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{{Infobox album
| name         = Nevermind
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]
| cover        =
| alt          = 
| released     = {{start date|1991|9|24|mf=yes}}
| recorded     = May 2–28, 1991 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.livenirvana.com/sessions/studio/may-june-1991.php|title=Nevermind sessions}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/spotlight-0502-2011.aspx |title=This Day in Music Spotlight: Nirvana Begins Recording 'Nevermind' |publisher=.gibson.com |access-date=2014-04-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407092426/http://www2.gibson.com/News-Lifestyle/Features/en-us/spotlight-0502-2011.aspx |archive-date=April 7, 2014 |url-status=dead |df=mdy-all}}</ref><br/>June 1-9, 1991 (mixing) <ref>{{cite book | last1 = Borzillo-Vrenna | first1 = Carrie | title = Nirvana - The Day to Day Illustrated Journals | url = https://archive.org/details/nirvanadaytodayi0000borz | edition = 1st | publisher = [[Barnes & Noble]] | year = 2003 | pages = [https://archive.org/details/nirvanadaytodayi0000borz/page/71 71] | isbn = 0-7607-4893-4}}</ref><br/>April 1990 
| studio       = {{flatlist|
* [[Sound City Studios|Sound City]] ([[Van Nuys]], [[California]])
* [[Smart Studios|Smart]] ([[Madison, Wisconsin|Madison]], [[Wisconsin]])
}}
| genre        = {{hlist|[[Grunge]]|[[alternative rock]]}}
| length       = 42:36 (59:15 w/ hidden track)
| label        = [[DGC Records|DGC]]
| producer     = * [[Butch Vig]]
* Nirvana
| prev_title   = [[Blew]]
| prev_year    = 1989
| next_title   = [[Nevermind It's an Interview]]
| next_year    = 1992
| misc         = {{Singles
 | name        = Nevermind
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]
 | single1date = September 10, 1991
 | single2     = [[Come as You Are (Nirvana song)|Come as You Are]]
 | single2date = March 2, 1992 
 | single3     = [[Lithium (Nirvana song)|Lithium]]
 | single3date = July 13, 1992
 | single4     = [[In Bloom]]
 | single4date = November 30, 1992
}}
}}

'''''Nevermind''''' is the second [[studio album]] by the [[United States|American]] [[rock music|rock]] band, [[Nirvana (band)|Nirvana]]. It was released on September 24, 1991 by [[DGC Records]]. It was produced by [[Butch Vig]] and was the first release by the band on the [[record label]]. It was also the first release with drummer [[Dave Grohl]].

Even though it wasn't thought to have been very popular before its release, ''Nevermind'' was a very big success. On January 11, 1992, it had reached number one on the [[US Billboard 200|US ''Billboard'' 200]].<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/nirvana|title=Nirvana Nevermind Chart History|magazine=Billboard|access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref>  The main [[single (music)|single]], "[[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]" was very successful and reached number six on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]].<ref name="Hall of Fame 1997">{{cite web|url=http://rockhall.com/exhibits/one-hit-wonders-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll/|title=The Songs That Shaped Rock and Roll|year=|publisher=Rock and Roll Hall of Fame|accessdate=November 6, 2019|archive-date=May 9, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120509180015/http://rockhall.com/exhibits/one-hit-wonders-songs-that-shaped-rock-and-roll/|url-status=dead}}</ref> The three other singles were: "[[Come as You Are (Nirvana song)|Come as You Are]]", "[[Lithium (Nirvana song)|Lithium]]", and "[[In Bloom]]". ''Nevermind'' was selling up to 300,000 copies a week between 1991 and 1992.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://uproxx.com/hitfix/20th-anniversary-edition-of-nirvanas-nevermind-coming-in-september/|title=20th anniversary edition of Nirvana's 'Nevermind' includes 4 discs|date=2011-06-22|website=UPROXX|access-date=2019-11-06}}</ref>

''Nevermind'' has sold over 30 million copies worldwide, making it one of the [[list of best-selling albums|best-selling albums]] ever. ''Nevermind'' helped to make both [[grunge music]] and [[alternative rock]] popular. It has been known as one of the greatest albums of all time.

==Background==
Nirvana was a rock band from [[Aberdeen, Washington]], formed by [[Kurt Cobain]] ([[singing|vocals]] and [[guitar]]) and [[Krist Novoselic]] ([[bass guitar]]) in 1987. They first signed to the [[Seattle]] record label [[Sub Pop]]. The band released their first album on this label called [[Bleach (Nirvana album)|''Bleach'']] in 1989 with [[Chad Channing]] on [[drum]]s. Channing left Nirvana after this album in 1990, and the band needed a drummer. After seeing [[punk rock|punk]] band [[Scream (band)|Scream]], Cobain and Novoselic liked the drumming by [[Dave Grohl]]. When Scream broke up after this, Grohl joined Nirvana as the drummer.

During the start of the 1990s, Sub Pop was having a difficult time with money. Because of this, Nirvana looked for a new record label. They ended up signing with [[DGC Records]]<ref name=classicalbums>''Classic Albums—Nirvana: Nevermind'' [DVD]. Isis Productions, 2004.</ref>

==Title and cover==
The first name for the album before its release was ''Sheep''. This came from the kind of people Cobain thought were going to buy the album (sheep is a word meaning someone who does what other people do). The title was later changed to ''Nevermind'' as it was what Cobain thought about bad things in his life.<ref>Cross 2001, p. 189</ref>

The [[album cover]] of ''Nevermind'' shows a [[naked]] baby (Spencer Elden)<ref name="telegraph">{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/music/rockandjazzmusic/3563114/Nirvanas-Nevermind-baby-recreates-famous-image.html|title=Nirvana's Nevermind baby recreates famous image}}</ref> [[swimming]] underwater with a [[U.S. dollar]] bill on a [[fishhook]]. This is just out of the baby's reach. Cobain wanted to have a photo of a water [[birth]] on the cover but the record label wouldn't let him.<ref>{{cite magazine|last1=Bachor|first1=Kenneth|title=The Baby From Nirvana's Nevermind Is 25 Now|url=http://time.com/4499648/nirvana-nevermind-25-baby-spencer-elden/|magazine=[[Time (magazine)|Time]]|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20171004111740/http://time.com/4499648/nirvana-nevermind-25-baby-spencer-elden/|archivedate=October 4, 2017|date=September 23, 2016}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
{{track listing
| all_writing = [[Kurt Cobain]], except where noted
| title1 = [[Smells Like Teen Spirit]]
| length1 = 5:01
| note1 = writers: Cobain, [[Krist Novoselic]], [[Dave Grohl]]
| title2 = [[In Bloom]]
| length2 = 4:14
| title3 = [[Come as You Are (Nirvana song)|Come as You Are]]
| length3 = 3:39
| title4 = [[Breed (song)|Breed]]
| length4 = 3:03
| title5 = [[Lithium (Nirvana song)|Lithium]]
| length5 = 4:17
| title6 = [[Polly (Nirvana song)|Polly]]
| length6 = 2:57
| title7 = Territorial Pissings
| length7 = 2:22
| note7 = writers: Cobain, [[Chet Powers]]
| title8 = [[Drain You]]
| length8 = 3:43
| title9 = Lounge Act
| length9 = 2:36
| title10 = Stay Away
| length10 = 3:32
| title11 = [[On a Plain]]
| length11 = 3:16
| title12 = [[Something in the Way]]
| length12 = 3:52
| title13 = Endless, Nameless
| length13 = 6:44
| note13 = writers: Cobain, Novoselic, Grohl. Only included on later pressings as a hidden track
}}

==References==
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[[Category:Nirvana (band) albums]]
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