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''Bleach'' is the debut studio album by American rock band Nirvana, released on June 15, 1989 by Sub Pop. The main recording sessions took place at Reciprocal Recording in Seattle, Washington between December 1988 and January 1989. ''Bleach'' was well received by critics, but failed to chart in the U.S. upon its original release. The album was re-released internationally by Geffen Records in 1992 following the success of Nirvana's second album, ''Nevermind'' (1991). The re-release debuted at number 89 on the ''Billboard'' 200, and peaked at number 33 on the UK Albums Chart and 34 on the Australian albums chart. In 2009 Sub Pop released a 20th anniversary edition of ''Bleach'' featuring a live recording of a Nirvana show in Portland, Oregon from 1990 as extra material. Since its release in 1989, ''Bleach'' has sold over 1.7 million units in the United States alone. It is Sub Pop's best-selling release to date. ==Recording== Following the release of its debut single "Love Buzz" on Sub Pop in November 1988, Nirvana practiced for two to three weeks in preparation for recording a full-length album, even though Sub Pop had only requested an EP.〔Azerrad, 1994. p. 85–89〕 The main sessions for ''Bleach'' took place at Reciprocal Recording Studios in Seattle, with local producer Jack Endino. Nirvana began recording with a five-hour session on December 24, 1988.〔Azerrad, 1994. p. 90〕 The band recorded again on December 29–31, and on January 14 and 24.〔Gaar, Gillian G. "Verse Chorus Verse: The Recording History of Nirvana". ''Goldmine''. 1997-02-14〕 Three of the album's songs – "Floyd the Barber", "Paper Cuts" and "Downer" – were recorded during a previous session at Reciprocal Studios in 1988, featuring Dale Crover on drums. Despite attempts to re-record them with new drummer Chad Channing, the band ultimately decided to remix the versions recorded with Crover for the final version of ''Bleach''.〔Azerrad, 1994. p. 91〕 "Big Long Now" was omitted from the album because vocalist/guitarist Kurt Cobain felt "there was already enough slow heavy stuff on ''Bleach'', and he 'didn't want that song to go out'", according to Endino.〔 The album was edited and sequenced, but Sub Pop head Bruce Pavitt ordered that the album be completely re-sequenced. The record was further delayed for several months until Sub Pop was able to secure sufficient funds to issue it.〔 Nirvana songwriter Kurt Cobain felt pressured to create music for ''Bleach'' that conformed to the grunge music style favored by his record label and the contemporary Seattle music scene. The album is regarded as quite negative and bleak; Cobain claimed that most of the lyrics were written the night before recording while he was feeling "pissed off", and that he did not regard them highly. Endino billed the band thirty hours of recording at $606.17.〔 Jason Everman, a guitarist who was impressed by Nirvana's demo with Dale Crover, supplied the money. He briefly joined the group as second guitarist.〔 Everman was credited as a guitarist on the album sleeve, and is the other guitarist on the cover of the album, even though he did not perform on the record. Bassist Krist Novoselic explained, "We just wanted to make him feel at home in the band."〔Azerrad, 1994. p. 92〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bleach (Nirvana album)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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