Novoselic (bass).
All tracks have been digitally remastered.

A Nirvana best-of that includes a previously unheard song; how much more of a no-brainer could you want? Admittedly, the trio that defined grunge--not to mention its contemporaneous generation of X'ers--wasn't around long enough to work up that extensive a discography. Still, who wouldn't relish the opportunity to have some of Nirvana's greatest tracks together on one album (yes, completists, even the rarities collection INCESTICIDE ("Sliver") and the pre-fame album BLEACH ("About A Girl") are represented. And of course, such whisper-to-a-scream classics as "Lithium," "Come As You Are" and the ubiquitous, epochal "Smells Like Teen Spirit" are here. Things quiet down a touch on the UNPLUGGED tracks (David Bowie's "The Man Who Sold The World, the IN UTERO hit "All Apologies"), but the intensity doesn't lessen a single iota. "Wait," we hear you cry, "what about that chilling live rendition of Leadbelly's "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" or NEVERMIND's haunting closer (hidden track aside) "Something In The Way?" You'll just have to wait for Vol. II (Courtney, are you listening?). By the way, the "new" track "You Know You're Right" is great, if not exactly revelatory.

Editorial reviews 4 stars out of 5 - ...The good - and surprising - news about Nirvana is how well these 15 songs stand up....There's nothing to fault here musically...
Uncut  (01/01/2003)

...By the end, you'll be happy to have relived the band's glories... - Rating: A
Entertainment Weekly  (11/08/2002)

...Worth it for 'You Know You're Right' alone...
Mojo  (12/01/2002)

5 out of 5 - ...These songs get into your head....Nirvana's songs were smart and literate in a way that did anything but preclude mass appeal...
Q  (12/01/2002)