The Amazon critic has it wrong: the chorus on "School" is "No recess," NOT "Don't be sad"! Now that we've got that cleared up....It is well documented that Nirvana could be very scattershot live in concert, usually depending on the mental & physical health of troubled singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain. On a bad night, the band could be very ragged and sloppy, even rude---some nights, they wouldn't even play their big hit, "Smells Like Teen Spirit," much to the dismay of their audience. But on a GOOD night---and there were quite a few of those, too---Nirvana were powerful, rockin' monsters. "From The Muddy Banks of The Wishkah" captures Nirvana live in concert on the various GOOD nights they had over the years, with the live tracks recorded between 1989 and 1994. Nirvana blast through 16 songs, featuring some signature tunes like "Teen Spirit" and "Lithium," as well as some lesser-known songs like "Spank Thru" and "Blew." The band sound incredible, with Cobain, bassist Krist Noveselic and drummer Dave Grohl interlocked together like a three-headed rock beast (though on some tracks, guitarist Pat Smear joins the trio, and original drummer Chad Channing is featured on a couple of tracks instead of Grohl). This is raw, in-your-face, take-no-prisoners rock of the highest order, with no bad performances anywhere, and the louder you can play this CD, the better. "From The Muddy Banks Of The Wishkah" is a brilliant document of what Nirvana could do live in concert on the nights when they *really* gave it everything they had. No Nirvana fan should go without this awesome live set.

I really love this album. It gives you a real taste of what Nirvana was like in concert. The editing is such that it seems that you are listening to one whole concert, even though the album is culled from many live performances. Here are the tracks:

1 - Intro - Just a cut of pre-show noise. Has some conversation between Kurt and Krist. Then Kurt screams for some fun, and then we get...

Great live album.

Have you ever wanted to go to a Nirvana concert but weren't ever able to go?Maybe they didn't come to your area or you didn't have the money or time or a ride but for whatever reason,you weren't able to go.

Well,put on your headphones,push play,close your eyes and your there.You're there when Kurt starts playing the riff to Smells like teen spirit,and the audience goes crazy as they recognize it,see,this cd is the ticket you never had,and as you hear these songs you love being played live and with an urgent passion it's not impossible to imagine you're actually at one of their concerts,right next to the speakers,bumping against sweaty,angst filled,flannel wearing teenagers in the moshpit, feeling that incredible release.Indeed perhaps you can see Kurt up there with his blonde hair flailing as he screams into the microphone "A denial" at the top of his lungs over and over and in that moment you know that you're not just listening to nirvana,you're EXPERIENCING nirvana,to me,THAT'S what this cd's about,when you can be there,without ever having gone.

Well since when Nirvana was at its peak I was too young to really even know who Nirvana was.After hearing a few songs by them I bought this album. I realized that Nirvana really was the band that shaped todays music. This an awesome album to listen strait through. There is just so much energy in their songs expecially "Smells like Teen Spirit".This album is for anyone that likes alternative rock. OR anyone that likes AWESOME music. To bad Kurt died. Otherwise they would still be makin' rocking music like this.

The first album that was posthumously released by the surviving members of Nirvana was the MTV Unplugged album. That album was a quiet and beautiful eulogy to Kurt Cobain. After that album, Chris Novoselic and Dave Grohl released this live set, From The Muddy Banks of the Wishkah, which shows the live power that the band was famous for. There aren't any quiet moments include here, just the full blast of the band's manic live shows. Songs like "Lithium", Aneurysm", "Drain You" and "Breed" bristle with earth moving intensity and "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is a call to arms for Generation X. This album serves as a testament that Nirvana was a truly great live band and one that is still missed.