History AwesomeMusic / Nirvana

** "Aneurysm", which was also featured as a B-side on the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" single, frequently makes it on to "best of" lists of Nirvana songs.

* Do we even have to go into detail why ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'' is awesome? It's basically the most catchy grunge record ''ever''.

* The [[SelfTitledAlbum Self-Titled]] GreatestHitsAlbum released in 2002 features the unreleased track "You Know You're Right". Never once does it play like a B-side or footnote; it's as huge and earwormy as anything else the band has done. The song was released in October 2002, and the next year, contemporary rock bands started covering it on their summer tour. ''That'' is how quickly it was accepted into Nirvana's canon.

* The [[SelfTitledAlbum Self-Titled]] GreatestHitsAlbum released in 2002 features the unreleased track "You Know You're Right". Never once does it play like a B-side or footnote; it's as huge and earwormy as anything else the band has done. The year it was released, contemporary rock bands started covering it on their summer tours. ''That'' is how quickly it was accepted into Nirvana's canon.

** The somewhat minimal arrangement of "About A Girl," dominated by a two-chord riff, is an early demonstration of how catchy and approachable they could be.

* Do we even have to go into detail why ''Music/{{Nevermind}}'' is awesome? It's basically the most catchy grunge record ever.

* The band's B-sides compilation album, ''Music/{{Incesticide}}'', manages to retain some good mentions of songs:

* ''Music/InUtero'' was designed to shed the band's audience through a noisier, abrasive production - which it has! - but Kurt's strong songwriting still shines through.

** "Heart-Shaped Box", a surging beast of a song filled with some of Kurt's most twisted poetry.
* When the [[SelfTitledAlbum Self-Titled]] GreatestHitsAlbum was released in 2002, it featured the unreleased track "You Know You're Right". Never once does it play like a b-side or footnote; it's as huge and ear wormy as anything else the band has done. The year it was released, contemporary rock bands started covering it on their summer tours. ''That'' is how quickly it was accepted into Nirvana's canon.
* "Aneurysm", released on ''Music/{{Incesticide}}'' and as a B-side on the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" single, frequently makes it on to "best of" lists of Nirvana songs.

* 1989's ''Music/{{Bleach}}'' is a dark, twisted beast of a record that predates all the madness of their fame, but it's still very much Nirvana:

* 1989's ''Music/{{Bleach}}'' is a dark, twisted beast of a record that predates all the madness of their fame, but it's still very much Music/{{Nirvana}}:

* 1989's ''Music/{{Bleach}}'' is a dark, twisted beast of a record that predates all the madness of their fame, but it's still very much Nirvana:

** Want some more energy? Listen to "Breed." Somehow Cobain manages to make "She said!" [[LoopingLyrics over and over again]] extremely catchy.

* When the [[SelfTitledAlbum Self-Titled]] GreatestHitsAlbum was released in 2002, it featured the unreleased track "You Know You're Right". Never once does it play like a b-side or footnote; it's as huge and ear wormy as anything else the band has done. The year it was released, contemporary rock bands started covering it on tour. THAT'S how quickly it was accepted into Nirvana's canon.

* When the [[SelfTitledAlbum Self-Titled]] GreatestHitsAlbum was released in 2002, it featured the unreleased track "You Know You're Right". Never once does it play like a b-side or footnote; it's as huge and {{Ear Worm}}y as anything else the band has done. The year it was released, contemporary rock bands started covering it on tour. THAT'S how quickly it was accepted into Nirvana's canon.

You don't change the rock landscape from HairMetal into AlternativeRock and {{Grunge}} without having some seriously Music/AwesomeMusic in your repertoire.

** The bass riff from their cover of Shocking Blue's "Love Buzz" is an EarWorm in either incarnation, but for pure visceral power, Nirvana's version blows the original out of the water.

** You might've heard of "Smells Like Teen Spirit". EpicRiff doesn't even begin to cover it.

** But you listen to grunge for noisier freak-outs, right? Well, there's always the awesomely punky "Stay Away" and the grimy mess that is "Territorial Pissings".

** You might've heard of "Smells Like Teen Spirit." EpicRiff doesn't even begin to cover it.

** But you listen to grunge for noisier freakouts, right? Well, there's always the awesomely punky "Stay Away" and the grimy mess that is "Territorial Pissings."
** If it sounds implausible to have an incredibly hooky song where the chorus is simply "Yeeeeeeeeeeeah," well, "Lithium" does just that and it works.

** "Heart-Shaped Box," a surging beast of a song filled with some of Kurt Cobain's most twisted poetry.
* When the [[SelfTitledAlbum Self-Titled]] GreatestHitsAlbum was released in 2002, it featured unreleased track "You Know You're Right." Never once does it play like a b-side or footnote; it's as huge and {{Ear Worm}}y as anything else the band has done. The year it was released, contemporary rock bands started covering it on tour. THAT'S how quickly it was accepted into Nirvana's canon.

* The entirety of "Muddy Banks of Wishkah", pulling live electric performances across their entire career. The live versions of "Negative Creep" and "Scentless Apprentice" alone bring the house down.

* When the [[SelfTitledAlbum Self-Titled]] GreatestHitsAlbum was released in 2002, it featured unreleased track "You Know You're Right." Never once does it play like a b-side or footnote; it's as huge and {{Ear Worm}}y as anything else the band has done.
** The year it was released, current rock bands started covering it on tour. THAT'S how quickly it was accepted into Nirvana's canon.

* "Aneurysm", released on ''Music/{{Incesticide}}'' and as a B-side on the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" single, frequently makes it on to "best of" lists of Nirvana songs.

* "Aneurysm", released on ''Music/{{Incesticide}}'' and as a b-side on the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" single, has frequently makes it on to best of lists of Nirvana songs.

* When the [[SelfTitledAlbum Self-Titled]] GreatestHitsAlbum was released in 2002, it featured unreleased track "You Know You're Right." Never once does it play like a b-side or footnote; it's as huge and {{Ear Worm}}y as anything else the band has done.