Nirvana Released Nevermind On September 24, 1991

Nirvana's Nevermind was released 16 years ago today, on September 24th of 1991.

The album, Nirvana's second studio album and first major label release, is arguably the most influential of the 1990s.

Although Nevermind debuted at only #144, it reached #1 by January of 1992. It's sold approximately 10 million copies in America and about 20 million copies worldwide.

Along with it's commercial success it is one of the most critically acclaimed albums of the 90s and of all time for that matter. It ranked #1 as best album of the decade by Spin and Entertainment Weekly. It ranked #6 in Pitchfork Media's stop 100 albums of the 90s list. It ranked #17 in Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time. It ranked #1 on MuchMoreMusic's list of the best 40 albums of the past 25 years in 2004.

Track listing (with live performance videos)
1. "Smells Like Teen Spirit"

2. "In Bloom"

3. "Come as You Are"

4. "Breed"

5. "Lithium"

6. "Polly"

7. "Territorial Pissings"

8. "Drain You"

9. "Lounge Act"

10. "Stay Away"

11. "On a Plain"

12. "Something in the Way"

Nirvana Released "Smells Like Teen Spirit" On September 10, 1991

Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" turns 16 years old today having been released on September 10th of 1991. The song was the lead single (and first track) on the band's '91 album Nevermind which was released two weeks later.

"Smells Like Teen Spirit" hit #6 on the Billboard top 100 and was #1 on the Modern Rock charts. It also did very well internationally: It hit #7 in the UK, #3 in Sweden, #6 on the Swiss charts, #2 on the Norwegian charts, and #1 in France.

The First Live Perforance Of "Smells Like Teen Spirit" on April 17, 1991:



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Metallica Went To #1 On The Us Album Charts With The Self Titled Metallica On August 31, 1991

Metallica's self titled Metallica hit #1 on the US album charts on August 31st of 1991, 16 years ago today. The album is better known as The Black Album due to it's almost entirely black cover. This is also a play on The Beatles' White Album from 1968 which was also officially self titled.

The Black Album stayed at #1 for 4 weeks in the US and it featured some of Metallica's most well known songs like "Enter Sandman" & "Nothing Else Matters."

The Black Album is commonly seen a division album in Metallica's career where they ventured from their thrash metal roots into more commercial hard rock territory.

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Music Videos from the album:

"Enter Sandman"


"Sad But True"


"The Unforgiven"


"Wherever I May Roam"


"Nothing Else Matters"


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The music video for Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was shot on August 17, 1991

The video for Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" turns 16 years old today as it was shot on August 17th of 1991.

The video, like the song itself, was extremely popular and critically acclaimed. In 2001 it ranked #4 on VH1's list of 100 greatest videos.

The video was directed by Samuel Bayer. It Bayer's first video. He would later go on to direct videos for Green Day, Metallica, and the Smashing Pumpkins.

Watch the video below:



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Paul Simon performs live at Central Park on August 15, 1991

16 years ago today on August 15th of 1991, Paul Simon performed live to approximately 750,000 people in New York City's Central Park.

The show was free to all attended and was also broadcast on television. It featured many South African musicians much like his 1986 album Graceland (many of the songs performed were from this album.)

This show was almost 10 years after Simon & Garfunkel's Central Park show in 1981.

Some performances from this show:

"The Obvious Child" (The first song of the set with an intro by NYC mayor at the time, David Dinkins)



"I Know What I Know"



"You Can Call Me Al"



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