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Bleach
Bleach cover
Studio album by Nirvana
Released June 15, 1989
Recorded 1988–1989 at Reciprocal Recordings in Seattle, Washington
Genre Grunge
Length 42:14
Label Sub Pop
Producer Jack Endino
Professional reviews
Nirvana chronology
Bleach
(1989)		 Blew
(1989)

Bleach is the debut album by the American grunge band Nirvana. A studio album is an original collection of new tracks by a recording artist Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen Washington. Events 763 BC - Assyrians record a Solar eclipse that will be used to fix the Chronology of Mesopotamian history Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Reciprocal Recording was the name of a Recording studio in Seattle Washington, USA that was founded in 1984 and officially closed in July 1991 A music genre is a categorical and typological construct that identifies musical sounds as belonging to a particular category and type of music that can be distinguished from other In the Music industry, a record label can be a Brand and a Trademark associated with the Marketing of music recordings and Music Sub Pop is an Independent record label (though funded and sharing distribution outlets with Warner Music founded by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Jack Endino is a Music producer and musician based in Seattle. allmusic (previously All Music Guide) is a Metadata database about music owned by All Media Guide. Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen Washington. "Blew" is the title of a song and EP by the American grunge band Nirvana. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Nirvana was an American rock band that was formed by singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain and bassist Krist Novoselic in Aberdeen Washington. It was released in June 1989 through the Sub Pop record label. Sub Pop is an Independent record label (though funded and sharing distribution outlets with Warner Music founded by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman Bleach originally sold only 30,000 copies, but following the enormous success of the band's second album, Nevermind (1991), fans discovered Nirvana's little-known debut album. Nevermind is the second studio album by the American rock band Nirvana, released on September 24 1991 It has now sold over four million copies worldwide.

The album's working title was Too Many Humans. [1] It was officially named Bleach in February 1989 after the band's frontman Kurt Cobain found an AIDS prevention poster while Nirvana was driving through San Francisco. Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20 1967 – c April 5 1994 was an American musician who served as lead singer, Guitarist, and songwriter for the Seattle The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city The poster advised heroin addicts to bleach their needles before use, featuring the slogan "Bleach Your Works". Heroin ( INN: diacetylmorphine, BAN: diamorphine) is a semi-synthetic opioid synthesized from Morphine, a derivative [2]

Contents

Recording

The main sessions for Bleach took place at Reciprocal Recording Studios in Seattle, Washington, with local producer Jack Endino manning the board. Jack Endino is a Music producer and musician based in Seattle. The sessions took place in December 1988 and January 1989. They cost a total of $606. 17, which was supplied by soon-to-be second guitarist Jason Everman,[3] though he did not perform on the album. Jason Everman (born August 16, 1967 in Kodiak, Alaska) is an American Guitarist who played with Nirvana and Soundgarden Nine of the tracks on the final album were recorded during these sessions.

The remaining songs on Bleach ("Floyd the Barber", "Paper Cuts", and, on most versions of the album, "Downer") were recorded during a previous session at Reciprocal Studios, with Dale Crover on drums. Dale Crover is an American rock Musician. Crover is best known as the Drummer for The Melvins, Guitarist for The Men This session took place on January 23, 1988, with Endino as producer. Events 393 - Roman Emperor Theodosius I proclaims his nine year old son Honorius co-emperor Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) A total of ten songs were recorded during the brief six-hour session (though Endino only charged for five hours of studio time). The session cost a total of $152. 44, which was paid for with money Cobain had saved from his janitorial job and with a loan from Tracy Marander, his then-girlfriend. The band attempted to re-record "Floyd the Barber" with drummer Chad Channing during the main sessions for the album, but preferred Crover's version. Chad Channing (born January 31 1967 in Bainbridge Island, WA) was a Drummer for the band Nirvana from 1988 until 1990 [4]

Songs

The band's punk rock roots are most evident on "Negative Creep" though there is little trace of the direction they would later go in. "School" is about the Seattle Scene at the time, comparing it to high school; the song's lyrics consist of only four lines. [5]

"Floyd the Barber" is a song about small-town America where everyone turns out to be a mass murderer. Rural areas can be large and isolated (also referred to as "the country" and/or "the countryside over the course of time Cobain once referred to the song in an interview to the Andy Griffith show hence the mentioning of characters like Opie and Aunt Bee. Andy Samuel Griffith (born June 1, 1926) is an American Actor, producer, Writer, director Opie Taylor is a fictional character in the American Television program, The Andy Griffith Show which was televised on CBS Beatrice Taylor (commonly known as Aunt Bee) is a Fictional character from the 1960s American Television sitcom The [6]

Singles

"Love Buzz" was released as Nirvana's first single, with "Big Cheese" as the B-side, in October 1988. " Love Buzz " is a song written by Robbie van Leeuwen of Dutch rock band Shocking Blue. This was Sub Pop's first release on their "Single of the Month" club. Sub Pop is an Independent record label (though funded and sharing distribution outlets with Warner Music founded by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman The version of "Love Buzz" on the single is different than the album version, and features a sound collage introduction created by Kurt Cobain. Only 1000 copies of this single were pressed, each individually hand numbered, making it very sought after by Nirvana fans. In addition to the numbered copies, 100-200 more unnumbered copies exist. Most of them include a red slash where the number is on the official copies.

The "Blew" EP was released through Tupelo Records in December 1989 and included the songs "Blew", "Love Buzz", "Been a Son" and "Stain". "Blew" is the title of a song and EP by the American grunge band Nirvana. The two non-album songs were recorded in September 1989.

Pressings

In the U.S., the album was released on Sub Pop. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Sub Pop is an Independent record label (though funded and sharing distribution outlets with Warner Music founded by Bruce Pavitt and Jonathan Poneman The first 1,000 copies were pressed on white vinyl, the next 2,000 on black, and all subsequent pressings were on red and blue vinyl. The first 3,000 copies of the record came with a poster, featuring Jason Everman. A gramophone Jason Everman (born August 16, 1967 in Kodiak, Alaska) is an American Guitarist who played with Nirvana and Soundgarden The vinyl pressings did not include "Big Cheese" or "Downer". [7]

In the United Kingdom, the record was released via Tupelo Records, in June of 1989. The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located The first 300 Tupelo copies were pressed on white vinyl, the next 2,000 copies were on dark green vinyl. The rest of the copies off of Tupelo are on black vinyl. Also the album contains "Big Cheese" instead of "Love Buzz", and does not contain "Downer". [7]

In Australia, the LP was released on Waterfront Records and later issued on various colored covers and colored vinyl prior to 1992. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. Waterfront Records was an Independent record label based in Sydney, that released recordings by some of Australia 's most Influential bands [8]

Sub Pop released a remastered version of the album on CD and cassette in April 1992. A Compact Disc (also known as a CD) is an Optical disc used to store digital data, originally developed for storing digital audio The Compact Cassette, often referred to as audio cassette, cassette tape, cassette, or simply tape, is a Magnetic tape sound [7]

Warner Music has reissued the album in Europe, Australasia, and Japan. Warner Music Group (WMG is the third-largest of the "big four" major record labels, the others being Sony BMG, EMI, and Universal Australasia is a Region of Oceania: New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and neighbouring Islands in the Pacific For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Japan topics.

Track listing

All songs were written by Kurt Cobain, except where noted.

  1. "Blew" – 2:55
  2. "Floyd the Barber" – 2:18
  3. "About a Girl" – 2:48
  4. "School" – 2:42
  5. "Love Buzz" (Robbie van Leeuwen) – 3:35
  6. "Paper Cuts" – 4:06
  7. "Negative Creep" – 2:56
  8. "Scoff" – 4:10
  9. "Swap Meet" – 3:03
  10. "Mr. "Blew" is the title of a song and EP by the American grunge band Nirvana. " About a Girl " is a song by the American grunge band Nirvana. " Love Buzz " is a song written by Robbie van Leeuwen of Dutch rock band Shocking Blue. Shocking Blue was a Dutch rock band from The Hague formed in 1967 Moustache" – 3:24
  11. "Sifting" – 5:22
  12. "Big Cheese" (only on CD version) – 3:42
  13. "Downer" (only on CD version) – 1:43

Personnel

Chart positions

Year Chart Position
1994 Billboard Pop Album Catalog Chart 1 (2 weeks)
1992 Official Finland Albums Chart 24
1992 Official German Albums Chart 24
1992 Official Austrian Albums Chart 26
1992 Official New Zealand Albums Chart 30
1992 Official UK Albums Chart 33
1992 Official Australian Albums Chart 34
1992 Official Japanese Albums Chart 46
1992 The Billboard 200 89

Accolades

References

  1. ^ Cross, Charles. Kurt Donald Cobain (February 20 1967 – c April 5 1994 was an American musician who served as lead singer, Guitarist, and songwriter for the Seattle Singing is the act of producing musical sounds with the voice, which is often contrasted with Speech. The guitar is a Musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles Krist Anthony Novoselic II (born May 16, 1965) is an American rock musician best known as the Bassist for Nirvana. The electric bass guitar (also called electric bass, or simply bass; ˈbeɪs as in "base" is a Stringed instrument played primarily with the Chad Channing (born January 31 1967 in Bainbridge Island, WA) was a Drummer for the band Nirvana from 1988 until 1990 A drum kit (also drum set or trap set) is a collection of Drums Cymbals and sometimes other Percussion instruments such as cowbells Dale Crover is an American rock Musician. Crover is best known as the Drummer for The Melvins, Guitarist for The Men Jason Everman (born August 16, 1967 in Kodiak, Alaska) is an American Guitarist who played with Nirvana and Soundgarden Jack Endino is a Music producer and musician based in Seattle. In the Music industry, a record producer or music producer has many roles among them controlling the recording sessions coaching and guiding the musicians organizing Photography (fә'tɒgrәfi or fә'tɑːgrәfi (from Greek φωτο and γραφία is the process and Art of recording pictures by means of capturing The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand (RIANZ is a non-profit trade association of Record producers, distributors and recording artists in New The UK Albums Chart is a list of Albums ranked by sales in the United Kingdom. The ARIA charts are the main Australian music sales charts issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling music albums and EPs in the United States, published weekly by Billboard Kerrang! is a weekly rock Magazine published by Bauer Consumer Media in the United Kingdom. Heavier Than Heaven: A Biography of Kurt Cobain, p. 105. Hyperion, 2001. ISBN 0-7868-8402-9
  2. ^ Azerrad, Michael. Come As You Are: The Story of Nirvana. Doubleday, 1993. ISBN 0 86369 746 1. p. 91
  3. ^ Azerrad, 1993. p. 91
  4. ^ Roberts, Alex; Andrews, Adam; and Furth, Charles. Live Nirvana Sessions History. LiveNirvana. com.
  5. ^ Azerrad, 1993. p. 100
  6. ^ Azerrad, 1993. p. 101
  7. ^ a b c Tuller, Aaron (1996-10-19). Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) Events 202 BCE - The Battle of Zama results in the defeat of Carthage and Hannibal. Nirvana Discography 3.3. Retrieved on 2007-04-04. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I.
  8. ^ Waterfront Records Discography. Retrieved April 4, 2007. Events 1581 - Francis Drake completes a circumnavigation of the world and is knighted by Elizabeth I. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century.

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