Climax, reissued

Actually, everything should be said on this album. 20 years one had time to leave and inform about the eventful history of the album, recording sessions and especially the disagreements with respect to the mix. One thing is certain: Geffen has not exactly covered in the decisions surrounding "In Utero" with glory.

My subjective opinion as a "witness": "In Utero" is Nirvana's strongest album (in the sense of a coherent whole) and the peak of commercial grunge phase. Back then it probably has more caused confusion caused as enthusiasm. Despite MTV awards the big hits failed to materialize, and shortly afterwards had the alternative mainstream with Pearl Jam's "Vs." his new favorite album.
I liked "In Utero" from the beginning. With the first single "Heart-Shaped Box" I could not do much, but never really knew why. But more on that later.

Since the information failed sparingly for vinyl edition, I want to give all interested parties a few additional notes:

== Delivery and content ==
The vinyl version comes pretty impressive thus: On three LPs you can find the entire original album (with all original mix, ie unchanged) and five partially re-mixed B-sides and compilation contributions that Scott Litt version of "Pennyroyal Tea "and the Steve Albini-versions of" Heart-Shaped Box "and" All Apologies ".

For those who wonder why you three vinyl discs need for as "little" pieces: The album is (Audiophile) play with 45 RPM, with only three pieces per plate side. The bonus disc is a regular 33 1/3 LP.

What I did not expect: Thanks to Amazon's AutoRip there is access to all 60 songs of the 20th Anniversary "Super Deluxe" CD version, with disc 1 corresponds to the circumference of the vinyl version, Disc 2 contains the 2013 mix versions of the album, and Disc 3 Live & Loud concert. I find that by such steps the purchase of vinyl is even more inviting!

== == Presentation
Except for the original cover is not much left. Especially the old "collage" of the original album you are looking for to no avail. The record sleeve, in the reasonably elaborate double-hinged cover is still enriched with some very nice pictures, including a few by Anton Corbijn from which the new video for "Heart-Shaped Box" comes, and its noble black and white Photos from Depeche Mode, U2 and Joy Division albums ennoble for eternity.

== Music ==
I'm not a big fan careless Remixes. However, I must say that-mixed by Steve Albini versions of initially by Scott Litt new abgemixten pieces "Heart-Shaped Box" and "All Apologies" round off the album quite outstanding. In retrospect, it is a pity that not Steve Albini versions ended up on the album - but that you can now catch up finally. Especially for "Heart-Shaped Box" is absent in Albini's mix everything has annoyed me so far: no doubled vocal track more, much less echo. The song is bone dry, much more Drum-centered and more credible, since live-like singing. Also "All Apologies" benefited from the mix and fits much better and more logical to the other song ("Scentless Apprentice" and "All Apologies" I had originally not necessarily in the same corner filed).

But ultimately that is a matter of taste. The extent to which the "new old" mixes like, everyone must decide for themselves. This is especially true for the '2013' mix of the entire album, reportedly carried out again by Steve Albini, with some requests from Kurt Cobain to have been fulfilled, against which Albini has fought 20 years ago. So you can now listen to, inter alia, "Dumb" without Chello, and the singing is generally an idea louder than originally. The rest is for Nirvanologen.
Basically, however, it remains very ambivalent: people edit something that they have created in their own twenties, retrospectively. The ears are certainly no longer the same.

== Conclusion ==
An undoubtedly super rock album, under the leadership of Steve Albini and the rest of the band gently and interesting remixed put up wonderful for Vinyl friends and really thought the album on double-EP to listen. Thanks Amazon added to the pieces compared to the CD version of "missing". Full number of points!