Kurt Cobain   Montage of Heck: The Home Recordings
1.5
very poor
Release Date: 11/2015
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1.0 awfuljudasgoat | November 14th 15

Q: If the corpse is decomposed by this point, can you still milk it for all it's worth?
A: Of fucking course you can!


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1.5 very poorJared Floryan | November 16th 15

A more appropriate title for this release would be Universal Fucks Up a Legacy: The Home Recordings. While it might not be the label's (and Courtney Love's, for that matter) fault entirely, my gut is telling me that ex-Nirvana primary songwriter and vocalist Kurt Cobain wouldn't have wanted this to see the light of day. On the subject of Cobain himself, it was here where he demonstrated a "composer first, musician second" mindset; he could write tunes fine if "Clean Up Before She Comes" and "Sappy" are of any indication, but the grunge icon was dreadful in other areas. I like to think of this LP as a cadaver being utilized as a marionette - and boy, how wrong that is.

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0.0 RoanCadwallader | July 31st 20

If you can excuse the low-quality and the audacity of Courtney Love for releasing it, some of the songs featured are as captivating as Nirvana's main works. The final track made me cry. Quite haunting.

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1.0 awfulDaryl the Beryl | November 22nd 15

There are some good tracks, like "And I Love Her" and "Reverb Experiment", but this as a whole is an album Cobain wouldn't have want to be released. Several of the tracks have Cobain's voice altered greatly, and it doesn't do justice to him. Strangely, the better tracks are the ones without Cobain singing.

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1.0 awfulINTERNATIONAL POPSTAR STEVEN WILSON | November 19th 15

ok yeah this is a problem

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1.5 very poorlz41 | November 19th 15

A look into Cobain's mind
If by 'look' you mean 'he-invited-us-into-the-mental-equivalent-of-his-downstairs-toilet-locked-the-door-before-we-realised-what-was-going-on-and-then-ran-away-laughing-bitterly'

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1.5 very poorJordan M. EMERITUS | November 13th 15
1.5 very poormrfixit | November 12th 15
1.5 very poorMr Snrub | November 12th 15

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