From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah

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From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah is a live album by the American alternative rock band Nirvana. It was released on October 1, 1996 and features live performances recorded from 1989 to 1994. As opposed to Nirvana's previous live album, MTV Unplugged in New York (1994), which features an acoustic performance, From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah is a compilation of live electric performances.

The album opened at number one on the Billboard 200. It spent 25 weeks on the chart and became the band's sixth platinum album since 1991. As of 2001, it has sold over 1.15 million copies in the United States alone.[1]

Release

From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah was the second Nirvana album to be released following the death of singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain in April 1994. It was compiled primarily by Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic, who also penned the album's liner notes. Novoselic and Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl had originally intended on releasing a live album in 1994, to accompany what became MTV Unplugged in New York in a two-disc set originally titled Verse Chorus Verse, named after both a Nirvana song and the most prevalent song structure in the band's music, but were emotionally unable to compile it so soon after Cobain's death.[2]

The album's title refers to the Wishkah River in Aberdeen, Washington, where Cobain claimed to have spent nights sleeping under the Young Street Bridge as a teenager (as referenced in the song "Something in the Way", from the band's 1991 release, Nevermind). This claim has since been refuted by Novoselic, who said, "He never lived under that bridge. He hung out there, but you couldn't live on those muddy banks, with the tide coming up and down. That was his own revisionism."[3]

No commercial singles were released from the album, but promotional singles were sent out for radio play for a number of the songs, including "Aneurysm" (US and UK), "Drain You" (U.S.), "Lithium" (the Netherlands) and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Spain and France). A limited edition promotional box set was also released in Australia containing three promotional singles for the songs "Aneurysm", "Heart-Shaped Box", and "Polly". The box set also included Nevermind: It's an Interview, a promotional interview disc first released in 1992.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Alternative Press4/5[5]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[6]
Los Angeles Times[7]
NME9/10[8]
Q[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[11]
Spin8/10[12]
The Village VoiceA[13]

Critical reception of the album was generally positive. It was rated #9 in Rolling Stone's 1997 critics' poll of the top 10 albums of 1996,[14] and #14 in Spin's Best Albums of 1996.[citation needed]

Lorraine Ali of Rolling Stone described the album as the "emotional, visceral flip side" of MTV Unplugged in New York, and as "riotous and liberating", showing the band "in their most natural state, smashing instruments and inducing irreversible tinnitus."[2] Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic called it "a little scattershot" but "still a terrific record" which "finds a great band in top form."[4] American music critic Robert Christgau wrote, "I play Unplugged to refresh my memory of a sojourner's spirituality. I'll play this one when I want to remember a band's guts, fury, and rock and roll music."[13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kurt Cobain, except where noted

No.TitleOther writersLength
1."Intro" 0:52
2."School" (recorded by VPRO-TV in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at Paradiso, November 25, 1991.) 2:40
3."Drain You" (recorded by Westwood One at Del Mar Fairgrounds, CA, December 28, 1991.) 3:34
4."Aneurysm" (recorded by Westwood One at Del Mar Fairgrounds, California, December 28, 1991.)Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic4:31
5."Smells Like Teen Spirit" (recorded by Westwood One at Del Mar Fairgrounds, California, December 28, 1991.)Cobain, Grohl, Novoselic4:47
6."Been a Son" (recorded by VPRO-TV in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at Paradiso, November 25, 1991.) 2:07
7."Lithium" (recorded by VPRO-TV in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at Paradiso, November 25, 1991.) 4:10
8."Sliver" (recorded by Craig Overbay at the Springfield Civic Center, Springfield, Massachusetts, November 10, 1993.) 1:55
9."Spank Thru" (recorded by Stereoral at Il Castello Vi de Porta, Castello 41 Rome, November 19, 1991.) 3:10
10."Scentless Apprentice" (recorded for MTV Live and Loud by Scott Litt at Pier 48, Seattle, December 13, 1993.)Cobain, Grohl, Novoselic3:31
11."Heart-Shaped Box" (recorded by Craig Overbay at the Great Western Forum, Los Angeles, December 30, 1993.) 4:41
12."Milk It" (recorded by Craig Overbay at the Seattle Center Arena, January 7, 1994.) 3:45
13."Negative Creep" (recorded by Andy Wallace at the Paramount Theatre, Seattle, October 31, 1991.) 2:43
14."Polly" (recorded by Craig Montgomery at the London Astoria, December 3, 1989.) 2:30
15."Breed" (recorded by Craig Montgomery at the London Astoria, December 3, 1989.) 3:28
16."Tourette's" (recorded by Fujisankei Communications International, Inc. in Reading, England at the Reading Festival, August 30, 1992.) 1:55
17."Blew" (recorded by VPRO-TV in Amsterdam, Netherlands, at Paradiso, November 25, 1991.) 3:36
Vinyl edition bonus track
No.TitleLength
18."Untitled" (various concert outtakes and stage banter on side 4)5:47

Charts and certifications

Preceded by Billboard 200 number-one album
October 19, 1996–October 26, 1996 		Succeeded by
Falling Into You by Celine Dion
Preceded by Australian ARIA number-one album
October 13, 1996–October 20, 1996 		Succeeded by
The Very Best of Toni Childs by Toni Childs
Preceded by Canadian Albums Chart number-one album
October 19, 1996–November 9, 1996 		Succeeded by

Personnel

Nirvana
Production
  • Scott Litt, Craig Montgomery, Craig Overbay – engineering
  • Bob Ludwig – mastering
  • Shauna O'Brien, Diane Stata – production, production coordination
  • Andy Wallace – engineering, mixing on tracks 3, 4, 5, 10, 12, and 13
  • Krist Novoselic – liner notes
  • Robert Fisher – design
  • Lisa Johnson, Kevin Mazur, Charles Peterson – photography
  • Mark Kates – photography, A&R

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External links

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