The sound is absolutely more genuine, deliberately raw.
In my opinion, an unjustly underrated album, in some respects superior to "Nevermind."
"In Utero seems almost a sign of protest by the band against record labels."
"Pain, despair, and the desire to be happy are the main themes of the entire CD."
"In Utero is, in its way, a sort of concluding manifesto if not of the entire grunge epic, at least of the Seattle scene."
"Rape Me... the ultimate meaning of this existential manifesto of Kurt Cobain: desperate and extreme attempt to escape the pain of unsettling questions."
Cobain has always written the same mediocre, flat song for all 5 years of Nirvana.
Grunge in music history is one of the stupidest, most derivative, and genius-devoid genres ever appeared.
"In Utero represents a return to the origins for Nirvana, a return to their true sound: dirty, hard, distorted, and corrosive."
"Listening to this album drags us into Kurt Cobain’s chaotic world, a world where he lets out all the evils suffered, his fears, and his problems."