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It's hard not to shudder at the sarcasm dripping from Kurt Cobain's voice as he sings "Things have never been so swell/ And I have never felt this well" in "You Know You're Right," the sole new song and marquee track on this long-awaited 14-song Nirvana retrospective. But the fact is that Nirvana shows that things really were pretty swell -- on the creative tip, at least.
Considering most of the tracks represent the three-year burst of drummer Dave Grohl's era in the band (as opposed to, say, the pre-Grohl Bleach years), Nirvana showcases a plethora of exceptional songs and inventive rock, foreshadowed by early tracks such as "About a Girl" and "Been a Son" and set into flight by the likes of "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Come as You Are," and "Heart Shaped Box."
The taut, quiet-to-loud explosiveness of "You Know You're Right," the last song the group ever recorded, is comfortably in line with the rest, meaning that it doesn't foreshadow any new directions in which the band might have been headed. It's still a welcome addition to the Seattle trio's brief but enduring legacy.
Gary Graff
CDNOW Contributing Writer
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Considering most of the tracks represent the three-year burst of drummer Dave Grohl's era in the band (as opposed to, say, the pre-Grohl Bleach years), Nirvana showcases a plethora of exceptional songs and inventive rock, foreshadowed by early tracks such as "About a Girl" and "Been a Son" and set into flight by the likes of "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Come as You Are," and "Heart Shaped Box."
The taut, quiet-to-loud explosiveness of "You Know You're Right," the last song the group ever recorded, is comfortably in line with the rest, meaning that it doesn't foreshadow any new directions in which the band might have been headed. It's still a welcome addition to the Seattle trio's brief but enduring legacy.
Gary Graff
CDNOW Contributing Writer
http://www.cdnow.com/cgi-bin/mserver/SID=1090944035/pagename=/RP/GENRES/cms_genres.html/fid=342845