The Best Of Nirvana

I was actually surprised when it finally dawned on me I hadn't done this for Nirvana yet. It was actually quite simple at that. Three albums, that's it. No more will ever be added, this is it. The order of the songs will probably change, but nothing else.

If you happen to be unfamiliar with my process, essentially it's this: I ranked all my favorite songs of a band, in this case Nirvana, then gave out points to each song. (My definition of "favorite" is simply how much I like it. There is no special formula, it's just what makes me happy.) Since there were 37 songs, I gave the number one ranked song 37 points, the number two 36 etc. I then added the total points for each individual album and averaged them for the rank of each album. (My rankings for other bands can be found by clicking here.)

Also note that this applies to studio albums only. As great as Unplugged is, it doesn't fit my criteria. There are also millions of B-Sides and Covers that have been released in the last 25+ years; also not on here. So please don't ask.

Shockingly Nevermind is ranked number one. (I hope the saracasm bled through.) It's average score was 27.5. Followed by In Utero at 19.25. I actually thought it would be a bit closer than it ended up being. I think I like In Utero more than most, but the math doesn't lie when 7 of the top 10 are Nevermind songs. Bleach brings up the rear with a score of 10.92. Not a real shock there.

Like I mentioned with only three albums worth of material, it was pretty predictable how things would shake out. That being said, if you look through the list of songs individually I think you'll see some shockers. In fact, song number one is probably not what you expect it to be.

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