Dumb (track)
by Nirvana
Dumb appears on the following album(s) by Nirvana:
- In Utero (track #6) (this album) (1993)
- MTV Unplugged In New York (track #6) (1994)
- With The Lights Out (track #38) (compilation) (2004)
- Nirvana (track #12) (compilation) (2002)
- Live At Reading (track #19) (2009)
- Icon (track #9) (compilation) (2010)
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| 01/14/2026 16:21 | Exist-en-ciel | 80,923 | 71/100 | |
| 01/04/2026 02:16 | mrmcrook | 11,645 | 78/100 | |
| 12/09/2025 23:48 | AbsurdCheesecake | 1,614 | 90/100 | |
| 10/13/2025 23:19 |  Superunknown | 507 | 86/100 | |
| 09/22/2025 18:23 | bonnequestion | 16,352 | 75/100 |
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This track is rated in the top 1% of all tracks on BestEverAlbums.com. This track has a Bayesian average rating of 87.7/100, a mean average of 87.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 87.9/100. The standard deviation for this track is 12.1.
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After all this time, all those listens, the fragile beauty still gets me.
AAL2014 07/19/2022 15:04 | #287601
Have always loved the lyrics to this song and the effect Dumb has in its placement on In Utero. A great little Nirvana track.
Lennon would have given his right arm to have written this. But if he had he would have made more of it. Beautiful song -cello takes it up a level- but somehow it just leaves you wishing for more - just needed to be developed into the all time great it could have been. Some will think its pure simplicity is what makes it and on some days I wouldn't necessarily disagree.
One of the best off the album
"Dumb" frustrates me because it's a good song with the potential to be a lot better. How much effort would it have taken Kurt to vary the way he sings that melody line a little instead of just repeating the same line four times?
Romanelli 12/25/2014 17:45 | #130080
This is a beautiful song with a really nice melody. There actually is an underrated Nirvana song.
It's a good song, but it pales in comparison to the other masterpieces on In Utero.
Definitely one of Nirvana`s best. The highlight of this album.
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Not much of a track...
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