Montage of Heck: The Home Recordings | |
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Released | November 13, 2015 |
Recorded | 1986–1994 |
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Length | 33:41 (Standard edition) 71:05 (Deluxe edition) |
Label | Universal Music |
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Singles from Montage of Heck:The Home Recordings | |
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Montage of Heck:The Home Recordings is a compilation of home recordings by Kurt Cobain that were used as the soundtrack to the film Kurt Cobain:Montage of Heck ,released posthumously on November 13,2015 by Universal Music. [3] The album was released as a standard 13-track CD,a 31-track deluxe album,and an audio cassette. [3] The 13-track standard version focuses on the music found on Cobain's personal cassettes and the 31-track deluxe version showcases tracks from the documentary including spoken word,demos and full songs. [3]
The original cassette tapes that were used to create Montage of Heck:The Home Recordings were discovered by Brett Morgen when he was approached by Courtney Love and Francis Bean Cobain about making a documentary about Kurt Cobain. He discovered over 200 hours of audio cassettes that had never been heard by the public before. Of the 108 tapes,Morgen chose to release cassette number 54,entitled Montage of Heck;he used it as the companion album to his documentary Kurt Cobain:Montage of Heck . [4]
The tracks on the album are a culmination of covers,original songs,early Nirvana demos,interludes,and spoken word entries recorded by Cobain. Some notable demos included are "Scoff","Been a Son","You Can’t Change Me / Burn My Britches / Something in the Way",and "Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle",whose studio versions all appeared on one Nirvana's three studio albums, Bleach , Nevermind ,and In Utero . Additionally,it features the songs "Sappy","Clean Up Before She Comes",and "Do Re Mi" which can all be found on the box set With the Lights Out . Along with the demos,there are a multitude of previously unreleased songs by Kurt Cobain,including "Burn the Rain","Rehash",and "Letters to Francis". One of the project's most recognized tracks is Cobain's cover of the Beatles' song "And I Love Her". Another very notable track is "Aberdeen",which sees Cobain speak about a suicide attempt in high school.
The rest of the album consists of chaotic interludes such as "Montage of Kurt" and "1988 Capitol Lake Jam Commercial". [5]
Cobain's "Burn the Rain" was sampled in the song "Cudi Montage," the final track from American hip-hop duo Kids See Ghosts' debut studio album in 2018. [6]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 56/100 [7] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [8] |
Entertainment Weekly | A [9] |
The Guardian | [10] |
Pitchfork | 4.0/10 [11] |
Rolling Stone | [12] |
Spin | 4/10 [13] |
Tiny Mix Tapes | [1] |
Montage of Heck:The Home Recordings was met with mostly mixed reviews. [7] At Metacritic,which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from critics,the album received an average score of 56,which indicates "mixed or average reviews",based on 18 reviews. [7] AllMusic senior critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine panned the album,stating:"While that's interesting for a while,at a certain point -- and it arrives rather quickly -- the fascination curdles and it's hard not to feel unclean,as if you're snooping through your beloved brother's desk." [8] Alexis Petridis from The Guardian criticized the release,saying "In 21 years,the posthumous Nirvana industry has gone from releasing the band’s astonishing MTV Unplugged in New York performance to literally putting out recordings of Kurt Cobain making farting noises." [10] Further,Jayson Green of Pitchfork pointed out that "The Home Recordings marks the point where that exploitation enters the absurd." [11]
Nevertheless,Kyle Anderson of Entertainment Weekly praised the album,considering it as "a cultural artifact that provides an inside look at the creative process of an enigmatic genius." [9] Tiny Mix Tapes critic Joe Hemmerling wrote:"There is pleasure to be found here,particularly in Cobain’s left-field excursions into Burroughs-ian collage,but these pleasures will hold scant value to anyone not already convinced of the author’s peculiar genius." [1]
All songs written by Kurt Cobain except where noted.
A Super Deluxe Edition Box Set was also released containing the Kurt Cobain:Montage of Heck documentary film on both DVD and Blu-ray along with the Montage of Heck:The Home Recordings on CD and on audio cassette (31-track deluxe album versions). It also contained the 160 page version companion hard bound book with more interviews and photos,a 12"x12" double-sided puzzle in its own tin,an 18"x24" double-sided movie poster,collectable 5"x7" double-sided postcards,and a bookmark. [14]
Chart (2015) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA) [15] | 75 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [16] | 42 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [17] | 78 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [18] | 51 |
French Albums (SNEP) [19] | 65 |
Irish Albums (IRMA) [20] | 46 |
Italian Albums (FIMI) [21] | 47 |
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE) [22] | 94 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [23] | 47 |
UK Albums (OCC) [24] | 51 |
UK Soundtrack Albums (OCC) [25] | 1 |
US Billboard 200 [26] | 121 |
US Soundtrack Albums ( Billboard ) [27] | 1 |
Kurt Donald Cobain was an American musician who was the lead vocalist,guitarist,primary songwriter,and a founding member of the grunge band Nirvana. Through his angsty songwriting and anti-establishment persona,his compositions widened the thematic conventions of mainstream rock music. He was heralded as a spokesman of Generation X and is widely recognized as one of the most influential alternative rock musicians.
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"Something in the Way" is a song by American rock band Nirvana,written by vocalist and guitarist Kurt Cobain. It is the 12th song on their second album,Nevermind,released in September 1991. It is the final listed song on the album,although most copies of Nevermind also feature the hidden track "Endless,Nameless",which occupies the same track as "Something in the Way" and begins after approximately 10 minutes of silence.
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"Do Re Mi" is a song by American rock band Nirvana,written by vocalist and guitarist,Kurt Cobain. It first appeared on the band's rarities box set,With the Lights Out,released in November 2004. A second version appears on the deluxe edition of Montage of Heck:The Home Recordings,released in November 2015.
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