Nevermind

Ranked #1 in AP's list of the `Top 99 of '85-'95' - "...this Seattle trio, for better or for worse, actually deserved the literal heaps of attention that pursued them. ...[Nirvana] broke into and stole the hearts of this generation because Sir Cobain could write an incredibly catchy song...[with] lyrics that were not shallow treatises... Alternative Press (7/95, p.75)

Ranked #1 in EW's "Top 10 albums of the '90s" - "...[It] continues to spew a molten-lava stream of melody, primal force, and passion... Entertainment Weekly (Spring 2000, p.166)

Ranked #5 in Melody Maker's list of the top 30 albums of 1991 - "...aching melodies...fearsome metallic attack...An album which penetrated all the way to the heart of America's metal homeland... Melody Maker (12/91)

Ranked #12 in NME's list of the `Greatest Albums Of All Time. NME (10/2/93, p.29)

...The culmination of 10 years of post-punk, and a reinvention of the style for a new generation....Smart, sarcastic rock, noisy and catchy and unabashedly confused, that zoomed from a collegiate cult following into the Top 10 without a hint of appeasement... New York Times (1/1/92)

Included in Q Magazine's list of the 50 best albums of 1991. Q (1/92)

Ranked #3 in Q's "Best 50 Albums of Q's Lifetime Q (10/01, p.106)

Included in Q Magazine's "90 Best Albums Of The 1990s. Q (12/99, p.70)

Included in Rolling Stone's "Essential Recordings of the 90's. Rolling Stone (5/13/99, p.50)

Highly Recommended - Ranked #3 in Spin's list of the 20 Best Albums Of 1991. Spin (12/91)

Ranked #1 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s. Spin (9/99, pp.114-5)

Included in Vibe's 100 Essential Albums of the 20th Century. Vibe (12/99, p.160)