Nirvana - Nevermind (1991/2011) [Hi-Res]

„Nevermind was never meant to change the world, but you can never predict when the zeitgeist will hit, and Nirvana's second album turned out to be the place where alternative rock crashed into the mainstream. This wasn't entirely an accident, since Nirvana did release a record with a shiny surface, no matter how humongous the guitars sounded. For all the anguish on Nevermind, it's bracing because Kurt Cobain exorcizes his demons through evocative wordplay and mangled screams, and because the band has a tremendous, unbridled power that turns pain into pure catharsis. In retrospect, Nevermind may seem too unassuming for its mythic status -- it's simply a great modern punk record -- but though it may no longer seem life-changing, it is certainly life-affirming, which may just be better.“ (Stephen Thomas Erlewine)

'...The culmination of 10 years of post-punk, and a reinvention of the style for a new generation....Smart, sarcastic rock, noisy and catchy and unabashedly confused, that zoomed from a collegiate cult following into the Top 10 without a hint of appeasement...' (New York Times)

Ranked #5 in Melody Maker's list of the top 30 albums of 1991 - '...aching melodies....fearsome metallic attack....An album which penetrated all the way to the heart of America's metal homeland...' (Melody Maker)

Kurt Cobain, vocals, guitar
Chris Novoselic, vocals, bass
David Grohl, vocals, drums

Recorded at Sound City, Van Nuys, California.
Engineered by Andy Wallace
Produced and engineered by Butch Vig and Nirvana

Digitally remastered