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Nirvana (1967)

CD Forever Changing

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  • Issued : 03 Nov 2003
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Genre : Rock & Pop Catalogue Number : 9800015
Format : CD Label : Island
Issued : 03 Nov 2003 Item sourced from : UK
Number of Discs : 1

Forever Changing

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Forever Changing is a good 14-song distillation of Nirvana's late-'60s Island records, albeit one that leans heavily on material from the first two of their three Island LPs, The Story of Simon Simopath and All of Us. Just one song from the third LP, To Markos III, is represented, that being the six-minute Love Suite. But a couple of their non-LP single tracks are here too, and one of those (I Believe in Magic, their first B-side) was one of the best things they recorded, though the other B-side (Darling Darlene) isn't much of a song. Some would contend that early Nirvana's best appreciated by listening to their whole albums, but unless you're a real big fan, this compilation is actually a preferable listen to any of those individual albums. For Nirvana's orchestrated pop-psych-lite albums could get tiresomely twee taken in full doses, and with some of the fat cut out, listening simply becomes a lot easier and more enjoyable. Their best-known songs -- the singles Rainbow Chaser, Tiny Goddess, and Pentecost Hotel -- are all here, of course. Yet the astute programming also allows appreciation of some obscure LP cuts, as well as (perhaps inadvertently) highlighting the influence of Ray Davies on In the Courtyard of the Stars, though it's more fey than anything the Kinks did during the same era. So why doesn't this attractively packaged release rate as the best Nirvana collection? Simple -- for some unforgivable reason, it uses a different, inferior version of Rainbow Chaser (minus its psychedelic phasing effects) than the one that was a European hit single in 1968. It's not explained anywhere in the liner notes what the origin of this alternate version is. But regardless of where it came from, its inclusion here is an unforgivable mistake that keeps this comp from being definitive, though fortunately the familiar phased version of Rainbow Chaser is available on Universal/Island's CD reissue of Nirvana's All of Us. ~ Richie Unterberger, Rovi

Credits

Paschal Byrne(Mastering),  Joe Black(Coordination),  Phil Smee(Compilation),  Phil Smee(Sleeve Notes),  Zoe Roberts(Tape Research)

Songs

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    1
    Pentecost Hotel  (03:11)
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    2
    Touchable (All of Us)  (02:58)
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    3
    Wings of Love  (03:19)
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    4
    I Believe in Magic  (03:23)
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    5
    Rainbow Chaser  (02:52)
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    6
    Darling Darlene  (02:48)
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    7
    Girl in the Park  (02:40)
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    8
    Lonely Boy  (02:31)
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    9
    In the Courtyard of the Stars  (02:35)
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    10
    You Can Try It  (03:16)
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    11
    Take This Hand  (02:17)
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    12
    Tiny Goddess  (04:02)
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    13
    Melanie Blue  (02:39)
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    14
    Love Suite  (06:06)

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