NIRVANA: 'Sliver: The Best Of The Box' Samples Posted Online
October 26, 2005Audio samples of all 22 tracks that are set to appear on the forthcoming NIRVANA compilation, "Sliver: The Best of the Box", have been posted online at 7Digital.com and MTV.com. Included on the CD are three previously unreleased songs — "Spank Thru" from the famed 1985 "Fecal Matter" demo tape, the 1990 studio outtake "Sappy" and a pre-"Nevermind" rehearsal recording of "Come as You Are".
"Sliver: The Best of the Box" is scheduled for release on November 1 via Geffen/UME. The album's other 19 tracks are all drawn from the 2004 boxed set "With the Lights Out", including a cover of LED ZEPPELIN's "Heartbreaker" from a 1987 house party, the "Nevermind" outtake "Old Age" and a 1994 Kurt Cobain home demo of "All Apologies".
"Sliver: The Best of the Box" track listing:
01. Spank Thru (previously unreleased, 1985 "Fecal Matter" demo)
02. Heartbreaker (live, 1987)
03. Mrs. Butterworth (undated rehearsal demo)
04. Floyd the Barber (live, 1988)
05. Clean Up Before She Comes (undated home demo)
06. About a Girl (undated home demo)
07. Blandest (studio recording, 1998)
08. Ain't It a Shame (studio recording, 1989)
09. Sappy (previously unreleased)
10. Opinion (solo acoustic, 1990)
11. Lithium (solo acoustic, 1990)
12. Sliver (undated home demo)
13. Smells Like Teen Spirit (rehearsal recording, 1991)
14. Come As You Are (previously unreleased rehearsal recording, 1991)
15. Old Age ("Nevermind" outtake, 1991)
16. Oh the Guilt (split single w/ JESUS LIZARD, 1992)
17. Rape Me (acoustic home demo, 1992)
18. Rape Me (studio recording, 1992)
19. Heart Shaped Box (studio recording, 1993)
20. Do Re Mi (home demo, 1994)
21. You Know You're Right (home demo, 1994)
22. All Apologies (home demo, 1994)
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