5/30/2023 0 Comments Shape collage alternative![]() Albini had a reputation in the American independent music scene as being critical of the mainstream music industry and had a strict preference for analog recording than digital. Nirvana ultimately chose Albini to record its third album. The song was originally titled "I'll Take You Down to the Pavement", a reference to an argument between Cobain and Guns N' Roses singer Axl Rose at the 1992 MTV Video Music Awards. "Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip" was recorded by Craig Montgomery at BMG Ariola Ltda in Rio de Janeiro, during the three-day demo session. Nirvana recorded another set of demos while on tour in Brazil in January 1993. Endino recalled that the band did not ask him to produce its next record, and that they constantly debated working with Albini. In Seattle in October 1992, Nirvana recorded several demos with Endino, mainly as instrumentals, including songs later rerecorded for In Utero. In a Melody Maker interview published in July 1992, Cobain said he was interested in recording with Jack Endino, who had produced Nirvana's 1989 debut album Bleach, and Steve Albini, former frontman of the noise rock band Big Black, who had produced various independent releases. Nirvana's record label, DGC Records, had hoped to release a new Nirvana album for the 1992 holiday season instead, they released the compilation album Incesticide. ![]() Ĭobain wanted to start work in mid-1992, but his bandmates lived in different cities, and Cobain and his wife, Courtney Love, were expecting the birth of their daughter, Frances Bean. It won't be as one-dimensional." The Nevermind producer, Butch Vig, said later that Cobain had needed to work with a different producer to "reclaim his punk ethics or cred". Early in 1992, songwriter Kurt Cobain told Rolling Stone that Nirvana's next album would showcase "both of the extremes" of their sound, saying: "It'll be more raw with some songs and more candy pop on some of the others. Nirvana expressed dissatisfaction with the sound of the album, citing its production as too polished. Despite modest sales estimates, Nevermind was a major commercial success, popularizing the grunge movement and alternative rock. Nirvana broke into the mainstream with their second album, Nevermind, in 1991. Nirvana enlisted producer and musician Steve Albini to take In Utero’s sound in a new direction. " Pennyroyal Tea", planned as a single prior to Cobain's death, was released in 2014 and reached number one on the now-defunct Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart. It was the final Nirvana album before Cobain's suicide in 1994. The album is certified five-times platinum in the US and has sold 15 million copies worldwide. It reached number one on the US Billboard 200 and UK Albums Chart "Heart-Shaped Box" and "All Apologies" reached number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. Critics praised the album’s raw, unconventional sound and Cobain's lyricism. In Utero was a major commercial and critical success. The band later hired producer Scott Litt to remix the singles " All Apologies", " Heart-Shaped Box" and " Pennyroyal Tea", to Albini's dismay. ![]() The album was mastered by Bob Ludwig to achieve a more desirable sound for both Nirvana and their label. After recording finished, rumors circulated that DGC might not release the album due to Albini's abrasive and uncommercial sound. The album was recorded over two weeks in February 1993 at Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota. Although frontman and lyricist Kurt Cobain claimed that the album was "very impersonal", many of its songs contain heavy allusions to his personal life and struggles, expressing feelings of angst that were common on Nevermind. ![]() After breaking into the mainstream with their second album, Nevermind (1991), Nirvana hired Steve Albini to record In Utero, seeking a more complex, abrasive sound that was also reminiscent of their debut album, Bleach (1989). It was released on September 21, 1993, by DGC Records. In Utero is the third and final studio album by American rock band Nirvana. ![]()
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