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Nirvana: Bleach

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Label: Sub Pop Records
Released: 1989.06.19
Time:
 76:37
Category: Hard Rock
Producer(s): See Artists ...
Rating: *****..... (5/10)
Media type: CD
Web address: www.hereisnirvana.com
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Purchase date: 2010.05.16
Price in €: 2,00





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[1] Blew (Cobain) - 2:54
[2] Floyd the Barber (Cobain) - 2:17
[3] About a Girl (Cobain) - 2:48
[4] School (Cobain) - 2:42
[5] Love Buzz (VanLeeuwen) - 3:35
[6] Paper Cuts (Cobain) - 4:05
[7] Negative Creep (Cobain) - 2:55
[8] Scoff (Cobain) - 4:10
[9] Swap Meet (Cobain) - 3:02
[10] Mr. Moustache (Cobain) - 3:23
[11] Sifting (Cobain) - 5:22
[12] Big Cheese (Cobain) - 3:42
[13] Downer (Cobain/Novoselic) - 1:42

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Kurt Cobain - Guitar, Vocals
Dale Crover - Drums
Krist Novoselic - Bass
Chad Channing - Drums
Jason Everman - Guitar

Jack Endino - Producer, Engineer
Jane Higgins - Execution
George Marino - Mastering
Jeff Kleinsmith - Art Direction
Lisa Orth - Design
Tracy Marander - Cover Photo
Charles Peterson - Photography

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1989 LP Sub Pop Records SP34
1989 CD Sub Pop Records SP34B
1989 CS Sub Pop Records SP34A
1992 CD Geffen 24433
1995 CD Geffen 19291
2005 CD Warner Music 9878700342
2005 LP Phantom Import Distribution TUPLP6

First CD from Nirvana, recorded for about $600 in a garage. This Sup Pop release includes 'About A Girl', 'Love Buzz', 'Negative Creep' & 10 more tracks.

'Bleach' was the debut album from Seattle grunge legends Nirvana. Originally released in 1989 on indie label Sub Pop and later reissued by Geffen in 1992, it is a fusion of down-tuned rock and melodic punk. Heavily influenced by The Melvins, Sonic Youth and most notably The Pixies with their punk attitude and pop melodies. The drums on the album were playedby Chad Channing who was replaced by Dave Grohl in 1990.

Marking the 20th Anniversary of Nirvana s debut album, Sub Pop will re-issue the Platinum Certified Bleach on November 3, 2009. This expanded double-LP will include a never-before-released live performance, special packaging and the first run of the double-LP will be on 180g white vinyl (the first run of the original LP was also on white vinyl). Originally recorded over three sessions with producer Jack Endino at Seattle s Reciprocal Recording Studios in December 1988 and January 1989, Bleach was released in June of 1989 and remains unequivocally/unsurprisingly Sub Pop s very favorite Nirvana full-length. The album initially sold 40,000 copies, but was brought into the international spotlight following the release and worldwide success of their 1991 sophomore effort, Nevermind. Subsequently Bleach went on to sell 1.7 million copies in the US alone, according to Nielsen SoundScan. This 20th Anniversary Edition has been re-mastered from the original tapes at Sterling Sound in a session overseen by producer Jack Endino. This edition will include an unreleased live recording of a complete February 9th, 1990 show at the Pine Street Theatre in Portland, Oregon. The show features performances of Love Buzz, About a Girl and a cover of The Vaselines song Molly s Lips and has been re-mixed from the original tapes by Endino (complete track listing below). A 16-page LP booklet which includes candid photos of the band not previously released to the public will also be included in this deluxe edition.



Nirvana's debut is a sideways leap around the retro-rut, an LP that keeps the bad things out and the wicked things in and lets the bats fly where they may. Like others who've made Seattle the hairflip capital of the world, they have an enthusiasm for the bombastic, but molded and tempered with the wit to mock that which needs mocking. When you're expecting some third-generation ROCK gesture, Nirvana surprises every time, combining guts, happy feet, and their own pocket dictionary of riffs fresh as a loaf of Wonder. The last band to keep their identity and sly grin intact-straining out the `70s-silliness while maintaining bigger-than-Satan flourishes-was Green River, with these guys the upstart little brothers who've gotten past the copycat phase. With an air of non-pomposity rare in any sort of hard rock formation (like an updated Cheap Trick with bigger cucumbers in their denims), Nirvana has, in addition to awesome songs, chord progressions and time-changes, the best rock throat since Chris Cornell in the person of Kurdt Kobain, and he doesn't have to sing barechested to prove he's a man. Bleach is action comic metal for the post-stoned generation. Top Cuts: "Love Buzz" (from their first 7"), "Negative Creep," "Blew," "About A Girl" and the Zep-O "Sifting."

CMJ.com - Nov 10, 2000



This is one case where the legend really precedes the record itself. Cut for about 600 dollars in Jack Endino's studio over just a matter of days, this captures Nirvana at a formative stage, still indebted to the murk that became known as grunge, yet not quite finding their voice as songwriters. Which isn't to say that they were devoid of original material, since even at this stage Kurt Cobain illustrated signs of his considerable songcraft, particularly on the minor-key ballad "About a Girl" and the dense churn of "Blew." A few songs come close to that level, but that's more a triumph of sound than structure, as "Negative Creep" and "School" get by on attitude and churn, while the cover of "Love Buzz" winds up being one of the highlights because this gives a true menace to their sound, thanks to its menacing melody. The rest of it sinks into the sludge, as the group itself winds up succumbing to grinding sub-metallic riffing that has little power, due to lack of riffs and lack of a good drummer. Bleach is more than a historical curiosity since it does have its share of great songs, but it isn't a lost classic - it's a debut from a band that shows potential but haven't yet achieved it. [Sub Pop's 20th anniversary edition of Bleach  offers a remastered version of the proper album - good, but there's only so much sonic improvement that can be done for an album that was recorded for a few hundred dollars. The real news here is the addition of a complete Portland, OR, concert from February 9, 1990, an 11-song set that runs through the highlights of Bleach and adds "Dive" and "Been a Son," the Vaselines cover "Molly's Lips," and an early stab at "Sappy." That Nirvana sound forceful isn't a surprise, but they also sound surprisingly tight - a little bit looser than they would sound within a year, but they're clearly marshaling their forces, gaining strength and skill. This concert may not be as epochal as the group's 1992 headlining appearance at Reading - a CD/DVD set of which was released the same day as the Bleach anniversary edition - but this is a terrific document of Nirvana's early days, proving they were a tremendous band before Dave Grohl came aboard.]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide



When it first appeared, Bleach seemed like a tuneful approximation of what grunge rock in the Northwest United States was supposed to sound like - gruff, enraged, sometimes tuneful, sometimes silly. Singer Kurt Cobain had the pipes to belt out such power trash as "Mr. Moustache" and the Shocking Blue's "Love Buzz," but considering the sheer volume of frustrated tuneage coming out of Seattle in 1989, it was easy to miss Bleach's subtler textures. In retrospect, "Negative Creep" and "About a Girl" are the obvious standouts that point toward the strum and bang attack that would catapult Nevermind  to the top of the charts. But this is also a band without drummer Dave Grohl; his predecessor, Chad Channing (and also the Melvins' Dale Crover), while competent, is no Grohl. Producer Jack Endino gave this album the best sound $600 could buy.

Rob O'Connor - Amazon.com



Das allererste Grunge-Album kommt wohl von Green River, aus denen später Pearl Jam und Mudhoney hervorgingen. Kurz darauf machten Nirvana mit ihrem Debüt Bleach auf sich aufmerksam. Wie es in Seattle Ende der Achtziger üblich war, hatte sich auch die Band um Kurt Cobain einer Mischung aus Punk und Metal verschrieben, die nicht nur wegen des trashigen Garagen-Sounds ziemlich rauh, ursprünglich und ungeschliffen klingt. Abgesehen von einigen Ausnahmen wie den schon in die spätere Richtung deutenden "Mr. Moustache", "Big Cheese" und vor allem dem extrem poppigen "About A Girl" wirken die Songs (noch) arg dilettantisch und lassen ein Meisterwerk wie Nevermind bestenfalls rudimentär erahnen. Die Gitarrensoli sind lausig, der Gesang klingt stellenweise unkontrolliert und Drummer Chad Channing ist alles andere als ein souveräner Taktgeber. Erst ohne den zweiten Gitarristen Jason Everman und mit Drummer Dave Grohl (Ex-Scream), der seine immense Bedeutung später als Sänger, Gitarrist und Hauptsongwriter der Foo Fighters eindrucksvoll unter Beweis stellte, konnten Nirvana ihr Potential voll ausschöpfen. Bleach ist keine Platte für kleine Mädchen mit großen Kurt Cobain-Postern über dem Bett, aber ein musikhistorisch relevantes Werk.

Marcus Schleutermann - Amazon.de



In 1989, Nirvana were mentioned in the same breath as Mudhoney, Tad and The Melvins - just another band doing the rounds on the Seattle underground. Bleach doesn't adequately explain why, so many years on, Nirvana remains a household name when so many of their contemporaries have been forgotten, but it offers the first essential clues. "About A Girl", for instance, which was later memorably revived for their MTV Unplugged In New York album, is one of Nirvana's finest moments - a Beatles-esque light touch between the caustic likes of "Floyd The Barber" and "School". It was when Nirvana toned down the fuzz-metallic tendencies so characteristic of the Sub Pop label that Cobain's gift for melody shone through- -notably, the cover of Shocking Blue's "Love Buzz". Of course, Cobain quickly realised this, and much better was to come with 1991's classic Nevermind.

Louis Pattison - Amazon.co.uk



This is one case where the legend really precedes the record itself. Cut for about 600 dollars in Jack Endino's studio over just a matter of days, this captures Nirvana at a formative stage, still indebted to the murk that became known as grunge, yet not quite finding their voice as songwriters. Which isn't to say that they were devoid of original material, since even at this stage Kurt Cobain illustrated signs of his considerable songcraft, particularly on the minor-key ballad "About a Girl" and the dense churn of "Blew." A few songs come close to that level, but that's more a triumph of sound than structure, as "Negative Creep" and "School" get by on attitude and churn, while the cover of "Love Buzz" winds up being one of the highlights because this gives a true menace to their sound, thanks to its menacing melody. The rest of it sinks into the sludge, as the group itself winds up succumbing to grinding sub-metallic riffing that has little power, due to lack of riffs and lack of a good drummer. Bleach is more than a historical curiosity since it does have its share of great songs, but it isn't a lost classic -- it's a debut from a band that shows potential but haven't yet achieved it.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine - All Music Guide
 

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