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Sliver: The Best of the Box
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Compilation Album by Nirvana
Release November 1, 2005
Recorded 1985-1994
Genre(s) Grunge
Length 74 min
Label Universal
Producer
Professional reviews
Nirvana chronology
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Sliver: The Best of the Box
(2005)

Sliver: The Best of the Box is a compilation album from the American rock band Nirvana. It was released in November, 2005.

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Significance

Sliver: The Best of the Box is the fourth Nirvana album to be released following the suicide of singer/guitarist Kurt Cobain in April 1994. It contains 19 tracks culled from the band's 2004 box set, With the Lights Out, as well as three previously unreleased recordings: "Spank Thru," from the 1985 "Fecal Matter" demo, a 1990 studio recording of "Sappy," and a 1991 boombox demo of "Come As You Are." The Fecal Matter version of "Spank Thru" is arguably the most historically significant of the previously unreleased tracks, since it was apparently the recording which convinced Nirvana bassist Krist Novoselic to form a band with Cobain. It is also the first and only song from this demo - long considered to be the "Holy Grail" of unheard Nirvana/Cobain material - to be heard by fans in its entirety.

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Trivia

  • According to Rolling Stone magazine, the title and cover photograph for Sliver: The Best of the Box were chosen by Frances Bean, the daughter of Cobain and Courtney Love. The cover photograph shows a pile of Nirvana and Cobain tapes strewn about, including a copy of the Fecal Matter demo.
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Track listing

  1. "Spank Thru" (December 1985 Fecal Matter demo) - 3:10
  2. "Heartbreaker" (March 1987 show in Raymond, WA) - 2:59
  3. "Mrs. Butterworth" (1988 band demo) - 4:05
  4. "Floyd the Barber" (January 23, 1988 show in Tacoma, WA) - 2:33
  5. "Clean Up Before She Comes" (1988 home demo) - 3:12
  6. "About A Girl" (1988 home demo) - 2:44
  7. "Blandest" (June 1988 studio session in Seattle, WA. Produced by Jack Endino) - 3:56
  8. "Ain't It a Shame" (August 1989 studio session in Seattle, WA) - 2:01
  9. "Sappy" (January 1990 studio session in Seattle, WA. Produced by Jack Endino) - 3:46
  10. "Lithium" (September 25, 1990 KAOS radio show) - 1:49
  11. "Opinion" (September 25, 1990 KAOS radio show) - 1:34
  12. "Sliver" (1990 home demo) - 2:09
  13. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (March 1991 boombox demo) - 5:40
  14. "Come As You Are" (March 1991 boombox demo) - 4:15
  15. "Old Age" (September 1991 studio session for "Nevermind") - 4:20
  16. "Oh, the Guilt" (April 1992 studio session in Seattle, WA) - 3:25 (Also a limited edition split single in 1993)
  17. "Rape Me" (1992 solo acoustic home demo) - 3:23
  18. "Rape Me" (October 1992 studio session in Seattle, WA) - 3:01
  19. "Heart-Shaped Box" (January 1993 studio session in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) - 5:31
  20. "Do Re Mi" (1994 boombox demo solo acoustic) - 4:24
  21. "You Know You're Right" (1994 boombox demo solo acoustic) - 2:30
  22. "All Apologies" (undated boombox demo solo acoustic) - 3:33
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Albums and EPs
Bleach | Blew | Nevermind | Hormoaning | Incesticide | In Utero | MTV Unplugged in New York | From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkah | Nirvana | Sliver: The Best of The Box
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Singles
"Love Buzz" | "Sliver" | "Smells Like Teen Spirit" | "Come As You Are" | "In Bloom" | "Lithium" | "Heart-Shaped Box" | "All Apologies" | "Pennyroyal Tea" | "About a Girl" | "You Know You're Right"
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