What does the Nirvana Nevermind cover mean?
American rock band Nirvana, released their Nevermind second studio album on September 24, 1991, by DGC Records. It was Nirvana’s first release on a major label and the first to feature drummer Dave Grohl. Produced by Butch Vig, Nevermind features a more polished, radio-friendly sound than the band’s prior work. Recording took place at Sound…
American rock band Nirvana, released their Nevermind second studio album on September 24, 1991, by DGC Records. It was Nirvana’s first release on a major label and the first to feature drummer Dave Grohl.
Produced by Butch Vig, Nevermind features a more polished, radio-friendly sound than the band’s prior work. Recording took place at Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, California, and Smart Studios in Madison, Wisconsin in May and June 1991, with mastering being completed in August of that year at The Mastering Lab in Hollywood, California.
What does the Nirvana Nevermind cover mean?
The album cover shows a naked baby boy swimming underwater with a U.S. dollar bill on a fish hook just out of his reach. According to Cobain, he conceived the idea while watching a television program on water births. Cobain mentioned it to Geffen’s art director Robert Fisher.
Nevermind became an unexpected critical and commercial success, charting highly on charts across the world. By January 1992, it reached number one on the US Billboard 200 and was selling approximately 300,000 copies a week. The lead single “Smells Like Teen Spirit” reached the top 10 of the US Billboard Hot 100 and went on to be inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame. Its video was also heavily rotated on MTV.
