- grunge, rock, alternative rock, noise rock
- 43 min
- 13 tracks
- Warner Music Canada
Bleach is the debut studio album by American rock band Nirvana, released on June 15, 1989, by Sub Pop. After the release of their debut single "Love Buzz" on Sub Pop in November 1988, Nirvana rehearsed for two to three weeks in preparation for recording a full-length album. The main recording sessions for Bleach took place at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle, Washington between December 1988 and January 1989. It is the only Nirvana album released on the Sub Pop label.
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Character
Character-led, spare, grave and earnest.
- character-ledplot-driven
- sparerichly built
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
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- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- And It Don't StopB+
- The A.V. ClubA−
- Billboard4.5/5 ★
- Blender3/5 ★
- Pitchfork8.5/10
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
- Select4/5
- Spin8/10
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Tracks
- 1Blew2:54
- 2Floyd the Barber2:18
- 3About a Girl2:48
- 4School2:42
- 5Love Buzz3:35
- 6Paper Cuts4:06
- 7Negative Creep2:56
- 8Scoff4:10
- 9Swap Meet3:03
- 10Mr. Moustache3:24
- 11Sifting5:22
- 12Big Cheese3:42
- 13Downer1:43
13 tracks, 43 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Nirvana
- Label
- Warner Music Canada
- Released
- 1989
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- CA
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