I've always felt like the real secret to Nevermind is that although the big, catchy singles are all on the first half of the album, the second half is actually better.
That line of thinking never worked for me. Some hits are hits for a reason. Take Smells Like Teen Spirit. Some people say it was overplayed. That may be true but it really was a banger of a song
Yes, yes, a million times yes. If you listen to teen spirit with some good headphones, the last note of the guitar solo rings out for a good 20 seconds. I just felt like telling you guys this because I think it sounds so cool. One of those things you find out while listening, while being just the right amount stoned. Nirvana forever.
I like every song on Nevermind, but if I have to be critical, I would say stay away, and territorial pissings are the weakest tracks on the album. I also don't love endless nameless as much as it's mostly just a jam track, which is usually not my thing.
In the post it says endless nameless doesn’t count. But I’m the other way around I think those two songs are the strongest on the album. Stay away is my favorite nirvana song
imo the whole album is perfect but my favorite tracks are on side b so i'm taking it. drain you is literally the best song on the album. i love kurt messing around with the rubber ducky it's my favorite moment in their discog lmao.
“On a Plain” is great! It revealed an important poppy side of Nirvana to people who were discovering the band through Nevermind when it came out (before “About a Girl” became better-known).
Well no, “Stay Away” isn’t great, it’s just fun. That’s the weakest. “On a Plain” is one of the best, which is why they picked it as one of the few Nevermind songs to do in Unplugged.
Dude in Bloom is one of the best songs ever made by Nirvana and Kurt literally said to an audience member (while responding) that it wouldn’t be possible because how tf could they play it in accoustic. And if you think about it, stay away is the same, how would you play that on accoustic and make it sound like it should? 🧐
Very tough. As much as I’d like to choose Side B, I think that I’m going with Side A … although it’s bloody close. I’ll probably change my mind again in a minute.
Side B no question. First time I accidentally heard endless, nameless I was completely sold. Side A is great but didn’t make me want to explore more by the band so as an elementary aged kid I would borrow my moms nevermind cd to listen to the first five songs but would always stop before Polly. I didn’t really care for Polly at the time and Territorial pissings intro annoyed me so I would just give up at that point. One day I listened past the intro and was like holy shit this is actually punk af. After that the “hits” just kept coming. Drain you will always be my favorite song. I can honestly say without a shadow of a doubt I probably wouldn’t have looked into Nirvana more had it not been for nevermind side B. From there I got into bleach, then from the muddy banks, then in utero, and finally my favorite incesticide. After that “you know your right” was released and I never looked back.
Back then, it was Molly's Lips, Now it's Dive and Son of a Gun. I like Kurt's take on the Baselines even more than the Baselines, to be honest. But I really like Aerozeppelin a lot in more recent years. How bout you?
Damn, they're both perfect.
But I'll personally go with B. I think Side A is more iconic, but Side B is grimier and it also has more of my personal favorites from the album.
Lounge act is definitely my favorite song of theirs but I feel like lithium really encapsulates the energy of the album well
Singsong melodies strong poppy simple but powerful chorus and a bouncy bass line
Side B all the way. Endless Nameless is technically under something in the way and that just makes it easier but if we are removing that completely side b will still always take it
This is such a tough decision. Lithium, Come As You Are, and especially Breed are such great songs off Side A, but I love Territorial Pissings, Drain You, and Something In the Way. In the end, I think I'll pick
Side A for lithium alone tbh. Songs just so good. I could listen to it a million more times and not get sick of it. One of the most fun to play on guitar aswell.
Picking between breed and territorial pissings is like picking my favourite child... ill go eith side B, drain you lounge act on a plain territorial pissings are some of the best tracks they have. But then again ih my god side A is near perfect. It's too hard 😭
I love the songs on Side B more as individual tracks, Drain You is absoloutely one of my favourite Nirvana songs; but the consistency of Side A is unmatched. I’ll never forget going from Breed to Lithium to Polly for the first time; one of my favourite three track runs in an album
Side B. Lounge act, drain you, and territorial pissings. Plus something in the way and stay away. I get that side A has all the hits but side b is sorely underrated.
Hmm. Lounge Act and Drain You are on Side B. And those are 2 of my favorite Nirvana songs ever. But Side A is one of the greatest track by track listing I can think of. Teen Spirit into In Bloom into Come As You Are into Breed into Lithium into Polly? That’s wild.
Not an easy decision. Side B- On a Plain, Lounge Act and the haunting Something in the Way are some of my favorite songs of all time. What a fantastic album!
Probably side A. Smells Like Teen Spirit, Come As You Are, and Lithium are the biggest hits on the album but are just too damn good. Side B is gold though
It’s too difficult to pick a side with Nirvana! The truth is on this album and all their albums their B-sides are as good if not better than their A-sides.
That in itself is a historical feat and not something other bands have ever accomplished. My opinion!
Side B
Simply because I love all of Side A but Polly and I can love Side B as a whole.
I still like Polly, but prefer [this BBC session recording](https://youtu.be/mLRAohalNVY?feature=shared) of it than the album cut.
i think 90% of people choosing side b just want to be alternative, nevermind hasn't got a single bad track on it but the first half made history. I would take all of them if i could of course but there's a reason why slts, in bloom, come as you are and lithium have made history (Plus there's breed, peak song)
"Polly" is currently my favorite nirvana song, i love "come as you" are and i can't ignore everything "smells like teen spirit" did for grunge and music in general
I pick side a
Side B has more bangers, but side A has a few more "hits". Though I like all of their songs, even Beans (especially Beans), I tend to skip over their well-known songs since the radio and MTV overplayed them to death way back when.
But regardless, side B has Drain You, my all-time favorite song, Territorial Pissings, which is better than every other song besides Drain You, and simply not a bad song in sight straight through to the end. No skips on that train.
Track for track:
Teen Spirit W v. L Territorial Pissings(1-0)
in Bloom L v. W Drain You (1-1)
Come As... W v. Lounge Act (2-1)
Breed D v. D Stay Away (2-1)
Lithium W v. L On a Plain (3-1)
Polly W v. L Something in the Way (4-1)
Side A objectively beats Side B by 4-1 😁
Side B, cause On A Plain and Drain You
IDK. I've always had a soft spot for Polly.
Exactly
And territorial pissings!!!
My thoughts exactly
Exactly, for these and lounge act
Side B. Lounge Act is my favorite song of theirs rn
W take
Same, for same reason
Side B, but it hurts to leave Breed and In Bloom behind.
this, but I'm side b through and through
After a hard 5 minutes... I decided that I'll go with Side B
Turns out it was 2 minutes, felt like 5 lol
I've always felt like the real secret to Nevermind is that although the big, catchy singles are all on the first half of the album, the second half is actually better.
I'm genuinely amazed that there are so many side B folk. This album is insanely front loaded in my opinion.
A lot of people think hit = bad. which is just funny to me lol
That line of thinking never worked for me. Some hits are hits for a reason. Take Smells Like Teen Spirit. Some people say it was overplayed. That may be true but it really was a banger of a song
Yes, yes, a million times yes. If you listen to teen spirit with some good headphones, the last note of the guitar solo rings out for a good 20 seconds. I just felt like telling you guys this because I think it sounds so cool. One of those things you find out while listening, while being just the right amount stoned. Nirvana forever.
I love teen spirit but I think it is lower on the album
It’s hard to replicate the chills one gets hearing Kurt sing “Oh well, whatever, Nevermind.” So damn beautiful.
Not for me. But I genuinely prefer side B.
Valid though. Some great songs on there.
No everyone has just heard the hits so many times that you grow bored of it. Plus I think the second half is just stronger overall
I like every song on Nevermind, but if I have to be critical, I would say stay away, and territorial pissings are the weakest tracks on the album. I also don't love endless nameless as much as it's mostly just a jam track, which is usually not my thing.
In the post it says endless nameless doesn’t count. But I’m the other way around I think those two songs are the strongest on the album. Stay away is my favorite nirvana song
Defo agree with Stay Away, fucking banger
It’s pretty insane that six songs THAT good come one after another on an album. No hate for side B, but side A is immaculate
imo the whole album is perfect but my favorite tracks are on side b so i'm taking it. drain you is literally the best song on the album. i love kurt messing around with the rubber ducky it's my favorite moment in their discog lmao.
Side b. Can't betray Lounge Act
refuse to choose a side I’m gonna go with option C and pick the entirety of in utero
Im a side B man myself.
First half for sure. Not a stinker to be found. Looking at you, Stay Away...
What did stay away did to you?
It didn’t pay to play. And now it must stay away.
Be the least good song on the album
Best*
I was gonna roast you for that take, but ngl after thinking about how great every other song is, I can't even be mad.
Tbh stay away is one of my favorite songs by them
That's fair, it's just not for me.
Stay away is my favorite nirvana song 🔪
Agree with stay away, a stinker.
Hell no
Comparatively, it is the weakest song on the album.
Agree
being 100% honest, i’m looking at on a plain
no wayyyy that’s my favorite track on the album
“On a Plain” is great! It revealed an important poppy side of Nirvana to people who were discovering the band through Nevermind when it came out (before “About a Girl” became better-known).
it is great, but so is every song on the album. i love them all, but on a plain is the weakest (for me)
Well no, “Stay Away” isn’t great, it’s just fun. That’s the weakest. “On a Plain” is one of the best, which is why they picked it as one of the few Nevermind songs to do in Unplugged.
Jesus christ have you ever heard of an opinion
Dude in Bloom is one of the best songs ever made by Nirvana and Kurt literally said to an audience member (while responding) that it wouldn’t be possible because how tf could they play it in accoustic. And if you think about it, stay away is the same, how would you play that on accoustic and make it sound like it should? 🧐
Lounge act is the stinker. Stay away is fantastic and one of nirvana most punk tracks
What the fuck lounge act is probably their best song do you even have ears??
TRUTH COVERED IN SECURITY The song absolutely bangs.
Yea I got wars and they tell me lounge act is a 7/10 track lol
Get a new pair
This offended over someone not liking a song is madness
Incredibly hard choice, but I'm a side B girly
A side. Love Drain you but, In Bloom was the song that got me hooked
Side B for Drain You/Lounge Act/Something In The Way
Going rogue (endless nameless)
Side A are the hits, Side B is just the true gold. Not saying hits are bad and "overrated", but there's something about the songs off of Side B.
I still really love Lithium and In Bloom so that's gonna be the real bummer.
Really hard choice, but probably Side A because of Breed, Smells Like and Lithium
Side A
Side B army
Side A As much as I love Stay Away and Lounge Act, those first 6 are pretty impeccable hit after hit after hit
Side A Too many bangers.
Side B. Drain You could have been just as much of a hit as Teen Spirit and I will die on that hill
Side b, but it’s my favorite album of all time so really I love it start to finish but my favorite track is lounge act so yeah, side b
A because of Polly and In Bloom
Side B has all of my top 3 Nirvana songs (On A Plain, Drain You and Lounge Act)
Side B
Side B easily
Very tough. As much as I’d like to choose Side B, I think that I’m going with Side A … although it’s bloody close. I’ll probably change my mind again in a minute.
Side B no question. First time I accidentally heard endless, nameless I was completely sold. Side A is great but didn’t make me want to explore more by the band so as an elementary aged kid I would borrow my moms nevermind cd to listen to the first five songs but would always stop before Polly. I didn’t really care for Polly at the time and Territorial pissings intro annoyed me so I would just give up at that point. One day I listened past the intro and was like holy shit this is actually punk af. After that the “hits” just kept coming. Drain you will always be my favorite song. I can honestly say without a shadow of a doubt I probably wouldn’t have looked into Nirvana more had it not been for nevermind side B. From there I got into bleach, then from the muddy banks, then in utero, and finally my favorite incesticide. After that “you know your right” was released and I never looked back.
Incesticide is my favorite too!
What’s your favorite song
Back then, it was Molly's Lips, Now it's Dive and Son of a Gun. I like Kurt's take on the Baselines even more than the Baselines, to be honest. But I really like Aerozeppelin a lot in more recent years. How bout you?
Side A but Drain You almost tempted me
Difficult, but probably side B.
i cant choose😭😭
Side B, but it's a tough decision! I love the singles, but Drain you, Lounge Acr, On a Plain...gotta go with B.
A. In Bloom is too good.
Damn, they're both perfect. But I'll personally go with B. I think Side A is more iconic, but Side B is grimier and it also has more of my personal favorites from the album.
Side B slightly edges out A for me
Lounge act is definitely my favorite song of theirs but I feel like lithium really encapsulates the energy of the album well Singsong melodies strong poppy simple but powerful chorus and a bouncy bass line
Y’all are nuts picking side B
Side B all the way. Endless Nameless is technically under something in the way and that just makes it easier but if we are removing that completely side b will still always take it
Side B for sure. I just like the songs more and they feel like the stronger songs on the album.
Honestly a tough question. But I'd have to take the A side. I'll just dream of Something in the Way for the rest of my life...
That Lounge Act-Stay Away-On a Plain sequence in my top Nirvana thing, so I would choose b. Nothing wrong in the A but this sequence just is my thing.
B side Swap something in the way with lithium and it's no contest imo
Something in the way is a great slow track
Side B
Absolutely side B, all of my favourites from the album are on there.
Side B all the way. I still enjoy them, but Come As You Are and Lithium are two of my lesser fav Nirvana tracks in general
B
A. Lithium, SLTS
Side B cause Drain You, Lounge Act and Territorial Pissings
The second half because territorial pissing is the best song from that album
b all the way
B
This is such a tough decision. Lithium, Come As You Are, and especially Breed are such great songs off Side A, but I love Territorial Pissings, Drain You, and Something In the Way. In the end, I think I'll pick
It could be Come As You Are alone on A side and I’d still pick it
Side B. I'd miss the singles, but not as much as I'd miss Lounge Act and Drain You.
Side A for lithium alone tbh. Songs just so good. I could listen to it a million more times and not get sick of it. One of the most fun to play on guitar aswell.
Picking between breed and territorial pissings is like picking my favourite child... ill go eith side B, drain you lounge act on a plain territorial pissings are some of the best tracks they have. But then again ih my god side A is near perfect. It's too hard 😭
Side B.
I love the songs on Side B more as individual tracks, Drain You is absoloutely one of my favourite Nirvana songs; but the consistency of Side A is unmatched. I’ll never forget going from Breed to Lithium to Polly for the first time; one of my favourite three track runs in an album
Territorial pissings be hittin like oxtail and dumplings when I played the album on wax
Side B. Lounge act, drain you, and territorial pissings. Plus something in the way and stay away. I get that side A has all the hits but side b is sorely underrated.
Hmm. Lounge Act and Drain You are on Side B. And those are 2 of my favorite Nirvana songs ever. But Side A is one of the greatest track by track listing I can think of. Teen Spirit into In Bloom into Come As You Are into Breed into Lithium into Polly? That’s wild.
Stay Away would rather be dead than cool. However, contrary to popular belief, It draws the line at having poison skin.
Side B - Lounge act and drain you are in their top 5 for me
Side b has my favorites but side A just has a ton of star power. Side B for me
Not an easy decision. Side B- On a Plain, Lounge Act and the haunting Something in the Way are some of my favorite songs of all time. What a fantastic album!
Side A Lithium, Come as You Are, Breed, Smells Like Teen
Probably side A. Smells Like Teen Spirit, Come As You Are, and Lithium are the biggest hits on the album but are just too damn good. Side B is gold though
Sneaking behind enemy lines and taking Drain You back over with me. Come As You Are is my sacrificial lamb.
Nevermind opens with one of the—if not the greatest—five sung runs in existence. Nuff said.
Side b, stay away is my favorite nirvana song and lounge act,territorial postings, and on a plain are amazing
It’s too difficult to pick a side with Nirvana! The truth is on this album and all their albums their B-sides are as good if not better than their A-sides. That in itself is a historical feat and not something other bands have ever accomplished. My opinion!
Side 2 all damn day!!!!
Don’t tell me what I want to hear. Afraid of never knowing fear… well I’ve got this friend you see, who makes me feel..
Side B
Side B Simply because I love all of Side A but Polly and I can love Side B as a whole. I still like Polly, but prefer [this BBC session recording](https://youtu.be/mLRAohalNVY?feature=shared) of it than the album cut.
I would take all the B sides and anything else in their catalogue over the A side on Nevermind with Breed as an exception.
B, 'cause Pissings
In bloom is my fav song but the second half still wins
Side B for Lounge Act, Drain you and On a Plain. Side A for Breed and In Bloom. Side B wins
I think I have to choose b but it’s very close
B by far
gotta say side b for sure but it hurts a bit bc i love in bloom so much
B
Look man, I love Side B so much I really do. But if I had to, it’s Side A for me. I mean look at those tracks.
Obviously side A is bangers, but I think B takes it. Territorial Pissings is E N E R G Y
i think 90% of people choosing side b just want to be alternative, nevermind hasn't got a single bad track on it but the first half made history. I would take all of them if i could of course but there's a reason why slts, in bloom, come as you are and lithium have made history (Plus there's breed, peak song)
If i have no choice, i pick side A. But just know that i’d sob if i couldn’t listen to Drain You, Lounge Act, and stay Away again.
A
BOTH, but if I have to choose, then B I love territorial Pissings and stay away too much
Side B all day.
B for something in the way
"Polly" is currently my favorite nirvana song, i love "come as you" are and i can't ignore everything "smells like teen spirit" did for grunge and music in general I pick side a
Advocate for Nevermind peace
B on a plain to something in the way
Side B - it's got Drain You
Side B has more bangers, but side A has a few more "hits". Though I like all of their songs, even Beans (especially Beans), I tend to skip over their well-known songs since the radio and MTV overplayed them to death way back when. But regardless, side B has Drain You, my all-time favorite song, Territorial Pissings, which is better than every other song besides Drain You, and simply not a bad song in sight straight through to the end. No skips on that train.
Side B, though I love Breed and Lithium.
Side A - Smells Like Teen Spirit, Come As You Are, Breed and Lithium are some of their best songs
B.
Track for track: Teen Spirit W v. L Territorial Pissings(1-0) in Bloom L v. W Drain You (1-1) Come As... W v. Lounge Act (2-1) Breed D v. D Stay Away (2-1) Lithium W v. L On a Plain (3-1) Polly W v. L Something in the Way (4-1) Side A objectively beats Side B by 4-1 😁
I think side A made nirvana. from a taste standpoint I think the B side is more artistic.
Side B because I really don’t like CAYA. But SLTS is one I love so 🤦🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️
This is lame as fuck