Nevermind [20th Anniversary Edition]
by Nirvana
  • Record Label: Geffen
  • Release Date: Sep 27, 2011
Metascore
89

Universal acclaim - based on 15 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 13 out of 15
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 15
  3. Negative: 0 out of 15
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  1. The Guardian
    Dec 16, 2011
    80
    This reissue tweaks the sound with little discernible effect, and adds a package of goodies.
  2. Under The Radar
    Nov 1, 2011
    90
    Not only does the original record sound incredible, the bonus tracks are revelatory.
  3. Beats Per Minute
    Oct 5, 2011
    100
    One of those rare, near-flawless works of art that only grows finer with age.
  5. Drowned In Sound
    Oct 4, 2011
    80
    The first thing to say is that the remastering is pretty good: it's in no way a record that needed remastering, but it's definitely one that suits being remastered.
  6. Uncut
    Oct 3, 2011
    80
    When Nevermind rocks, it does so extremely. [Oct 2011, p.101]
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  7. No Ripcord
    Oct 3, 2011
    100
    The album is amazing. The reissue is amazing. The band is amazing.
  8. PopMatters
    Sep 30, 2011
    90
    In the end, though, it may be the power of the sound that undid this two-minded performer. Two decades on and that power, tragic as it is, has yet to diminish.
  9. Q Magazine
    Sep 29, 2011
    100
    Twenty years, five discs, but Nevermind is always more than the sum of its parts. [Oct 2011, p.133]
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  10. American Songwriter
    Sep 28, 2011
    100
    That sense of hostile irony may be one of the most underrated qualities on Nevermind, whose sly dismissals and cagey lyrics sound like an extension of Cobain's scabrous guitars and Dave Grohl's thundering drums.
  11. BBC Music
    Sep 28, 2011
    100
    Should you be keen to pick your way through the evolutionary process of one of rock's greatest ever long-players, hearing every fuzzy demo and work-in-progress chorus, now you've the chance like never before.
  12. Pitchfork
    Sep 28, 2011
    100
    Despite how much better-left-forgotten material is being offered up here as essential, there's still more life in the real Nevermind than anything that's attempted to replicate its attack since.
  13. Rolling Stone
    Sep 28, 2011
    100
    It's a museum piece, a record that merits a display in the Smithsonian.
  14. The Telegraph (UK)
    Sep 28, 2011
    100
    It's an album undiminished by time, that can still make me want to throw myself around an imaginary mosh pit or curl up in a fetal ball.

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User Score
9.0

Universal acclaim- based on 438 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 409 out of 438
  2. Mixed: 10 out of 438
  3. Negative: 19 out of 438
  1. mazky
    Sep 30, 2011
    10
    I expected negative reviews from some people. Their excuse is always that it's overrated, these are the same people who claim The Beatles areI expected negative reviews from some people. Their excuse is always that it's overrated, these are the same people who claim The Beatles are overrated. There is this obsession with anything that garners major critical acclaim and popularity from sort of nowhere to face a backlash. A backlash from the sort of people who would have liked the album had it never been popular. The Album. It's perfect. Although, forgive me for this Orwellian wording, not as perfect as In Utero but that's fine this album is still perfect. I can't fault it. Every rock band since has been influenced by it. This can not be denied. It may not even be musically. Now to the music. It starts with, the most popular and most acclaimed (although in my mind not the best) Smells Like Teen Spirit. This was the moment that Hair Metal was told to **** off and Nirvana and all other equally good underground rock bands hit the mainstream (Sonic Youth, Pixies). It would take too long to do a track-by-track review. I'm not going to pick the best songs because all of the songs are amazing like OK Computer or Loveless or Daydream Nation. Equally good albums. Now..... the reissue. Forgive me for sounding like a raging hipster but it's just a horrible money making scheme. There is nothing new to know about this album, the remaining members and Butch Vig have spoke a lot of **** over the past few months because as perfect as this album is as much influence as it has had, it is an album. Just an album, just an amazing, influential, perfect album. Thank you Kurt Cobain. **** you people trying hard not to like it.… Full Review »
  2. Spielberg00
    Sep 30, 2011
    10
    Nirvana is the best freaking band every to walk Planet Earth. I have always been mostly unbiased with what I listen to, but when I firstNirvana is the best freaking band every to walk Planet Earth. I have always been mostly unbiased with what I listen to, but when I first listened to Nirvana, I got hooked, and I still am now. And NEVERMIND is their best album, so only an idiot wouldn't think of reissuing it for its 20th anniversary.… Full Review »
  3. mauro_xeneixexe
    Oct 17, 2011
    10
    I can not believe the negative comments. Nirvana are legend. I want end this message but the the the the amamd nfjnefwe vnsiurf nfdj mmmsksksI can not believe the negative comments. Nirvana are legend. I want end this message but the the the the amamd nfjnefwe vnsiurf nfdj mmmsksks fnj njfdsn ndfsuinfsiuebf fdnseiwurnfiwr dfnisunfsirfbs… Full Review »
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