With the Lights Out - Definition and Overview

With the Lights Out is a box set with 3 discs plus 1 DVD by the rock band Nirvana. It was released internationally on November 22, 2004 by Geffen Records (in North America on November 23). The title is a reference to a line from the chorus of the band's breakthrough hit song Smells Like Teen Spirit.

Details

Features the hits, live performances, previously unreleased rarities, demos, outtakes, and b-sides. 68 unreleased recordings including Kurt Cobain's demos. Hours of unheard music and unseen footage. The set features a 60 page booklet. 3-panel digipack, front cover is a metal plate. Closed size is 26cm x 14.5cm x 2.5cm. Open size is 81cm x 14.5cm.

Track listing

CD 1

1. "Heartbreaker" (Led Zeppelin cover)
2. "Anorexorcist"
3. "White Lace and Strange" (Thunder and Roses cover)
4. "Help Me, I'm Hungry"
5. "Mrs Butterworth"
6. "If You Must"
7. "Pen Cap Chew"
8. "Downer"
9. "Floyd the Barber"
10. "Raunchola" (Nirvana original)/"Moby Dick" (Led Zeppelin cover)
11. "Beans"
12. "Don't Want It All"
13. "Clean Up Before She Comes"
14. "Polly" (solo)
15. "About A Girl"
16. "Blandest"
17. "Dive"
18. "They Hung Him on a Cross" (Leadbelly cover)
19. "Grey Goose" (Leadbelly cover)
20. "Ain't It a Shame" (Leadbelly cover)
21. "Token Eastern Song"
22. "Even in His Youth"
23. "Polly" (electric)

CD 2

1. "Opinion"
2. "Lithium"
3. "Been a Son"
4. "Sliver"
5. "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" (Leadbelly cover)
6. "Pay to Play"
7. "Here She Comes Now" (The Velvet Underground cover)
8. "Drain You"
9. "Aneurysm"
10. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (demo)
11. "Breed"
12. "Verse Chorus Verse"
13. "Old Age"
14. "Endless, Nameless"
15. "Dumb"
16. "D-7" (The Wipers cover)
17. "Oh, the Guilt"
18. "Curmudgeon"
19. "Return of the Rat" (The Wipers cover)
20. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Butch Vig Mix)

CD 3

1. "Rape Me" (solo)
2. "Rape Me"
3. "Scentless Apprentice"
4. "Heart-Shaped Box"
5. "I Hate Myself and I Want to Die"
6. "Milk It"
7. "Moist Vagina"
8. "Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip"
9. "The Other Improv"
10. "Serve the Servants"
11. "Very Ape"
12. "Pennyroyal Tea"
13. "Marigold"
14. "Sappy"
15. "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam" (The Vaselines cover)
16. "Do Re Mi" (commonly known as "Dough Ray and Me")
17. "You Know You're Right" (demo)
18. "All Apologies"

DVD

1. "Love Buzz" (Shocking Blue cover)
2. "Scoff"
3. "About a Girl"
4. "Big Long Now"
5. "Immigrant Song" (Led Zeppelin cover)
6. "Spank Thru"
7. "Hairspray Queen"
8. "School"
9. "Mr. Moustache"
10. "Big Cheese"
11. "In Bloom"
12. "Sappy"
13. "School"
14. "Love Buzz" (Shocking Blue cover)
15. "Pennyroyal Tea"
16. "Smells Like Teen Spirit"
17. "Territorial Pissings"
18. "Jesus Doesn't Want Me for a Sunbeam" (The Vaselines cover)
19. "Talk to Me"
20. "Seasons in the Sun" (Terry Jacks cover)

Charting positions

Album - Billboard (North America)

External links

• Nirvana Live Guide (http://www.nirvanaguide.com/) - Comprehensive guide to Nirvana's live performances and recordings
• nirvanabox.com (http://www.nirvanabox.com/) - The official site promoting the box set release