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Performer: Nirvana (US)
Distributor: Universal Distribution

Notes: Universal's 2010 collection Icon is an 11-track collection of Nirvana's hit singles, containing the group's alternative radio standards -- "Smells Like Teen Spirit," "Come as You Are," "In Bloom," "Lithium," "Heart-Shaped Box," "Pennyroyal Tea," "About A Girl," an acoustic "All Apologies," plus the posthumous "You Know You're Right" - in a concise, enjoyable collection that doesn't dig deep but does give casual fans what they want. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Though they released only three full-length studio albums during their relatively brief existence, Nirvana were without question one of the most important rock band of the 1990s. As reluctant leaders of the so-called grunge movement, Nirvana brought a loud angry sound born from the underground firmly into the mainstream, and the result was as cataclysmic as the punk movement if not the birth of rock & roll itself. The band's mix of metallic heaviness, punk angst, and pure pop hooks was itself something at which to marvel; however, it was the songwriting genius of frontman Kurt Cobain that made Nirvana a rightfully legendary band. Sadly, the band came to an abrupt and after Cobain's tragic suicide in 1994.

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