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Hear How In Utero Changed When The Grown Ups Heard It

Aug 14th | categories: Music, Nerd Stuff
After recording one of the biggest albums of our lives, Kurt Cobain didn't want to return to the studio and create another polished, pop success like Nevermind. He hoped to work with Chicago's Steve Albini (Big Black, Shellac) to make a raw, coarse album.

Let's just say the label hated it.

Despite Nirvana being known for grunge, they still needed it to be packaged for mass appeal. You may have heard this story before, but have you ever heard the differences? This YouTube video (and it's typos) helps to capture the differences of what Kurt wanted and what the label did to change In Utero.



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Hear How In Utero Changed When The Grown Ups Heard It
| August 14, 2012 at 5:06PM
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Rose
| August 14, 2012 at 6:04PM
The Steve Albini version would be my choice.
Naomi
| August 14, 2012 at 9:09PM
the Albini mix definitely has a more real sound to it and the Litt mix sounds cleaner much like mainstream music you hear today...it think it's nice to have more of a real sound as opposed to an edited one
Jennifer
| August 15, 2012 at 2:13AM
So here's the thing: Kurt was very inspired by the Melvins. Raw, edgy, simple, beautiful and pure. If you don't 'get' the Melvins, you will NEVER get the heart of Nirvana. Steve knew this. His desire wasn't to make Nirvana a gravy train, but to make them their best. I've only seen Nirvana live in dorm rooms at Evergreen and once in the library building, so I have a limited recollection. That being said, the folks in Japan (and stateside, for that matter) who went crazy over Nevermind and subsequent releases, never 'got' them. It's sad, but I think it was over-production and a mass-appeal focus that drove Kurt over the edge. It forced his artistic, tortured soul away from his craft. I miss that guy. He was a hoot at parties.

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