[music Review] Nirvana - Nevermind - Super deluxe edition - 2011 - Cc - English

By the end of the year 1991, i thought i had heard everything there was to be heard in music: classical, pop, techno, metal, etc‚ but then, came Nevermind, the one album that changed my ENTIRE perspective on music, and now that we're celebrating 20 years from its release, i got my hands on the new Super Deluxe Edition released to commemorate this,and let me tell you, i feel 20 years younger now :) CD 01 is the re-mastered version of the original album, and i need to congratulate whoever was in charge of this: the songs sound both dirtier and more cristaline then ever before. I was maybe expecting something even more mind-blowing, but since the album itself has blown my mind since its release, i guess that's just not possible. Also in this CD we find 3 B-Sides and 5 live songs, with "School" as my favorite of them all. I would have gotten stuck listening to this album over and over if there weren't another 3 CDs to check out, specially the third one, but since i wanted a natural listening progression, onto the second one i went. CD 02 begins with the demos for Nevermind recorded at Butch Vig's Smart Studios, showing how the songs were originally played before going into the production process, and it's really interesting to see that, while it's clear that many of the songs were greatly improved upon the actual album recording, Nirvana's raw energy and soul was there from the very beginning, and i think that's the main contribution this CD brings to the table. Complementing this disc are 2 live songs recorded at the BBC and the "Boombox rehearsals", recorded with a single microphone and that lets us listen to a Nirvana completely stripped of everything, something that NEEDS to be experienced. CD 03 brings what i was expecting the most of this release: the Devonshire Mixes, which is the album as produced and mixed by Butch Vig as opposed to the commercially released final version produced by Vig but mixed by Andy Wallace, and i for one can DEFINITELY tell the difference. Wallace may have had the commercial ear to make Nevermind a more massively appealing album, but, to me, it's Vig who has the true artistic vision and real craftsmanship when it comes to producing albums. The drums sound amazing, the bass is just perfect, guitars are dirty as they should be, and vocals are where they should be. Don't get me wrong, i'm not saying that the Andy Wallace mix has anything wrong, i'm just saying, had it been up to me, this is version of this album i would have released to the public, and for that reason alone, i am absolutely grateful to finally be able to have this jewel in my collection. CD 04, the final one, takes over with the previously unreleased Nirvana's "Live at the Paramount" 1991 show (which also is available on the DVD that comes along this edition), and it blew me away from the start with the heavy version of "Jesus doesn't want me for a Sunbeam", which i have to admit i had only listened to in the unplugged version before this. The show is just beyond words, it shows the band in their prime, with professional live audio, professional filming, and the live energy that doesn't let go until the very end of the show. I have nothing else to say, if you're a Nirvana fan, get this edition as it won't disappoint not even a single nanosecond. I'm back to listening to it as soon as i'm done with this video Bye.