Of course, that story is now the stuff of legend, and the mythology of it all does threaten to overwhelm the music itself at times. Regardless, every other performance from this set is so spellbinding and revelatory that I can’t give it anything but a perfect 10.Ĭobain’s cover-heavy setlist says everything about how constrained he felt by the genre/style that made him famous. It turns out these feelings were mostly centered on “Come As You Are,” which even in its stripped-down performance here I find somewhat grating in its sheer familiarity.
If you’ll forgive my long-windedness, I feel the need to break down exactly why this album has touched me in such a profound way.īefore hearing this performance, I felt that I would be fine if I never heard anything from Nevermind ever again it all seemed so overplayed and overanalyzed. I’ve been listening to it pretty much nonstop for weeks now. This album completely changed everything I thought about Nirvana as a band, and Cobain as a reluctant icon. Overall, a great live album which shows a new side of Nirvana that would have been extremely exciting to see them explore as this shows so much potential. This is helped by just how personal this album feels due to the audience reactions and the group talking to each other that you feel involved and invested in the sound. They are all so strong in terms of their performances and passion that it makes it so easy to just fall in love with the record. Where this albums peaks for me is tracks 1,2 and 4 and then the closing 3 songs which end the record on such a phenomenal note. The song selection is smart with the original tracks working well in this acoustic style and then the covers are instant classics for the most part with Lake Of Fire and The Man Who Sold The World being two of my personal highlights. He sounds great on this record and is at the centre of absolutely everything which makes this record even more special. This works really well throughout the album with it giving the music a unique change up that allows Cobain's vocal to shine. The standard deviation for this album is 14.1.Ī thoroughly enjoyable live album that allows us to be able to see the more stripped back side of Nirvana. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 85.8/100, a mean average of 84.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.9/100. This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on. (*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings) The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. Rating metrics: Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. You can include this album in your own chart from the My Charts page! MTV Unplugged In New York collection
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