Nirvana - Nirvana (Compilation) (2002)

Nirvana - Nirvana (Compilation) (2002)

Tracklist front / back album covers

1. "You Know You're Right"  (Previously unreleased) 3:38

2. "About a Girl"   2:49

3. "Been a Son"   2:23

4. "Sliver"   2:14

5. "Smells Like Teen Spirit"   5:01

6. "Come as You Are"   3:39

7. "Lithium"   4:17

8. "In Bloom"   4:15

9. "Heart-Shaped Box"   4:41

10. "Pennyroyal Tea" (Scott Litt remix)   3:38

11. "Rape Me"    2:51

12. "Dumb"   2:34

13. "All Apologies"   3:51

14. "The Man Who Sold the World"   3:47

International CD (released outside of the US, Canada, and Japan) bonus track

15. "Where Did You Sleep Last Night" (Traditional) 5:08

European 2002 vinyl and Japanese CD bonus tracks

15. "Something in the Way"   4:01

16. "Where Did You Sleep Last Night"   5:08

 

Nirvana Band Members / Musicians

Kurt Cobain – vocals and guitar

Krist Novoselic – bass guitar

Dave Grohl – drums (except on tracks 2, 3 and 4) and backing vocals on "In Bloom" and MTV Unplugged tracks

Chad Channing – drums on "About a Girl" and "Been a Son"

Dan Peters – drums on "Sliver"

Pat Smear – guitar on MTV Unplugged tracks

Lori Goldston – cello on MTV Unplugged tracks

Kera Schaley  – cello on "Dumb"

Nirvana – production

Butch Vig – production, engineering

Steve Albini – engineering, mixing

Jack Endino – engineering, mixing

Steve Fisk – engineering, mixing

Adam Kasper – engineering, mixing

Andy Wallace – mixing

Scott Litt – production, mixing

Bob Ludwig – mastering

Robert Fisher – Art Direction

David Fricke – liner notes

Michael Meisel – project director

James Barber – project director

John Silva – project director

Corbis Bettman – photography

Frank Micelotta – photography

Frank Ockenfels – photography

Charles Peterson – photography

Redferns – photography

Nirvana is a greatest hits album by the American rock band Nirvana, released in October 29, 2002. It was the third Nirvana album released following the suicide of vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain in 1994.

The album includes songs from Nirvana's three studio albums and the live album MTV Unplugged in New York, plus the previously unreleased "You Know You're Right", recorded in 1994 during Nirvana's final studio session, a version of "Been a Son", previously only available on a UK limited release, and the Scott Litt remix of "Pennyroyal Tea".

Nirvana opened at number three on the Billboard 200 with 234,000 copies sold. It has sold one million copies in the United States, and two million copies in Europe as of 2007.