Nirvana - Bleach - Sealed Sub Pop - Grunge Rock LP
LP

Nirvana - Bleach

Label: Sub Pop Records
Catalog#: SP 34
Format: Vinyl, LP
NEW issue
Country: US
Released: 08 Aug 1989
Genre: Rock
Style: Grunge



Credits: Bass - Chris Novoselic
Drums - Chad Channing (tracks: A1, A3 to A5, B1 to B5)
Guitar, Vocals - Kurdt Kobain
Photography - Charles Peterson , Tracy Marander
Recorded By - Jack Endino
Written-By - Kurdt Kobain (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to B5)
Notes: Recorded in Seattle at Reciprocal Recording for $600.



Tracklisting:

A1 Blew
A2 Floyd The Barber
Drums - Dale Crover
A3 About A Girl
A4 School
A5 Love Buzz
Written-By - Robby Van Leeuwen
A6 Paper Cuts
Drums - Dale Crover

B1 Negative Creep
B2 Scoff
B3 Swap Meet
B4 Mr. Moustache
B5 Sifting


Bleach was the debut record of the most influential band of the last twenty years, Nirvana. Released on the seminal Seattle label, Sub Pop, the album is an impressive work. Kurt Cobain was a troubled young man and his conflicts, fears and angst drove his music. Bleach has a much heavy grunge sound to it than their subsequent releases, but it still has the crisp melodies that separated the band from the rest of the grunge artists. Songs like "About A Girl", "Negative Creep" and "Blew" have almost pop sensibilities but unlike most happy, sunny pop songs, the lyrics about hurt, obsession, betrayal. Most of the songs are powerful barrages of machine gun guitars and stinging feedback. The band was still evolving at this point as Dave Grohl had not yet joined and they had an extra guitarist. The playing isn't as crisp and powerful as it would become, but the album showed that Mr. Cobain was a force to be reckoned with.

Negative Creep Live



Nirvana - About a Girl (Live Hollywood Rock, 1993)