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"Puss"/"Oh, the Guilt" is a split single from the American rock bands The Jesus Lizard and Nirvana, released via Touch and Go Records.[1]

"Puss"/"Oh, the Guilt"
UK picture sleeve
Single by The Jesus Lizard and Nirvana
Released	February 15, 1993
Recorded	1992
Genre	Post-hardcore grunge
Length	6:43
Label	Touch and Go Records
Songwriter(s)	The Jesus Lizard/Kurt Cobain
Producer(s)	Steve Albini ("Puss")/ Barrett Jones ("Oh, the Guilt")
The Jesus Lizard singles chronology
"Mouth Breather" (1990) "Puss"/"Oh, the Guilt" (1993)
Nirvana singles chronology
"In Bloom" (1992) "Oh, the Guilt" (1993) "Heart-Shaped Box" (1993)

Recording and release

It was released on February 15, 1993, and includes the songs "Puss" by the Jesus Lizard and "Oh, the Guilt" by Nirvana. The cover art for the single is a painting by Malcolm Bucknall called "Old Indian and White Poodle".[2] "Puss"/"Oh, the Guilt" peaked at number 12 on the UK singles chart; it was The Jesus Lizard's first and only hit single in the UK, and Nirvana's sixth.

"Puss" first appeared on the 1992 album, Liar and was recorded by Steve Albini, who would later record Nirvana's third and final album, In Utero. The video for "Puss" showed a man being welded in a chair, so it was banned from some television stations.

"Oh, the Guilt" was recorded by Barrett Jones on April 7, 1992 in Seattle, Washington. The song was re-released in 2004 on the Nirvana rarities box set, With the Lights Out, and in 2005 on the compilation album, Sliver: The Best of the Box, although on these latter releases the song was remixed by Adam Kasper, and does not include the sound of lighter clicks present on the original mix.

A review in British music magazine, Music Week, described "Oh, the Guilt" as a "rougher, underproduced example of their pop-metal" and "Puss" as "a fiercer, messier hardcore thang".[3]

In an August 1993 Billboard article about the Touch and Go record label, the "Puss / Oh, the Guilt" split single is described as having "sold in great numbers".[4]

Track listing

Charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Australian Top 20 Alternative Singles (ARIA)[5]	3
European Hot 100 Singles (Music & Media)[6]	36
UK Singles (OCC)[7]	12
UK Network Singles (MRIB)[8][9][10]	9
UK Indie Singles (Melody Maker)[9]	2
UK Indie Singles (Music Week)[11]	3
UK Indie Singles (NME)[10]	2
UK Rock & Metal Singles (CIN)[12]	3

Unreleased versions

Nirvana recorded an instrumental demo version of "Oh, the Guilt" on January 1, 1991, at The Music Source studios in Seattle, Washington, but it remains officially unreleased. At the same studio session the band also recorded demo versions of songs "Aneurysm", "Even In His Youth", "All Apologies", "On a Plain", "Radio Friendly Unit Shifter", and "Token Eastern Song". All of these also remain officially unreleased except for "Aneurysm" and "Even In His Youth" which featured as B-sides to the "Smells Like Teen Spirit" single, and "All Apologies" which was released on the 20th anniversary deluxe and super-deluxe versions of the In Utero album in 2013.[13]

References

External links

• The (Unofficial) Jesus Lizard Discography Version 4.3
• The LiveNIRVANA.com companion to official releases

На других языках

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- [en] Puss / Oh, the Guilt

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[es] Puss/Oh, the Guilt

Puss/Oh, the Guilt es un álbum split lanzado en conjunto por las bandas de rock The Jesus Lizard y Nirvana. Fue lanzado en febrero de 1993, e incluye las canciones Puss de The Jesus Lizard y Oh, the Guilt, de Nirvana.

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[ru] Puss/Oh, the Guilt

Puss/Oh, the Guilt — совместный сингл американских рок-групп Nirvana и The Jesus Lizard, изданный в феврале 1993 года и включавший в себя 2 композиции: «Puss» The Jesus Lizard и «Oh, The Guilt» Nirvana[1]. На обложке пластинки была размещена картина Малькольма Бакнелла под названием «Старый индеец и белый пудель»[2] . Сингл занял 5-е место в UK Singles Chart.

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