Was Gallons of Alcohol not available in the US version? It's also one of my favorites in here.
― Moka, Sunday, 4 August 2013 06:21 (eleven years ago) link
I think a problem I have with this album, as good as it is, is that I wish there were more songs with the dynamics of Milk it.
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 4 August 2013 06:29 (eleven years ago) link
it seems to be this halfway house of a Jesus Lizard/Touch and Go thing and more traditional singer songwriter elements, All Apologies or Heart Shaped Box. It's a bit jarring to me, either go the whole way with one or the other IMO
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 4 August 2013 06:33 (eleven years ago) link
Grohl sounds great on this but in terms of arrangements he could be used in much more interesting ways
― Master of Treacle, Sunday, 4 August 2013 06:35 (eleven years ago) link
listened to this a lot this weekend and while I always liked it, I've done a complete about face on this album. Used to think it was greatly overrated and a little too plain at times, but my opinion must have been colored by what else I was listening to at the time.
For me it doesn't get any better than "Scentless Apprentice" with Kurt's exerted yells and the noisy riff. "Milk It", I've always liked the live versions better but the main riff is monstrous.
― Neanderthal, Monday, 10 March 2014 17:44 (ten years ago) link
Some days this is my favourite Nirvana album, others it's Bleach. Always between those two.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 10 March 2014 22:29 (ten years ago) link
The noisiest bits of this album are the best. Hate "All Apologies," always have.
― RAP GAME SHANI DAVIS (Raymond Cummings), Monday, 10 March 2014 22:56 (ten years ago) link
"Frances Farmer" is A+ though
The noisiest bits of this album are the best.
'Dumb' invalidates this thesis.
― I wish to incorporate disco into my small business (chap), Monday, 10 March 2014 23:13 (ten years ago) link
you can't fire me cuz i quit
^ always imagined this is how most firings went down
― j., Thursday, 19 March 2015 18:03 (nine years ago) link
oh boy, that riff that kicks in briefly on Frances Farmer at 0:38. it's not an overused sound on the album, so when it appears it's all the sweeter.
― charlie h, Friday, 20 March 2015 00:21 (nine years ago) link
scentless apprentice is the way I enjoyed them sounding
― Hammer Smashed Bagels, Friday, 20 March 2015 00:25 (nine years ago) link
that was my favourite song when the album came out. i've gone off it a bit over the years.
― charlie h, Friday, 20 March 2015 00:31 (nine years ago) link
oh boy, that riff that kicks in briefly on Frances Farmer at 0:38.
And the instrumental middle eight!
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Friday, 20 March 2015 01:04 (nine years ago) link
this record is pretty riffless for such a big rock album hit
― j., Friday, 20 March 2015 01:15 (nine years ago) link
Anyone surprised that Tourette's earned 3 votes is missing out on how misanthropic, evil, and pummeling this band could be. That said, my pick is Frances Farmer for life.
― Portugal minus Pedro Foster Cage (Spectrist), Friday, 20 March 2015 01:21 (nine years ago) link
love this album, especially "frances farmer." "milk it" is still the scariest nirvana performance.
"all apologies" has always sounded like a lennon homage to me, the tune reminds me a lot of "look at me" and "julia."
― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Friday, 20 March 2015 03:40 (nine years ago) link
yeah these verses esp.
I am my own parasiteI don't need a host to liveWe feed off of each otherWe can share our endorphins
Doll steak!Test meat!
...
I own my own pet virusI get to pet and name herHer milk is my shitMy shit it is her milk
i wonder if this was the earliest song i encountered where there was something uncanny to the lyrics that wasn't sung just as a pose or for the effect of weirdness or artiness, but had some kind of strange conviction to it.
― j., Friday, 20 March 2015 03:47 (nine years ago) link
His lyrics are not often praised. Or is that a misconception on my part?
― Hinklepicker, Friday, 20 March 2015 09:42 (nine years ago) link
the way kurt sings, i rarely know what he's actually saying so seeing the words to milk it written down like that is kind of mindblowing.
― why dont u say something or like just die (dog latin), Friday, 20 March 2015 12:35 (nine years ago) link
the moment that's grown on me most in recent years is just the way serve the servants opens - just this huge, confrontational squall of sound.
― why dont u say something or like just die (dog latin), Friday, 20 March 2015 12:37 (nine years ago) link
is missing out on how misanthropic, evil, and pummeling this band could be.
Yeah, they're often misunderstood as much more one dimensional than they really were. Doesn't help that their most famous album is also their most boring.
― the joke should be over once the kid is eaten. (chap), Friday, 20 March 2015 13:23 (nine years ago) link
this one and unplugged are the only nirvana i ever feel like listening to
nevermind is super boring and the sound of that record is terrible imo
― marcos, Friday, 20 March 2015 13:43 (nine years ago) link
milk it would've been my vote
‘There’s a musician in the band now!
― j., Sunday, 19 February 2017 03:41 (seven years ago) link
― j., Thursday, March 19, 2015 9:15 PM
what
― flappy bird, Sunday, 19 February 2017 04:17 (seven years ago) link
like, try to sing the riffs to the songs, from memory
― j., Sunday, 19 February 2017 05:04 (seven years ago) link
DUN-DUN-DUN-NUN DUN-NUN-NUN-NUN-NUN-DUN-DUN
― flappy bird, Sunday, 19 February 2017 05:09 (seven years ago) link
yeah they're pretty much all like that
― j., Sunday, 19 February 2017 05:12 (seven years ago) link
i started typing them all outbut i got boredi can hum them allthe pretty songs are prettythe heavy songs fucking stompi remember them all
― flappy bird, Sunday, 19 February 2017 05:13 (seven years ago) link
you don't know what you're remembering
― j., Sunday, 19 February 2017 05:18 (seven years ago) link
Tons of memorable riffs on this album.
― chap, Sunday, 19 February 2017 15:13 (seven years ago) link
Ha, I could tell right away that flappy bird was talking about "Scentless Apprentice". That one and "All Apologies" are the ones I really think of as being based on memorable riffs in the classic sense.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Sunday, 19 February 2017 15:25 (seven years ago) link
Milk it's as memorable as riffs get imo.
― chihuahuau, Sunday, 19 February 2017 15:39 (seven years ago) link
almost the entire album is memorable riffs wtf
― a serious and fascinating fartist (Simon H.), Sunday, 19 February 2017 16:06 (seven years ago) link
The only songs that aren't riffy are Dumb and Pennyroyal Tea.
― chap, Sunday, 19 February 2017 16:08 (seven years ago) link
I think you guys are right, actually. Even the noisier songs like "Very Ape" and "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter" have solid riffs.
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Sunday, 19 February 2017 16:11 (seven years ago) link
sund4r
― j., Sunday, 19 February 2017 16:25 (seven years ago) link
songs like "serve the Servants" aren't riffy but "Milk It", "Scentless Apprentice" and "Heart Shaped Box" have memorable riffs, even if they're simple and whatnot.
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 19 February 2017 16:45 (seven years ago) link
Serve the Servants has a really catchy riff!
― chap, Sunday, 19 February 2017 17:05 (seven years ago) link
I remember it more for its chorus (though the song is one of my favs on the album)
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 19 February 2017 17:05 (seven years ago) link
Dow-nah-now-nah-now-now dow-nah-now-nah-now-now dan-DOW! dan-DOW!
― chap, Sunday, 19 February 2017 17:10 (seven years ago) link
but yeah the idea that there's not riffs on this album is kinda o_O
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 19 February 2017 17:14 (seven years ago) link
every song on this has a memorable riff wtf
― pointless rock guitar (Michael B), Sunday, 19 February 2017 17:17 (seven years ago) link
I remember posting itt years ago saying this was an overrated album but i completely reversed course on that a few years ago. it was my go to for a while, esp when the reissue came out
― Neanderthal, Sunday, 19 February 2017 17:35 (seven years ago) link
It will always be my fave by my fave band
― Odysseus, Sunday, 19 February 2017 17:55 (seven years ago) link
I know j. likes this album as much as I do. I think that maybe his point is that the hooks that come most immediately to mind for a lot of these songs like "Serve the Servants" and "Frances Farmer" are something other than an iconic heavy guitar riff. Tbf, though, this is probably true of a lot of classic heavy rock records. Not every Deep Purple song was "Smoke on the Water".
― My Body's Made of Crushed Little Evening Stars (Sund4r), Sunday, 19 February 2017 17:58 (seven years ago) link
like who in the world could listen to Very Ape and say that's not a good riff?
― alpine static, Sunday, 19 February 2017 18:11 (seven years ago) link
The only songs that aren't riffy are Dumb and Pennyroyal Tea.― chap, Sunday, February 19, 2017 4:08 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
― chap, Sunday, February 19, 2017 4:08 PM (two hours ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
Basically, yeah. With 'Dumb' I think of the cello part first.
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Sunday, 19 February 2017 18:22 (seven years ago) link
The Prodigy obviously thought 'Very Ape' was a good riff - they sampled it for 'Voodoo People'
― Working night & day, I tried to stay awake... (Turrican), Sunday, 19 February 2017 18:23 (seven years ago) link