The "Unreleasable" Nirvana Album

Looking at the Nirvana album that was deemed "unreleasable" by their record label.
In this video i go behind the scenes on Nirvana's 3rd studio album 'In Utero' and talk about how their record label were seriously considering not releasing the album because it was too "rough sounding". We hear from Steve Albini and Bob Ludwig who worked on the record and i give my personal analysis on this whole situation.
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Bob Ludwig interview: • Mastered by Bob Ludwig...
Footage: MTV
Steve Albini interview: 'Better Yet' Podcast
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[@TR-xb4ih]

RIP steve albini. all the nirvana guys are getting old now, sad to think this was 30+ years ago. hopefully there will be another group like nirvana and another figure like kurt in the near future. we need something new!

[@tiyanawilliams5070]

I agree we need something new and different, but it is never going to be like Nirvana... the impact will be meaning the unity of embracing raw authenticity through music, but never another Nirvana. I am glad they exist

[@beefaronibois4446]

Juice Wrld is the new Cobain

[@ruckustherabbit407]

I agree, as a life long Nirvana fan, Juice had his natural talent and kindheartedness

[@beefaronibois4446]

@@ruckustherabbit407 and his reach to today's youth

[@metaphoria3]

We might have something for ya 😎

[@timnoble1385]

I really liked the album. Knowing that record execs didn’t like it makes me like it even more.

[@Tokolos]

Think it’s their best work, was unique imo.

[@michaelwills1926]

I used to believe all the origin myths too but turns out it’s entirely orchestrated. The industry, the bands, the hits, the drama, the suicides, the culture. Factory made illusions

[@jmorrisey79]

@@michaelwills1926 suicides are orchestrated?

[@anon-yw4wd]

Studio execs hated Faith No Mores Angel Dust too. Fools. It's their best album.

[@dave2870]

@@anon-yw4wd I think King for a Day,Fool for a Lifetime.I haven't heard all of FNM's albums,though.

[@Randomblurbz]

Heart Shaped Box - masterpiece Scentless Apprentice- masterpiece Rape me, All Apologies, Milk It, Tourettes, all masterpieces. Its their best album

[@atomeyes99]

side 2 of the album is one of the most visceral, jarring and impactful sides of a record ever made.

[@samfalcon]

agreed

[@lpnelson6584]

Usually bands that have a huge hit album can't follow it up, but Nirvana topped that massive commercial Nevermind. Amazing feat by Kurt. Also bittersweet to think what he and the band could have created.

[@jasonmusic9938]

absolutely, the entire tone and entirety of that album just flowed and meshed so well, like how deftones white pony came together and still stands the test of time.

[@JoshuaPlaysMusic]

FACTS!!!

[@DansenEnSchijten]

Imagine living in Aberdeen, USA and having Krist and Kurt as your friends.. even starting off a band with them. And then getting kicked out, ok, but still.. just imagine.

[@HeyHeyNingenSucker]

great memories but it would suck, to see their success without you.

[@Agripapost]

Cobain - "The first time I played it at home, I knew there was something wrong. The whole first week I wasn't really interested in listening to it at all, and that usually doesn't happen. I got no emotion from it, I was just numb. So for three weeks Krist and Dave and I listened to the record every night, trying to figure out what was wrong with it, and we talked about it and decided the vocals weren't loud enough, the bass was inaudible and you couldn't hear the lyrics. That was about it." The band all wanted to remix the album but Albini said no and actually held the masters hostage. Then Albini crafted this false narrative that the record company pressured the band to remix it. This claim was reprinted in a 1993 Newsweek article. Nirvana wrote a letter to Newsweek denying any pressure to change the album and saying the author had "ridiculed our relationship with our label based on totally erroneous information". When Kurt was asked if he'd spoken to Albini since the dispute, he replied "No," "I don't have any desire to talk to him again."

[@p0llenp0ny]

Could never stand Albini.

[@coreycann6751]

Screw albini. He literally produced that crap album buyers market by Peter sotos. That always never sat right with me

[@abdullah82m]

Weird. Why would Dave and krist sit down with Albini for an hour to do Conan O' Brien's podcast when they know he spread lies about Nirvana?

[@Agripapost]

@@abdullah82m They know it’s just business. Kurt was probably the one most concerned with the media’s coverage of the album at the time so they probably cared little back then and very little now 30 years later. they’re all professionals at the end of the day.

[@jamestempleton553]

Albini. So unbelievably overrated.

[@Tim21189]

When it was all said and done, the album ended up being a masterpiece.

[@RobertMunro-wb6jb]

I never understood why the label thought it was unlistenable? I got the vinyl box set a few years back that included the albini mix of the lp and I thought it wasn’t that different! And I personally enjoy the original mix the best !!!!

[@sammy-punk]

i don't think those mixes are the ones that are mentioned, i think it's the first week mixes as those are definitely worse than the end product

[@sammy-punk]

still great but the final mix is def better

[@michaelwills1926]

They said that so you’d buy it. Don’t worry they fooled us all for a long time.

[@janinat1982]

My first and favourite album from Nirvana! Then incesticide and the so hyped nevermind no. 3 at that time.... later unplugged was no one with in utero!

[@claire-christmas-august73]

bleach.. hook line and sinker for me.! 😉😄 the rest, just gravy. 😉 🕯🥺 ✌🏻🌏🇦🇺🤘🏻

[@joshuajohnson1036]

All apologies also

[@jmorrisey79]

​@@joshuajohnson1036 they're talking about albums.. complete albums comprised of several songs.. not individual songs.

[@joshuajohnson1036]

@@jmorrisey79really? Wow? Like I didn’t already know that!

[@jmorrisey79]

@@joshuajohnson1036 damn dude.. OK then. Doesn't make much sense to bring up songs in a discussion specifically referring to whole albums.. yet that's what you did.

[@Scyber_Official]

I really wish Nirvana released one more album before Kurt died so people could get one last taste of them & realized they were the most important punk band of the 90s. I'm sure there's a ton of unreleased material that Courtney is sitting on that could make for a full album. The Lights Out box set isn't what I'm talking about. I'm talking about unreleased studio recording that haven't been properly mixed and mastered.

[@gagee_]

nah the utero album was perfect, it was all over the place and perfect ending to a group you can tell kurt was complete and just made whatever he wanted towards the end he said what he had to say honestly i think he left at a great height

[@matthewbarclay4302]

Actually somewhere I saw something with Krist talking about that and he said that there really isn’t anything left. So I am not sure that there is a bunch of unreleased material.

[@toyingaroundtoys]

Unplugged? Filled that hole. For me anyways. 😊

[@jmorrisey79]

@@Scyber_Official it's not like there was a huge gap of time between their last release and Kurt's death. In utero came out in 94 .. he died in 94. That WAS the last taste. There was no time for anything else. Unless you count unplugged.

[@jkelley9335]

The hell with those dudes that didn't like the album. what matters is the band and fans. Certainly not a corporate turd tgat has no taste

[@pattonPwr]

It was 1993 and the music industry was different. Executives where waiting for a nevermind part 2

[@jkelley9335]

@pattonPwr I was 15 in 93. I'm very aware of that and unfortunately it's always been like that and will always be like that.

[@michaelwills1926]

They liked it just fine, but saying they didn’t generated the defiant energy that fuels the industry. We didn’t believe it either, even when the Pistols made it perfectly clear: “rock and roll swindle” suits vs rockers is the oldest game in the business.

[@Batsz_123]

‘Commercial Suicide’

[@CraftyXan]

I noticed thar too 😭

[@sstaners1234]

Poor choice of words considering.

[@SST4SSG]

​@@sstaners1234Agreed! Those songs even presented a good groove to the most horse-goggled vision mainstream types

[@adamnorr2265]

Sounds like the best song name ever.... 😊

[@SST4SSG]

@@adamnorr2265 Don't you DARE say that or else GLOBALIST Greta is gonna get offended! kzbin.info/www/bejne/sKCuh6qEocyoaLssi=giIdBxGC-tMwdxZ6

[@22lulublu]

We miss you, Steve Albini, RIP!

[@curtisbush5728]

The unreleasable album that got released and was a huuuge hit long before Kurt's untimely death. The label that releases sonic youth and boss hog records wasn't gonna release in utero? C'mon!?!?

[@bltvd]

They probably did not think those records had the potential to sell records at the level of Nirvana and would be losing money if it was not more commercially acceptable sounding. I saw Boss Hog at that time and they were so incredible!

[@michelleneeds4165]

​@@bltvdlove Boss Hog and Pussy Galore, all of Jon Spencers projects are great. Heavy Trash too his more country/rockabilly band.

[@michaelwills1926]

Your intuition is correct. They all knew what they were doing, and it worked

[@TommyKing-m3f]

In utero is my personal favorite nirvana album.

[@anon-yw4wd]

Same.

[@oliverjackson5070]

When are record companies going to let the artist be the artist, you signed them for a reason.....trust they know their audience.

[@leontregerman491]

Wow, Steve Albini aged into Pat Smeer

[@Billy-nk8fj]

Incesticide was always my favorite album! Nirvana never made a bad album!

[@stevenfunderburg1623]

I see my hero Steve's face in the thumbnail. I will shed gallons of blood stained tears if this video so much as suggests that he was anything less than he was the greatest, most knowledgeable talent to ever exist and his opinion=objective science fact and any serious artist would be enhanced by having the honor of Steve ripping your efforts to ribbons with a ruthlessly well worded critique.

[@wholeo9467]

Rip Steve albini

[@tiyanawilliams5070]

lol@ "we gave them 2 million dollars" bahhaa

[@MadeOfStone02]

Is it just me who would love to have heard Scott Litt mix the full album? I much prefer his mix of Pennyroyal Tea

[@erikkibler3466]

I’d like to hear that,myself

[@JoshuaPlaysMusic]

This album is start to finish Bangers!! Such a greal album! It keeps me young listening to this album!

[@charlesbronson4282]

Dave looks like he's married to Courtney Love instead of Kurt

[@thewedge8823]

So Krist said the bass was really low, yet Bob Ludwig said there was too much low end? so which is it lol

[@jmorrisey79]

@@thewedge8823 well too much low end can muddy the bass, cause frequency cancelation and make things inaudible.. without getting specific it could be a few different things.

[@jmorrisey79]

@@thewedge8823 it is kinda funny that the bass player would say the bass weren't loud enough and the vocalist says the vocals weren't loud enough. Everybody wants to be heard I guess.

[@jeffstarrunner1]

I'm very accepting of mainstream music.. although a lot sucks.. and honestly in utero in my mind should be considered more palatable to the mainstream then nevermind... but maybe that's why im not a producer.. edit- after thinking about it I realized this video is more about the mix then the songwriting and arrangement.

[@dylanguerrero3889]

saw you guys at el cid and heard your music for the very first time and now im OBSESSED

[@chops4986]

Some may not agree but I always felt a disconnect and tension between Kurt and Dave in this interview.

[@michaelwills1926]

Dave was already working on his career plan which meant Kurt had to 💀

[@nicholasfaith8999]

In utero is their strongest album, it's my all time favorite

[@ministerofdarkness]

a true Masterpiece. PLAY LOUD

[@brian-ld4vd]

Unplugged in New York is their Best Recording. Nothing else compares.

[@theway550]

In utero x10

[@futurewhale7535]

Hahahahaha😂

[@k2bny]

Bleach will always be my favorite but In Utero is a very close second.

[@Zocto31]

Of course the record fools didn't like it. It was not poppy enuff fo the lamestream. Kurt was a genius and Steve was the perfect guy to record their music. RIP Kurt and Steve!

[@yetanotheruser1989]

Definitely their best album. Second would be Bleach. In my opinion, of course

[@toyingaroundtoys]

Dude. That?! Is THE Album for me! I wasn't as big a Fan of Nevermind as the rest of Earth!(Probably..due to 'Smells like teen spirit's over USE and ease of playing?) I was more into Pearl Jam and AIC in the beginning. Now? Bleach? Incestiside? Fun! Nevermind? Had Great songs ON it..don't get me wrong. but? Something about teen spirit? I just can't dig! Now?! In Utero?? Absolutely hit me in the Right place! Not a bad song on there!😊 And..Of course?! Unplugged? Is the ultimate Record. If ya read the song titles ...and know the meanings? Those songs were in a Certain 'order' for a reason. Kurt's.. own reasons. It was like his Good Bye to Fans. Crazy.

[@michaellee258]

Albini is a GOAT

[@indiansack5524]

I can understand why the record execs didn't like In Utero: while the album has some good tracks, the quality of its individual tunes & its overall level of production is a step back from Nevermind. Nirvana and their die hard punk fans love In Utero, but anyone who's listened through both albums can clearly hear why Nevermind is an absolute masterpiece; Butch Vig deserves a shitpile of credit for his production on that album, even though Nirvana themselves ultimately claimed they didn't like the sound on the album after it started flying off the shelf like nothing we'd ever seen before in 1991!!!

[@jamesedgewood4643]

I love the fat dominant fuzzy guitar of All Apologies.... I prefer the Albini version.

[@midwestripppa]

Couldn’t imagine being part of a band where the “head” is just trashed.

[@germzdesantaana3831]

What's the song playing in the background???

[@neonrecording]

Lol the ‘hmm’ in the first clip ❤

[@ObsidianContraption]

Little too much mustard on that album, but it still was delicious

[@jasonmusic9938]

awesome

[@DESGRACIADOR]

0:50 what is the song's name playing in the background?

[@thumbsupkarate9400]

What song is playin in the background of this video?

[@anon-yw4wd]

lol In Utero is my favorite Nirvana album. Studio execs can EAD.

[@lovedeathdisco]

too much mustard 🤦🏻😭

[@seanabrams6570]

Are we talking about utero?

[@gordonc247]

The album that separated the true fans from the fakers

[@dylancooper3690]

Has this version ever been released?

[@michaelwills1926]

Yes and it ain’t all that

[@justaguyinashed]

That any sound Nirvana made and recorded is releasable.

[@claire-christmas-august73]

insanity… to think. ✌🏻🇦🇺🌏🤘🏻

[@xvaderxkiller5190]

Isn’t like half of this shit not true?

[@dh-_1011]

I do believe Steve got paid $100K, not $2M. There are interviews out there that say they loved the original mix, but then blamed Albini for its “abrasiveness” or whatever. It was DGC that wanted it changed and pushed for it. Scott Litt was called in to remix HSB and All Apologies. Hmmmmm.

[@michaelwills1926]

At least half. The entire music industry is an illusion.

[@pattonPwr]

03:17

[@metaphoria3]

Riparadise Steve Albini

[@Skualo-77]

3:15 🥃💉💊🚬

[@mattsheezy5469]

They actually gave Albini $200k, I doubt that Kurt even made $2M

[@ahhcmon9604]

I really didn't like this album as much, and I mean song by song it's my least favorite songs compared to any other song they did

[@Randomblurbz]

Apart from 1st track album is a nastepiece.

[@BH02377]

What an overrated band.

[@mittenil2972]

Every Nirvana album is 💩

[@Manzanahh]

*the 💩

[@winterbliss4459]

low tier bait try again