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The Album Nevermind was released on September 24, 1991 by Geffen Records. This was Nirvana's most popular album. The first 20,000 CDs were supposed to have a hidden song called "Endless Nameless" but it was accidentally left off. The next 50,000 CDs had the hidden song. You can still get this track but only on the gold disk.

The baby on the front cover is Spencer Eldon. He was four months old when the picture was shot in late 1991.

The title for "Smells like teen spirit" came from when one day Kurt and a friend were having a discussion about teenage revolution, they later got drunk and his friend wrote on the wall 'Kurt smells like teen spirit.' Kurt was inspired, he thought she meant he would be the type of person who could incite a teen rebellion. So he went and wrote the song. She thought that he just smelled like the deodorant. Kurt hadn't even heard of the deodorant at the time, and he claimed to have rarely used it himself.

Note: Endless Nameless starts at 13:50 on track 12.

Liner Notes

Kurt Cobain: Guitar, Vocals
Chris Novoselic: Bass, Vocals
Dave Grohl: Drums, Vocals
Kirk Canning: Cello on "Something in the way"

Produced and engineered by: Butch Vig and Nirvana
Mixed by: Andy Wallace
Recorded at: Sound City, Van Nuys, CA
Assistant Engineer: Jeff Sheehan
Assistant Engineer: Craig Doubet
Art Design: Robert Fisher
Photos: Micheal Lavine
Monkey Photo: Kurt Cobain
Cover Photo: Kirk Weddle

Album Pictures

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Inner #1
Inner #2
Inner #3
Back
CD

The Meanings of the songs

Smells Like Teen Spirit - An attack on the apathy of our own generation

In Bloom - An attack on people who listen to certain music for the wrong reason. Imagine the macho, gun toting guy who sings along to Nirvana, but has no clue what he's singing about.

Come As You Are - A song full of contradictions on how we act versus how we think society thinks we should act.

Breed - Growing up and being trapped by Middle Class America.

Lithium - A first person narrative of a nervous breakdown. An ode to disconnection. Other Other interpretations suggested: Everything contadicts itself, as if he's bi-polar and those are his two sides.

Polly - Based on the actual kidnapping of a 14 year old girl and her torture.

Territorial Pissings - Multi-themed song that attacks macho men.

Drain You - A song about (plainly and simply) love. Highly medical theme.

Lounge Act - A song about having a certain vision and being smothered by a relationship.

Stay Away - An attack on any conformist clique.

On A Plain - Many small lines of poetry having multi themes.

Something in the Way - A song about Kurt's experiences living under a bridge when he was kicked out of home. Do note he did not at anytime live under a bridge so this could be wrong. A song about being lonely, outsider?

Endless, Nameless - Previously called "The Noise Jam" An experimental song created when one of the takes on Lithium went bad.
 
_-- TRACK LIST --_

1. Smells Like Teen Spirit (5:02)
2. In Bloom (4:15)
3. Coma As You Are (3:39)
4. Breed (3:04)
5. Lithium (4:17)
6. Polly (2:56)
7. Territorial Pissings (2:23)
8. Drain You (3:44)
9. Lounge Act (2:37)
10. Stay Away (3:33)
11. On A Plain (3:17)
12. Something in the way (3:51)
13. Endless Nameless (6:42)
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Revised: February 28, 2005