Sliver: The Best of the Box

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Sliver: The Best of the Box
Compilation album by Nirvana
Released	November 1, 2005
Recorded	1985-1994
Genre	Alternative rock, Grunge
Length	74:34
Label	Geffen
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Thunder Chunky link
Nirvana chronology
With the Lights Out (2004)	Sliver: The Best of the Box (2005)

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

Contents 1 Significance 2 Miscellanea 3 Track listing 4 Chart positions 5 Sales 6 External links

[edit] Significance

Sliver: The Best of the Box was the fourth Nirvana album to be released following the death of lead singer and 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 was also the first song from this demo - long considered to be the "Holy Grail" of unheard Nirvana/Cobain material - to be heard by fans in its entirety.

Sliver: The Best of the Box opened at #21 on the Billboard 200.

[edit] Miscellanea

• According to Rolling Stone magazine [1], 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.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Spank Thru" (December 1985 Fecal Matter demo) – 3:45
2. "Heartbreaker" (March 1987 show in Raymond, WA) – 2:59
3. "Mrs. Butterworth" (Summer 1987 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 6, 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) – 2:02
9. "Sappy" (January 1990 studio session in Seattle, WA. Produced by Jack Endino) – 3:33
10. "Opinion" (September 25, 1990 KAOS radio show) – 1:35
11. "Lithium" (September 25, 1990 KAOS radio show) – 1:49
12. "Sliver" (1990 home demo) – 2:10
13. "Smells Like Teen Spirit" (March 1991 boombox demo) – 5:40
14. "Come as You Are" (March 1991 boombox demo) – 4:10
15. "Old Age" (September 1990 studio session for Nevermind) – 4:21
16. "Oh, the Guilt" (April 1992 studio session in Seattle, WA) – 3:25 (Also a limited edition split single in 1993)
17. "Rape Me" (May 1991 solo acoustic home demo) – 3:23
18. "Rape Me" (October 1992 studio session in Seattle, WA) – 3:03
19. "Heart-Shaped Box" (January 1993 studio session in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) – 5:32
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, circa 1992) – 3:33

[edit] Chart positions

Year	Chart	Position
2005	BBC Radio 1 Chart	No. 6
2005	Official Canadian Albums Chart	No. 12
2005	Billboard Top 200 (US)	No. 21
2005	Official Austrian Albums Chart	No. 26
2005	Official Greece Albums Chart	No. 26
2005	Official Italian Albums Chart	No. 43
2005	Official UK Albums Chart	No. 56
2005	Official Argentinian Albums Chart	No. 77
2005	Official Switzerland Albums Chart	No. 87
2005	Official German Albums Chart	No. 97

[edit] Sales

• Korea: 2005; 1,866 copies.

[edit] External links

• LiveNirvana Sessions History A guide to every known Nirvana and Kurt Cobain recording session.
• The MTV Shop Sound Clips of the album can be found there.
• 7Digital Download Showcase Sound Clips of the album can be found there also.

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