nirvana in utero album digipack
TRANSCRIPT
Released in 1993, In Utero was the fnal studio album
Nirvana would release. Following the massive and
unexpeted ommerial suess o! Nirvana"s seond
album, Nevermind, in 1991, the band had intended to
#return to its roots# b$ reording a more abrasive and less
mainstream%sounding release.
&he title o! the album In Utero % the title itsel! is a 'atin
term meaning, literall$, #in the uterus, &he l$ris ontain
mentions o! or re!erenes to semen, h$mens, open sores,
parasites, mil(, and even abortion, and the album"s artwor( inludes a photo o! a
pregnant anatomial angel on the !ront over, a ollage o! )owers, plasti
!oetuses and turtle shells on the ba( over, and various *ree( s$mbols o!
!ertilit$ on the ba( over and sprin(led throughout the liner notes. In utero
learl$ tells the audiene what the albums main themes are going to be
onerning that o! relationships with mother and the anatom$ o! the human
bod$. &he biolog$ o! the human bod$ is also displa$ed ver$ learl$ with a fgure
o! a women that+s transparent and reveals all her vital organs, blood vessels, this
stri(ing image not onl$ onve$s the themes o! the album but also the nature o!
the musi that o! whih some might fnd hallenging to listen to as some ma$
fnd the image diult to view, or view it as -gor$+ and also ontains expliit
l$rial ontent and themes. &he theme o! the human bod$ is arried out
throughout the album as in songs titles suh as eart shaped box that is riddled
with metaphors onerning /urt 0obains lead singer, songwriter, lead guitarist2
relationship with his mother and women.
&he inside o! the album ontains several pitures o! the band per!orming live, the
images depit the raw nature o! their per!ormanes, with instruments )ailing and
bear hested men it also shows the energ$ o! the band and that the$ are a -live+
band. &his -violent+ energ$ is also a staple o! the grunge genre. ther pitures
inlude the anatom$ o! the male bod$ as oppose to the !emale on the !ront
over. 0obain also has red hair ftting with the olour sheme o! the rest o! the
digipa(.
&he olour sheme is onsistent
throughout the digipa( with the
olour red s$mbolising blood. &his
image o! a man dressed as !emale
also shows the bands humorous
side and abilit$ not to ta(e
&he ba( o! the album is a ollage made b$ 0obain
in a !rame with the song titles surrounding it. &he
imager$ re!erenes diretl$ the title o! the album
diretl$ with man$ !oetuses in the womb again
pro4eting the themes o! the album, also the !ront
over with a pregnant woman. &he ollage is
surrounded b$ man$ )owers a s$mbol o! the !emale
reprodutive organ vagina2 that lin(s to the birthing