![]() ![]() It was the final Nirvana album before Cobain's suicide in 1994. The album is certified 5x platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) in the US and has sold 15 million copies worldwide. It reached number one on the US Billboard 200 and UK Albums Chart "Heart-Shaped Box" and "All Apologies" reached number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. Critics praised the album’s raw, unconventional sound and Cobain's lyricism. In Utero was a major commercial and critical success. ![]() The band later hired producer Scott Litt to remix the singles " All Apologies", " Heart-Shaped Box" and " Pennyroyal Tea", to Albini's dismay. The album was mastered by Bob Ludwig to achieve a more desirable sound for both Nirvana and their label. After recording finished, rumors circulated that DGC might not release the album due to Albini's abrasive and uncommercial sound. The album was recorded over two weeks in February 1993 at Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota. Although frontman and primary songwriter Kurt Cobain claimed that the album was "very impersonal", many of its songs contain heavy allusions to his personal life and struggles, expressing feelings of angst that were common on the band's previous album. After breaking into the mainstream with their second album, Nevermind (1991), Nirvana hired Steve Albini to record In Utero, seeking a more complex, abrasive sound that was reminiscent of their work prior to Nevermind. ![]() It was released on September 21, 1993, by DGC Records. In Utero is the third and final studio album by the American rock band Nirvana. ![]()
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