Icon (Nirvana album)

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Icon
Greatest hits album by Nirvana
Released August 31, 2010
Recorded 1991–1994
Genre Grunge
Length 41:21
Language English
Label Geffen, UMɵ
Nirvana chronology

Live at Reading
(2009)		 Icon
(2010)		 Nevermind: The Singles
(2011)
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Icon is a compilation album from the American grunge band Nirvana. It was released on August 31, 2010.

Overview

Icon is the band's second greatest hits collection. The album was part of the Icon series launched by Universal Music Enterprises, which featured greatest hits releases "from 30 major artists spanning rock, pop, R&B and country."[2]

The album features "You Know You're Right", first released on the band's 2002 greatest hits album, Nirvana, as well as the four singles from the band's 1991 breakthrough album Nevermind ("Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Come as You Are", "Lithium", "In Bloom") and three singles from their 1993 follow-up album In Utero ("Heart-Shaped Box", "Pennyroyal Tea", "Rape Me"), plus one album track from In Utero ("Dumb"). The album also includes the single from the MTV Unplugged In New York album ("About a Girl") and the unplugged version of "All Apologies", which was a promotional single.

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "You Know You're Right" (from Nirvana) 3:37
2. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (from Nevermind) 5:02
3. "Come As You Are" (from Nevermind) 3:40
4. "Lithium" (from Nevermind) 4:17
5. "In Bloom" (from Nevermind) 4:15
6. "Heart-Shaped Box" (from In Utero) 4:40
7. "Pennyroyal Tea" (from In Utero, remix from the "Pennyroyal Tea" single) 3:36
8. "Rape Me" (from In Utero) 2:50
9. "Dumb" (from In Utero) 2:31
10. "About a Girl" (acoustic version from MTV Unplugged in New York) 3:08
11. "All Apologies" (acoustic version from MTV Unplugged in New York) 3:45
Total length:
 41:21

Personnel

Chart

Year Chart Position
2010 Greek Albums Chart[3] 37

References

  1. ↑ "Icon - Nirvana". Allmusic. 
  2. ↑ "Icon Series Launched by Universal Music Enterprises | Editorial-News Releases". Radioandmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-11-27. 
  3. ↑ Steffen Hung. "Greek charts portal". greekcharts.com. Retrieved 2011-06-22. 
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