Bleach (Nirvana album)
1989 debut studio album by Nirvana
Bleach is the first album by the American rock band, Nirvana. It did not become popular when it was released, but when Nirvana's second album Nevermind was released in 1991, many Nirvana fans discovered Bleach. It is the best-selling release ever on the Sub Pop label.[11]
| Bleach | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 15, 1989 (US) August 12, 1989 (UK) [1] | |||
| Recorded | January 23, 1988 June 30, 1988 December 24-31, 1988 January 14 & 24, 1989 (mixing) [2] | |||
| Studio | Reciprocal Recording in Seattle, Washington | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 37:19 (original release) 42:44 (1992 re-release) 1:15:22 (20th anniversary edition) | |||
| Label | Sub Pop | |||
| Producer | Jack Endino | |||
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| Singles from Bleach | ||||
Track listing
changeAll songs written and composed by Kurt Cobain, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Blew" | 2:55 |
| 2. | "Floyd the Barber" | 2:18 |
| 3. | "About a Girl" | 2:48 |
| 4. | "School" | 2:42 |
| 5. | "Love Buzz" (Shocking Blue cover, not included on the 1989 UK release and replaced by "Big Cheese"[12] but included on the 1992 UK CD reissue) | 3:35 |
| 6. | "Paper Cuts" | 4:06 |
| 7. | "Negative Creep" | 2:56 |
| 8. | "Scoff" | 4:10 |
| 9. | "Swap Meet" | 3:03 |
| 10. | "Mr. Moustache" | 3:24 |
| 11. | "Sifting" | 5:22 |
Total length: |
37:19 | |
| Bonus tracks on most later reissues | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 12. | "Big Cheese" (Originally the B-side of "Love Buzz") | 3:42 | |||||||
| 13. | "Downer" (Not included on some cassette copies) | 1:43 | |||||||
Total length: |
42:44 | ||||||||
| 20th Anniversary Bonus Tracks (Pine Street Theatre live performance recorded February 9, 1990 - Portland, Oregon) | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length | |||||||
| 14. | "Intro" | 0:53 | |||||||
| 15. | "School" | 2:36 | |||||||
| 16. | "Floyd the Barber" | 2:17 | |||||||
| 17. | "Dive" | 3:42 | |||||||
| 18. | "Love Buzz" (Shocking Blue cover) | 2:58 | |||||||
| 19. | "Spank Thru" (Included as a b-side on CD versions of the "Sliver" single in 1991) | 2:59 | |||||||
| 20. | "Molly's Lips" (The Vaselines cover, released as a single in January 1991) | 2:16 | |||||||
| 21. | "Sappy" | 3:19 | |||||||
| 22. | "Scoff" | 3:53 | |||||||
| 23. | "About a Girl" (Included as a b-side on CD and 12" vinyl versions of the "Sliver" single in 1991) | 2:28 | |||||||
| 24. | "Been a Son" | 2:01 | |||||||
| 25. | "Blew" | 4:32 | |||||||
References
change- ↑ Borzillo-Vrenna, Carrie (2003). Nirvana - The Day to Day Illustrated Journals (1st ed.). Barnes & Noble. pp. 38. ISBN 0-7607-4893-4.
- ↑ Borzillo-Vrenna, Carrie (2003). Nirvana - The Day to Day Illustrated Journals (1st ed.). Barnes & Noble. pp. 29. ISBN 0-7607-4893-4.
- ↑ Gaar, Gillian G. (2009). "The Recordings". The Rough Guide to Nirvana. Rough Guides. p. 141. ISBN 978-1858289458.
- ↑ Azerrad, Michael (2013). Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana. Crown. p. 85. ISBN 9780307833730. Kindle edition
- ↑ McGee, Alan (September 21, 2009). "How Nirvana's Bleach brightened up grunge". The Guardian. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ↑ Shapiro, Peter (November 9, 2009). "Nirvana – Bleach (R1989)". Uncut. Archived from the original on December 22, 2017. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
{{cite web}}: More than one of|archivedate=and|archive-date=specified (help); More than one of|archiveurl=and|archive-url=specified (help) - ↑ Gardner, Noel (January 4, 2010). "Nirvana - Bleach (Reissue)". The Quietus. Retrieved April 19, 2021.
- ↑ "Nirvana - Bleach Deluxe Edition". Creative Loafing. Retrieved October 22, 2021.
- ↑ Ramirez, AJ (4 November 2009). "Nirvana: Bleach". PopMatters. Retrieved 5 December 2019.
- ↑ "Blender's 100 Greatest Indie-Rock Albums Ever". November 14, 2007. Retrieved December 16, 2020 – via StereoGum.
- ↑ Sub Pop: By the Years
- ↑ "Nirvana - Bleach (UK)". Discogs. Retrieved January 13, 2015.
