Liner Notes

Tracks 2,6,7,17 Recorded by: VPRO-TV in Amsterdam, Holland at Paradiso November 25, 1991 Tracks 3,4,5 Recorded by: Westwood One at Del Mar Fairgrounds, CA, on Mixed by: Andy Wallace December 28, 1991 Track 8 Recorded by: Craig Overbay at the Civic Center, Springfield, MA November 10, 1993 Track 9 Recorded by: Stereoral at || Castello 41 Rome on November 19, 1991 Track 10 Recorded for: MTV Live and loud Recorded by: Scott Litt at Pier 48, Seattle, WA Mixed by: Andy Wallace December 13, 1993 Track 11 Recorded by: Craig Overbay at the Great Western Forum, Loas Angeles, CA December 30, 1993 Track 12 Recorded by: Craig Overbay at Seattle Center Arena Mixed by: Andy Wallace January 5, 1994 Track 13 Recorded and mixed by: Andy Wallace at the Paramount Theatre, Seattle, WA October 31, 1991 Tracks 14,15 Recorded by: Craig Montgomery at the Astoria Theatre, London December 5, 1989 Track 16 Recorded by: Fujisankei Communications International Inc. in Reading, England December 30, 1992 A&R: Mark Kates Managed by: John Silva at Gold Mountain Entertainment Production Coordinators: Shauna O' Brien Diane Stata Lynnel Herrera Michael DeWitt Mastered by: Bob Ludwig at Gateway Mastering, Portland Maine Design: Robert Fisher Photography: Lisa Johnson Mark Kates Kevin Mazur Charles Peterson

Album Pictures Front Inner #1 Inner #2 Inner #3 Inner #4 Inner #5 Inner #6 Inner #7 Inner #8 Back CD

Song Information

School - A song about the incestuous Seattle Scene. The bands seem to resemble high school cliques.

Drain You - A song about (plainly and simply) love. Highly medical theme.

Aneurysm - Possibly about shooting heroin - Drums: Dave Grohl

Smells Like Teen Spirit - An attack on the apathy of our own generation

Been A Son - Song about a girl whose parents wanted a boy - Drums: Dave Grohl

Lithium - A first person narrative of a nervous breakdown, or an update of the Marxist description of religion as 'Opiate of the masses'. An ode to disconnection.

Sliver - A semi-biographical song about being deserted by your parents - Drums: Dan Peters

Scentless Apprentice - Based on the novel "Perfume" by Patrick Suskind, about a perfume maker who kills virgins for their scent.

Heart-Shaped Box - Themes of co-dependancy and many other themes.

Milk It - A song about co-dependancy, it heavily carries the medical theme.

Negative Creep - the first person narrative from an antisocial person

Polly - Based on the actual kidnapping of a 14 year old girl and her torture.

Breed - Growing up and being trapped by Middle Class America.

tourette's - This song has no meaning at all. Kurt just screamed alot. Based on tourette's syndrome, which causes one to shout out obscenities at any time.

Blew - The whole song conveys themes of entrapment