Nevermind
by Nirvana

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Nevermind is ranked as the best album by Nirvana.

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Nevermind track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 87 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Track pick (920 - 1356 votes)
Average Rating: 92 (1,356 votes)Comments: View 35
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Average Rating: 91 (1,160 votes)Comments: View 13
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Average Rating: 91 (1,080 votes)Comments: View 10

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Nevermind rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 13th | 1990s rank: 2nd | 1991 rank: 1st
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2026 jhuikBest/ Favourite Songs of All Time97/100 -
2026 ERadioTop 100 Greatest Music Albums23/10078
2026 SomethingSpecialTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s5/10019
2026AbsurdCheesecakeTop 100 Greatest Music Albums13/10088
2026 eclabTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s2/10020
2026fabm0Platinum albums33/100 -
2026 xo66Top 100 Greatest Music Albums83/10017
2026mrmcrookGreatest Music Albums #201 - 30069/100 -
2026 CharlieBarleyMy Next 100 Favourite Songs 101-20010/100 -
2026ThaCrookedSpokeTop 100 Greatest Music Albums12/10088
2026ElauqsapidTop 99 Music Albums of the 1990s8/9919
2026stanchoiazTop 90 Greatest Music Albums89/902
2026gregthealienTop 101-200 Greatest Music Albums46/100 -
2026Foxforce5Top 100 Greatest Music Albums51/10050
2026munsonTop 100 Greatest Music Albums12/10087
2026jlsfourthTop 100 Greatest Music Albums11/10089
2026fabm0List Zone 32 America Usa2/100 -
2026mostlymorTop 100 Music Albums of the 1990s31/10014
2026PurpleHazelTop 36 Music Albums of 19914/365
2026JohnnyoThe Best Rock Albums of the 90's by ScreenRant1/20 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 3,250
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 36,640
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Nevermind ratings

Average Rating: 
87/100 (from 4,364 votes)
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4 days ago Jagodjj  Ratings distribution  20100/100
 
95/100
 
06/12/2026 07:21 artvandelay73  Ratings distribution  24977/100
 
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06/11/2026 21:31 kinginsomniac12  Ratings distribution  55699/100
 
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06/06/2026 10:08 lvillela  Ratings distribution  12293/100
 
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06/02/2026 13:39 prettybug  Ratings distribution  977/100

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 86.8/100, a mean average of 85.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 86.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.

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Nevermind comments

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90/100
From 04/24/2026 10:51 | #314125
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From 07/16/2025 07:44 | #310158
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95/100
From 07/14/2025 04:09 | #310092
The first few tracks are really impactful when played loud. I was also impressed by the album's depth: the whole second half is new to me, it's terrific all the way through and I want to hear it again.
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95/100
From 02/04/2025 23:36 | #307393
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From 01/28/2025 21:30 | #307295
Un album qui a changé les règles du jeu.
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From 01/09/2025 20:03 | #306875
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90/100
From 12/29/2024 03:33 | #306689
A key album in the development of modern alternative music, Nevermind takes the punk energy of Nirvana’s debut and produces the hell out of it. There are slower moments, but these mostly give way into frantic fretwork. Cobain’s throat-shredding vocals are as spine-tingling as ever as are the crunching guitars. Excellent!
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95/100
From 08/23/2023 15:15 | #298809
Just fantastic
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90/100
From 07/15/2023 22:26 | #298154
This is very solid grunge album, probably the best in the genre - it has well-written hits packed with anger and punk energy and also intimate acoustic ballads about dark subjects. However it is not as good as it is important, it brought alternative music to the mainstream and ultimately ended the 80s era of synths and glam metal.
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From 06/23/2023 19:19 | #297744
Yes, this is one of those albums that really is as good as everyone says it is.
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