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Title: Still holds up pretty well after all these years...
Review: Though Kurt Cobain publicly repudiated this album as sounding "too slick" and being overproduced, "Nevermind" has held up very well over the past twelve or so years that it first invaded everybody's collective conscience. "Nevermind" is a great album and came out at a time when "real" rock music was needed in the mainstream, but the band did make better albums than this. This is a good starting point, but to really understand Cobain's art, check out "In Utero" with all of its virulent guitar sounds and sheets of white noise juxtaposed against beautiful pop melodies. "Bleach" is also a killer record--more on the poppier side of things, but great nonetheless. While most of the first half of "Nevermind" was chock with hits, the second half is even better. Songs like "Territorial Pissings" and "Drain You" are just as effective as "Come As You Are" or "Lithium."
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