Rating: BThis is the follow up release to Nevermind, released only in Australia and Japan. I found the first three songs to be boring and sound too similar. But then the fourth track came around, "Son of a Gun", and it totally grabbed my attention. I listened to that song again and again, and it's perfect. It's short, it's catchy, the lyrics are innocent and happy, and it's fun for the whole family. It's also a cover song, originally by The Vaselines, one of Kurt Cobains favourite bands. I really like the fact that it's a cover, Nirvana didn't try to imitate the original song or steal it. They played the song in their own way. Not only did they pay their respects to The Vaselines, but they also introduced Nirvana fans listening to this EP to a really cool obscure band that they may not have found otherwise. This is a reoccurring theme on the album, four of the six songs are covers, and all of them are tastefully done and in my opinion better then the original. "Mollys Lips" is another upbeat Vaselines cover, "D-7" is a really cool and surreal song (The Wipers), and "Turnaround" is originally by Devo for some reason. Whip It. Snap. The two Nirvana written songs are awesome as well. "Aneurysm" is probably about Courtney Love, and "Even In His Youth" is maybe about his childhood, both songs sound good to my ears and I think they have personal value to Kurt Cobains life in the lyrics. It's a great collection of B-Side songs, and introduced me to some really cool bands.
Rating: B
ReplyDeleteI thought I wasn't going to like this when I first started listening to it, but after the second listen it really grew on me. Interesting that most if not all the songs are covers, but it was kinda cool to see them do a couple songs that weren't necessarily their style, but made it theirs. I'd have to say Aneurism is my favorite track, it kinda got stuck in my head. That's pretty much all I have to say though, good recommendation Clayddin.