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FREE ALBUM: SPIN Tribute to Nirvana's 'Nevermind'

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FREE ALBUM: SPIN Tribute to Nirvana's 'Nevermind'
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billyhoyle on 20/07/2011 - 06:55 spin.com (1055 clicks)
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SPIN's August issue pays tribute to the 20th anniversary of Nirvana's Nevermind, and as part of our package we tapped some of our favorite contemporary artists to cover the influential album's 13 songs, in their original order. The download is called Newermind, and it's our gift to you.

We were happy that two of Kurt Cobain's personal faves — the Meat Puppets and the Vaselines, both of whom Nirvana famously covered during their MTV Unplugged taping — joined our effort. Below you'll find the complete album tracklist, with reflections from each contributing artist.

GET THE FREE DOWNLOAD NOW:
SPIN Presents Newermind is available as a FREE download now through July 25 exclusively via SPIN's Facebook page.

Beginning on July 26, the album will be available for free download on this page.

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  • ryang on 20/07/2011 - 08:55

    File coming from a secure CDN, doesn't allow multiple downloads… If anyone wants a copy, I can upload it. =P

  • chichi on 20/07/2011 - 09:10

    Won't work for me….

    "Oops!

    We can't serve the page you requested."

  • stumo on 20/07/2011 - 09:52
    +6

    Wait what… 20 year's ago!!!, wow now I feel old.

    • ryang on 20/07/2011 - 10:10

      Yep, same here…. And yet the flannel look is making another comeback.

    • altomic on 20/07/2011 - 10:58

      a friend at work said to me the other day that she got tickets to pink floyd/roger waters. my response -"yeah I saw them….last century….1988….23 years ago……"

  • GreatWhiteHunter on 20/07/2011 - 11:44
    +2

    OMFG they have absolutely butchered "Come as you are" - sounds like its played by the Chipmunks but when they were high and heavily intoxicated - terrible

    Smells like teen spirit is better but still doesn't hold a candle to the real deal…

    Lithium is the softest version of it you will ever hear - you keep waiting for the heavy guitar to kick in and it just never does.

    Cobain would be turning in his grave - some of the worst covers I've heard. You hear better in most Sydney cover bands…

    No wonder it is free, no-one in their right mind would pay for it…

    • Bargaphile on 20/07/2011 - 13:35

      Is the Come as you are cover to be taken seriously? Or are they taking the p*ss? I can only hope the ghost of Kurt comes looking for these tools, with his 20 gauge model 11 in hand.

    • daydream on 20/07/2011 - 16:18

      They really should have called this "Never mind" ;-)

  • Bob_Fossil on 20/07/2011 - 13:02

    The album that led me to playing guitar 18 years ago :)

  • MrMaxwell on 20/07/2011 - 13:25

    Just makes me wanna fire up the ORIGINAL when I get home from work tonight….some things just cannot be copied nor covered.

  • thrones on 20/07/2011 - 13:42

    obligatory melvins comment. no thank you necessary.

    • ryang on 20/07/2011 - 13:56

      It's amazing what one comment can do.. A quick wiki, scan of my music and lo-and-behold, I have a copy of Stag sitting there. Never listened to it, but it's all playing now.

      Thanks! =P

  • SBOB on 20/07/2011 - 14:53
    +1

    Bargain for the price..

    But perhaps the word 'tribute' means something different at Spin magazine because that was just terrible…

  • djsherly on 20/07/2011 - 16:51
    +1

    I thought the covers were fine. If you wanted exact copies of the songs, then there's an album released twenty years ago which you'd find right on the money. I enjoy the Spin (see what I did there) that individuals can put on the songs they cover. For instance, I found "Lithium" quite good - the tempo and timing suggest more the consequences of lithium rather than its indications.

    For the price, well worth it. This is ozbargain after all.

    • stumo on 20/07/2011 - 17:47
      +1

      Totally agree. This is a Tribute album, not a cover album.

      I love tribute albums. Sure most of the songs are carp, but you get the odd good one. And that opens up a whole new artist you probably never would have bothered with or even known about before.

    • chickentaste on 21/07/2011 - 08:14
      +1

      Agreed, if I wanted to listen to people doing their best to sound EXACTLY like Nirvana playing songs from Nevermind I'd just listen to Nevermind (or go to any number of dull mid-week pub-rock nights). The whole point of a cover song is to do something totally different with it and to still make it sound good (or at least interesting enough for a listener to sit up and notice). For example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NG2EGOB9-lc

  • blitz on 20/07/2011 - 20:24

    I don't know why everyone is piling on here. It's not the best album in the world, it's a Tribute.

  • aussman on 23/07/2011 - 17:31

    may be free but these cover are just woeful!!!

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