Live at Reading

Live at Reading

Live at Reading

Live at Reading

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Overview

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. [A CD/DVD edition was also released.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date: 11/03/2009
Label: Dgc/Ume / Geffen / Universal
UPC: 0602527203737
Rank: 53316

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. Breed
  2. Drain You
  3. Aneurysm
  4. School
  5. Sliver
  6. In Bloom
  7. Come as You Are
  8. Lithium
  9. About a Girl
  10. Tourette's
  11. Polly
  12. Lounge Act
  13. Smells Like Teen Spirit
  14. On a Plain
  15. Negative Creep
  16. Been a Son
  17. All Apologies
  18. Blew
  19. Dumb
  20. Stay Away
  21. Spank Thru
  22. The Money Will Roll Right In
  23. D-7
  24. Territorial Pissings

Disc 2

  1. Breed
  2. Drain You
  3. Aneurysm
  4. School
  5. Sliver
  6. In Bloom
  7. Come as You Are
  8. Lithium
  9. About a Girl
  10. Tourette's
  11. Polly
  12. Lounge Act
  13. Smells Like Teen Spirit
  14. On a Plain
  15. Negative Creep
  16. Been a Son
  17. All Apologies
  18. Blew
  19. Dumb
  20. Stay Away
  21. Spank Thru
  22. Love Buzz
  23. The Money Will Roll Right In
  24. D-7
  25. Territorial Pissings

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Nirvana   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Gregory Sage   Composer
Kurt Cobain   Composer
Chris Wilson   Composer
Krist Novoselic   Composer
Greg Sage   Composer
Dave Grohl   Composer
Nathaniel Kunkel   Mixing
Nirvana   Composer,Executive Producer
Francis Scott Key   Composer
Bob Ludwig   Mastering
John Silva   Project Manager
Robbie Van Leeuwen   Composer
Tom Flynn   Composer
Charles Peterson   Photography,Photography
Michael Meisel   Project Manager
Monique McGuffin   Production Coordination
Ryan Rogers   Design
Chet Powers   Composer
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