Incesticide

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Professional reviews
Incesticide

Compilation album by Nirvana
Released	December 14, 1992
Recorded	1988-1991
Genre	Alternative Rock Grunge Punk Rock
Length	44:44
Label	DGC Records / Sub Pop
Producer(s)	Jack Endino, Steve Fisk, Butch Vig, Dale Griffin, Miti Adhikari
All Music Guide link Rolling Stone link Sputnik Music link
Nirvana chronology
Hormoaning (1992)	Incesticide (1992)	In Utero (1993)

Incesticide is a compilation album of rare songs, b-sides and studio outtakes released by Nirvana on December 14, 1992 in Europe, and December 15, 1992 in the U.S. It was released through Geffen Records. The album reached No. 39 in the Billboard Top 200. The cover art is a painting by the band's frontman, Kurt Cobain, and some say the deformed limbs of the "human" figure in this painting spell the word "Cunt".

Early pressings of the CD contained liner notes written by Kurt Cobain. These copies contained a "Parental Advisory: Explicit Lyrics" sticker^{[citation needed]}. The liner notes were discontinued around the time of Cobain's death.

1 Track listing
2 Singles charts
3 Album charts
4 Sales
5 Credits
6 Miscellanea
7 Re-releases
8 External links

[edit] Track listing

"Dive" – 3:55
"Sliver" – 2:16
"Stain" – 2:40
"Been a Son" – 1:55
"Turnaround" (Devo) – 2:19
"Molly's Lips" (The Vaselines) – 1:54
"Son of a Gun" (The Vaselines) – 2:48
"(New Wave) Polly" – 1:47
"Beeswax" – 2:50
"Downer" – 1:43
"Mexican Seafood" – 1:55
"Hairspray Queen" – 4:13
"Aero Zeppelin" – 4:41
"Big Long Now" – 5:03
"Aneurysm" – 4:36

Album art highlighted to show the word CUNT in the ablum art, something debated by Nirvana fans.

[edit] Singles charts

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1993	Sliver	Modern Rock Tracks (U.S.)	No. 19
1992	Sliver	Official Irish Singles Chart	No. 23
1990	Sliver	Official UK Singles Chart	No. 90

Sliver was released as a non-album single in 1990 making the top 100 in the UK. Retail singles were not re-released for Incesticide, however the song charted in Ireland two years after release, shortly after the success of Nevermind. A music video was made for Sliver as promotion for Incesticide in 1992-1993.

[edit] Album charts

Year	Chart	Position
1992	Official Austrian Albums Chart	No. 10
1993	Official UK Albums Chart	No. 14
1992	Official Holland Albums Chart	No. 17
1992	Official Finland Albums Chart	No. 18
1992	Official Switzerland Albums Chart	No. 18
1992	Official Australian Albums Chart	No. 22
1992	Official New Zealand Albums Chart	No. 23
1992	Official Sweden Albums Chart	No. 27
1992	Billboard Top 200	No. 39
1992	Official German Albums Chart	No. 40
1992	Official Japanese Albums Chart	No. 50

[edit] Sales

American sales: 1995, 1 million (Platinum)
UK sales: 100,000 (Gold)
Canadian sales: 200,000 (Double Platinum)
Japanese sales: 4 weeks, 17,430 (1992/12/16)

[edit] Credits

Seattle, WA: Reciprocal Recording Studios (January 23, 1988) Nirvana's first studio demo tape.
Song(s): Beeswax, Downer, Mexican Seafood, Hairspray Queen and Aero Zeppelin

Seattle, WA: Reciprocal Recording Studios (December 1988-January 1989) The Bleach recording sessions.
Song(s): Big Long Now

Seattle, WA: Music Source Studios (September 1989) The Blew EP recording sessions.
Song(s): Stain

Madison, WI: Smart Studios (April 1990) The sessions for the planned second Sub Pop album.
Song(s): Dive

Seattle, WA: Reciprocal Recording Studios (July 11, 1990) The Sliver/Dive Sub Pop single sessions.
Song(s): Sliver

London, England: Maida Vale Studio 3 (October 21, 1990) The 1990 sessions for John Peel.
Song(s): Turnaround, Molly's Lips and Son of a Gun

Kurt Cobain - Vocals/Guitar
Krist Novoselic - Bass
Dave Grohl - Drums/Vocals
Dale Griffin - Producer
Mike Engles - Engineer
Fred Kay - Engineer

London, England: Maida Vale Studio 4 (November 9, 1991) The 1991 sessions for Mark Goodier.
Song(s): Been a Son, (New Wave) Polly and Aneurysm

[edit] Miscellanea

Kurt Cobain is credited for the cover art as "Kurdt Kobain."

Incesticide & In Utero boxset 2004.

"Downer" appears on their 1989 album Bleach. However, the song only appeared on CD pressings of the album, and even then only on U.S. copies, which is why it is included here.