Complete List Of Nirvana Albums And Discography

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This Complete List Of Nirvana Albums And Songs presents the full discography of Nirvana studio albums. Nirvana was first formed in 1987. The group hailed from the area of Aberdeen, Washington. This complete Nirvana discography also includes every single live album. All these legendary revolutionary Nirvana albums have been presented below in chronological order. We have also included all original release dates with each Nirvana album as well as all original album covers. Every Nirvana album listed below showcases the entire album tracklisting.

NIRVANA STUDIO ALBUMS

Bleach

Released June 15, 1989

CD Track Listings:

1. Blew (2:55)
2. Floyd the Barber (2:18)
3. About a Girl (2:48)
4. School (2:42)
5. Love Buzz (3:35)
6. Paper Cuts (4:06)
7. Negative Creep” (2:56)
8. Scoff (4:10)
9. Swap Meet (3:03)
10. Mr. Moustache (3:24)
11. Sifting (5:22)
12. Big Cheese (3:42)
13. Downer (1:43)

Nevermind

Released September 24, 1991

CD Track Listings:

Nevermind Deluxe Edition

Released 2011

CD Track Listings:

1. Smells Like Teen Spirit (5:01)
2. In Bloom (4:14)
3. Come as You Are (3:39)
4. Breed (3:03)
5. Lithium (4:17)
6. Polly (2:57)
7. Territorial Pissings (2:22)
8. Drain You (3:43)
9. Lounge Act (2:36)
10. Stay Away (3:32)
11. On a Plain (3:16)
12. Something in the Way (3:55)
13. Endless, Nameless
14. Even in His Youth
15. Aneurysm
16. Curmudgeon
17. D-7
18. Been a Son (Live)
19. School (Live)
20. Drain You (Live)
21. Sliver (Live)
22. Polly (Live)

CD 2
1. In Bloom
2. Breed (Immodium)
3. Lithium
4. Polly
5. Pay to Play
6. Here She Comes Now
7. Dive
8. Sappy
9. Smells Like Teen Spirit
10. Verse Chorus Verse
11. Territorial Pissings
12. Lounge Act
13. Come as You Are
14. Old Age
15. Something in the Way
16. On a Plain
17. Drain You (Live)
18. Something in the Way (Live)

Nevermind 30th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition 5 CD Set

Released 2011

CD Track Listings:

CD Disc One:

CD Disc Two:
1. In Bloom
2. Breed (Immodium)
3. Lithium
4. Polly
5. Pay to Play
6. Here She Comes Now
7. Dive
8. Sappy
9. Smells Like Teen Spirit
10. Verse Chorus Verse
11. Territorial Pissings
12. Lounge Act
13. Come as You Are
14. Old Age
15. Something in the Way
16. On a Plain
17. Drain You (Live)
18. Something in the Way (Live)

CD Disc Three:

(The Devonshire Mixes):
1. Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. In Bloom
3. Come as You Are
4. Breed
5. Lithium
6. Territorial Pissings
7. Drain You
8. Lounge Act
9. Stay Away
10. On a Plain
11. Something in the Way

CD Disc Four:

(Live at The Paramount Theatre, Seattle, Washington on October 31, 1991):
1. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam
2. Aneurysm
3. Drain You
4. School
5. Floyd the Barber
6. Smells Like Teen Spirit
7. About a Girl
8. Polly
9. Breed
10. Sliver
11. Love Buzz
12. Lithium
13. Been A Son
14. Negative Creep
15. On a Plain
16. Blew
17. Rape Me
18. Territorial Pissings
19. Endless, Nameless

DVD Disc Five:

In Utero

Released September 13, 1993

CD Track Listings:

1. Serve the Servants (3:36)
2. Scentless Apprentice (3:48)
3. Heart-Shaped Box (4:41)
4. Rape Me (2:50)
5. Frances Farmer Will Have Her Revenge on Seattle (4:09)
6. Dumb (2:32)
7. Very Ape (1:56)
8. Milk It (3:55)
9. Pennyroyal Tea (3:37)
10. Radio Friendly Unit Shifter (4:51)
11. tourette’s (1:35)
12. All Apologies (3:51)
13. Gallons of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Through the Strip (7:28)

LIVE ALBUMS

MTV Unplugged in New York

Released November 1, 1994

CD Track Listings:

1. About a Girl (3:37)
2. Come as You Are (4:13)
3. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam (4:37)
4. The Man Who Sold the World (4:20)
5. Pennyroyal Tea (3:40)
6. Dumb (2:52)
7. Polly (3:16)
8. On a Plain (3:44)
9. Something in the Way (4:01)
10. Plateau (3:37)
11. Oh, Me (3:26)
12. Lake of Fire (2:56)
13. All Apologies (4:23)
14. Where Did You Sleep Last Night (5:08)

From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah

Released October 1, 1996

CD Track Listings:

1. Intro (0:52)
2. School (2:40)
3. Drain You (3:34)
4. Aneurysm (4:31)
5. Smells Like Teen Spirit (4:47)
6. Been a Son (2:07)
7. Lithium (4:10)
8. Sliver (1:55)
9. Spank Thru (3:10)
10. Scentless Apprentice (3:31)
11. Heart-Shaped Box (4:41)
12. Milk It (3:45)
13. Negative Creep (2:43)
14. Polly (2:30)
15. Breed (3:28)
16. tourette’s (1:55)
17. Blew (3:36)

Live at Reading

Released November 3, 2009

CD Track Listings:

1. Breed (2:57)
2. Drain You (3:54)
3. Aneurysm (4:34)
4. School (3:12)
5. Sliver (2:13)
6. In Bloom (4:33)
7. Come As You Are (3:34)
8. Lithium (4:23)
9. About a Girl (3:09)
10. tourette’s (1:51)
11. Polly (2:48)
12. Lounge Act (3:04)
13. Smells Like Teen Spirit (4:44)
14. On a Plain (3:00)
15. Negative Creep (2:54)
16. Been a Son (3:23)
17. All Apologies (3:25)
18. Blew (5:23)
19. Dumb (2:34)
20. Stay Away (3:41)
21. Spank Thru (3:05)
22. The Money Will Roll Right In (2:13)
23. D-7 (3:43)
24. Territorial Pissings (4:30)

Live at the Paramount DVD

Released September 24, 2011

DVD Track Listings:

“Jesus Doesn’t Want Me for a Sunbeam” (The Vaselines cover) (Eugene Kelly, Frances McKee)- 5:48
“Aneurysm” – 5:05
“Drain You” – 5:16
“School” – 2:57
“Floyd the Barber” – 2:21
“Smells Like Teen Spirit” (Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic)- 6:58
“About a Girl” – 3:02
“Polly” – 3:04
“Breed” – 2:54
“Sliver” – 2:18
“Love Buzz” (Shocking Blue cover) (Robbie van Leeuwen)- 4:01
“Lithium” – 6:02
“Been a Son” – 2:41
“Negative Creep” – 3:00
“On a Plain” – 4:09
“Blew” – 3:00

Live and Loud

Released September 23, 2013

CD Track Listings:

“Radio Friendly Unit Shifter”
“Drain You”
“Breed”
“Serve the Servants”
“Rape Me”
“Sliver”
“Pennyroyal Tea”
“Scentless Apprentice” (Cobain, Grohl, Novoselic)
“All Apologies”
“Heart-Shaped Box”
“Blew”
“The Man Who Sold the World” (David Bowie)
“School”
“Come as You Are”
“Lithium”
“About a Girl”
“Endless, Nameless” (Cobain, Grohl, Novoselic)

NIRVANA COMPILATION ALBUMS

Incesticide

Released December 14, 1992

CD Track Listings:

1. Dive (3:55)
2. Sliver (2:16)
3. Stain (2:41)
4. Been a Son (1:56)
5. Turnaround (Devo cover)(2:19)
6. Molly’s Lips (The Vaselines cover)(1:54)
7. Son of a Gun (The Vaselines cover)(2:48)
8. (New Wave) Polly (1:48)
9. Beeswax (2:50)
10. Downer (1:44)
11. Mexican Seafood (1:55)
12. Hairspray Queen (4:14)
13. Aero Zeppelin (4:41)
14. Big Long Now (5:04)
15. Aneurysm (4:36)

Singles

Released December 1995

Six CD Singles

Smells Like Teen Spirit:
1. Smells Like Teen Spirit
2. Even in His Youth
3. Aneurysm

Come as You Are:
1. Come as You Are
2. Endless, Nameless
3. School (live)
4. Drain You (live)

In Bloom:
1. In Bloom
2. Sliver (live)
3. Polly (live)

Lithium:
1. Lithium
2. Been a Son (live)
3. Curmudgeon

Heart-Shaped Box:
1. Heart-Shaped Box
2. Milk It
3. Marigold

All Apologies/Rape Me:
1. All Apologies
2. Rape Me
3. Moist Vagina

Nirvana

Released October 29, 2002

CD Track Listings:

1. You Know You’re Right (3:38)
2. About a Girl (2:49)
3. Been a Son (2:23)
4. Sliver (2:14)
5. Smells Like Teen Spirit (5:01)
6. Come as You Are (3:39)
7. Lithium (4:17)
8. In Bloom (4:15)
9. Heart-Shaped Box (4:41)
10. Pennyroyal Tea (Scott Litt remix) (3:38)
11. Rape Me (2:51)
12. Dumb (2:34)
13. All Apologies (3:51)
14. The Man Who Sold the World (3:47)

With the Lights Out

Released November 23, 2004

CD One:

1. Heartbreaker (Led Zeppelin cover) (2:59)
2. Anorexorcist (Radio 1987) (2:44)
3. White Lace And Strange (Radio Thunder And Roses cover 1987) (2:09)
4. Help Me, I’m Hungry (Radio 1987) (2:41)
5. Mrs.Butterworth (1987) (4:05)
6. If You Must (1988) (4:01)
7. Pen Cap Chew (1988) (3:02)
8. Downer (live 1988) (1:43)
9. Floyd the Barber (live 1988) (2:33)
10. Moby Dick (Led Zeppelin cover) (6:24)
11. Beans (demo) (1:23)
12. Don’t Want It All (demo) (2:26)
13. Clean Up Before She Comes (demo) (3:12)
14. Polly (demo) (2:30)
15. About A Girl (demo) (2:44)
16. Blandest (3:56)
17. Dive (demo) (4:50)
18. They Hung Him On A Cross (Leadbelly cover) (1:57)
19. Grey Roose (Leadbelly cover) (4:36)
20. Ain’t It A Shame (Leadbelly cover) (2:01)
21. Token Eastern Song (3:21)
22. Even in His Youth (demo) (3:12)
23. Polly (demo) (2:36)

CD Two:

1. Opinion (demo) (1:34)
2. Lithium (demo) (1:49)
3. Been A Son (demo) (1:12)
4. Sliver (demo) (2:09)
5. Where Did You Sleep Last Night (demo) (2:31)
6. Pay to Play (early version of Stay Away) (3:29)
7. Here She Comes Now (Velvet Underground cover) (5:01)
8. Drain You (demo) (2:38)
9. Aneurysm (demo) (4:47)
10. Smells Like Teen Spirit (demo) (5:40)
11. Breed (Butch Vig Mix) (3:07)
12. Verse Chorus Verse (3:17)
13. Old Age (4:20)
14. Endless Nameless (radio) (8:47)
15. Dumb (radio) (2:35)
16. D-7 (radio, The Wipers cover) (3:46)
17. Oh, The Guilt (3:25)
18. Curmudgeon (3:03)
19. Return Of The Rat (The Wipers cover) (3:09)
20. Smells Like Teen Spirit (Butch Vig Mix) (4:59)

CD Three

1. Rape Me (acoustic demo) (3:23)
2. Rape Me (demo) (3:01)
3. Scentless Apprentice (demo) (9:32)
4. Heart-Shaped Box (demo) (5:31)
5. I Hate Myself And I Want to Die (demo) (3:03)
6. Milk It (demo) (4:34)
7. Moist Vagina (1:56)
8. Gallons Of Rubbing Alcohol Flow Though The Strip (7:33)
9. The Other Improw (6:24)
10. Serve The Servants (demo) (1:36)
11. Very Ape (demo) (1:52)
12. Pennyroyal Tea (demo) (3:30)
13. Marigold (2:34)
14. Sappy (3:26)
15. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam (demo, The Vaselines cover) (3:57)
16. Do Re Mi (demo) (4:22)
17. You Know You’re Right (demo) (2:30)
18. All Apologies (demo) (3:33)

DVD Disc

1. Love Buzz (1988)
2. Scoff (1988)
3. About A Girl (1988)
4. Big Long Now (1988)
5. Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin cover, 1988)
6. Spank Thru (1988)
7. Hairspray Queen (1988)
8. School” (1988)
9. Mr. Moustache (1988)
10. Big Cheese (1989)
11. Sappy (1990)
12. In Bloom (music video, early version)
13. School” (1990)
14. Love Buzz (Shocking Blue cover, 1990)
15. Pennyroyal Tea (first performance, 1991)
16. Smells Like Teen Spirit (first performance, 1991)
17. Territorial Pissings (1991)
18. Jesus Doesn’t Want Me For A Sunbeam (The Vaselines cover, 1991)
19. Talk To Me (1992)
20. Seasons In The Sun (Terry Jacks cover, 1993)

Sliver: The Best of the Box

Released November 1, 2005

CD Track Listings:

1. Spank Thru (1985 Fecal Matter demo) (3:45)
2. Heartbreaker (live Led Zeppelin cover, first Nirvana show) (2:59)
3. Mrs.Butterworth (rehearsal demo) (4:05)
4. Floyd the Barber (live) (2:33)
5. Clean Up Before She Comes (home demo) (3:12)
6. About A Girl (home demo) (2:44)
7. Blandest (studio demo) (3:56)
8. Ain’It a Shame (studio demo) (2:02)
9. Sappy (studio demo) (3:33)
10. Opinion (radio session, solo acoustic) (1:35)
11. Lithium (radio session, solo acoustic) (1:49)
12. Sliver (home demo) (2:49)
13. Smells Like Teen Spirit (boom box demo) (5:40)
14. Come As You Are (boom box demo) (4:10)
15. Old Age (Nevermind outtake) (4:21)
16. Oh, The Guilt (3:25)
17. Rape Me (home demo) (3:23)
18. Rape Me (band demo) (3:03)
19. Heart-Shaped Box (band demo) (5:32)
20. Do Re Mi (home demo) (4:24)
21. You Know You’re Right (home demo) (2:30)
22. All Apologies (home demo) (3:33)

Icon

Released August 31, 2010

CD Track Listings:

1. You Know You’re Right (3:37)
2. Smells Like Teen Spirit (5:02)
3. Come As You Are (3:40)
4. Lithium (4:17)
5. In Bloom (4:15)
6. Heart-Shaped Box (4:40)
7. Pennyroyal Tea (Scott Litt remix) (3:36)
8. Rape Me (2:50)
9. Dumb (2:31)
10. About a Girl (unplugged) (3:08)
11. All Apologies (unplugged) (3:45)

Updated February 24, 2024