Icon (Nirvana album)

Icon
Greatest hits album by Nirvana
Released	August 31, 2010
Recorded	1991–1994
Genre	Grunge
Length	41:21
Language	English
Label	Geffen, UM^ɵ
Nirvana chronology
Live at Reading (2009) Icon (2010) Nevermind: The Singles (2011)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Icon is a compilation album from the American grunge band Nirvana. It was released on August 31, 2010.

Overview

Icon is the band's second greatest hits collection. The album was part of the Icon series launched by Universal Music Enterprises, which featured greatest hits releases "from 30 major artists spanning rock, pop, R&B and country."^[2]

The album features "You Know You're Right", first released on the band's 2002 greatest hits album, Nirvana, as well as the four singles from the band's 1991 breakthrough album Nevermind ("Smells Like Teen Spirit", "Come as You Are", "Lithium", "In Bloom") and three singles from their 1993 follow-up album In Utero ("Heart-Shaped Box", "Pennyroyal Tea", "Rape Me"), plus one album track from In Utero ("Dumb"). The album also includes the single from the MTV Unplugged In New York album ("About a Girl") and the unplugged version of "All Apologies", which was a promotional single.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Kurt Cobain unless otherwise noted.. 

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Album	Length
1.	"You Know You're Right"		Nirvana	3:37
2.	"Smells Like Teen Spirit"	Kurt Cobain Dave Grohl Krist Novoselic	Nevermind	5:02
3.	"Come As You Are"		Nevermind	3:40
4.	"Lithium"		Nevermind	4:17
5.	"In Bloom"		Nevermind	4:15
6.	"Heart-Shaped Box"		In Utero	4:40
7.	"Pennyroyal Tea" (Litt Remix)		In Utero	3:36
8.	"Rape Me"		In Utero	2:50
9.	"Dumb"		In Utero	2:31
10.	"About a Girl"		MTV Unplugged in New York	3:08
11.	"All Apologies"		MTV Unplugged in New York	3:45

Personnel

• Kurt Cobain – guitar and vocals
• Krist Novoselic – bass guitar
• Dave Grohl – drums and backing vocals
• Pat Smear – guitar on unplugged tracks
• Lori Goldston – cello on "All Apologies"
• Kera Schaley  - cello on "Dumb"

Charts and certifications

Charts

Year	Chart	Position
2010	Greek Albums Chart[3]	37

Certifications

Region	Certification	Sales/shipments
Canada (Music Canada)[4]	Gold	40,000^^
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone ^xunspecified figures based on certification alone

References

1. "Icon - Nirvana". Allmusic.
2. "Icon Series Launched by Universal Music Enterprises | Editorial-News Releases". Radioandmusic.com. Retrieved 2010-11-27.
3. Steffen Hung. "Greek charts portal". greekcharts.com. Retrieved 2014-06-15.
4. "Canadian album certifications – Nirvana – Icon". Music Canada.