"With the Lights Out" is packaged in heat-sensitive material which changes color when touched, revealing images of recording session tapes.Each of the three CDs loosely represents the rare recordings from three periods in Nirvana's history, in line with the band's three studio albums, "Bleach", "Nevermind" and "In Utero", which were released in 1989, 1991 and 1993 respectively.