Bug

I like grunge, but not a fan of noise rock, usually... this one is kind of in between the two, which makes it hard to rate. I think if it wasn't quite as noisy, I would have given it a 4, but overall, I think it's a 3.4.

Feels pretty ahead of its time. I would guess this had a home in the mid 90s at least but im a decade off. It has such a wonderful harshness to it that just rules. Just plain goodness. Amd rhe vocals are beautifully edgy as well. As in has an edgy not like Eminem edgy. Ive always liked this band. Out there was the song and then i had the album with the sick bowl cut guy on it. Its all just solid. Not the best or biggest but just consistently good for at this point almost 40 years. I saw them live opening for I belive the offspring, and they blew my socks off. I haven't really strayed too far away since. Always coming back for a bit of the small Dino.

Шум, но уже ее сексуальный

олелемалеле

They had me in the first half fr, then they got to screaming at the end of the album so they lost me.

Interesting album. Unique and enjoyable, but not memorable.

I saw very little high value musical content in this. Seemed like a lot of drudgery and poor vocal delivery with occasional good instrumental patches. Too much angst for me, although would have probably been of use age 15.

(drei bis) vier

When I listen to albums like Bug, I think of that time the US Army played Van Halen's 'Panama' on repeat to help drive Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega to surrender... that operation took a week to force him out of the embassy he was sheltered in. The Army could've played this album once and he would've surrendered in the middle of the sonic assault known as "Don't"... Would I listen to again? Only if held hostage...

Groupe inconnu. Rock dynamique et très accrocheur. La section rythmique est remarquable, j'aime certaines lignes et le son de basse, et la batterie est vraiment très créative et variée. Quelques chorus de guitare viennent agrémenter l'ensemble. Par contre le chant est plutôt en dessous. En tout cas excellente découverte qui va rejoindre ma collection. =>4/5

This gradually builds up and up into a really noisy album. The songs start out like normal alt rock noise and eventually turn into the wonderful noise that is Don't. I really like Dinosaur Jr, this isn't my favorite album by them but it's still really good.

Gives Nirvana

More of the same. Not terribly interesting.

The guitar work is outstanding but the vocalist is terrible, like they dragged in the first guy they saw on the street. That averages out at a 3.

- .... in the words of Kool Keith .... "WHY?"

Kinda driving me crazy that they remind me of a band I like from years back with similar whiney vocals that I can't quite draw into memory. I've listened to this album multiple times, hating it one time, really starting to like it the next, then back again - it sounds a lot better to me on ear buds than full blast stereo, that's part of the back and forth I think - love the thrashy speedy wall of fuzz noisy fuck you guitar, don't love that the fuzzed out vocals and really uninteresting, so far, white-noised out lyrics. But I'm listening to Let it Ride as I write this and, damn that's good! On the fence, 3 twinkly stars.

holy grunge whiny vocals that occasionally turn into tortured screams more distortion than there is guitar at points but the tone is still rich and fuzzy Song picks: No Bones, They Always Come, Budge, and The Post.

The first few songs were okay, I was vibing with the singers voice and musicality, but then I got lost half way through and didn't enjoy the ending of the album. The names of the songs made me laugh though, so there is that!

I didn’t mind the beginning but then it got metally at some point and I was done

How to make cleaning my oven even worse: put on this album. I wasn't a fan of this one. Too noisy and abrasive for me. 2.5/10.

I'm pretty neutral on this album. I feel like the instrumentation had a lot of potential. But then the vocals would come in and I'd often hope for something different. But, at times the vocals really fit the style. Others it just felt annoying

I think some of the songs were a bit abrasive with the high pitched scratchy noises going on as well as the couple of songs where he was screaming. Enjoyed the songs where the Decibels and pitch weren't spiking to uncomfortable levels all for the sake of being a bit edgy. Bonus points though for the album art, album title and band name. All very funky and creative, I'm into it. Wish I was into it more so I could say "Yeah I'm big into Dinosaur Jr. these days". 6.5/10

Barrage of atonal punk-ish indie music of the late 80s. Not really my scene.

** very little music on this album. Mostly screaming vocals and banging instruments..

Solid alternative rock with lots of gritty guitar

A good late 80’s grunge record.

It wasn’t too bad. Fun and interesting. I liked it.

Grungy, distorted, enjoyable. Probably a grower.

I would place this alongside‘dog man star’ and ‘the white album’. Mainly because they are each held in high regard in the band’s catalogue, but also because they are the sounds of bands falling apart. Which is odd, because the songs on ‘bug’ are quite poppy, J’s voice isn’t as gravely as it would turn from 93’s ‘where you been?’ And the melodies are quite poppy and breezy ‘they always come’ / ‘freakscene’ etc. The exception here is Lou Barlow’s ‘don’t’ which is the chuck norris of angst. It’s a horrifying listen. ‘wHY dOn’T yOU LiKe mEEEEE?!’ The distortion has distortion, J Mascis plays a solo from the 9th layer of the inferno where the liars and cheats reside, and the song drips with shame, self-pity and fury. It’s the darkest Dinosaur Jr have ever been, and it’s stunning. Lou Barlow would leave the band after the albums completion and J is on record as saying he doesn’t rate it. For the rest of us, it’s a monumental listen 5/5

It just freaking rips.

Nice album, noisy and harmonic, vocals balance it all.

This was ticking along nicely, let's just try & ignore the penultimate track and imagine a world where it doesn't exist. That one abomination aside I enjoyed it

A mixed bag for me. Some songs I liked, some I didn't. Definitely one I need to give another listen.

Too grungey and bad singer. I didn’t mind the first and last songs but everything inbetween wasn’t for me.

Cockslappingly good

A pretty good bridge to grunge never been as entranced with the band as others but thy are also never really terrible.

Had no idea what to expect, but came out pleasantly surprised.

I don’t know about this one, I couldn’t really get into it, but the couple songs with the more screaming style of vocals were better than the others. I’ll be generous since it wasn’t actively annoying and say 2.5 rounds to 3 stars.

Pretty good - no real new discovery, but I enjoyed it.

I only knew hits back in the day, but I always liked the fuzz on Dino Jr albums. This album certainly brought the fuzz! I think I liked Let it Ride or Don't the most, there were a few clunkers too. Pretty solid overall

never heard of these guys.

I like the genre, but it's too raw for my taste. It does have some good songs

Too noisy

Not terrible, very rock like jam band feel. I don't like but every dude and their dude friend seems to enjoy dudes playing guitar and whiny singing

Joe G: “Noise” Harness: “One of my favourite albums. Glad it’s on there.” Stevo: “Maybe an instrumental version wouldn’t have been that bad” Me: 4 star music with a 1 star singer. It was a pretty comfortable three until “Don’t”, which I had to turn off, resulting in a downgrading to 2.

Boring.

Noise rock. Started better than it finished.

Punk très rough - voix plus ou moins intéressantes, un peu whiny. Musicalement moyen

Pour de vrai surpris et bien aimé

Again, this is one of those bands that I missed in the late 80s, and it is a bit of a shame because despite what it actually is and where it sits in musical history, it is a rock and roll statement against the synthy shine of most late 80s production value. Even now, it is strong and rooted in rock - less of a forerunner for grunge and more of a demand for more raw rock sound.

This drones on and on. I get what they’re doing and I don’t dislike it but grunge made this way more tolerable.

Not their best IMO. It was okay.

Not bad, and really liked the related song playlist that came after the album a lot

This was cool. I could hear a lot of my favourite artists inspirations in this one. I thought the average for this would be around 3.50 but apparently people like it less apparently lmao.

Late 80s Indie rock. Fan favourite. Grungy, sounds like the early 90s.

Ratings: 5: I will happily play this album anytime 4: I may occasionally play this album of my own free will 3: I will happily listen to this if someone plays it in the background 2: I will tolerate this if it is playing in the background 1: I will leave the room if someone plays this in the background If you're guitar based and doing something interesting you're almost always going to get a 3 from me unless there is something that offends my ears. This was sometimes interesting but nothing was overly memorable. I can hear elements that would influence what came later, but I don't know that I needed to hear this before I die.

Dinosaur Jr. was right at that liminal space between punk and indie rock. Maybe even through in some lo-fi in there. I don't own any Dinosaur Jr but after listening to this I would be interested in getting some if the price was right. I looked this one album up on Disc Ogs and the first edition from SST is sitting at about 100 dollars and I've already got enough expensive habits don't need this one. I appreciate this album a lot more than most people but I'm also really into that area of Indie Rock/Punk/Hardcore/Metal/Etc as this is the bit of music that fueled a lot of what I got into just a few years later. Regardless of what people say Don't is the best song on the album 5/5.

Fun rock album, some tracks were a little to heavy for me but there were some good ones in the middle. The drumming and guitar work was excellent but over all it had very poor mixing. Great album for a workout.

Sweet record from an absolutely fantastic time in rock music history. To be included in this era was both a blessing and a curse. So many other bands that didn't get their just due, but made great pieces of art. Kicking off with FREAK SCENE and other gut punchingly catchy tracks is an example of what makes J Mascis and Dinosaur Jr. so special to alt rock's wonderful family.

I’ve listened to you’re living all over me a good amount but liked this more

Best track "Don't". Because its the last track. Worst track "Don't'. Because they did.

The more I listened, the less I liked this

As a first-time listener, Bug felt like a raw and noisy introduction to Dinosaur Jr’s world. “Freak Scene” stood out with its catchy hooks and emotional punch, but the rest of the album didn’t quite grab me in the same way. There’s energy and attitude here, but it didn’t fully click for me overall.

I enjoyed it as some 90's early 2000's alt rock, but then I looked at the release date and was more impressed. This is pretty impressive for 1988 and the guitar is amazing. The vocals are just okay, which is probably part of the reason they didn't become more mainstream. For me I really enjoyed the first half and have to give them props for being early in this music styling. The second half started to drag a little and then Don't was just too screamy.

Dinosaur Jr. has the apathetic noise thing pretty much perfected. This album sounds similar to Daydream Nation by Sonic Youth. I might have liked this more in the 90’s, but I’m mostly over this style of music now.

I feel like these guys would be really fun live, because they rock out really hard. But listening to the studio recording on a home speaker, it feels too muffled and distorted to match the kind of energy I imagine they bring to the stage.

I saw where this album was described as 'noise rock'. Well, they got that first half right...

This album fuckin rocks.

Who let the 12 year old with a limited exposure to real music put an album on this list?

HELL YES

This shit freakin slapped

𝘉𝘶𝘨 captures Dinosaur Jr. at their raw, noisy best — hooky riffs buried under fuzz, J Mascis’ unmistakable drawl, and a sound that bridges indie rock with the coming wave of grunge. Tracks like 𝘍𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘚𝘤𝘦𝘯𝘦 prove how effortlessly they balanced chaos and melody. The one misstep is 𝘋𝘰𝘯’𝘵: Lou Barlow’s sole vocal turn, buried in abrasive noise that feels more punishing than powerful. Still, despite that closer, 𝘉𝘶𝘨 remains one of Dinosaur Jr.’s strongest records.

Started great. But as the songs progress they are each not as good as the last

Fave Track: Yeah We Know 3.7/5

Wow, never heard about this band. But really nice. Good solid (indie) rock and even a bit punky. Really liked it.

Noisy punk grunge hybrid.

Decent.

2.1

Were there moments where this was great? Yes. Were there also moments where this sounded like a bad garage band playing their first gig at 6 p.m. on a Wednesday at a dive bar? Also yes. Three feels simultaneously too high and too low a rating but I don’t want to over think it so three stars it is.

Load of shit made even worse by the vocalist's fucking god awful voice. Quite possibly the worst I've ever heard. I liked distorted guitars and bass, but noise rock has hardly ever done it for me for some reason.

... Did not like it, will place a more thorough recap at another time...

Pretty intense but nice

bom

If you like noise rock, this is the album for you. While the songs themselves don't feel incredibly distinct, the band's use of feedback and distortion is honestly pretty cool, and I get the impression like they want me to feel like I'm listening to them live in a small club (which I'd greatly prefer over listening to the recorded stuff).

J Mascis's vocals and screaming guitar tone have been a singular force in rock music for decades, and this ranks among their best works.

wonder if Dinosaur Senior sounds better.

Más sentimientos encontrados. Probablemente uno de los álbumes más adelantados a su época de los que llevo escuchados. Suena a mid 90s pero es del 88. Las baterías son literalmente nu metal. Pero canta fatal y las guitarras suenan a pedo con sorpresa. Así que es un 5 en unas cosas y un 2 en otras. 6.8/10—>3/5

They probably have at least two albums I'd have chosen over this one, but damn that sound is so great.

I liked this so much better than You're Living All Over Me. Still didn't love it, but it was a major improvement. There were actually songs I liked on here rather than hated less. "Freak Scene" and "Keep The Glove" were both pretty good. The only song I absolutely hated was "Don't," and it reminded me of all the things I hated about their previous album. Dinosaur Jr. is never going to be a favorite of mine, but this was a big improvement from their last album on the list.

Vähän tulee sellainen varhainen pop punk mieleen. Ihan jepaa mutta ei mitää kauhean ihmeellistä. Loppupäästä el niin välittänyt kun se meni enemmän noiseksi. Parhaat: They Always Come, Freak Scene

Lovely album

I know they’re not part of the Seattle scene (I had assumed they were), but they definitely have that Foo, Pearl, Nirvana grungy sound. At least some of the time. Not really the stuff I gravitate to, but not unenjoyable.

On a scale of 1 to 5 I'll give it -1.

(77/100)

More quality indie/slacker/college/alternative rock. Maybe their 2nd best album?

Hard to tell how innovative it was for the time. It's good. 8 year old hated it.

Sounds like a stroppy teenager, moaning through a hose pipe

Noisy, but feels like an influence to mid 90's alt rock like Gin Blossoms. Also has some punk beats and vibe at times. Dig it!

Det va da maken til brøling på nestsiste sporet, men fram til da va det ikke så ille. Ikke helt min greie, men på ingen måte fornærmanes eller slitsomt, bare ikke så interessant sammenligna med de musikalske sfæran æ ellers befinn mæ innafor. Men den her ropinga, for nokka mas.

Ok

Decent sound, but Don't was annoying.

No ha sido mi rollo, pero ha sido una buena experiencia.

Solid rock that build up crescendo

Sounds like early 90s from the 80s

sounds a bit like ash. i like ash

This is great

A lot to like, but too noisy / buzzy for me to really love it.

Commence comme une valeur sûre du rock, vivant et impertinent, pour finir complètement déjanté

not gonna knock this album cause it is quite good, but what the actual fuck is the song Don't cause it don't belong on this album

Kind of bangin. I vibe with the insanity of some of the songs, especially Don't

They were cooking hard, so hard that they might've overcooked it a little bit. Favourite Song: Freak Scene Honourable Mention: Don't, Keep the Glove

solid album, "don't" was a bit much for me but i honestly still liked it. overall im thinking a 3 but i could see this being a 4

I don't mind the odd song by Dinosaur Jr. in a playlist, but after listening to two albums, I can't really tell each song apart.

I kept thinking this was pavement bc the main vocalist sounds just like stephen malkmus

dope

Worth a listen.

Favorite Track: Freak Scene

Definitely some high energy music! Won't be part of the regular rotation.

Just not a noise rock guy

Very teenage garage band, meh

One of the goats

An album of that one nirvana song that you don't like

Dette var ikke mye pent. Kanskje vurdere et annet yrke enn vokalist???

Pretty decent, can see the inspiration to other bands of a similar ilk.

Album began ok. Last two songs were just annoying noise. "Don't" was terrible noise and "Keep the Glove" became noise as well. Not very memorable, but overall listenable.

Terrible

Normally dont mind this kind of thing but there's nothing about this that warrants must-listen status.

My husband has significantly more conventional music taste than I do, and if he was doing this project he'd be giving this album a one star rating. He's made me turn off a Squid album before for being too much shouty noise. I still listen to "shouty noise" music, I just use my headphones so I'm not annoying the Gen Xer with conventional taste and no urge to explore new sounds. So here we are. For the most part, I vibed with this album - notable exception being Don't, which sounds like someone recorded the sensation of screaming into the void - and I'd definitely be willing to listen to more Dinosaur Jr. going forward.

Where do I begin? This is probably the most mediocre album I've listened to so far. The songs are very repetitive. The vocalist doesn't show me that they have anything to offer that I can't find elsewhere. If I had to describe this album in 1 word, it would be "forgettable".

Alternative Rock comes in many forms and this is one of my favorites. The bands I listen to the most today absolutely were indirectly influenced by this band. I'm not the biggest fan of the vocals, but they absolutely work in this way. "Freak Scene" and "Let It Ride" are some amazing tracks and to end it all with "Don't" is vile in the best way. I can see why this album is rated quite low, but I do not agree one bit! Can't believe this is from the 80s

Whiny noise.

okay but a bit raucous for me

Oooof, started off ok, interesting early alternative sounds. Ended in a way that made me not want to put it on again. 2 stars.

I can understand that some people may not like this; it's loud and it's unpolished. However, as a fan of this kind of alternative rock, I'm the target audience for this album. Still don't think it's particularly inspired. Pretty cool though!

I don't know anything about this band. Pleasantly surprised by the first track. Some of these songs sound a lot like what I normally listen to, but it does lose me at times. Some of these are quite tedious and don't really work for me, but others I quite liked. Highlight is probably Freak Scene. 3/3.5

A bit crap, good opening track (Freakscene) but nothing else to note

Bad angst teen movie soundtrack

I rly wanted to like this but I just didn’t rly. I do appreciate the sound and some stuff like this I like a lot but it just wasn’t THAT good overall. The only problem I rly had was the vocals being annoying but ik it’s supposed to sound like that with the indie alt rock genres. A lot of the guitar riffs I did enjoy and I didn’t overly hate anything but it just was quite middle of the road. My favourite songs were No Bones and Keep The Glove but I did enjoy Don’t a lot aswell. Overall I’m not going to be returning to this at all rly so I’m gonna give it a 5.4/10 2.7/5

This is one of those albums that could've been good but gets ruined by completely awful, unlistenable vocals.

I'll agree with J, it's not their best, but I don't think it's their worst effort either. And, it's way better than a lot if garbage that was circulating in 1988

Aside from Freak Scene, it feels like the band are not giving it their all. 4/10

2.9 // poorly mixed, grungy, rage-y towards the end

This was alright, didn't listen to the whole thing but what I heard was good on the whole

Eh neutral towards it

Dinosaur Jr. has sick guitar lines, fun vocal hooks and explosive parts. In other words, it’s music to play LOUD.

Indie rock origins, you can hear 90s grunge all they way to 2010s indie rock in various aspects of this album. I adore the guitar tone throughout it, it's warm in a way and the solos are great. I think a couple times the overdrive is a bit much but I love it's use overall. Vocals are very indie esque, in their own odd unique way. Glad to be introduced to this band

Boring punk

This was a really good album! I really enjoyed the whole thing and I like Dinosaur Jr lol such a cool band!

oh god it's indie rock. It's discordant and the singer sounds somewhere between bored and whiny. I owe the 90s an apology for thinking they invented that. I've been defaulting to "3" for things where I realize that the album just isn't my genre but it's probably important or influential. (And many albums outside my usual tastes have surprised me into higher ratings.) This one...is just so unlistenable that it's trending down towards a 2. Pray it descends no further. "Pond Song" was almost OK, even if it did raise the question "Why would anyone listen to this when there's REM?". But the next song started so loud that I literally said "oh god" out loud. All right, this album now marks the first time in 17 albums that I've stopped listening. I made it through the entirety of the "homicidal alien doctor raps about sexual assault" album, and I was one minute into the final five-minute song on this one when I said "No. No more. Make it stop." And now I know what a 1-star album is.

Nirvana’s brother! Maybe a bit less angry and on edge 3.8

A lovely fuzzy sprawl, barely contained

It’s ok but the song “Don’t” is hilariously bad.

Torn on this, after a slow start the music is pretty compelling. Vocals are laughably bad at first, then they get slightly better but they’re still not really good. I do really like the mid section of this album, but it’s a lot of hits and misses overall. The screaming on Don’t is awful but it’s kinda funny so in a weird way I like it? The desperation of it is relatable too. I’m just perplexed by this. At least it’s not a boring listen!

Started off OK - the last song - Don't - was a big no from me. What the hell was that? I'll say 2.

Pretty cool. Reminds me of a certain Canadian band that rhymes with HapanFroids

Not too bad - pretty thrashy for the 80s which is cool.

Decent but the last couple tracks really lost me

Not horrible but nothing that caught my attention.

This is not just some 'noise' album as the comments would have you believe; this is raw, energetic rock. And honestly, that's good enough for me.

A bridge between the post hardcore indie rock of the 80s and the slacker post grunge alt rock of the 90s, Dinosaur Jr combine hard driving aggressive sound with shy introspective vocals. The album's sound is all sludgy noise, shaggy riffs, muffled production, explosive dynamics, off the wall guitar parts. It's a thick impenetrable noise that obscures lots of surprisingly catchy hooks and big choruses that stumble out of the feedback and fuzz. On paper they should be a favorite band, but I've never liked them quite as much as I feel I should - but even so, this album rips. Favorites: Budge, they always come, freak scene,

i spent years confusing this band with T. Rex, a group they share neither a genre nor even a Decade with but do share dinosaur-flavored names. anyway, this is kind of the cutest album ever! a lot of that comes down to j mascis' vocal style and presence, a surprisingly soft center considering he can work in the Rock Singer Idiom, but the whole sensation of extremely bright and immediate melodies cutting through all the fuzz is just a rly snug and comfy one. and the melodic sensibility rly is just often sweet....some jangles and sparkles bubble their way to the top of the guitars, and theres more bubblegum in some of the vocal melodies than some would expect (people who dont know the ramones, anyway). a personally vital image evoked by all this: staring at a pouring thunderstorm through the window. wonderful record!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! made me very happy

Dinosaur Jr is just not for me. I have had this album (actually the tape) since probably 1994. Unlike Sonic Youth which I always avoided until this list I did try to get into this album. I know that they are important because of who they influenced and what they were doing in contrast to the state of music in 1988, but this sounds too much like all the million bands who imitated them in the 90s.

- hat mich irgendwie nicht so richtig abgeholt die Platte 2 – Respektiere ich, aber nicht meins 🤷‍♂️ Ich sehe, warum das Album wichtig ist oder geschätzt wird, aber es hat mich nicht gepackt.

This album wasn't all that bad, really, until the final song ("Don't") which, is, uh, certainly ... noise? That's probably the most positive thing I can comment on it.

Very solid 80's indie rock. Nothing super incredible, but very good from front to back.

Not their best, but ok.

I’ve tried multiple times to get into Dinosaur Jr and I just can’t. The guitar tones and production just don’t do it for me. I respect their pioneering and influence they’ve had on other artists and on paper I should love them. But I don’t. Meh

Fun listen

I liked this a little more than the Dinosaur Jr. album I recently had on this list. It's still a little unrefined, but I thought it was a good album. 3.5/5 Might listen again

Hated this. Out of tune vocals. Loud, aggressive, abrasive.

Decent grunge with some nice riffs and the drumming is very grunge-esque aswell, my main complaint though is the sound quality and lack of direction a bit as it sounds like the songs are a bit generic but with distorted guitars and loud drums to sound grunge, it also doesn’t really sound like it’s mixed all that well but maybe they intentionally did it that way to sound more raw but it sounds too raw as if it was was just straight up recorded in a garage, which again might be the intention. Not bad though, overall 5.5/10.

“Freak Scene” got my attention, as did “Don’t,” (mostly for the screaming), otherwise it was fine but just not my style of alternative I guess.

Noisy but melodic. Brash but not punk. Dinosaur Jr. seems to straddle a lot of lines here. Ultimately, their influence on indie rock is probably overshadowed by those who have done it better. No tracks stood out to me as favorites. The reverberating guitar is all that is imprinted in my mind.

Whatever. FUCK the last song.

why is there so much punk crap in this list ?

Really cool sounds. First track had me a little bit scared it was going to be violent femmes style nonchalant indie singing, but the guitars already reassured me. I'm guessing this is argued as the start of emo by some people? Love just about all of the guitar sounds. They are so bright and yet all of the potential jangle is caught up in fuzz and screaming overtones. I will look up their guitar setups.

It’s fuzzy but you can see the inspiration

Sometimes felt like it was coming through poorly on radio. One song I was really tempted to skip, but overall I could enjoy it. Very punky, and emotional.

Decent album. Would listen to again

make it stop

Somewhere between grunge and alternative indie lies Dinosaur Jr. Overall, I enjoyed the album. The album is not really a precursor to anything. It just is.

I actually did rather like this album, but it doesn't really feel essential. I had never heard of this group before, so maybe they are more influential than I give them credit for, but this doesn't stand apart from some of the other rock on this list.

I like distortion and guitars and I can hear the influences they made on later bands, and there were moments which were good, though I didn't particularly enjoy this album. I was leaning towards 3 stars but then came the last, very noisy song which rounds it down to a 2 overall.

Grunge boredom.

el instrumental es buenísimo, pero los vocales son desganados. entiendo q es una estilo, pero me gusta q sean melódicos.

17/1001 Dinosaur Jr - Bug Heard before? ✅ Revisit? ✅ Dinosaur Jr really work for me as a band, from the distorted guitar sound to the play with the soft and loud nature of the compositions. Also the monster guitar solos in a couple of tracks here. It took me a while when I first heard Dinosaur Jr to get used to Mascis's vocals, but when the penny dropped, everything just clicked. Hard to ignore just how influential this was for the alternative/grunge scene at the time.

Oh god... We hebben er weer een! Een album met een jankende kattenzanger... Hoe kan dit toch blijven gebeuren? je kiest toch iemand als zanger omdat hij goed kan zingen? Sowieso zit er een gigantische bak herrie op de gitaar. Veel distortion. Ik vind dat dus gewoon niet zo mooi, maar het is blijkbaar fantastisch? Het zal wel. Ik vind dit typisch een band die dan op zo'n lijst verschijnt waar ik letterlijk nooit een 2e keer naar zou luisteren als het niet vanwege deze lijst was. Het is 13 in een dozijn, maar dan ook nog eens een zanger die het slechter dan 13 in een dozijn maakt. Het is dus niet eens gemiddeld slecht, maar bijzonder slecht. Verdomme. Is het dan muzikaal misschien goed? Nee het is luid. Dat is het vooral, ik ga mn oren hierna wat rust gunnen en wat ambient aanzetten ofzo om bij te komen van de ontzettende bak herrie die er zojuist over me is uitgestort. Elk nummer moet continue HARDER EN HARDER en dan jankt de zanger er een beetje overheen. Ik snap dit echt totaal niet. Noise rock is precies wat het beloofd, precies wat het moet zijn. Maar als je een bak stront over een nietsvermoedende luisteraar uitstort, dan moet je niet raar opkijken als die luisteraar daarna ook zegt dat dit herrie is. Dat is namelijk precies wat dit is; Herrie. De enige reden waarom dit misschien op deze lijst staat? Jezus christus, ik was al compleet klaar met dit album, toen kwam Don't. Een 5 minuten(!!!) durende verkrachting van een arme gitaar, met de zanger die erover heen schreeuwt. "WHYYYYYYYYY, WHY DONT YOU LIKE MEEEEEEEEEEE" Dit is oprecht een van de slechtste stukken 'muziek' die ik ooit heb gehoord. Dit waren misschien wel de langste 38 minuten uit mijn leven. Fuck Noise, fuck deze band, fuck.

I think it's kinda shitty rock, not for me Will I listen to again: 1%

OK

Cool album, not a huge fan of the last 2 songs

Not my style

Didn’t care for this.

4/5

New one on me but love the grunge vibe

J Mascis is a helluva guitar player (even if he wears orthopedic shoes these days).

This was a fun college rock lp. Just long enough. The mixing is what it is, but it adds to the vibe. Loved it.

for some reason I always thought dinosaur jr as a sort of primus-esque funk metal band and I have no clue why. there's a lot of interesting guitar tones/effects throughout the album, especially in "no bones" where it sounds like a lightsaber for some reason. sadly, there isn't much else that's interesting about this album - it kinda just languishes in its own midness for a while. favorite song: "no bones" overall: 6/10

This was generally just noise tbh. Don’t physically hurt my ears.

I don't get it. The compilers have recommended an album full of terrible off key singing. Even irony needs a certain amount of listenabilty. Or am I missing something?

This album is like have a terrible inner monolgue played against a background of mouldy porridge (with loads of distortion)

I bought this album on the back of Freak Scene (remember when that was a thing? No streaming or downloads, just hope and Sounds or MM or NME or your local record shop staff to guide you). I was disappointed and I still am. Freak Scene was and is awesome though, for me it was one of the defining tracks of that part of my messy life, a staple of every half-decent indie night playlist. The rest of the album is mediocre at best.

"Hi" "Yeah." "Are you?" "Joey." "What? Oh I see." "Yeah man. Right at the front" "At the front?" "It was the best. Did you see them?" "Well, Mr Dumit, were just in your area to talk to people about their broadband provider. Do you ..." "I was right by the speakers." "Errr." "So cool. You could literally like, see the bass, you know, like really see it." "HERE'S A FLYER MR DUMIT. For fucksake."

If I was a teenager in the late 80s, I'd probably like this, but I wasn't and I don't.

# Album Name: DInosaur Jr # Artist: Bug # Rating: 2/5 # Comments: Didnt enjoy this one. One good song and thats it. The rest was trash # Top Tunes: Freak scene # Would I listen to it again? No

i thought this was cool. can hear the influence of this on albums that came later, even if i don’t love his voice i sure do love guitars

Rockin.

Did nothing for me. Just sounded like a lot of mid level alt rock

Pleasantly surprised by this (other than "Don't" which is god awful) considering I've never even heard of them before. I would probably give it a 3.5 which I would have rounded to 4 if not for "Don't" offending my ears so badly that they lose a point.

Fine

Hard indie, huh. I reckon it must be good for those who enjoy that kind of music. However, I am not that kind of girl.

High school band at best. Just noisy with laughably bad singing; literally noise rock. 4/10

Overall good 90s indie rock album with a few standout out songs. I listened to this multiple times.

I guess this week for me is the week of not great vocalists. This sounds like something from a local band in high school, and I loved that nostalgia feeling.

Not a fan I did not like vocals

Gave me a headache.

I like the noise palette. Active tempo throughout. A bit of attitude. Really like this.

Not my taste.

Freak Scene solo is one of the greatest sounds in human history

Freak Scene!!!!

Horrid.

Fuck rating albums. Just let me listen.

I'd give this 4.5 stars, as I think it is just a formative album, both for Dinosaur Jr. and so many genres from metal to grunge to "indie" to punk to emo and probably more. The guitar sounds are wonderfully captured and so raw but still controlled with great songwriting. And there are genuine hooks like with Freak Scene that are great, too.

I mean, it’s kinda fun, kinda one note, gives some cut rate Frank Black vibes. I don’t hate it, but I don’t love it, either. I’m not sure why it’s on this list; it doesn’t feel like it’s particularly noteworthy. I remember liking their other albums more. I guess it’s a 3?

Sweaty milan times

not for me

Yawn. More of the same. Mediocre/bad lead singer, rock band. Kinda noisy. Had to skip some songs due to terrible vocals. 2 stars. - 'No Bones': God these vocals are TERRIBLE

Een gitaarbandje met een rafelig randje, de bedoeling is duidelijk om lekker te raggen, maar het spelplezier is meer aan hun kant dan aan de mijne. Hoogstens kun je zeggen dat het eerder jaren 90 dan 80 klinkt en dat de heren hun tijd dus vooruit waren. Maar ja, bij tijd en wijle werkt het allemaal danig op de zenuwen, met name natuurlijk die laatste track. 'Why don't you like me?' Omdat je je zo aanstelt, doei.

Wat een zit. Die zanger zingt echt te naar / vals. Het zal best een voorganger van velen zijn en het zal best met een andere zanger prima muziek opleveren. Maar dit is er weer één voor het lijstje 11 albums die niemand ooit hoeft te horen...

Noise rock. Ja, zo zou je Dinosaur Jr prima kunnen omschrijven. Ik heb ze ooit een keer in Paradiso live gezien en sindsdien hoor ik bepaalde toonhoogtes minder goed gok ik. Man, wat stond dat hard. Voordeel is wel dat je dan minder goed hoort dat J Mascis niet kan zingen. Verder is het een heerlijke bak gitaren, waar weer veel meer melodie in zit dan je op eerste gehoor kan ontwaren. Misschien is het net als whisky: het zet eerst je bek in lichterlaaie van de alcohol, maar als je daar doorheen bent, kun je (naar het schijnt) de subtiliteiten in de smaak ontwaren. Luister bij deze muziek door de muur van geluid heen en de gitaarriffs klinken als zuivere melodielijnen, de drums zijn fantastisch en zelfs J Mascis zingt zoetgevooisd. Kortom, ik word hier blij van en zal zo te zien wat moeten compenseren, want er is al een zure broeder me voor geweest. Het scheelt weer, want ik heb nog heel veel bonuspunten over na al die verschrikkelijke hiphop van vorige week.

Never heard this before, really liked it

Terrible, awful, no good, BLECH - if I could give negative stars, I would.

психи...

Enjoyed this , nothing life changing but I'm also a big fan of dinosaur Jr album covers

I really like music like this!

Not good, very generic

This album crawled so that other indie rock albums could walk and run. It was mostly fine, but not particularly catchy in my opinion. Which is a little surprising, because I love indie rock. I just didn't love this indie rock.

I mean... it started out pretty neutral and I was almost vibing with this until "Don't" came on. Jesus Christ what was THAT. This is just noise. Absolutely not.

first listen decent

Listened to it twice. At times, I thought it would be a 4. Something missing. Could be vocals. Could be that Don’t is really terrible.

I found myself asking "Wow, is this really still playing?" only to realize the album was only 38 minutes. I liked some of it, hated some of it. I definitely wouldn't listen to it as a whole album again though.

Taki ojciec grunge u

A bit too screamy for me at points, but some good noises and beats too.

3/5 loved the twangy guitars on a few of the songs - don't like Don"t

Busqué la música entre tanto ruido...eeeepa! Ahí estaba.

Love this album. One of my favourite bands.

Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., The Pixies, X...the early alternative music scene is on full display in this list. All of these songs sound the same. I don't dislike them, but there's not much variety and it is very noisy. I can't tell if I like them more as it goes on or less. I bet The Flaming Lips love this album. I do not like Don't. Six minutes of guitar distortion and yelling is not a good six minutes. College radio in the late 80s must have been insane. This is not nearly as good as You're Living All Over Me.

Noisey, solo-ey, but as with almost everything Dino Jr., I can’t get into them.

This was the only Dinosaur Jr album I ever owned, bought because someone mentioned they were a bit like the Pixies. I really only ever played the first track, Freak Scene, then flipped it to listen to Don't. The rest of the album was okay, but only got played rarely. Having not listened to this album in over 30 years, it's pretty much as I remembered, two great songs and a sack full of meh. The guitarist sounds like the Bevis Frond, which is kind of cool, so I'm giving it four stars.

🧥

An album of highs and lows.

Tout les cd rock se ressemblent

Samaa biisiä 40 mil paitsi Don’t joka on sietämätön (toki tahallaan, kuulen sen). Tulee vain olo, että lakatkaa valittamasta. Toisaalta vähän valittaminen aina kiinnostaa.

Tätä levyä ei ole suunniteltu ylläpitämään huomiota, vaan mahdollistamaan harhailu. Myönnän, että strategialla on nautinnolliset puolensa (tietoisuuden kiinnittävät melodiat/riffit ovat yleensä ihan jees).

I kinda was digging some of this, but nearly 6 minutes of "Don't" brings it down a star.

Meh, I missed this album when it came out and I don’t find it compelling now.

Never heard this before but really has a 90s sound, so must have been pretty influential

Uhh… I don’t know. Feels like it had some promising moments where it felt like an early inspiration for skate punk bands like Blink 182, Sum 41 etc. But then you suddenly get songs like ’Don’t’, which is just pure garbage. In the end it wasn’t convincing enough. Going to have to settle for a 2, probably a weak one.

I just don't get Dinosaur Jr. To me it's just atonal singing which i know is kind of the point of them but still, it's just not for me. The guitar riffs are the best part, with "Yeah we know" being my favourite. Still the singing just locks it to 2 stars for me.

Don't liet me bijna 2 geven

I first heard Dinosaur Jr last year opening for The Flaming Lips and Weezer. I was all the way in the back most row. They did not sound very good. Fortunately this album was more pleasant than that experience. Really similar to that 90s Flaming Lips sound of grungey, slightly off kilter vocals, noise rock that I really enjoy. Good stuff, glad they redeemed themselves.

Dinosaur Jr is one of those 80s/90s indie bands i just never spent a lot of time with. Seen them live once and have always liked them. Anyway, this is good but not great album. I'm sure I'll revisit it though. 3.5/5 Album 66/1001

I like don’t know what’s going on but I had a blast

Kinda sounds like off-brand Replacements.

I was so glad when this was over. Not subtle or interesting.

I had one of their albums growing up but never really listened to it that often and don't think I would listen to this one again either.

Solider Reck ohne Ear Catcher.

It is what it says on the tin. It really is like a bug. Somewhat annoying, but somewhat good and even some parts cute and enjoyable. Most of it is annoying...

It's ok!

Like the energetic rhythm Fav song - Don't 2/5

Eh. Pixies-at-home

These boys must have been mad as hell when the grunge stuff took off a couple years later. Goes a little harder than living I think.

Not to my liking at all, way too screaming

loud :<

Didn't really hit me in the way I thought it would.

I listened to most of this album and I do plan on finishing it before listening to my next. This was a solid rock album listen but it didn’t blow me away and there weren’t any standout tracks for me personally. But maybe I need to give it another chance.

Not enough time for notes, but I love this garage, noise rock.

This album is fine, nothing really to write home about though. It kind of just feels like noise.

Fav: Meh...Freak Scene Notes: Nah, at least it's relatively short. "Don't" kicks it down to a 1 star

Ahhh, late 80s alternative. Gotta slam in some distorted noise to qualify for those bonifides. There's enough listenable stuff on here to garner its inclusion in this list, I suppose, but also gonna be a couple here I don't need to revisit. They Always Come ftw I guess.

we got some real hardcore alt rock here today from dinosaur jr again. it's very noisy and emotionally jagged throughout; even with the fuzz however there's a lot of beauty in between it. it has a very similar sound to the last one i've listened to. more of that sludgy awesomeness, really. if it ain't broke, you can't really fix it, right? it's a captivating little mess, and that's why i always at least appreciate listening to these guys all the way through, emotive poetry poking through the grime.

I can see how mbv drew inspiration for their debut album from this

I’m glad I took my time with this one because it’s definitely one that takes a couple listens. Don’t is a crazy way to end the album. Very much reminded me of Pavement and in parts like The Flaming Lips. Favorite songs were Freak Scene, Yeah We Know, Let It Ride, and Budge.

Nothing really stood out to me. There were some cool parts, but also a lot of filler. There’s a few Dinosaur Jr. songs I do really like, none that really stood out on this album to me. Perhaps I should have paid attention more.

I always thought Dinosaur Jr. kinda sucked but had never really listed to them. Now I have and my opinion remains unchanged.

Dinosaur Jr.'s third album has everything: distorted guitar chords strung together with no real direction, flat vocals, lackadaisical melodies, barely understandable lyrics, nothing resembling an actual riff or a hook... Frontman J Mascis is in the producer's chair for this album but somehow manages to oversee an absolutely *terrible* mix in which the submerged vocals sound completely disconnected from the instruments. (This album *might* would have benefitted from an outside producer who *possibly* could have been able to sort out this record and deliver a decent mix but we'll never know.)

alt rock

I didn't mind it in parts, it definitely started stronger than it finished. I guess that's not too hard when it finished with this guy just yelling and screaming at me. Maybe I'm missing something crucial but there wasn't much justification for there being two Dinosaur Jr. albums on the list. I got the gist.

Not a particularly memorable album for me.

Overall: 8/10 My friends and I will listen to Dinosaur Jr. and see who can do the best J. Mascis impression. It's a lot of fun and has led to some serious laughing fits. This is such a great album. I can understand people not enjoying it due to the vocals and excessively distorted guitars, but the songwriting here is awesome. The songs are catchy (almost pop rock in places) and the lyrics are raw and real. I prefer some of their albums more but this is a solid addition to a list that is hit or miss. Fav Song: Yeah We Know Least Fav Song: The Post

Trodde ja skulle hata det här, men är positivt överraskad allt förutom låten Don't var väldigt intressant. Stark 3

a bit monotone but enjoyable

I like sloppy punk rock when it’s intentional, but this was just plain off pitch. Again, noise rock… I found myself asking: “why?!”

Fantastic album 4.5/10, beautiful guitar riffs and drumming, catchy vibes and honestly something worth coming back to. Not enough substance to be a 10 though, just a feel good vibes album

Not quite my vibe but undeniably a good listen. I don’t really have much experience with screamo songs but I felt like that was the one that stood out to me the most. Probably won’t be returning to this one very much but still fun nonetheless

Nice.

fire

This is okay, I guess. I'll go 3/5, but it's on the lower end. Maybe a 2.6

for as much noise as Dinosaur Jr. can create, they have a really keen sense of structure, dynamics and timbre manipulation. plus, they write really catchy stuff! frontman J Mascis is apparently compared to Neil Young no less than all the time, so I hate to relitigate this finished business, but there's an uncanny resemblance between the two and a clear path that leads from one to the other through musical time. Young's raw, unbridled rock 'n' roll spirit is very much alive on songs like "Freak Scene" and "They Always Come," as well as songs like the confrontational "Don't" which offer a lens into this trio's interpersonal struggles. the transition from one decade into another can often be rocky, as the old one bows out while the new one is still trying to find itself. a band like The Black Crowes, whose 1990 debut LP I listened to and reviewed just a few days ago, was looking pretty solidly to recreate the past in their work. Dinosaur Jr. did the same, but also had a keen sense of how they might push things forward. in some ways, their work is as important to the development of alternative rock (perhaps the last major advancement in rock's mainstream) as that of the Pixies from around the same time. in fact, Dinosaur Jr. was even there slightly earlier! their eighties presence on the SST label (alongside similarly forward-thinking punk and proto-alt stalwarts like Black Flag, the Minutemen, Hüsker Dü and Sonic Youth) hardly seems like a coincidence. decent 8/10.

Always wanted to like this band, just based on the name. But I just never took to them. This was...ok. Nothing hooked.me, but it was good...ish.

Even though this is grunge, before this sort of punk was even being called grunge, it is still fairly anodyne. They get an extra star for being there first, but I was bored by the whole endeavor.