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Cobain was nonetheless operating on the album's lyrics well into the recording of Nevermind. Songs prepared for the duration of this time period were being a lot less violent, but nevertheless reflected anger absent from Cobain's earlier tunes. Guitar World wrote, "Kurt Cobain's guitar audio on Nirvana's Nevermind set the tone for Nineties rock new music." On Nevermind, Cobain performed a 1960s Fender Mustang, a Fender Jaguar with DiMarzio pickups, and a handful of Fender Stratocasters with humbucker bridge pickups. Vig asserted that clarity of Cobain's singing was not paramount. Vig and the band have been unhappy with Vig's first mixes, and determined to bring in an individual else to oversee the mixing. The 2nd discs function early session recordings, together with the Smart Studio periods and some band rehearsals recorded with a boombox, furthermore two BBC session recordings. In 2006, visitors of Guitar World rated Nevermind 8th on a checklist of the 100 Greatest Guitar Recordings. In 2004, the Library of Congress included Nevermind to the National Recording Registry, which collects "culturally, historically or aesthetically critical" sound recordings from the 20th century. Entertainment Weekly gave Nevermind an A− rating, and reviewer David Browne argued that on Nevermind, Nirvana "under no circumstances entertain the notion" of wanting to seem "regular", when compared to other modern option bands.