Released in 1993, In Utero was the fnal studio album

Nirvana would release. Following the massive and

unexpeted ommerial suess o! Nirvana"s seond

album, Nevermind, in 1991, the band had intended to

#return to its roots# b$ reording a more abrasive and less

mainstream%sounding release.

 &he title o! the album In Utero % the title itsel! is a 'atin

term meaning, literall$, #in the uterus, &he l$ris ontain

mentions o! or re!erenes to semen, h$mens, open sores,

parasites, mil(, and even abortion, and the album"s artwor( inludes a photo o! a

pregnant anatomial angel on the !ront over, a ollage o! )owers, plasti

!oetuses and turtle shells on the ba( over, and various *ree( s$mbols o!

!ertilit$ on the ba( over and sprin(led throughout the liner notes. In utero

learl$ tells the audiene what the albums main themes are going to be

onerning that o! relationships with mother and the anatom$ o! the human

bod$. &he biolog$ o! the human bod$ is also displa$ed ver$ learl$ with a fgure

o! a women that+s transparent and reveals all her vital organs, blood vessels, this

stri(ing image not onl$ onve$s the themes o! the album but also the nature o!

the musi that o! whih some might fnd hallenging to listen to as some ma$

fnd the image diult to view, or view it as -gor$+ and also ontains expliit

l$rial ontent and themes. &he theme o! the human bod$ is arried out

throughout the album as in songs titles suh as eart shaped box that is riddled

with metaphors onerning /urt 0obains lead singer, songwriter, lead guitarist2

relationship with his mother and women.

 &he inside o! the album ontains several pitures o! the band per!orming live, the

images depit the raw nature o! their per!ormanes, with instruments )ailing and

bear hested men it also shows the energ$ o! the band and that the$ are a -live+

band. &his -violent+ energ$ is also a staple o! the grunge genre. ther pitures

inlude the anatom$ o! the male bod$ as oppose to the !emale on the !ront

over. 0obain also has red hair ftting with the olour sheme o! the rest o! the

digipa(.

 &he olour sheme is onsistent

throughout the digipa( with the

olour red s$mbolising blood. &his

image o! a man dressed as !emale

also shows the bands humorous

side and abilit$ not to ta(e

 

 &he ba( o! the album is a ollage made b$ 0obain

in a !rame with the song titles surrounding it. &he

imager$ re!erenes diretl$ the title o! the album

diretl$ with man$ !oetuses in the womb again

pro4eting the themes o! the album, also the !ront

over with a pregnant woman. &he ollage is

surrounded b$ man$ )owers a s$mbol o! the !emale

reprodutive organ vagina2 that lin(s to the birthing