As with the band's first greatest hits compilation
Nirvana, released in 2002, the otherwise chronological album opens with "
You Know You're Right", which was first released on
Nirvana, and recorded during the band's final studio session in January 1994. This is followed by the four singles from the band's second album and major label debut,
Nevermind ("
Smells Like Teen Spirit", "
Come as You Are", "
Lithium" and "
In Bloom"), three singles from their 1993 third album
In Utero ("
Heart-Shaped Box", "
Pennyroyal Tea" and "
Rape Me"), and the
In Utero album track, "
Dumb". It also includes the
MTV Unplugged versions of "
About a Girl", which was released as a single to promote the album
MTV Unplugged in New York in October 1994, and "
All Apologies", which was released as a
promotional single. Unlike
Nirvana,
Icon contains no material originally released on the band's first record label,
Sub Pop, replacing the studio recording of "About a Girl" with the
MTV Unplugged version, and no
cover versions. ==Reception==