10 Rock Albums That Artists Regret Making

Any rock band looking to actually make a dent in the cultural zeitgeist owes at least some debt of gratitude to Nevermind by Nirvana. Arriving like a bolt of lightning in 1991, the strength of songs like Smells Like Teen Spirit and In Bloom blew the remaining stench of hair metal off the map and announced the return of a more natural form of rock and roll. If you asked the author though, Nevermind is one of the worst things that the band had ever made.

Almost as soon as Nirvana hit it big, Kurt Cobain was already calling attention to how horribly the record was mixed, thinking it was way too mainstream compared to their earlier work on Bleach. When looking for someone to mix the record, Cobain suggested Andy Wallace, who had worked with Slayer in the past, only to be horrified when he heard the radio-friendly flair of songs like Come As You Are.

Up until his death, Cobain was still conflicted about his feelings toward his smash record, thinking it sounded closer to something by Motley Crue than anything remotely punk rock. While he's entitled to his opinion, there's probably no chance you'd hear Motley Crue ever writing something with as much thunder as Stay Away or Breed. For as many problems as Cobain may have had with it, something tells me that he would feel differently if this weren't the album that made him an international superstar.