Nirvana (album)

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Nirvana
Nirvana cover
Compilation album by Nirvana
Released October 29, 2002
Recorded 1988-1994
Genre Grunge
Length 49:38
Label DGC
Producer Scott Litt, Butch Vig, Nirvana
Professional reviews
Nirvana chronology
From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah
(1996)		 Nirvana
(2002)		 With the Lights Out
(2004)
For other uses of "Nirvana", see Nirvana (disambiguation).

Nirvana is the self-titled compilation album from the American grunge band, Nirvana. It was released in October 2002.

Contents

[edit] Significance

Nirvana was the third Nirvana album to be released following the death of singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain in April 1994, and the first to feature studio material. It contains the previously unreleased "You Know You're Right," a song recorded during the band's final studio session on January 30, 1994. The album also includes a brief selection of the band's more popular songs, culled mostly from 1991's Nevermind and 1993's In Utero, but also containing three pre-Nevermind songs and two recorded during the band's MTV Unplugged set in late 1993. Nirvana opened at #3 on the Billboard 200. The album has sold millions of copies worldwide.

[edit] Lawsuit

Nirvana was released following the settlement of a long-standing legal dispute between Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, and surviving Nirvana members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl. Much of the dispute centered around "You Know You're Right," which Novoselic and Grohl had wanted to release on a long-delayed Nirvana box set. However, Love blocked the song's release, and sued Novoselic and Grohl over control of Nirvana's legacy.

Love's lawsuit maintained that "You Know You're Right" was a "potential 'hit' of extraordinary artistic and commercial value."[1] She believed that "You Know You're Right" would be "wasted" on a box set, and instead belonged on a single-disc compilation similar to the Beatles' 1.[2] In September 2002, it was announced by the Nirvana camp that the lawsuit had been settled, and that "You Know You're Right" would be released on "Nirvana, a one-CD history of the band."[3] This paved the way for the box set, With the Lights Out which was released two years later.

[edit] Rival With One By One

Drummer Dave Grohl from Nirvana started a band in 1995, Foo Fighters. In 2002, the week before Nirvana was released, Foo Fighters released their fourth studio album, One By One. It debuted at 3 in America, same as Nirvana but fell down the charts quicker and did not sell as much as Nirvana. However the first single, "All My Life," from One By One , knocked "You Know You're Right" by Nirvana off the number 1 spot from Modern Rock Tracks in what would have been "YKYR"'s 5th week, "All My Life" remained at number 1 for 10 weeks. However Nirvana's song was more successful on the Mainstream Rock Tracks, where it peaked at 1 and Foo Fighters peaked in the top 5.


[edit] Track listing

All songs by Kurt Cobain unless otherwise noted:

  1. "You Know You're Right" (previously unreleased) – 3:38
  2. "About a Girl" (from Bleach) – 2:49
  3. "Been a Son" (from the Blew EP) – 2:23
  4. "Sliver" (from Incesticide) – 2:14
  5. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (from Nevermind) (Cobain/Grohl/Novoselic) – 5:01
  6. "Come as You Are" (from Nevermind) – 3:39
  7. "Lithium" (from Nevermind) – 4:17
  8. "In Bloom" (from Nevermind) – 4:15
  9. "Heart-Shaped Box" (from In Utero) – 4:41
  10. "Pennyroyal Tea" (Scott Litt remix) (from In Utero) – 3:38
  11. "Rape Me" (from In Utero) – 2:51
  12. "Dumb" (from In Utero) – 2:34
  13. "All Apologies" (from MTV Unplugged in New York) – 3:51
  14. "The Man Who Sold the World" (Bowie) (from MTV Unplugged in New York) – 3:47

[edit] Bonus tracks

  1. "Where Did You Sleep Last Night (MTV Unplugged in New York)" (Lead Belly) – 5:08 (appears on vinyl and international CD copies only)
  2. "Something in the Way (MTV Unplugged in New York)" – 4:01 (appears on vinyl and Japanese CD copies only)

[edit] Album charts

Year Album Chart Position
2002 Nirvana Official Australian Albums Chart No. 1
2002 Nirvana Official Austrian Albums Chart No. 1
2002 Nirvana United World Chart No. 1
2002 Nirvana Official Switzerland Albums Chart No. 2
2002 Nirvana Official Irish Albums Chart No. 2
2002 Nirvana Official Belgium Albums Chart No. 2
2002 Nirvana Official New Zealand Albums Chart No. 2
2002 Nirvana Official Canadian Albums Chart No. 2
2002 Nirvana Billboard Top 200 No. 3
2002 Nirvana Official UK Albums Chart No. 3
2002 Nirvana Official German Albums Chart No. 5
2002 Nirvana Official Norwegian Albums Chart No. 5
2002 Nirvana Official Holland Albums Chart No. 6
2002 Nirvana Official Denmark Albums Chart No. 6
2002 Nirvana Official Italian Albums Chart No. 6
2002 Nirvana Official Japanese Albums Chart No. 6
2002 Nirvana Official Finland Albums Chart No. 9
2002 Nirvana Official Sweden Albums Chart No. 10
2002 Nirvana Official Spanish Albums Chart No. 11
2002 Nirvana Official Portugal Albums Chart No. 24
2002 Nirvana Official Hungarian Albums Chart No. 106

[edit] Charting singles

Note: "You Know You're Right" was only released as a promotional single and downloadable single. Retail singles were not released.

Year Song Chart Position
2002 You Know You're Right Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks (US) No. 1
2002 You Know You're Right Hot Modern Rock Tracks (US) No. 1
2002 You Know You're Right The Billboard Hot 100 (US) No. 45
2002 You Know You're Right Triple J Hottest 100 (Australia) No. 12
2002 You Know You're Right Finland Mitä hittiä Chart No. 45
2002 You Know You're Right Latvian Airplay Top No. 11
2002 You Know You're Right Polish Airplay Chart No. 13

[edit] Credits

[edit] Sales

  • American Sales: 1 million, (Certified 1 X Platinum 12/03/02)
  • Switzerland: 2002;Gold, 2003;Platinum.
  • Japanese sales: 2 November 2002, 21 weeks, 165,191.
  • Korea: 2002; 19,534 copies.
  • Italy: 2002; 130,000 copies; Platinum.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Love Blocks Nirvana Release - News Story | Music, Celebrity, Artist News | MTV News
  2. ^ A piece of Kurt Cobain
  3. ^ [NFC: The Internet Nirvana Fan Club]
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