Nirvana - In Utero [Clean]

Nirvana probably hired Steve Albini to produce In Utero with the hopes of creating its own Surfer Rosa, or at least shoring up the band's indie creed after becoming a pop phenomenon with a glossy punk record. In Utero, of course, turned out to be Nirvana's last record and it's hard not to hear it as Kurt Cobain's suicide note, since Albini's stark, uncompromising sound provides the perfect setting for Cobain's bleak, even nihilistic, lyrics. Even if the album wasn't a literal suicide note, it was certainly a conscious attempt to shed the band's audience -- an attempt that worked, by the way, since the record had lost its momentum when Cobain died in the spring of 1994. Read More