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Originally Posted by noisereductions
Back in the day I bought the Nirvana Singles box set because, well, it looked handsome sitting on a shelf. It was a nice little collectors item, yet not that convenient to actually listen to. Mostly I'd go to it for maybe a single b-side that I wanted to put on a mixtape or whatever. But for the most part, it was just something cool to look at. But I recently came into the good fortune of acquiring a bootleg release that puts the entire box on a single disk. And it turns out that listening to Singles in one sitting is a fascinating experience. One that I actually realized about a decade ago after ripping the contents of the box set into a single mp3 playlist. While there are plenty of Nirvana compilations out there to choose frome, they generally cater to one facet of the band. That is, the self-titled one collects their major A-sides; Sliver collects demos and outtakes; and so on. But Singles in this long-play format serves as a total Nirvana mixtape. One that allows huge hit singles to rub elbows with live tracks and b-sides. It's... actually pretty great. |
That's a good idea. I should do that. Because you're right -- it's inconvenient as hell to listen to this thing. But there are some nice tracks on here. Like "Drain You" live at the Paramount (which I know is on the Live at the Paramount video/album, but still), and "Even in His Youth" and *especially* "Curmudgeon" from the Lithium single.
Though now that I think on it, pretty much all of this stuff is available elsewhere, and accompanied by more songs that make a more interesting experience. Just the Nevermind deluxe edition collects "Erin in His Youth" and "Curmudgeon" and all the live tracks from the singles PLUS the whole album.
Ditto for the In Utero deluxe edition.
So, maybe I won't do this. Maybe I'll just put the deluxe editions into a playlist and hit shuffle. Shrug.