Every Nirvana Project Ranked From Worst To Best

5. Incesticide

There's a reason that B-sides never tend to get brought up when talking about an artists' complete discography. Given the more slapdash delivery of some of these albums, they kind of don't count when put up against the actual artistic statements these musicians wanted to make. However, Incesticide proved that even some of Nirvana's cutting room floor material is still better than most bands at their best.

Coming out right after the release of Nevermind, this collection of singles and covers feels like the natural extension of where Kurt was going after the release of Bleach. Instead of the radio-ready singles that turned up on Nevermind, there's a lot more eccentricities on this record, one of which includes a new wave version of the disquieting acoustic song Polly. In fact, most of this album is indebted to new wave, as these guys work through covers by Devo and the Vaselines and Nirvana-fying them into their own unique entity.

That's not to say it's all new wave rock either, with noise freakouts like Big Long Now, pop singles like Sliver, and even a combination of the two on tracks like Aneurysm. Even though this album ranks pretty low on the totem pole, this is an absolute must if you're still craving more Nirvana outside of their studio output.

Best Songs: Stain, Aneurysm, Son of a Gun