Incesticide

by Nirvana

Incesticide cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 15 December 1992
  • Label: DGC
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 44:05
  • Community rating: 3.93/5 from 13 ratings

Artists on this release: Butch Vig, Dale Griffin, Steve Fisk, Miti Adhikari, Jack Endino

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Released at the peak of the global 'Nevermind' phenomenon, 'Incesticide' compiles rare B-sides, BBC radio sessions, and early indie-label recordings. The collection deliberately highlights Nirvana's abrasive, punk-rock roots and noise-rock affinities, serving to recalibrate their public image away from polished stadium grunge. Kurt Cobain's liner notes explicitly challenged the band's new mainstream audience, defending their underground credibility.

Genres

Descriptors: noisy, alienation, abrasive, lo-fi, sludgy

Tracklist

  1. Dive (3:53)
  2. Sliver (2:12)
  3. Stain (2:38)
  4. Been A Son (1:53)
  5. Turnaround (2:17)
  6. Molly's Lips (1:51)
  7. Son Of A Gun (2:48)
  8. (New Wave) Polly (1:46)
  9. Beeswax (2:47)
  10. Downer (1:42)
  11. Mexican Seafood (1:52)
  12. Hairspray Queen (4:12)
  13. Aero Zeppelin (4:38)
  14. Big Long Now (5:01)
  15. Aneurysm (4:35)

Credits

  • Nirvana - primary artist
  • Dave Grohl - written-by
  • Krist Novoselic - written-by
  • Gerald V. Casale - written-by
  • Mark Mothersbaugh - written-by
  • Eugene Kelly - written-by
  • Frances McKee - written-by

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