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      IN
      UTERO
     
     
      Nirvana
     
    
   
   
    
     
      (MCA)
     
    
   
   
    
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     
      he
      suits
      at
      Warner
      were
      apparently
     
     
      clutching
      their
      chests
      over
      this
      one,
     
     
      but
      Nirvana’s
      latest
      release,
      In
     
     
      Utero,
      is
      just
      as
      memorable
      a
      set
      of
     
     
      songs
      as
      the
      monster
      Nevermind,
     
     
      making
      up
      for
      its
      lack
      of
      throat-
     
     
      grabbing
      tunefulness
      with
      sheer
     
     
      anger.
      Far
      more
      logical
      than
      what
      I
     
     
      would
      have
      expected
      from
      such
      a
      bunch
      of
     
     
      nihilists,
      Jn
      Utero
      features
      the
      same
      brutish
     
     
      drumming
      (actually,
      amore
      quick-handed
      drum-
     
     
      mer
      could
      make
      this
      stuffswing),
      Kurt
      Cobain’s
     
     
      howling,
      moments
      of:
      vulnerability,
      and
      ageres-
     
     
      sion
      piled
      high.
      Actually,
      songs
      like
      ‘‘Heart-
     
     
      Shaved
      Box,’’
      ‘‘Rape
      Me,”’
      (a
      ‘Teen
      Spirit’’
     
     
      relative)
      and
      ‘‘Frances
      Farmer
      Will
      Have
      Her
     
     
      Revenge
      on
      Seattle’’
      could
      have
      appeared
      on
     
     
      Nevermind.
      The
      album
      is
      produced
      by
      former
     
     
      Rapeman
      and
      Big
      Black
      guy,
      Steve
      Albini,
      who
     
     
      Carlier
      this
      year
      gave
      PJ
      Harvey’s
      Rid
      of
      Me
      one
     
     
      Of
      the
      flattest
      mixes
      I’ve
      ever
      heard.
      Jn
      Utero’s
     
     
      Sound,
      however,
      isreasonably
      dynamic
      (though
     
     
      owhere
      near
      so
      beefy
      as
      Butch
      Vig’s).
     
    

    
     
      Even
      more
      manic-depressive
      than
     
     
      Nevermind,
      In
      Utero
      is
      a
      darker,
      more
      intense
     
     
      and
      more
      idiosyncratic
      work.
      When
      people
      talk
     
     
      about
      albums
      of
      the
      nineties,
      it’!
      be
      this
      --
      not
     
     
      Nevermind
      --
      that
      gets
      mentioned.
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