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Certain concerts create a legend as soon as the final note ceases to ring. Nirvana's headlining appearance at the 1992 Reading Festival is one of these shows, a concert that arrived at precisely the right moment and stands as testament to a band at the peak of its powers...and right before things started to turn sour within the Nirvana camp. Despite the happy news of the birth of Frances Bean Cobain a mere 12 days before this August 30 festival, rumors swirled around Nirvana right up until the band hit the stage. Kurt Cobain took full advantage of these scurrilous stories, making his entrance in a hospital gown and wheelchair pushed by journalist Everett True. Cobain feebly reached for the microphone to croak out the opening lines of "The Rose," only to collapse onto the stage, milking the drama for a moment before leading Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl through a ferocious "Breed." This impish sense of humor has been obscured over the years, lost under the weight of the band's tragic legacy, along with the fact that Nirvana could actually be fun as well as furious. Live at Reading brings all this roaring back. This is Nirvana's purest blast of rock & roll: there's a boundless, invigorating energy here and, just as importantly, there's a sense of joy to the performances, a joy that bubbles to the surface when Kurt laughs during the intro of "Sliver" but can be heard throughout the show, as the band rushes in tandem, pushing the tempos on "Aneurysm" and "Territorial Pissings," ebbing and flowing as one. Hints of this could be heard on the live comp From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah, but this is a complete document of Nirvana in full flight and one of the greatest live rock & roll albums ever.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Butch Vig, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kurt Cobain, ComposerLyricist - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Craig Doubet, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nirvana, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Geffen Records
Butch Vig, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kurt Cobain, ComposerLyricist - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Craig Doubet, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nirvana, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Geffen Records
Kurt Cobain, ComposerLyricist - Krist Novoselic, ComposerLyricist - John Taylor , Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Grohl, ComposerLyricist - Miti Adhikari, Producer - Nirvana, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Geffen Records
Kurt Cobain, ComposerLyricist - ANDY WALLACE, Producer, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nirvana, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Geffen Records
Jack Endino, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kurt Cobain, ComposerLyricist - Dan Peters, Drums, AssociatedPerformer - Nirvana, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Geffen Records
Butch Vig, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kurt Cobain, ComposerLyricist - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Craig Doubet, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nirvana, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Geffen Records
Butch Vig, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kurt Cobain, ComposerLyricist - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Craig Doubet, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nirvana, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Geffen Records
Butch Vig, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kurt Cobain, ComposerLyricist - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Craig Doubet, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nirvana, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Geffen Records
Jack Endino, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kurt Cobain, ComposerLyricist - Nirvana, MainArtist - Chad Channing, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 Geffen Records
Kurt Cobain, ComposerLyricist - STEVE Albini, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nirvana, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Geffen Records
Butch Vig, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kurt Cobain, ComposerLyricist - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Craig Doubet, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nirvana, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Geffen Records
Butch Vig, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kurt Cobain, ComposerLyricist - Krist Novoselic, ComposerLyricist - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Craig Doubet, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Grohl, ComposerLyricist - Nirvana, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Geffen Records
Butch Vig, Producer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kurt Cobain, ComposerLyricist - Krist Novoselic, ComposerLyricist - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Craig Doubet, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Grohl, ComposerLyricist - Nirvana, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Geffen Records
Butch Vig, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kurt Cobain, ComposerLyricist - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Craig Doubet, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Nirvana, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Geffen Records
Kurt Cobain, ComposerLyricist - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nirvana, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Geffen Records
Steve Fisk, Recording Engineer, Mix Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kurt Cobain, ComposerLyricist - Nirvana, MainArtist - Chad Channing, Drums, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 2009 Geffen Records
SCOTT LITT, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Bob Weston, Unknown, Other - Kurt Cobain, ComposerLyricist - STEVE Albini, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nirvana, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Geffen Records
Kurt Cobain, ComposerLyricist - Nirvana, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Geffen Records
Kurt Cobain, ComposerLyricist - STEVE Albini, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Nirvana, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Geffen Records
Butch Vig, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kurt Cobain, ComposerLyricist - Krist Novoselic, ComposerLyricist - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Craig Doubet, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Dave Grohl, ComposerLyricist - Nirvana, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Geffen Records
Kurt Cobain, ComposerLyricist - Nirvana, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Geffen Records
Tom Flynn, ComposerLyricist - Chris Wilson , ComposerLyricist - Nirvana, MainArtist
℗ 2009 Geffen Records
Nirvana, MainArtist - Gregory K D Sage, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2009 Geffen Records
Chet Powers, ComposerLyricist - Butch Vig, Producer, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Kurt Cobain, ComposerLyricist - ANDY WALLACE, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Craig Doubet, Assistant Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Francis Scott Key, ComposerLyricist - Nirvana, Producer, Engineer, MainArtist, StudioPersonnel
℗ 2009 Geffen Records
Album review
Certain concerts create a legend as soon as the final note ceases to ring. Nirvana's headlining appearance at the 1992 Reading Festival is one of these shows, a concert that arrived at precisely the right moment and stands as testament to a band at the peak of its powers...and right before things started to turn sour within the Nirvana camp. Despite the happy news of the birth of Frances Bean Cobain a mere 12 days before this August 30 festival, rumors swirled around Nirvana right up until the band hit the stage. Kurt Cobain took full advantage of these scurrilous stories, making his entrance in a hospital gown and wheelchair pushed by journalist Everett True. Cobain feebly reached for the microphone to croak out the opening lines of "The Rose," only to collapse onto the stage, milking the drama for a moment before leading Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl through a ferocious "Breed." This impish sense of humor has been obscured over the years, lost under the weight of the band's tragic legacy, along with the fact that Nirvana could actually be fun as well as furious. Live at Reading brings all this roaring back. This is Nirvana's purest blast of rock & roll: there's a boundless, invigorating energy here and, just as importantly, there's a sense of joy to the performances, a joy that bubbles to the surface when Kurt laughs during the intro of "Sliver" but can be heard throughout the show, as the band rushes in tandem, pushing the tempos on "Aneurysm" and "Territorial Pissings," ebbing and flowing as one. Hints of this could be heard on the live comp From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah, but this is a complete document of Nirvana in full flight and one of the greatest live rock & roll albums ever.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
- Total length: 01:17:48
- Main artists: Nirvana
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2009 Geffen Records ℗ 2009 Geffen Records
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