Nirvana

With The Lights Out

A must have for any true Nirvana fan.

Review Score:

(10/10)
It's about time. The fans fianlly get their long awaited boxed set. No thanks to Courtney Love.
Anyways, it's been a long time since I've been so pleased with a music purchase. Granted, I've heard most of these "previously unreleased" songs before on my various bootleg releases, but those were all pretty awful recordings. "With the Lights Out" cleans these tracks up and makes them a more listenable which was worth the $50 for me. Still, don't buy this boxed set and expect to hear "Nevermind" quality recordings.I can imagine that there will be some displeased listeners. I can picture some little kid listening to "Beans" for the first time and saying "What the hell is this? THIS doesn't sound like 'Smells Like Teen Spirit!' GRrrrrr!!!! I want my money back!"
Sorry for that little tangeant. As I was saying, "With the Lights Out" is a great purchase for Nirvana fans. If you're want to hear some relatively high quality recordings of Nirvana material you may not have heard before, or want to hear some different versions of the songs you know, go ahead and pick it up. If you only like the Nirvana songs they play on the radio or if "Incesticide" was too weird for you, then don't bother.

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