Classic Albums - Nirvana: Nevermind

I am new to the "Classic Album" series. Being a Nirvana fan I picked this up new, sealed on here for like $4.00 and I will now look into the other additions to this series.Nevermind as a LP/CD has fantastic music, drove everyone nuts back in the day and opened the door for the Alice in Chains, Pearl Jam and Sound Garden types. ALL of which ADDED something the others did not have! What a great time to be 22 years old I now realise! Saw Nirvana live in 1993 and before that, I hardly knew their music but I researched and found a great backstory about them and was hooked. In Utero was my favorite album. If you enjoy Nirvana in the least pick this up. Great insight on how the album came to be, was recorded, how it was received and how it changed music at that time...literally overnight. I remember when they hit they made it big and FAST...was insane. I can't think of anyone recent that last did this...which is sad really. Current generations have no defining group that speaks for them..just the same old crap recycled. This era was a breath of fresh air. Like Dave Grohl says in it, he would be nothing if it wasn't for the other 2 members and music would not be the same without all 3 of them.Only complaint is that the sound format is Dolby 2.0, video is a decent 16X9 1.85 format and looks quite nice. Reissue this on Blu-ray with added footage, use a updated audio format and you are set.Highly recommended.

Entertain Us. Love to see and hear how these classic albums from the past were created from the artist's and engineer's perspective. These are out there online or free now, But with commercials, and I am already over saturated with commercial interruptions so I can go back and re-watch this well-done series at my leisure without them now. Thank you Eagle Rock!

This video is a nice review of the making of Nirvana's most commercially successful album. There are some rather in-depth demonstrations of how the songs were mixed, and interviews with Krist Novaselic (looking a lot older I might add) and Dave Grohl. One of the best things about it is the way you hear the songs in a sort of deconstructed way. (Butch Vig?) strips the songs down to just one guitar and one vocal track, and then you witness as more tracks are added, until it matches the version that's on your cd at home. It's very interesting from the point of view of a musician who has never experienced the mixing process. It's kind of like being taken back in time to when the album was being made. But one of the best things about it is that Courtney Love is never mentioned! Maybe Dave Grohl does once, I can't remember. Regardless, if you love Kurt Cobain and the legacy of Nirvana, get this video, I doubt you'll be disappointed.

There's plenty of documentaries, specials, and live releases out there of NIRVANA, but this is by far my favorite. It was produced about 10 years after the release of Nevermind, and only several years after Kurt's death, and yet we hear directly from the key people responsible for making Nevermind happen. The band: Grohl and Noveselic, and Butch Vig. The true magic is getting to hear bits of their biggest singles broken down, instrument by instrument, by Butch Vig in his studio. If you're looking for a great, inspiring document of one of the best rock bands out there, this is the perfect starting (and ending) point.

first off, let me say that I LOVE this series. The Dark Side of the Moon one is priceless, and I even loved the Def Leppard episode when I caught it on VH1. And this one is really great too... it's awesome to see how the band reformed during the recording process and to see Butch Vig get obviously choked up while discussing the tracking...however, I was a LITTLE disappointed that this documentary didn't get into the slight controversy over the mix of the album... I for one am excited to finally hear Butch Vig's original mix of the album (which will be part of the deluxe reissue coming this year).. only to hear how his take differed from the one Andy Wallace finally did for the record. DGC comes off as confident and cool when in fact there was MUCH hand wringing about this record before it was released... they insisted the album be remixed and brought Andy Wallace in to do it after Butch Vig had turned in his mix...Don't get me wrong, I actually LOVE the mix of this album. Andy Wallace is EXTREMELY talented (listen to the first Rage Against the Machine album and the first White Zombie albums again to get an idea how awesome he really is)... I, personally think this album sounds SOOOOOOOO much better than the sound Steve Albini got out of the band on In Utero (of course he's also the producer of one of the greatest performances vs. unlistenable mix/mastering albums of all time: PJ Harvey's Rid of Me... I actually wanted to personally STRANGLE Albini after trying to listen to that record---can SOMEONE remix it for a reissue...PLEASE??????)....And of course Cobain famously thought the record sounded overproduced and hired Albini as a result--- yet that's never covered here either... (IMHO, Cobain was wrong).this IS a classic album and this is a great documentary about it--- but it should be presented warts and all....

What can I say Butch Vig is a genius.One of my favorite Classic Albums documentaries.Kurt's simplicity was his greatness.