A new deluxe reissue of Nirvana’s In Utero, is out today (October 27th) to coincide with the album’s 30th anniversary.
The original In Utero arrived after Nirvana had already become global superstars, and is thematically characterized by the band’s discomfort with their status, particularly from frontman, Kurt Cobain. Celebrating it on the occasion of its 25th anniversary in 2018, Consequence contributor Ryan Bray praised the album as “arguably the truest representation of what Nirvana was: a massive act with the principles and integrity of one half its size… It’s a difficult but ironclad document of artistic bravery.”
Now, the album is being honored in a whole new fashion. Among the 53 unreleased tracks are two full In Utero-era concerts, including the band’s final performance in Seattle, as well as six bonus live tracks recorded at various shows around the same time. Additionally, the album’s original tracklist, plus five bonus tracks and B-sides, have been remastered from the original analog master stereo tapes by Bob Weston, the only engineer other than Steve Albini who assisted on the original sessions.
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In Utero: 30th Anniversary arrives in a variety of formats, including: a limited-edition 8xLP Super Deluxe box set, a 5xCD Super Deluxe box set, a 2xCD Deluxe edition, a 1xLP vinyl edition, and a digital Super Deluxe edition. The physical Super Deluxe Edition box sets also boast a removable front-cover acrylic panel with the album’s iconic angel; a 48-page hardcover book with unreleased photos; a 20-page newly designed fanzine; a Los Angeles tour poster lithograph by hot rod artist Coop; replicas of the 1993 record store promo “Angel mobile,” three gig fliers, two ticket stubs for Los Angeles and Seattle, an all-access tour laminate, and four cloth sticky tour backstage passes.
Earlier this week, Nirvana’s Dave Grohl and Krist Novoselic reunited with Albini for a discussion about In Utero on Conan O’Brien’s Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend podcast. This past May, Albini revealed the lengths the team went to in order to try to conceal the In Utero recording sessions from the public.
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