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Nirvana
Compilation album by Nirvana
Released	October 29, 2002
Recorded	1988-1994
Genre	Alternative rock, Grunge
Length	49:34
Label	Geffen
Producer(s)	Scott Litt, Butch Vig, Nirvana
Professional reviews
All Music Guide Image:2.5 stars.svg link Rolling Stone Image:4 stars.svg link
Nirvana chronology
From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah (1996)	Nirvana (2002)	With the Lights Out (2004)

For other uses of "Nirvana", see Nirvana (disambiguation).

Nirvana is a "best-of" compilation album from the American grunge band, Nirvana. It was released in October 2002.

Contents 1 Significance 2 Lawsuit 3 Miscellanea 4 Track listing 4.1 Bonus tracks 5 Charting singles 6 Album charts 7 Credits 8 Sales 9 References 10 External links

[edit] Significance

Nirvana was the third Nirvana album to be released following the death of singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain in April 1994, and the first to feature studio material. It contains the previously unreleased "You Know You're Right," a song recorded during the band's final studio session on January 30, 1994. The album also includes a brief selection of the band's more popular songs, culled mostly from 1991's Nevermind and 1993's In Utero, but also containing three pre-Nevermind songs and two recorded during the band's MTV Unplugged set in late 1993. Nirvana opened at #3 on the Billboard 200.

[edit] Lawsuit

Nirvana was released following the settlement of a long-standing legal dispute between Cobain's widow, Courtney Love, and surviving Nirvana members Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl. Much of the dispute centred around "You Know You're Right," which Novoselic and Grohl had wanted to release on a long-delayed Nirvana box set. However, Love blocked the song's release, and sued Novoselic and Grohl over control of Nirvana's legacy.

Love's lawsuit maintained that "You Know You're Right" was a "potential 'hit' of extraordinary artistic and commercial value." [1] She believed the song would have been "wasted" on box set, and should be included on a more commercial, single-disc collection instead, similar to the Beatles' 1. [2] In September 2002, it was announced by the Nirvana camp that the lawsuit had been settled, and that "You Know You're Right" would be released on "Nirvana, a one-CD history of the band." [3] This paved the way for the box set, which was released two years later.

[edit] Miscellanea

• Apart from "You Know You're Right," Nirvana contains two tracks which were not commonly available prior to its release: the "Blew" EP version of "Been A Son," recorded two years before the version which appears on Incesticide, and the Scott Litt remix of "Pennyroyal Tea", which had previously appeared only on the censored Wal-Mart and Kmart versions of In Utero and on the recalled "Pennyroyal Tea" single.

• Nirvana's liner notes were written by Rolling Stone senior editor David Fricke, who also penned the notes for the Velvet Underground box set, Peel Slowly and See.

[edit] Track listing

All songs by Kurt Cobain unless otherwise noted:

1. "You Know You're Right" – 3:38
2. "About a Girl" – 2:49
3. "Been a Son" – 2:23
4. "Sliver" – 2:14
5. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Cobain/Grohl/Novoselic) – 5:01
6. "Come as You Are" – 3:39
7. "Lithium" – 4:17
8. "In Bloom" – 4:15
9. "Heart-Shaped Box" – 4:41
10. "Pennyroyal Tea" (Scott Litt remix) – 3:38
11. "Rape Me" – 2:51
12. "Dumb" – 2:34
13. "All Apologies (Unplugged)" – 3:47
14. "The Man Who Sold the World (Unplugged)" (Bowie) – 3:47

[edit] Bonus tracks

1. "Something in the Way (Unplugged)" – 4:01 (appears on vinyl and Japanese CD copies only)
2. "Where Did You Sleep Last Night (Unplugged)" (Ledbetter) – 5:08 (appears on vinyl and international CD copies only)

[edit] Charting singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2002	You Know You're Right	Mainstream Rock Tracks	No. 1
2002	You Know You're Right	Modern Rock Tracks	No. 1
2002	You Know You're Right	The Billboard Hot 100	No. 45
2002	You Know You're Right	Triple J Hot 100	No. 12
1994	About A Girl	Official Australian Singles Chart	No. 4
1994	About A Girl	Official Finland Singles Chart	No. 8
1994	About A Girl	Official Sweden Singles Chart	No. 20
1994	About A Girl	Official Italian Singles Chart	No. 20
1994	About A Girl	Official French Singles Chart	No. 23
1994	About A Girl	Official Holland Singles Chart	No. 26
1994	About A Girl	Mainstream Rock Tracks (U.S.)	No. 3
1994	About A Girl	Modern Rock Tracks (U.S.)	No. 3
1994	About A Girl	Top 40 Mainstream (U.S.)	No. 29
1994	About A Girl	Triple J Hot 100	No. 7
1994	About A Girl	Slovakian Airplay Chart	No. 7
1994	About A Girl	Latvian Airplay Chart	No. 4
1994	About A Girl	French Airplay Chart	No. 9
1994	About A Girl	Canadian National Airplay Chart	No. 9
1993	Sliver	Modern Rock Tracks	No. 19
1992	Sliver	Official Irish Singles Chart	No. 23
1991	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Official Irish Singles Chart	No. 1
1991	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Official New Zealand Singles Chart	No. 1
1991	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Official Belgium Singles Chart	No. 1
1992	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Official French Singles Chart	No. 1
1991	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Official Spanish Singles Chart	No. 1
1992	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Official Norway Singles Chart	No. 2
1992	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Official German Singles Chart	No. 2
1991	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Official Sweden Singles Chart	No. 3
1991	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Official Holland Singles Chart	No. 3
1992	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Official Australian Singles Chart	No. 5
1992	Smells Like Teen Spirit	The Billboard Hot 100 (U.S.)	No. 6
1992	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Official Italian Singles Chart	No. 6
1992	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Official Switzerland Singles Chart	No. 6
1991	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Official UK Singles Chart	No. 7
1992	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Official Austrian Singles Chart	No. 8
1992	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Official Finland Singles Chart	No. 9
1992	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Hot 100 Brazil	No. 9
1991	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Modern Rock Tracks (U.S.)	No. 1
1992	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Mainstream Rock Tracks (U.S.)	No. 7
1992	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Hot Dance Music/Club Play (U.S.)	No. 14
1992	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales (U.S.)	No. 27
1991	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Triple J Hottest 100	No. 1
1991	Smells Like Teen Spirit	French Airplay Chart	No. 1
1992	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Canadian National Airplay Chart	No. 17
1994	Smells Like Teen Spirit	Latvian Airplay Charts	No. 18
1992	Come As You Are	Official New Zealand Singles Chart	No. 3
1992	Come As You Are	Mainstream Rock Tracks (U.S.)	No. 3
1992	Come As You Are	Modern Rock Tracks (U.S.)	No. 3
1992	Come As You Are	Slovakian Airplay Chart	No. 6
1992	Come As You Are	Official Irish Singles Chart	No. 7
1992	Come As You Are	Official UK singles Chart	No. 9
1992	Come As You Are	Official French Singles Chart	No. 12
1992	Come As You Are	Official Finland Singles Chart	No. 12
1992	Come As You Are	Official Italian Singles Chart	No. 13
1992	Come As You Are	Official Holland Singles Chart	No. 14
1992	Come As You Are	Official Belgium Singles Chart	No. 15
1992	Come As You Are	Official Spanish Singles Chart	No. 16
1992	Come As You Are	French Airplay Chart	No. 16
1992	Come As You Are	Official Switzerland Singles Chart	No. 21
1992	Come As You Are	Official German Singles Chart	No. 22
1992	Come As You Are	Official Sweden Singles Chart	No. 24
1992	Come As You Are	Official Australian Singles Chart	No. 25
1992	Come As You Are	Official Austrian Singles Chart	No. 28
1992	Come As You Are	The Billboard Hot 100 (U.S.)	No. 32
1992	Come As You Are	Canadian National Airplay Chart	No. 33
1992	Come As You Are	Hot 100 Brazil	No. 51
1992	Come As You Are	Triple J Hot 100	No. 76
1992	Lithium	Official Finland Singles Chart	No. 3
1992	Lithium	Official Irish Singles Chart	No. 5
1992	Lithium	Official UK Singles Chart	No. 11
1992	Lithium	Official Spanish Singles Chart	No. 13
1992	Lithium	Official Holland Singles Chart	No. 16
1992	Lithium	Mainstream Rock Tracks (U.S.)	No. 16
1992	Lithium	Official Italian Singles Chart	No. 19
1992	Lithium	Modern Rock Tracks (U.S.)	No. 25
1992	Lithium	Official New Zealand Singles Chart	No. 28
1992	Lithium	Official Belgium Singles Chart	No. 28
1992	Lithium	Official Australian Singles Chart	No. 53
1992	Lithium	French Airplay Chart	No. 60
1992	Lithium	The Billboard Hot 100 (U.S.)	No. 64
1992	In Bloom	Mainstream Rock Tracks (U.S.)	No. 5
1992	In Bloom	Official Irish Singles Chart	No. 7
1992	In Bloom	Official New Zealand Singles Chart	No. 20
1992	In Bloom	Official UK Single Chart	No. 28
1992	In Bloom	Official Sweden Singles Chart	No. 30
1992	In Bloom	Official Australian Singles Chart	No. 75
1992	In Bloom	Official Holland Singles Chart	No. 87
1993	Heart-Shaped Box	Modern Rock Tracks (U.S.)	No. 1
1993	Heart-Shaped Box	Australian Alternative Music Chart	No. 1
1993	Heart-Shaped Box	Hawaiian Island Charts	No. 3
1993	Heart-Shaped Box	Mainstream Rock Tracks (U.S.)	No. 4
1993	Heart-Shaped Box	Official UK Singles Chart	No. 5
1993	Heart-Shaped Box	Official Irish Singles Chart	No. 6
1993	Heart-Shaped Box	Official New Zealand Singles Chart	No. 9
1993	Heart-Shaped Box	Official Finland Singles Chart	No. 14
1993	Heart-Shaped Box	Official Sweden Singles Chart	No. 16
1993	Heart-Shaped Box	Official Australian Singles Chart	No. 17
1993	Heart-Shaped Box	Triple J Hot 100	No. 20
1993	Heart-Shaped Box	Official Belgium Singles Chart	No. 31
1993	Heart-Shaped Box	Official Holland Singles Chart	No. 32
1993	Heart-Shaped Box	Official French Singles Chart	No. 37
1993	Heart-Shaped Box	French Airplay Chart	No. 52
1993	All Apologies	Modern Rock Tracks (U.S.)	No. 1
1993	All Apologies	Mainstream Rock Tracks (U.S.)	No. 4
1993	All Apologies	Hawaiian Island Charts	No. 1
1993	Rape Me	Hawaiian Island Charts	No. 3
1994	All Apologies	Latvian Airplay Charts	No. 3
1994	Rape Me	Latvian Airplay Charts	No.12
1993	All Apologies/Rape Me	Official Irish Singles Chart	No. 20
1993	All Apologies/Rape Me	Official New Zealand Singles Chart	No. 20
1993	All Apologies/Rape Me	Official French Singles Chart	No. 20
1993	All Apologies	French Airplay Charts	No. 21
1993	All Apologies/Rape Me	Official UK Singles Chart	No. 32
1993	All Apologies/Rape Me	Official Australian Singles Chart	No. 58
1993	All Apologies/Rape Me	Hot 100 Brazil	No. 94
1995	The Man Who Sold The World	French Airplay Charts	No. 34
1995	The Man Who Sold The World	Canadian National Airplay Charts	No. 22
1995	The Man Who Sold The World	Latvian Airplay Charts	No. 1
1995	The Man Who Sold The World	Polish Airplay Charts	No. 1
1995	The Man Who Sold The World	Slovakian Airplay Charts	No. 4
1995	The Man Who Sold The World	Modern Rock Tracks (U.S.)	No. 6
1995	The Man Who Sold The World	Mainstream Rock Tracks (U.S.)	No. 12

[edit] Album charts

Year	Album	Chart	Position
2002	Nirvana	Official Australian Albums Chart	No. 1
2002	Nirvana	Official Austrian Albums Chart	No. 1
2002	Nirvana	Official Switzerland Albums Chart	No. 2
2002	Nirvana	Official Irish Albums Chart	No. 2
2002	Nirvana	Official Belgium Albums Chart	No. 2
2002	Nirvana	Official New Zealand Albums Chart	No. 2
2002	Nirvana	Official Canadian Albums Chart	No. 2
2002	Nirvana	Billboard Top 200	No. 3
2002	Nirvana	Official UK Albums Chart	No. 3
2002	Nirvana	Official German Albums Chart	No. 5
2002	Nirvana	Official Norwegian Albums Chart	No. 5
2002	Nirvana	Official Holland Albums Chart	No. 6
2002	Nirvana	Official Denmark Albums Chart	No. 6
2002	Nirvana	Official Italian Albums Chart	No. 6
2002	Nirvana	Official Japanese Albums Chart	No. 6
2002	Nirvana	Official Finland Albums Chart	No. 9
2002	Nirvana	Official Sweden Albums Chart	No. 10
2002	Nirvana	Official Spanish Albums Chart	No. 11
2002	Nirvana	Official Portugal Albums Chart	No. 24
2002	Nirvana	Official Hungarian Albums Chart	No. 106

[edit] Credits

• Steve Albini - Engineer, Mixing
• James Barber - Project Director
• Corbis Bettman - Photography
• Chad Channing - Drums on "About A Girl" and "Been A Son"
• Kurt Cobain - Guitar, Vocals
• Jack Endino - Engineer, Mixing
• Robert Fisher - Art Direction
• Steve Fisk - Engineer, Mixing
• David Fricke - Liner Notes
• Lori Goldston - Cello
• Dave Grohl - Drums, Vocals
• Adam Kasper - Engineer, Mixing
• Scott Litt - Producer, Mixing
• Bob Ludwig - Mastering
• Michael Meisel - Project Director
• Frank Micelotta - Photography
• Nirvana - Producer
• Krist Novoselic - Bass
• Frank Ockenfels - Photography
• Dan Peters - Drums on "Sliver"
• Charles Peterson - Photography
• Redferns - Photography
• John Silva - Project Director
• Pat Smear - Guitar
• Andy Wallace - Mixing
• Butch Vig - Producer, Engineer

[edit] Sales

• Switzerland: 2002;Gold, 2003;Platinum.
• Japanese sales: 2 November 2002, 21 weeks, 165,191.
• Korea: 2002; 19,534 copies.
• Italy: 2002; 130,000 copies;Platinum.

[edit] References

• Courtney Love Sues Grohl And Novoselic, Blocks Nirvana Rarity by Teri vanHorn, MTV News, June 29 2001
• A piece of Kurt Cobain by Jim DeRogatis, March 10 2002
• The Internet Nirvana Fanclub's report on the settlement of the Nirvana lawsuit

[edit] External links

• Lyrics

Nirvana

Kurt Cobain | Krist Novoselic | Dave Grohl Aaron Burckhard | Dave Foster | Chad Channing | Dale Crover | Dan Peters | Jason Everman | Pat Smear

Discography

Albums and extended plays: Bleach | Blew | Nevermind | Hormoaning | Nevermind: It's An Interview | Incesticide | In Utero | MTV Unplugged in New York | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana | Sliver: The Best of the Box Singles: "Love Buzz" | "Sliver" | "Molly's Lips" | "Here She Comes Now" | "Smells Like Teen Spirit" | "Come as You Are" | "Lithium" | "On a Plain" | "In Bloom" | "Oh, the Guilt" | "Heart-Shaped Box" | "All Apologies" | "Rape Me" | "Pennyroyal Tea" | "About a Girl (Unplugged)" | "The Man Who Sold the World (Unplugged)" | "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" | "Lake of Fire (Unplugged)" | "Aneurysm (live)" | "Drain You (live)" | "You Know You're Right"

Video releases and box sets

Live! Tonight! Sold Out!! | Singles | With the Lights Out | Classic Albums - Nirvana - Nevermind

Related content

Articles: Grunge music | Generation X | Courtney Love | Frances Bean Cobain | Heavier Than Heaven | Hype! | Kurt & Courtney | Last Days | Tom Grant | Outcesticide | Journals | List of Kurt Cobain's Equipment | Fecal Matter (band) | Spencer Elden | Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana Categories: Nirvana | Nirvana members | Nirvana albums | Nirvana songs

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