Incesticide is a very unique album, or compilation, of strange and cool songs. No it doesn't really have a flow, but that doesn't stop it from being a different kind of listening experience. Some of the songs are really funny, others are top-notch, and some are just disgusting.

~The Songs~

1. DIVE- upbeat song off Nirvana's second single (Sliver/Dive); reminds me of school ("pick me, pick me, yeah")

2. SLIVER- masterpiece song, great use of repetition

3. STAIN- a little strange, one of the lesser songs

4. BEEN A SON- about kurt's sister, pretty good song

5. TURNAROUND (Devo cover)- the lyrics may not have been written by the band, but they sure put a twist of their own humor in

6. MOLLY'S LIPS (Vaselines cover)- upbeat, the original is great too

7. SON OF A GUN- (Vaselines cover)- reminds me of childhood

8. (NEW WAVE) POLLY- Polly is a masterpiece song, but I don't think this version is very fitting, it's more suited to a slow acoustic

9. BEESWAX- from the early days, slightly obscene and overall a pretty bad song, the lyrics are really dumb

10. DOWNER- from Bleach, the lyrics here are interesting "hand out lobotomies to save little families"

11. MEXICAN SEAFOOD- a toss up between which is more disgusting, this or Beeswax, this song is sick

12. HAIRSPRAY QUEEN- love the vocals

13. AERO ZEPPELIN- "all the kids will eat it up, if it's packaged properly"

14. BIG LONG NOW- slow, low song, eerie quality makes it very different sounding

15. ANEURYSM- the best for last, b-side for Teen Spirit along with Even in His Youth, both songs are outstanding

here are all of the tracks and why i love them:
Dive:9/10 good bass at the beginning, but it gets repetitive
Sliver:10/10 i love this song. the lyrics are a little strange, but what do you expect from Kurt?
Stain: 8/10 i don't like this song as much as the others. i don't know why
Been a Son: 9/10 the lyrics are pretty cynical, this song is about Kurt's sister (i think)
Turnaround:10/10 a great cover of a great band (Devo)
Molly's Lips: 8/10 i might appreciate it more if i heard the original one by the Vaselines
Son of a gun: 10/10. this is one of my favorite songs. i don't know why.
(New Wave) Polly: 7/10 the Unplugged version is the best.
Beeswax: 8/10 i like the drums in the beginning and the chorus.
Downer: 10/10. another favorite. it was originally on Bleach (another great cd) and eventually made its way here and onto Wishka.
Mexican Seafood: 9/10 good, but strange.
Hairspray Queen: 10/10 my third favorite. kinda hard to understand but very very good.
Areo Zeppelin 20/10 ok, so my rating is a little over the top. but this is hands-down the most under-appreciated song of the 90s. a lot of people don't feel that way, but i do. my favorite song on the cd, the hidden gem
Big Long Now:8/10 it's good, but kinda sounds depressing.
Aneurysm:10/10 my second favorite. it starts out in distortion, then gets calm, then does that over again until they get to the lyrics (then it continues) this is sorta like switching between two different songs that sound good together. my second favorite.
overall cd:10/10
maybe someday, when people get over the poser rock that dominates the airways these days, they'll finally notice the raw beauty of Incesticide.
R.I.P. Kurt Cobain

This is my second favourite Nirvana record (after Bleach). It's a compilation of various outtakes, b-sides, and also BBC radio sessions. The album opens in fantastic style, with the super-rockin' "Dive", followed by (in my opinion) the best ever Nirvana song, "Sliver" (which is totally unlike anything else they did). From then on, the album is split into two distinct halves. The first half is very happy, cheerful stuff, with a whole lot of covers (some from The Vaselines, and a brilliant Devo cover). This is Nirvana at their most happy. The second half is mostly Bleach-outtakes, and so is a lot heavier and not so friendly to the listener. It also sees Kurt messing around a lot with his voice, trying out different stuff. It takes a while to get into the second half of the album, but it's well worth it. There is some great music going down here. "Beeswax", "Mexican Seafood" and "Hairspray Queen" all have killer tunes. Check out the bassline on "Hairspray Queen" - I love that damn bassline! "Downer" is a great song, which is also the last track on the Bleach CD. "Beeswax" has some potentially-very-crazy-and-cool lyrics. All in all, this is a really great grab-bag of stuff. Lots of cool songs - Buy it!

I am going around reviewing Nirvana's obscure records, because I somehow figure Incesticide could use another review more than Nevermind, with its 650+.
LOL, at 5,000-something Amazon.com sales rank, I wonder if there's anyone out there who knows this little corner of Amazon.com even exists, let alone wants to buy the CD, but it doesn't make it any less cool and, in my opinion, HILARIOUS, :o).

I dislike 3 songs on this CD-- Mexican Seafood (which I guess is just not my type of, um, humor); new wave Polly, because while the acoustic and electric versions of this song *rock*, this one seems out of place. It's a serious song, it doesn't sound good at a ridiculous punk speed.
And, well, Downer, which just doesn't go anywhere (and yet managed to get onto not one, but 2 Nirvana records, drat).
But come on, disliking 3 out of 15 songs for someone as picky as me is a new record. Especially for a B-sides collection.
The interesting thing about Incesticide, in my opinion, is that lots of its songs are more accessible than the majority of Bleach, and far more accessible than Endless Nameless from Nevermind. And maybe even Territorial Pissings. If you like these songs, which I do, and if you wanna listen to something other than Nevermind, which is a long shot, then it's completely safe to buy Incesticide. :oP
I like it as much as Bleach, and basically think that while it's not as essential as Nevermind, In Utero, or Unplugged (whaddya know, for once I agree with Amazon's essential-picks!) it's money well wasted if you wanna see a funny side of Nirvana.

So let me get on with this: Beeswax, Aneurysm, Sliver, Stain, Turnaround, and especially Hairspray Queen with its orgasmic ending (literally), are HILARIOUS songs. I totally agree with the reviewer who said the beginning of Aneurysm and it's pace-changes crack him up. Songs like Dive, Big Long Now, and Aero Zeppelin shouldn't BE on a B-sides album, period.
And Molly's Lips and Son of a Gun are just another piece of proof that Kurt Cobain was kickass at song covers (see Unplugged).
When my strictly-Smells like Teen Spirit friend heard Hairspray Queen she was like "what's with the squealing"? But the second time she heard it, she started paying attention and thought it was funny. I can't promise you'll feel the same way, but if you like music anything more than while vacuuming, you just might appreciate Incesticide's eccentricities. Which, by the way, don't exist in mainstream music.

Oh, and the Rolling Stone dudes don't know what the hell they're talking about.

....I LOVE Incesticide. And I must be the only Nirvana fan on the planet whose favorite song is Big Long Now. Why is this song so ignored? My god, the words, the haunting melody, the haunting vocals... ....

I won't get into analysing the songs and interpreting them blow-by-blow, but I will say that Kurt Cobain uses at least 7 different voices on this CD, and that each song is melodically and instrumentally genuine and original. The cover songs are also brilliant.

And here's just a little tidbit I have to mention: I became a Nirvana fan only quite recently. I was slightly too young for the whole Nirvana craze of 1991, and the tragedy of 1994.
But when I recently purchased Nevermind, I was hooked. Now, I purchased that album of course because that was "the one to get". HOWEVER, in a matter of one week, I had heard both In Utero and Incesticide, and quite honestly I don't think the big blaring "WARNING"-s are all that important for first-time listeners of the less-commercial Nirvana, if those listeners know good music when they hear it. This is just pure, glorious music with a brain, the kind where you can't predict the ending before the song is halfway through. The kind that you can't sing along to all that easily. The kind where you have to make an effort, for god's sake.
If the pop sap of today's various 'NStynks didn't drain you of your senses, get this CD. Don't be hesitant. And get Bleach and In Utero with it. There's more to Nirvana than Nevermind and Unplugged, as utterly fabulous as those two are (and my goodness, they are!). It might take a couple of listenings to get used to Incesticide. But only a couple. The quality will then speak for itself.