Paper Cuts (track)
by Nirvana
Paper Cuts appears on the following album(s) by Nirvana:
- Bleach (track #6) (this album) (1989)
- Outcesticide (track #4) (1994)
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Track ratings | Avg. track rating |
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| ! | 06/06/2026 12:47 | wizardalien | 10,002 | 60/100 |
| ! | 05/07/2026 16:38 |  AAL2014 | 40,923 | 76/100 |
| ! | 03/18/2026 00:51 | Exist-en-ciel | 169,579 | 71/100 |
| ! | 03/04/2026 17:35 | zsolti | 7,339 | 80/100 |
| ! | 02/24/2026 22:35 | araidernomore | 4,981 | 78/100 |
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Worst on the album by quite a distance. (Edited)
Grim dark lyrics delivered by a sometimes desperate, sometimes manic, often screaming vocal. Backed by a heavy monotonous ponderous beat there is distortion a-plenty. This is primal. You wouldn't play it to your granny unless you were lining up an inheritance.
DeusExMackia 09/18/2018 13:28 | #221252
Astonishingly underrated. One of the rawest tracks they ever made. (Edited)
GandalfORiley345 05/21/2014 23:51 | #112540
Really, A Heavy metal riff?, and a Heavy way to sing, I´m surprised, good song but it really don´t make to much coming from Nirvana
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