Nirvana (album) - Definition and Overview

Nirvana (Best Of 1988-1994)
LP by Nirvana
Released	October 29, 2002
Recorded	1988-1994
Genre	Grunge
Length	49 min 34 s
Record label	Universal
Producer	Scott Litt, Butch Vig, Nirvana
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com	2.5 stars out of 5	link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDMISS70404011456051335&sql=Ahc861v04zzba)
Nirvana Chronology
From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah (1996)	Nirvana (2002)	With the Lights Out (2004)

Nirvana is a "Best Of" album by the defunct rock band Nirvana. It was released on October 29, 2002 by Geffen Records.

The remaining members of the band had intended on releasing a box set, containing all of the unreleased Nirvana material, but there were legal difficulties, when Kurt Cobain's widow Courtney Love tried to get out of the partnership with Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic, claiming she was under the influence of drugs at the time she signed the contract.

The CD contains the long-anticipated track "You Know You're Right", the last song Nirvana recorded before Cobain's death in 1994.

Track listing

1. "You Know You're Right" (Cobain) - 3:38
2. "About a Girl" (Cobain) - 2:49
3. "Been a Son" (Cobain) - 2:23
4. "Sliver" (Cobain) - 2:14
5. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Cobain/Grohl/Novoselic) - 5:01
6. "Come As You Are" (Cobain) - 3:39
7. "Lithium" (Cobain) - 4:17
8. "In Bloom" (Cobain) - 4:15
9. "Heart-Shaped Box" (Cobain) - 4:41
10. "Pennyroyal Tea" (Cobain) - 3:38
11. "Rape Me" (Cobain) - 2:51
12. "Dumb" (Cobain) - 2:34
13. "All Apologies [live]" (Cobain) - 3:47
14. "The Man Who Sold the World [live]" (Bowie) - 3:47

In Europe, an additional track, Where Did You Sleep Last Night? (a Leadbelly cover) appears at the end. In Japan, two extra tracks appear - Something In The Way and Where Did You Sleep Last Night.

Charting positions

Album

Singles

Personnel

• Steve Albini - Engineer, Mixing
• James Barber - Project Director
• Corbis Bettman - Photography
• Chad Channing - Drums
• Kurt Cobain - Guitar, Vocals
• Jack Endino - Engineer, Mixing
• Robert Fisher - Art Direction
• Steve Fisk - Engineer, Mixing
• David Fricke - Liner Notes
• Lori Goldston - Cello
• Dave Grohl - Drums, Vocals
• Adam Kasper - Engineer, Mixing
• Scott Litt - Producer, Mixing
• Bob Ludwig - Mastering
• Michael Meisel - Project Director
• Frank Micelotta - Photography
• Nirvana - Producer
• Krist Novoselic - Bass
• Frank Ockenfels - Photography
• Dan Peters - Drums
• Charles Peterson - Photography
• Redferns - Photography
• John Silva - Project Director
• Pat Smear - Guitar
• Andy Wallace - Mixing
• Butch Vig - Producer, Engineer