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True, Kurt Cobain was a feminist but where are any anti-sexism sentiments expressed in this album? Modern day feminists have retrospectively pointed out that Cobain intended Polly as an anti-rape song. Well, he hardly intended it as a pro-rape song, but there is no evidence of him declaring anything feminist about the lyrics.
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'''''Nevermind''''' is the second [[studio album]] by the American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]], released on September 24, 1991, by [[DGC Records]]. It was Nirvana's first release on a [[Record label#Major versus independent record labels|major label]] and the first to feature the drummer [[Dave Grohl]]. Produced by [[Butch Vig]], ''Nevermind'' features a more polished, radio-friendly sound than the band's prior work.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rolli |first=Bryan |date=November 12, 2021 |title=Nirvana, 'Nevermind (30th Anniversary Edition)': Album Review |url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/nirvana-nevermind-30th-anniversary-review/|title |url-status=live Nirvana, 'Nevermind (|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240418083807/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/nirvana-nevermind-30th-anniversary-review/ Anniversary|archive-date=April Edition)':18, Album2024 Review| access-date=NovemberAugust 125, 20212024 |website=[[Townsquare Media|Ultimate Classic Rock]]}}</ref> It was recorded at [[Sound City Studios]] in [[Van Nuys]], [[California]], and [[Smart Studios]] in [[Madison, Wisconsin]], in May and June 1991, and [[audio mastering|mastered]] that August at the Mastering Lab in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood]], California.
 
Written primarily by frontman [[Kurt Cobain]], ''Nevermind'' is noted for channeling a range of emotions, being noted as dark, humorous, and disturbing. It includes [[anti-establishment]] views, anti-sexism {{Where|date=September 2024}}, [[frustration]], alienation, and troubled love inspired by Cobain's broken relationship with [[Bikini Kill]]'s [[Tobi Vail]]. Contrary to the popular [[Hedonism|hedonistic]] themes of drugs and sex at the time, writers have observed that ''Nevermind'' promoted the image of the sensitive artist in mainstream rock.<ref name=":4">{{Cite magazine |last=Goodman |first=William |date=2016-09-23 |title=Nirvana's 'Nevermind' Turns 25: Classic Track-by-Track Review |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/rock/nirvana-nevermind-anniversary-track-by-track-7518725/ |access-date=2022-04-03 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> According to Cobain, the sound of the album was influenced by bands such as [[Pixies (band)|Pixies]], [[R.E.M.]], [[the Smithereens]], and [[Melvins]]. Though the album is considered a cornerstone of the [[grunge]] genre, it is noted for its musical diversity, which includes acoustic ballads ("[[Polly (Nirvana song)|Polly]]" and "[[Something in the Way]]") and [[Punk rock|punk]]-inspired [[hard rock]] ("Territorial Pissings" and "Stay Away").<ref>{{cite web |last=School |first=GABRIELLE ZEVIN, Spanish River High |title=NIRVANA'S 'NEVERMIND' UNCONVENTIONAL HEAVY METAL |url=https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/fl-xpm-1992-02-14-9201080709-story.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210924181819/https://www.sun-sentinel.com/ |archive-date=September 24, 2021 |access-date=2020-09-27 |website=Sun-Sentinel.com |date=February 14, 1992 |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
''Nevermind'' became an unexpected critical and commercial success, reaching the top 10 on charts across the world. On January 11, 1992, it knocked [[Michael Jackson]]'s ''[[Dangerous (Michael Jackson album)|Dangerous]]'' out of the number one spot on the US [[US Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] and was selling approximately 300,000 copies a week. The lead single, "[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]", reached the Top 10 of the US [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]] and went on to be inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]]. Its music video was also heavily rotated on [[MTV]]. Three other successful singles were released: "[[Come as You Are (Nirvana song)|Come as You Are]]", "[[Lithium (Nirvana song)|Lithium]]", and "[[In Bloom]]". The album was voted the best album of the year in [[Pazz & Jop]] critics' poll, while "Smells Like Teen Spirit" also topped the single-of-the-year and video-of-the-year polls. The album also garnered the band three [[Grammy Awards|Grammy Award]] nominations in total across the [[34th Annual Grammy Awards|34th]] and [[35th Annual Grammy Awards|35th Grammy Awards]], including [[Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Album|Best Alternative Music Album]].
 
''Nevermind'' madethrust Nirvana oneinto of the biggest bands of theworldwide 1990ssuperstardom, with Cobain being dubbed the "voice of his generation". It brought [[grunge]] and [[Alternative rock#Popularization in the 1990s|alternative rock]] to a mainstream audience while accelerating the decline of [[hair metal]], drawing similarities to the early 1960s [[British Invasion]] of [[American popular music]]. It is also often credited with initiating a resurgence of interest in [[punk culture]] among teenagers and young adults of [[Generation X]], becoming seminal to the [[counterculture]] of the decade. It has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide, making it one of the [[List of best-selling albums|best-selling albums of all time]]. In March 1999, it was certified [[RIAA certification|Diamond]] by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA). Among the most acclaimed and influential albums in the history of music, ''Nevermind'' was added by the [[Library of Congress]] to the [[National Recording Registry]] in 2004 for being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant", and is frequently ranked highly on lists of the greatest albums of all time, including being ranked number six on ''[[Rolling Stone]]'''s 2020 and 2023 lists of the "[[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 Greatest Albums of All Time]]". The album has since been reissued with alternate takes and live performances.
 
==Background and early sessions==
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The tentative title ''Sheep'' was something Cobain created as an inside joke directed towards the people he expected to buy the album. He wrote a fake advertisement for ''Sheep'' in his journal that read "Because you want to not; because everyone else is."<ref>Cross 2001, p. 154</ref> Novoselic said the inspiration for the title was the band's cynicism about the public's reaction to [[Operation Desert Storm]].<ref name=requiem /> As recording ended, Cobain grew tired of the title and suggested to Novoselic that the album be named ''Nevermind''. Cobain liked the title because it was a metaphor for his attitude on life and because it was grammatically incorrect.<ref>Cross 2001, p. 189</ref> ''Sacagawea'', after [[Sacagawea|the Native American]], was briefly considered so to reference the band's intentions for a more widespread impact compared to their previous studio album ''[[Bleach (Nirvana album)|Bleach]]''.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=knb7ICiQUbI Nirvana Interview Canada 1991]. ''[[YouTube]]''. Event occurred September 21, 1991. Video uploaded August 20, 2014. Retrieved March 28, 2023.</ref>
 
"Nevermind" appears on the album [[liner notesnote]]s as the last word in a paragraph of lyric fragments that ends with "I found it hard, it was hard to find, oh well, whatever, nevermind" from "[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/sex-pistols/did-nirvana-copy-never-mind-bollocks-nevermind/|title=Did Nirvana 'copy' Sex Pistols' Never Mind The Bollocks album title with their Nevermind album?|date=2019-10-28|website=Radio X|language=en-UK|access-date=2020-05-24|archive-date=April 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200426093547/https://www.radiox.co.uk/artists/sex-pistols/did-nirvana-copy-never-mind-bollocks-nevermind/|url-status=live}}</ref> The word "nevermind" also echoes the [[Sex Pistols]]' ''[[Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols]]'', one of Cobain's favorite albums.<ref>{{cite web|date=2014-01-22|first=Edward|last=Keeble|title=Hand-Written List of Kurt Cobain's Favourite Albums is Revealed Online|publisher=[[gigwise.com]]|url=https://www.gigwise.com/news/87824/hand-written-list-of-kurt-cobains-favourite-albums-is-revealed-online|access-date=2020-05-24|archive-date=July 18, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200718232500/https://www.gigwise.com/news/87824/hand-written-list-of-kurt-cobains-favourite-albums-is-revealed-online|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
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''Nevermind'' was certified gold and platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America]] (RIAA) in November 1991 and certified Diamond in March 1999.<ref>[https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH RIAA Searchable Database] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070626050454/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?table=SEARCH |date=June 26, 2007 }}. RIAA.com. Retrieved on March 10, 2007. NB user needs to enter "Nirvana" in "Artist" and click "search".</ref> It was also certified Diamond in Canada (1,000,000 units sold) by the [[Canadian Recording Industry Association]] in March 2001<ref>[http://www.cria.ca/gold/0301_g.php Gold &amp; Platinum&nbsp;– March 2001] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101019170700/http://www.cria.ca/gold/0301_g.php |date=October 19, 2010 }}. CRIA.ca. March 2001. Retrieved on September 27, 2007.</ref> and [[BPI certification|six times platinum]] in the United Kingdom.<ref>[http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx Certified Award Search&nbsp;– Nirvana&nbsp;– Nevermind] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130124005813/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certified-awards.aspx |date=January 24, 2013 }}. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved on August 3, 2011. NB user needs to enter "Nirvana" in the field "Search", select "Artist" in the field "Search by", and click "Go".{{cite web|url=http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |title=Unknown |access-date=2011-12-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160202052642/http://www.bpi.co.uk/certifiedawards/search.aspx |archive-date=February 2, 2016 |df=mdy }}</ref> It has gone on to sell more than 30 million copies worldwide, making it one of the [[List of best-selling albums|best-selling albums of all time]].<ref name="wwsales">{{Cite web|url=https://theconversation.com/amp/friday-essay-nevermind-30-years-on-how-nirvanas-second-album-tilted-the-world-on-its-axis-167108|title=Friday essay: Nevermind 30 years on – how Nirvana's second album tilted the world on its axis|website=Theconversation.com|date=September 16, 2021 |access-date=May 25, 2023}}</ref><!-- Archive.org citations do not work -->
 
==Critical reception==
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===Cultural impact===
[[File:KristNovoselic2011.jpg|alt=Novoselic playing bass guitar on stage|thumb|upright=0.75|Bassist [[Krist Novoselic]] at a ''Nevermind'' 20th anniversary show in 2011]]
''Nevermind'' popularized the Seattle [[grunge]] movement and brought [[alternative rock]] as a whole into the mainstream, establishing its commercial and cultural viability<ref>Olsen, Eric. [http://www.today.com/id/4652653 "10 years later, Cobain lives on in his music"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622170917/http://www.today.com/id/4652653 |date=June 22, 2013 }}. MSNBC April 9, 2004. Retrieved on September 27, 2007.</ref> and leading to an alternative rock boom in the music industry.<ref name="Hogan">{{cite magazine|last=Hogan|first=Marc|author-link=Marc Hogan|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/ok-computer-at-20/10038-exit-music-how-radioheads-ok-computer-destroyed-the-art-pop-album-in-order-to-save-it/|title=Exit Music: How Radiohead's OK Computer Destroyed the Art-Pop Album in Order to Save It|magazine=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|access-date=March 11, 2010|date=March 20, 2017|archive-date=December 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201223111434/https://pitchfork.com/features/ok-computer-at-20/10038-exit-music-how-radioheads-ok-computer-destroyed-the-art-pop-album-in-order-to-save-it/|url-status=live}}</ref> Though a short tenure from the album's release to the [[Suicide of Kurt Cobain|death of Cobain]], the album's and singles' successes propelled Nirvana to being regarded by the media as the biggest band in the world — especiallyworld—especially throughout 1992.<ref>{{Cite magazine |date=2021-09-22 |title=My Time with Kurt Cobain |url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/personal-history/my-time-with-kurt-cobain |access-date=2022-04-03 |magazine=The New Yorker |language=en-US}}</ref> As a grunge act, the band's success over the popular [[hair metal]] acts of the time drew similarities to the early 1960s [[British Invasion]] of American popular music.<ref name=":3" /> The album also initiated a resurgence of interest in [[punk culture]] among teenagers and young adults of [[Generation X]].<ref>{{cite magazine |date=2013-03-05 |title=How Nirvana Made 'Nevermind' |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/how-nirvana-made-nevermind-194556/ |url-status=live |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201019092506/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/how-nirvana-made-nevermind-194556/ |archive-date=October 19, 2020 |access-date=2020-09-27}}</ref> Journalist [[Chuck Eddy]] cited ''Nevermind''{{'}}s release as roughly the end of the "high [[album era]]".<ref name="Eddy">{{cite book |last=Eddy |first=Chuck |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wl0rlx7DoeIC&q=%22album+era%22 |title=Rock and Roll Always Forgets: A Quarter Century of Music Criticism |publisher=Duke University Press |year=2011 |isbn=978-0-82235010-1 |page=283 |access-date=June 13, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613061600/https://books.google.com/books?id=wl0rlx7DoeIC&q=%22album+era%22 |archive-date=June 13, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref>
 
[[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] writer William Goodman lauds the album, particularly in comparison to the music and image of hair metal acts: "Instead of the chest-beating, coke-blowing, women-objectifying macho rock star of the ’80s, Cobain popularized (or re-invigorated) the image of the sensitive artist, the pro-feminism, anti-authoritarian smart alec punk with a sweet smile and gentle soul."<ref name=":4" /> In its citation placing it at number 17 in its 2003 list of the [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|500 greatest albums of all time]], ''Rolling Stone'' said, "No album in recent history had such an overpowering impact on a generation—a nation of teens suddenly turned punk—and such a catastrophic effect on its main creator."<ref name="nevermind rs500" /> Gary Gersh, who signed Nirvana to Geffen Records, added that "There is a pre-Nirvana and post-Nirvana record business...'''Nevermind''<nowiki/>' showed that this wasn't some alternative thing happening off in a corner, and then back to reality. This is reality."<ref>{{Cite news |last=Pareles |first=Jon |date=14 Nov 1993 |title=Nirvana, the Band That Hates to Be Loved: The Band That Hates to Be Loved |work=[[The New York Times]] |id={{ProQuest|109121712}}}}</ref>
 
The album had an enormous impact towards [[youth culture]]. Goodman says that ''Nevermind'' "killed off hair metal, and sparked a cultural revolution across the globe".<ref name=":4" /> Speaking to the [[BBC]], Brazilian cultural studies academic Moyses Pinto stated that he was struck by ''Nevermind'', saying "I thought: 'this is perfect'; it sounded like a bright synthesis of noise and pop music."<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=Haider |first=Arwa |title=Nevermind at 30: How the Nirvana album shook the world |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210922-nevermind-at-30-how-the-nirvana-album-shook-the-world |access-date=2022-04-03 |websiteagency=www.bbc.comBBC News |language=en}}</ref> In similar praise, Kgomotso Neto says that the impact of Nirvana, as well as MTV, during the time of ''Nevermind'', caused a new youth who listened to the same music and dressed similarly ([[grunge fashion]]). Neto further remarks that "there was a cultural homogeneity probably never experienced before" and that "grunge culture became dominant very quickly; all that had been 'cool' suddenly became ugly and exaggerated, and Kurt [Cobain] was the symbol of transgression."<ref name=":5" /> [[Michael Azerrad]] argued in his Nirvana biography ''[[Come as You Are: The Story of Nirvana]]'' (1993) that ''Nevermind'' marked an epochal generational shift in music similar to the rock-and-roll explosion in the 1950s and the end of the dominance of the [[Baby Boomer Generation|baby boomer generation]] on popular music. Azerrad wrote, "''Nevermind'' came along at exactly the right time. This was music by, for, and about a whole new group of young people who had been overlooked, ignored, or condescended to."<ref>Azerrad 1993, p. 225</ref>
 
The success of ''Nevermind'' surprised Nirvana's contemporaries, who felt dwarfed by its influence. [[Fugazi]] frontman [[Guy Picciotto]] later said: "It was like our record could have been a hobo pissing in the forest for the amount of impact it had ... It felt like we were playing [[ukulele]]s all of a sudden because of the disparity of the impact of what they did."<ref>Azerrad, 2001. p. 493</ref> Karen Schoemer of the ''New York Times'' wrote that "What's unusual about Nirvana's ''Nevermind'' is that it caters to neither a mainstream audience nor the indie rock fans who supported the group's debut album."<ref>{{Cite news|title = The Art Behind Nirvana's Ascent to the Top: Not many bands come up from the underground to hit No. 1 as fast as this Seattle trio – or make so few musical concessions.|last = Schoemer|first = Karen|date = 26 January 1992|work = [[The New York Times]]|id = {{ProQuest|108871606}}}}</ref> In 1992, [[Jon Pareles]] of ''The New York Times'' described the aftermath of the album's breakthrough: "Suddenly, all bets are off. No one has the inside track on which of dozens, perhaps hundreds, of ornery, obstreperous, unkempt bands might next appeal to the mall-walking millions." Record company executives offered large advances and record deals to bands, and replaced their previous strategies of building audiences for alternative bands with the attempts to achieve mainstream popularity quickly.<ref>Pareles, Jon. [https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CE3D71531F937A25755C0A964958260 Pop View; Nirvana-bes Awaiting Fame's Call"]. ''The New York Times''. June 14, 1992. Retrieved on June 3, 2008.</ref>
 
===Reappraisal===
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''Nevermind'' has continued to garner critical praise, having been ranked highly on lists of the greatest albums of all time. The album was ranked number 17 on ''Rolling Stone''{{'}}s list of [[Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]],<ref name="nevermind rs500">[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/nirvana-nevermind-20120524 17: Nevermind – Nirvana] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130309091004/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-20120531/nirvana-nevermind-20120524 |date=March 9, 2013 }}. ''Rolling Stone''. Retrieved on February 12, 2012.</ref> maintaining the rating in a 2012 revised list,<ref>{{cite magazine| url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/nirvana-nevermind-50643/| year=2012| title=500 Greatest Albums of All Time Rolling Stone's definitive list of the 500 greatest albums of all time| magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]| access-date=September 23, 2019| archive-date=July 4, 2019| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190704091937/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-156826/nirvana-nevermind-50643/| url-status=live}}</ref> and upgrading to number 6 in the 2020 and 2023 revisions.<ref>{{cite magazine |date=September 22, 2020 |title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2020 Edition) |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/nirvana-nevermind-3-1063227 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200922163506/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/nirvana-nevermind-3-1063227/ |archive-date=September 22, 2020 |access-date=September 25, 2020 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite magazine |date=December 31, 2023 |title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (2023 Edition) |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/best-albums-of-all-time-1062063/nirvana-nevermind-3-1063227 |access-date=February 21, 2024 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref> In 2019, ''Rolling Stone'' also ranked ''Nevermind'' number one on its list of the 100 Best Albums of the '90s, calling it the "album that guaranteed the nineties would not suck."<ref>[https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-albums-of-the-nineties-20110427/nirvana-nevermind-20110517 1: Nevermind – Nirvana] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170828233709/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/100-best-albums-of-the-nineties-20110427/nirvana-nevermind-20110517 |date=August 28, 2017 }}. ''Rolling Stone''. Retrieved on October 7, 2013.</ref> Also in 2019, ''Nevermind'' was ranked number one on ''Rolling Stone''<nowiki/>'s 50 Greatest Grunge Albums list.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-greatest-grunge-albums-798851/|title=50 Greatest Grunge Albums|date=April 1, 2019|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=April 3, 2019|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403080245/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/50-greatest-grunge-albums-798851/|url-status=live}}</ref> The magazine ranked the album number 10 in its list of 40 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time too.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/40-greatest-punk-albums-of-all-time-75659/nirvana-nevermind-1991-2-171736/|title=40 Greatest Punk Albums of All Time|date=April 6, 2016|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]|access-date=October 15, 2019|archive-date=October 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191015151401/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-lists/40-greatest-punk-albums-of-all-time-75659/nirvana-nevermind-1991-2-171736/|url-status=live}}</ref>
 
In 2001, [[VH1]] conducted a poll of more than 500 journalists, music executives and artists which judged ''Nevermind'' the second-best album in rock 'n' roll history, behind [[the Beatles]]' ''[[Revolver (Beatles album)|Revolver]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicBeatles/jan4_beatles-ap.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041113105505/http://www.canoe.com/JamMusicBeatles/jan4_beatles-ap.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 November 2004 |title=Beatles' 'Revolver' judged best album|access-date=18 April 2020}}</ref> ''Time'' placed ''Nevermind'', which writer [[Josh Tyrangiel]] called "the finest album of the 90s", on its 2006 list of "The All-TIME 100 Albums".<ref name="Time100_2006">Tyrangiel, Josh. [http://entertainment.time.com/2006/11/02/the-all-time-100-albums/ "''Nevermind'' by Nirvana"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301183543/http://entertainment.time.com/2006/11/02/the-all-time-100-albums/ |date=March 1, 2014 }}. ''Time''. November 13, 2006. Retrieved on September 29, 2007.</ref> ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' named the album the sixth best of the decade, noting that "anyone who hates this record today is just trying to be cool, and needs to be trying harder."<ref>[https://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5923-top-100-albums-of-the-1990s/10/ "''Top 100 Albums of the 1990s''"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090622023306/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/5923-top-100-albums-of-the-1990s/10/ |date=June 22, 2009 }}. Pitchfork.com. Retrieved on November 25, 2009.</ref> In 2004, the [[Library of Congress]] added ''Nevermind'' to the [[National Recording Registry]], which collects "culturally, historically or aesthetically important" sound recordings from the 20th century.<ref>MTV News staff. [http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1499693/20050406/stefani_gwen.jhtml "For The Record: Quick News On Gwen Stefani, Pharrell Williams, Ciara, 'Dimebag' Darrell, Nirvana, Shins & More"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231020011/http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1499693/20050406/stefani_gwen.jhtml |date=December 31, 2008 }}. MTV. April 6, 2005. Retrieved on July 16, 2009.</ref> On the other hand, ''Nevermind'' was voted the "Most Overrated Album in the World" in a 2005 [[BBC]] public poll.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/events/overrated/shortlist.shtml |title=Most Overrated Album in the World |date=2005 |publisher=[[BBC Radio 6 Music|BBC 6 Music]] |access-date=17 May 2017 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051111201904/http://www.bbc.co.uk/6music/events/overrated/shortlist.shtml |archive-date=November 11, 2005 }}</ref> ''[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]]'' ranked the album at number 88 on their list of the "500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time".<ref>{{cite book |last=Rensen |first=Michael |title=Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten |publisher=[[Rock Hard (magazine)|Rock Hard]] |year=2005 |isbn=3-89880-517-4 |editor-last=Rensen |editor-first=Michael |page= |pages=188–189 |language=de |trans-title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |chapter=Nevermind |access-date=June 25, 2024 |chapter-url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/nirvana-nevermind}}</ref> In 2006, readers of Guitar World ranked ''Nevermind'' 8th on a list of the 100 Greatest Guitar Recordings.<ref>"100 Greatest Guitar Albums". ''Guitar World''. October 2006.</ref> ''Entertainment Weekly'' named it the 10th best album of all time on their 2013 list.<ref>[https://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20712079_20711843,00.html#21221826 "Music: 10 All-Time Greatest."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150122060536/http://www.ew.com/ew/gallery/0,,20712079_20711843,00.html#21221826 |date=January 22, 2015 }} ''Entertainment Weekly.'' Retrieved 08-04-2013.</ref> It was voted number 17 in the third edition of [[Colin Larkin]]'s ''[[All Time Top 1000 Albums]]'' (2000).<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|title=All Time Top 1000 Albums|editor=[[Colin Larkin]]|publisher=[[Virgin Books]]|date=2006|edition=3rd|isbn=0-7535-0493-6|page=42|title-link=All Time Top 1000 Albums}}</ref> Christgau named it among his 10 best albums from the 1990s and said in retrospect it is an A-plus album.<ref>{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|authorlink=Robert Christgau|date=May 19, 2021|url=https://robertchristgau.substack.com/p/xgau-sez-may-2021|title=Xgau Sez: May, 2021|work=And It Don't Stop|publisher=[[Substack]]|access-date=May 23, 2021|archive-date=May 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523142808/https://robertchristgau.substack.com/p/xgau-sez-may-2021|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2017, "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was inducted into the [[Grammy Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/nirvana|title=Nirvana|date=2019-11-19|website=GRAMMY.com|language=en|access-date=2020-03-26|archive-date=June 22, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622014754/https://www.grammy.com/grammys/artists/nirvana|url-status=live}}</ref> In October 2023, the [[Official Charts Company]] revealed that ''Nevermind'' was the fourth most streamed album from the 1990s in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite news |last=Ainsley |first=Helen |date=October 6, 2023 |url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/national-album-day-2023-most-streamed-albums-90s/ |title=BBC Radio 2 announces the Official Most Streamed 90s Albums Chart for National Album Day |work=[[Official Charts Company]] |access-date=October 9, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=KA |date=October 7, 2023 |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2023/radio-2-official-most-streamed-90s-albums-chart-national-album-day |title=Oasis win the Streaming Chart Battle of the 1990s as BBC Radio 2 announces the Official Most Streamed 90s Albums Chart for National Album Day |work=[[BBC Online]] |access-date=October 9, 2023}}</ref>
 
===Reissues===
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| note13 = hidden track{{refn|group=note|To Cobain's indignation, [[hidden track]] "[[Endless, Nameless (song)|Endless, Nameless]]" was absent on the initial pressing of the CD; he then demanded it be included as originally intended. It appears on later pressings after about 10 minutes of silence following "Something in the Way", making track 12's total length 20:35. Still, the song is not included on vinyl versions.}}
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*[[Kurt Cobain]]&nbsp;– vocals, guitars
*[[Krist Novoselic]] (credited as Chris Novoselic)&nbsp;– bass, vocals on the intro of "Territorial Pissings"
*[[Dave Grohl]] (credited as David Grohl)&nbsp;– drums, backing vocals on "[[In Bloom]]", "[[Drain You]]", and "[[On a Plain]]"
 
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! scope="row"| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/news/item/1173-offizielle-deutsche-jahrescharts-layla-ist-erfolgreichster-hit-2022-rammstein-raeumen-bei-den-alben-ab|title=Offizielle Deutsche Jahrescharts: "Layla" ist erfolgreichster Hit 2022, Rammstein räumen bei den Alben ab|publisher=[[GfK Entertainment charts]]|language=de|date=December 8, 2022|access-date=December 9, 2022|archive-date=December 9, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209154106/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/news/item/1173-offizielle-deutsche-jahrescharts-layla-ist-erfolgreichster-hit-2022-rammstein-raeumen-bei-den-alben-ab|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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{{Certification Table Entry|title=Nevermind |artist=Nirvana |type=album|region=United States|award=Diamond|certyear=1999|salesamount=10,000,000<sup>^</sup> / 10,640,000|salesref=<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=47877|title=Shania, Backstreet, Britney, Eminem And Janet Top All Time Sellers|last=David|first=Barry|location=New York|publisher=Music Industry News Network|work=[[Bertelsmann Music Group]]|date=February 18, 2003|access-date=May 11, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030703090845/http://www.mi2n.com/press.php3?press_nb=47877 |archive-date=July 3, 2003}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7518783/nirvana-nevermind-nine-chart-facts-anniversary|title=Nirvana's 'Nevermind': 9 Chart Facts About the Iconic Album|last=Rutherford|first=Kevin|magazine=Billboard|date=September 23, 2016|access-date=May 11, 2017|archive-date=October 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201010221348/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7518783/nirvana-nevermind-nine-chart-facts-anniversary|url-status=live}}</ref>}}
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==See also==
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*Cross, Charles. ''Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain''. Hyperion, 2001. {{ISBN|0-7868-8402-9}}
*Sandford, Christopher. ''Kurt Cobain''. Carroll & Graff, 1995. {{ISBN|0-7867-1369-0}}
 
==Further reading==
*{{cite book|title=A Brief History of Album Covers|first=Jason|last=Draper|publisher=Flame Tree Publishing|location=London|year=2008|pages=294–295|isbn=9781847862112|oclc=227198538}}
 
==External links==