Nirvana (album)

	Chart positions ; Explanation of the data
	Albums
	Nirvana
	Singles
	You know you're right

chronology
Nirvana
Compilation album of Nirvana
Publication ; (s)	October 29, 2002
Label (s)	Geffen Records
Format (s)	CD
Genre (s)	Grunge
Title (number)	15th
running time	49 min 38 s
occupation	Guitar , vocals : Kurt Cobain ; Bass : Krist Novoselić ; Drums : Dave Grohl ;
production	Butch Vig; Steve Albini; Jack Endino; Steve Fisk; Scott Litt;
October 8, 2002	You know you're right

Nirvana is a best-of album by the American band Nirvana of the same name . It was released in late October 2002, more than eight years after the trio split up, on the Geffen Records label.

content

The songs contained on the album are mostly previously released singles from the three studio albums Bleach (one song), Nevermind (four songs) and In Utero (four songs). Three tracks were added from the 1993 live album MTV Unplugged In New York . There is also one track each from the EP Blew and the B-side album Incesticide . The only previously unreleased track on the album is You Know You're Right .

Track list

#	title	length	Original album
1	You know you're right	3:38
2	About a girl	2:49	Bleach
3	Been a son	2:23	Blew
4th	Sliver	2:14	Incesticide
5	smells like Teen Spirit	5:01	Nevermind
6th	Come as you are	3:39	Nevermind
7th	lithium	4:17	Nevermind
8th	In Bloom	4:15	Nevermind
9	Heart-Shaped Box	4:41	In Utero
10	Pennyroyal Tea	3:38	In Utero
11	Rape Me	2:51	In Utero
12	Dumb	2:34	In Utero
13	All apologies	3:51	MTV Unplugged in New York
14th	The Man Who Sold the World	3:47	MTV Unplugged in New York
15th	Where Did You Sleep Last Night	5:08	MTV Unplugged in New York

Chart successes and singles

The best-of album entered the German charts at number 5 in the 46th calendar week of 2002 and was at number 9 in the following weeks; 11 and 16. In total, Nirvana was in the top 100 for 26 weeks. In the US, the album debuted at number 3 and left the charts after 37 weeks. In the German annual charts for 2002, the sound carrier was ranked 88th.

Being single was You Know You're Right decoupled for download. The song rose to number 45 in the US charts, but failed to establish itself in the German charts.

Sales figures and awards

The best of has sold around 8.2 million times worldwide. In the US, the album was awarded a platinum record for more than one million units sold . In Europe, Nirvana sold more than two million copies and achieved double platinum status.

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Argentina (CAPIF)	platinum	60,000
Australia (ARIA)	5 × platinum	350,000
Belgium (BEA)	platinum	(50,000)
Brazil (PMB)	platinum	125,000
Europe (IFPI)	2 × platinum	2,000,000
Finland (IFPI)	gold	(17,000)
France (SNEP)	gold	(100,000)
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	(60,000)
Japan (RIAJ)	platinum	200,000
Norway (IFPI)	gold	(20,000)
Austria (IFPI)	platinum	(30,000)
Poland (ZPAV)	gold	(35,000)
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	(30,000)
Switzerland (IFPI)	platinum	(40,000)
Spain (Promusicae)	gold	(50,000)
United States (RIAA)	platinum	2,400,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	3 × platinum	(900,000)
All in all	6 × gold 18 × platinum	5,135,000

Main article: Nirvana / Awards for Music Sales

reception

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
laut.de
Rolling Stone
allmusic

Stefan Friedrich from laut.de rated the album with five out of a possible five points. The best of makes it clear that Nirvana “left a gap” “that no one has really been able to fill so far.” The previously unreleased song You Know You're Right also turns out to be “a small hit after listening to it several times.”

Individual evidence

↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
^ Nirvana at musicline.de
↑ Nirvana at billboard.com
↑ DE: Annual charts # 88
↑ You Know You're Right US # 45
↑ Nirvana at statisticbrain.com
↑ RIAA : Search Results Gold and Platinum Awards from Nirvana
↑ Europe: double platinum
^ Gary Trust: Ask Billboard: Rihanna's (Quirky) Record in the Hot 100's Top 10 with 'Needed Me'. In: Billboard. September 18, 2016, accessed September 18, 2016 .
↑ ^a ^b Evaluation: laut.de
↑ Rating: Rolling Stone
↑ Rating: allmusic.com

[Charts-1] Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US

[2] Nirvana at musicline.de

[3] Nirvana at billboard.com

[4] DE: Annual charts # 88

[5] You Know You're Right US # 45

[6] Nirvana at statisticbrain.com

[riaa_gold_und_platin-7] RIAA : Search Results Gold and Platinum Awards from Nirvana

[8] Europe: double platinum

[billboard-9] Gary Trust: Ask Billboard: Rihanna's (Quirky) Record in the Hot 100's Top 10 with 'Needed Me'. In: Billboard. September 18, 2016, accessed September 18, 2016 .

[laut.de-10] Evaluation: laut.de

[11] Rating: Rolling Stone

[12] Rating: allmusic.com