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In Utero is het derde en laatste studioalbum van de Amerikaanse grungeband Nirvana. Het album verscheen op 21 september 1993. Als opvolger van het enorme commerciële succes dat Nevermind was, kon In Utero rekenen op veel media-aandacht. Het album betekende voor Nirvana een terugkeer naar het oorspronkelijke, minder gekuiste geluid. Frontman Kurt Cobain vreesde dat na het grote succes van Nevermind veel fans de groep zouden verloochenen. Producer Steve Albini werd ingehuurd om de band te voorzien van het gewenste vuige geluid.

In Utero kwam binnen op #1 zowel in de Verenigde Staten als Australië. De nummers Heart-Shaped Box, Rape Me en All Apologies werden hits. Hoewel het commercieel gezien een minder groot succes was dan Nevermind, werden van het album toch meer dan zes miljoen exemplaren verkocht. Toen het album uitkwam was het "het best verkopende album in één week tijd", hoewel Vs. van Pearl Jam dit record enkele weken later zou verpulveren.

In Utero is the third and final studio album by the American rock band Nirvana, released on September 21, 1993, by DGC Records. After breaking into the mainstream with their previous album, Nevermind (1991), Nirvana hired Steve Albini to record In Utero, seeking a more complex, abrasive sound that was reminiscent of their work prior to Nevermind. Although the singer and primary songwriter Kurt Cobain claimed that the album was "very impersonal", many of its songs contain heavy allusions to his personal life and struggles, expressing feelings of angst that were prevalent on Nevermind.

The album was recorded over two weeks in February 1993 at Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota. After recording finished, rumors circulated that DGC might not release the album due to Albini's abrasive and uncommercial sound. The album was mastered by Bob Ludwig to achieve a more desirable sound for both Nirvana and their label. The band later hired the producer Scott Litt to remix the singles "All Apologies", "Heart-Shaped Box" and "Pennyroyal Tea".

In Utero was a major critical and commercial success upon release. Critics praised the album's raw, unconventional sound and Cobain's lyricism. It reached number one on the US Billboard 200 and UK Albums Chart; "Heart-Shaped Box" and "All Apologies" reached number one on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart. The album has been certified 6× Platinum in the US for 6 million sales and has sold 15 million copies worldwide. It was the final Nirvana album released before Cobain's suicide in 1994, six months after the album's release. "Pennyroyal Tea", planned as a single prior to Cobain's death, was released in 2014 and reached number one on the now-defunct Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales chart.