Bug

There were some very specific parts of this that i enjoyed and thought were listenable. And then there was the rest of it.

Sounds like early versions of music I'd eventually like, but for now, it's forgettable

Forgettable.

Alternative Rock, 1988 -> 2

a high 2 but didn't really grip me

I want to like Dinosaur Jr but so little stands out to me. They are fine in a playlist format but listening to just this band can feel repetitive at times.

I really wish I knew why this album is so obsessed with noise rock. I'm at 491 out of 1001, and I bet we've had 50-60 noise rock albums that are just... wall of sound noise through many of their tracks. This was not fun to listen to. While maybe less true noise rock than most of the others, it still just felt like too much.

Sounds out of tune a lot and just noise

Good, not great.

Quite grungy for 88. Something I totally missed the first time

In a nutshell: show-off. There's a fine line between doing your thing and a flex. J.Mascis does both here. I might come back to this album in a few months. Overall: 3/10

I think it's fine but also I sadly (irrationally) haaate the vocals and just dislike the sound. Droning and mushed together (probably on purpose) and not for me 4/10

A lot of the music here is solid. I’m just not a fan of the vocals

Sort of a pixies sound, but not quite as good on the songs. 2/5

Definitely an indie/grunge album. There wasn’t much on here that I’d really like to listen to again. Just was definitely the worst offender to the ears, but the rest of average stuff. Keep The Glove I actually did like. It has this mess of noise at the end that actually worked for me. Other than that, just another album.

Average. Crop, not Cream.

Der erste Song war ganz gut und ich war gespannt. Dann ging es bergab. An manchen Stellen konnte man sich das Ganze kaum noch anhören. Schade.

A few hints at proggy guitar stuff but not that great. Lead singers voice very pitchy.

Like with Sonic Youth, a lot of this is just noises. I like a lot of adjacent music to this but I’m just not into this.

Шум, но уже ее сексуальный

олелемалеле

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

2.1

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

wonder if Dinosaur Senior sounds better.

Just not a noise rock guy

Very teenage garage band, meh

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

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.

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

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".

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

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

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

Boring punk

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

Decent but the last couple tracks really lost me

Not horrible but nothing that caught my attention.

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.

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.

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.

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

Not my style

Didn’t care for this.

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

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

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

Not my taste.

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

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.

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

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

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

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.

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.

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.

It's ok!

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

Not to my liking at all, way too screaming

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.

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.

Jesus Christ the vocals on this are awful.

I'm a big fan of indie and alternative but, for some reason, Dinosaur Jr. just never really kept my attention. It's fine but generally pretty generic.

Just noise to me

This was an okay album. I found the music to be noisy (in a good way) but the vocals are awful.

Schiint mer chili fescht wie es Dörenand ohni wörk e Melodie oder so. Ons wtf god bi don't ab?

Has few good songs but the whole album was more an underwhelming listening experience. On to the next one, nothing hard to leave behind. (2.5/5.0)

I'll give this album two stars purely on the basis of some interesting and skillful guitar work on some of the tracks. If not for that it would be one star, especially given the descent into mindless screaming on track 9.

Albummet er en forløber for alternativ rock hvor det grænser til grunge. Det er mest af alt Noise-rock ville jeg sige, synes ikke der er mange ligheder mellem det her og de klassiske grunge bands udover stemmen, frovrænget guitar og måske teksterne? udover dette er der sådan lidt en DIY lyd som minder om noget lo-fi agtigt eller indie rock. Det er også meget melodisk til tider og det kan jeg godt lide. Jeg synes ikke umiddelbart det så meget er mig, måske er det fordi det bliver lidt for noisy og larmenede. kan godt lide den der waoow wahcky whcka wauoow guitar lyd på yeah we know. Det minder mig også en smule om Sonic Youth lyden som jeg egentlig godt kan lide.

Freak scene started ok, but by the second song I'm wondering why the dude has to sing like this? Don't was just pure noise. 2*

Starts off like Psychedelic Furs, then moves into gritty Drive By Truckers. But almost every song is ruined by an intolerable screeching (not wailing, not jamming, not even screaming) guitar and unlistenable distortion. WTF?!

I had higher hopes since I’d heard one of their songs before, but I couldn’t get into it

Culero.

Freak Scene

2/5

Decent alt rock let down by terrible singing Favorites: Yeah We Know, Let It Ride Least Favorites: No Bones

Just not for me. I know how beloved Dinosaur Jr. is but they just never grabbed my attention.

OK.

No soy fan de rock tan pesado supongo, la canción Don’t le bajó mucho Rating:5

I didn't mind this album, till I got to "don't". It felt like a departure from the rest of the album, and a departure I didn't like one bit.

Album 699 of 1001 Dinosaur Jr. - Bug (1988) Rating : 2.5 / 5 I came across another album from this band that I liked a lot. Thought the vocalist had a unique voice. This album is pretty much the opposite. This is their 3rd album. They lost something somewhere. It really falls apart at the end.

The instrumentals seemed to drown out the singer a lot of the time

Underwhelming

Förstår inte storheten i det här. Känns inte speciellt för mig. Lite rock, lite punk, lite pop. Kanske lite före sin tid? 2 av 5

the mixing...

Ironically, I took a skim through the reviews on here prior to listening and the amount of people who complained about the noise got my hopes up. In reality, with the exception of ‘Don’t’, the only real standout track for me, it remains quite pop oriented and lacks memorability. Bug isn’t offensively bland enough to be too low; however, with the exception of Don’t, not remarkable enough to be anything quite great. Would sit at a 2.5 if I was able to assign decimals.

4/10 - most of the songs were fine but the second to last song was all yelling and I did not enjoy it

Generic, grungy, guitar music. Every song sounds the same. Probably amazing if you grew up listening to it but sadly not for me. Favourite Tracks: Don't Won't be revisiting. 2/5

Mildly nostalgic.

Did not particularly like this

Another instance of "why the fuck do these morons have multiple albums on this list?" Favourite songs: No Bones, Freak Scene, Pond Song Least favourite songs: Don't (listen as the vocalist ingests the microphone while simultaneously pulling off his own fingernails.... Seriously, wtf was that?!?) 2/5

Started well but nah, not for me

Album started off fine enough but then the second song came on and I wanted to jump out the window. This trend unfortunately continued. Really awful whiney vocals, like your drunk friend at karaoke. This is garbage but at least it's short. 3.25/10 (1.625/5)

Pleasant for precisely two tracks

This started ok, but progressively got worse as it went. By the end it was just an annoying noise in my ears and I wanted to be over.

Dull

This album reminded me of a lot of sexual encounters I've had with my wife. In this case, I'm the band, and I'm SO stoked. I have so many cool tricks up my sleeve to impress her. I'm gonna show off the pedalboard and be like, "Check out this crazy tone!" She, on the other hand, is me, the listener; mostly just waiting for it to be over; nodding her head and going, "Yeah, that's really great." If you ever have to scream at someone, "WHY DON'T YOU LIKE ME?!" I think you kind of have your answer, don't you?

I feel the pain of everyone struggling to get through this album’s muddled malaise, then I feel nothing.

Mediocre album by a somewhat overrated band (in my opinion)

Can’t believe I’m giving this band both a 5 and a 2 in the same month but I really could not get into this one. Far to much on the “noise” side of things for me.

In theory I should probably have liked this one but didn’t really grab me.

Cacophony, unlimiy

Fuzzy but for me impossible to recognize different songs

oh oh nei danke han irgendwie es borderline suizidals folk album erwartet aber da hani mi chli verschätzt 2 chäfer für vo‘s dinosauriers de jüngscht

I’ll confidently say I didn’t listen thoroughly. I played this while gaming, while working, and while being a sloot and I never found peace with the noise. I became a boomer listening to this. Back in my day, we broke shit and smashed the system, man. Says the generation that caused the mess we’re in. 2/5, I didn’t hate it just didn’t like it.

Cool guitar but too noisy for me

Listening to this straight after the Pixies just illustrates my point about how joyous Doolittle is. By comparison this is a bit of a dirgy slog lacking any moments of joy.

Why did they let this guy sing? He's shite.

why was there that one part that was a lot of wailing and thrashing and rending of garments the rest was fine enough

Screamy, grungy, feedback-y rock. Nothing here to write home about that’s for fucking sure.

I didn't like this

While I usually like this kind of music this artist or at least this album didn't resonate with me at all. I can't put my finger on exactly why but I didn't enjoyed my listen through.

Somehow this album felt really long, even though it was a relatively short one and it just kept on going and going (unless I maybe looped it but I didn't realise when the songs changed as they all sounded very similar). The whole album had a little bit of a generic 90s feeling and given that it came out in 1988, it was probably slightly ahead of its time. Nothing too exciting, I guess it was also for a background listen, but pretty meh nowadays. The song "Don't" though, which is second to last in the album... crazily bad, actually just screaming into the microphone, and although the instrumentals were alright, it's like getting a free ice cream after someone beats the shizzle out of you. That dropped my rating significantly because it wasn't a normal length but 5 minutes and 41 seconds. Yes, I could have skipped it but what kind of a reviewer would I be...

windscreen splatter

Chaotic is about as descriptive as it gets for this one. Too busy.

Having trouble giving this anything more than 2 stars. Some pieces I liked, but far more pieces I viscerally disliked. Is Dinosaur Jr versatile or unfocused? Fearless or oblivious? Who's to say. I'm not sure I know anyone who would like every genre they're doing on this album. It's so punk rock to have lead vocalists with fucking terrible voices. Kinda a flex. Doesn't make me like it though. 'No Bones' is a good example. I can't imagine having the gall to be a lead vocalist if my voice sounded like this Having said that, I enjoyed the instrumentals on a few songs. They Always Come was fun and had some nice rawk elements going on. Having now said something nice, I really hated "Don't". Who honestly likes screamo

I liked their other album more, this was too noisy and sounded badly recorded. It kept getting noisier and less cohesive as it went on.

Can hear all the things it will influence. Lots of variables tunes. Can't stand his whiny voice

nah

Es 'indie' pero del ruidoso y feo, onda los temas más trash de Pixies. Realmente no gustó.

I hate the way this guy sings. Don't is just noise, not in a good way. I don't get this

If it wasn't November 6th 2024 this morning as I listen to this is could be a bit more objective. So while not terrible it loses a star because I feel terrible about the country/world being doomed

The lead singer kind of sucks and the band is kind of rough but that's maybe what they are going for. They're not not my thing but I wouldn't ever see myself seeking this out. 2.5/5

Okay-ish

I could not get into this album at all.

I wasn't a fan of the guy's voice; he just sounded whiney. The music itself wasn't bad. 2.5/5

Musically this has some interesting moments but the vocals really put me off to the point where I can't listen to it.

boring. not necessarily bad, but like... so much I've heard before. But I would've thought, that this album is from the 90s-00s just from the sound of some songs. so these guys already did boring 00s music in the 80s. that's cool.

Joy. More grungey, alternative, whiny indie. Wikipedia lists this as 'Noise Rock' which is actually pretty accurate. Just noise, where all the tracks just sort of blend together to create one long 35 minute song. They sound a little bit like a bad high school band trying to emulate their favourite artists. I don't like the singer's voice, it seems very out of tune. Is that the point? I will admit there are a couple of cool riffs here and there ('Yeah We Know' and 'Let It Ride' for example) and the solos are very loud and over the top, I quite enjoyed them. I thought 'Don't' was actually pretty cool. Everything on this track is screaming, the guitars, the vocals, really great. This type of music just isn't my thing. I'm just glad it wasn't a double album and was finished after a little over half an hour. Decent enough background music but nothing more. A generous two stars.

Noisy and formless. Not my thing.

Iets beter dan de vorige maar nog steeds matig. Nummers pakken niet echt, en klinken ook niet top.

Some noisy oiks abusing guitars and drums…

I kind of dig this but at the same time I don’t. I like this type of guitar forward, loud, punky, progressive sound but this isn’t hitting for me. Some of the riffs and jams are cool but it’s the washed out vocals by the wall of sound that really take points away

Very low 2 stars. Nothing about this is good, and it did annoy me quite a bit. The saving grace is this as actually labeled as "Noise Rock" on Wikipedia, and I would say the album very much ticks this particular box.

I don't know, I liked some songs. I think it's the lead singer's voice that I can't get over. 2/5

I'd never really liked these guys, but thought this was pretty pleasant on repeat listen. That's probably a sign that my tastes are rejuvenating. They're a little harsh, a little sludgy, but that suits me. That said it's pretty rough. I think there's better guys doing this same kind of thing (e.g. Sunny Day Real Estate). And the song "Don't" is so unbelievably unpleasant that no reasonable person would sit through it.

Started strong, devolved into some fairy generic and samey indie rock for the most part. Then came "Don't". I'm okay with noise rock but that was straight up obnoxious. Started a 4, ended a 2.

Nothing special, almost boring.

2 awful mix too noisy

Músia muy estridente para mi gusto, no me ha llamado especialmente la composición, si bien tiene arreglos de guitarra muy locos que llaman mucho la atención. Lo más destacado para mi es Don't, no encajando con mi estilo y resultándome estridente, pero realmente es la pieza más significativa y diferente del disco y merece ser mencionada

Not quite grunge but noisier with lo-fi production. Almost all the songs are equally noisy and jangly. Vocals are weak, and not intentionally. Almost all songs kind of sound similar without any melodic hooks or notable guitar passages. And then there is this growling monster of a song ' Don't '. Probably the heaviest/noisiest thing I've ever heard. Truly ear bleeding. Maybe a 2.5.

Last tracks did my nut in

My instinct is to say generic indie rock but I know it’s actually definitive indie rosck so there you have it.

I'd heard of this band before but didn't really know anything about them. After listening, they feel like one of those bands that may have influenced a lot of music that I like, but I don't actually like much. Don't was definitely the most memorable track - not sure if that's a good thing or not.

It's okay

I was enjoying the indie-rock part at the beginning, but unfortunately the album quickly devolved as it went on

Bit Bleh, nothing really interesting going on

It was fine. Had some good early alt rock in it, but got a bit too noise for my taste toward the end.

Very dissonant. Not for me 2/5

+: Freak Scene, Let It Ride, Pond Song, Don't, +-: They Always Come, Yeah We Know, Budge, The Post -: No Bones 5,2/10

Not offensive, but also not enjoyable. I appreciate the early contributions to grunge, but I definitely won't ever listen to this again

"Don't" was absolutely awful. I actually jolted out of my seat a bit when the screaming started. The rest of the album was okay, and I quite liked "Freak Scene". I'm not a savant of alt-rock, so maybe I just need to broaden my horizons a bit.

Not for me

It started off OK then there was one track that was very shouty which nearly made me stop listening. It was alright but personally not my thing 2*

I never really got Dinosaur Jr. like a number of my friends did. They have some stuff I enjoy to an extent but I just don't get them overall.

"Oooooh. Dinosaur Jr" I thought. I know they're cool, but haven't really ever listened to them. Meh.

Si fanno ascoltare ma non hanno attratto la mia attenzione..

Not a huge fan of the noise rock parts of this album, but the more mellow songs (like Keep the Glove) are better to listen to. The album feels a bit all over the place, but I've always struggled to enjoy Dinosaur Jr.

Indie Rock from late 80's but it sounds like its from the 90's.

Once through is plenty thank you. Noise rock that lacks tune, melody or really much else. I like a wide range of music but I just can't see the merit in this unless you are 14 and angry at your dad in 1989.

Not feeling it. I didn't make it through the whole album.

Don't know why, but this band has never really clicked with me. I have enjoyed their collaborations with other artists though.

Decent mesh of indie/shoegaze-y/metally*/grungy rock, but never quite coheres or builds up to a satisfying point, with the aggressive, abrasive Noiseness being more earshattering than galvanizing. *Or whatever the hell Don’t is. Transition from said song to Keep the Glove is also Beatles-esque, namely reminiscent of the transition from the heavy, abstract, lyrically sparse I Want You (she’s so heavy) to Here’s Comes the Sun.

The instrumentals are decent but the vocal performance is horrible. A slight plus of the album is how it slowly lures the listener into accepting more and more noise. It starts off quite tame but at the end, it becomes very noisy. 2/5

I’d love to love this album more. I liked the song Don’t but it seems the hardcore outlier on this album.

Was going to give it 3 stars until Don’t came in. Including that on an album drops it at least 1 star.

Didn't much care for this, to be honest. It's very same-y, you can't get much of the vocals because they're pretty weak and overpowered by the drive of everything else. Ends up all blending into one, except towards the end where it goes full noise rock. Not enough variation or anything to give it more than a 2.

Opening track is decent, the rest is a lot of nosie

Best Song: Freak Scene. By virtue of appearing at the beginning of the album, I had the benefit of having not heard 9 other soundalikes just prior. Worst Song: Pond Song. Channeling a real poor-man's Neil Young on this one. Overall: Boy if that wasn't the same song 10 times in a row. One single flat line of grungy rock. Music for driving through flat topography. Also, what a terrible idea to place a cacophonous, screaming noise track second to last, just to ensure that whatever catharsis might have been on the horizon gets immediately wiped away as we turn to the regularly scheduled programming of happy-go-lucky grunge.

Wouldn’t mind seeing them live in a bar, otherwise underwhelming

Started mid but finished worse. Didn’t really enjoy, 2/5

Bad singing tbh

I understand that this was influential for bands, particularly punk, that followed - like Nirvana. And overall it was pleasing enough while I worked on a statement of work document. But then there's that track "Don't" which is just unnecessary screaming and shrieking - and when something like that shatters my flow state then you're losing some big points pal.

Hated first two songs and gave up.

Dudes voice is a bit sucky

Noise Fav songs: yeah we know ÷\

I never got the point of noise rock, but it's really the sloppy vocals that killed it for me.

Wait, *another* Dinosaur Jr. album? Seriously? I went pretty easy on the last one but now I demand to be impressed if they are going to take up two slots on this list....Nope did not meet my elevated expectations. Started out ok but I found less and less to like as the album wore on.

From the cover, I want expecting this sound. I like the guitar and the music a lot, but I cannot stand the whiny man voice, he sounds so over his own music. It does sound very modern for being from the 80s.

Not a fan really but liked it better than You're Living All Over Me.

The entire album sounded like it wasn’t completely finished.

Not into the droning, wonky-pitched singing or the all-jangle guitar. Could have been saved with songwriting, but it wasn’t.

Some cool riffs here and there, but its not really my thing.

Dino Jr...a band I should probably love that I just don't connect with. This is a below avg. offering from their catalogue as well. 2/5

5/10 Highlight: Yeah we know

Not really my thing

Nice album cover! Singer bad! Music is fine! Mixing isn't great! Barely a 3! NEVERMIND I JUST TURNED ON DON'T!

The second to last track nearly tanked it to a 1.

I've never listen to too much Dinosaur Jr. This is okay but it's not a style that grabs me as much as some. This is far from inexperienced but that's almost a rawness to this that's interesting. The guitar almost gets into a noise style but the vocals are very clean. I think this is worth having in the list. Not my favourite but it's good in its style. Don't and Keep The Glove back to back felt like whiplash.

For the most part I enjoyed this but it took some work and there were some songs I really didn't care for. I'd say Pond Song was my favorite track. I don't think this is required listening. I assume it's here for it's influence on a specific sound that I think later bands did better. I enjoy thier 2021 album Sweep it Into Space

I wasn’t sure if I liked this album, but then “Don’t” came on and that sealed the deal. I didn’t really like it. 4/10

Lustloses Gitarren-Geschrabbel.

Honestly the guitar playing on the album is phenomenal, but was ruinwd for me by the singers voice. At times it is just out of tune and grating, like a drunk me on karaoke night.

альбом? альбом... рок? рок... я хуй знает вообще как это комментировать, но спасибо, что хоть быстро прошло и ты просто типа галочку около "прослушано" в своей голове ставишь. но самый прикол -- у нас будет еще один альбик от этих чечиков

Nothing exciting. Plenty of noise but meh.

Ein ungeschliffener Diamant

2.5.

Yeah still not a dino jr fan.

So boring

i början sattes ett enstjärnigt betyg för albumet. Men när jag fortsatte att lyssna gillade jag varje låt mer och mer. även om det fortfarande var dåligt, fann jag fortfarande mycket trevlig lyssning i albumet. Jag höjde min recension inte med en, utan till och med med två stjärnor, dvs till en trestjärnig recension. bra jobbat dinosaur junior band. vokalisten kunde dock vara mjukare. ok aktualle det är två let it ride

This genre of grunge/noise rock is not enjoyable to me. I think some songs are listenable but majority is more noise than anything. I can listen through it but I would not actively seek it out. 2/5

I remember this being a bit of a regional hit in 1989 and it has that early 90s indie sound all over it. I don't like it. That's too simple - here's what I didn't like about it then: the vocals. Jesus the vocals. Obviously - J Mascis is awful. Amazingly it's not even that much worse than others in/around that same period - at least on par - that slacker mentality of not quite going for the notes that was deemed "cool" at the time was never gonna hit me and actually turn me off from virtually everything else. I still hate the vocals and it immediately knocks it down to a max of 3 if everything else did work out... ...which it doesn't. Definitely preferential (isn't it all, I suppose) - eh I'll admit to connecting a little bit with *some* of the music. But in trying to pinpoint what specifically.... i'm left with nothing to answer but nostalgia for a simpler time - listening to this definitely brings me back. Which is nice. ish. But if that's 3 of the 4 table legs, it's falling down pretty quickly. Don't love the production, the overly-processed heavy guitar yet somehow a parallel sound that sounds .... thin. The rare excellent song like "No Bones" comes so close but still is just an exercise in frustration - I could almost guarantee I'd like the song if performed completely by a different, tighter, better band. Can't you picture Smashing Pumpkins c1992 (i.e. when they were still decent) doing "They Always Come" - it's messy in a not good way here. Sum: Far more melodic than their obvious followers in Nirvana but it's still not enough to make me want to actively listen again. 4/10 2 stars.

I absolutely despise this album cover. Hideous eyesore. Music should be something I like but I just don’t. It’s a big meh for me.

Ok until "don't" Also boring

I liked the lo-fi jangly bits but really didn’t care for the distorted noisy bits

Not My music

Song: Freak Scene My opinion of this song was a bit of a rollercoaster, but ultimately ended rather low. It's just...nothing special, nothing especially good, and nothing I could see myself returning to. The singer's voice is too monotone for my liking, and while I think some of the background guitar is fine, the lead guitar goes off the rails in the solos. It's just too much. I can appreciate a good rock song, but there's got to be some sort of melody to a solo like that, rather than just a wall of noise. It's not enough to just play loud and aggressive, you also have to play well. More than anything else, that turned me off of this song. What a mess is right.

Started off ok, but I found myself really disinterested with ‘Bug’ by the end. I prefer the other Dinosaur Jr. album in the book way more. This just ended up being really mediocre.

Les dinosaures nous avaient habitué à beaucoup mieux, comme la fois où ils étaient venus dévorer leur proie en fin d'album.

Average American pop rock band with a screemo finish

I quite enjoyed this when it started, a bit of happy grunge to sign off the work day. But it did become monotonous by about halfway through. Freak Scene is a great tune, and there were one or two others scattered in there but the rest all became a bit of an audio blur.

Solid noise rock. 2.8

Yeah this was a weird listen I found myself really hating it at moments wishing the album was over then brief moments that I really liked but then back to hating and that would happen on the same songs. The album felt like it was a parody of a genre or something. I was t a big fan but I did really like “don’t” that was a surprise had to turn my headphones down but I think I just loved that it was so different from the rest of the album. -B (ug)

Cynically I'll say, if you've heard one Dinosaur Jr song you've heard them all. Which means if you like their sound it's a gold mine. Unfortunately I don't really, though I did enjoy some of the wilder, noisier stuff toward the end of the album.

1. Freak scene - 2 2. No bones - 1 3. They always come - 3 4. Yeah we know - 2 5. Let it ride - 2 6. Pond song - 2 7. Budge - 2 8. The post - 2 9. Don't - 1 10. Keep the glove - 2 1.9

11/15/23 2:20 S Tier————————— 5/5 A Tier—————————4/5 B Tier—————————3/5 Let It Ride Freak Scene They Always Come Yeah We Know Pond Song Budge Keep The Glove C Tier—————————2/5 The Post No Bones D Tier—————————1/5 Don’t

Wednesday 11/15/2023, 2:20, office S Tier————————— The Post A Tier————————— They Always Come B Tier————————— Freak Scene Let It Ride Pond Song Keep The Glove C Tier————————— Budge Yeah We Know D Tier————————— No Bones E Tier————————— Don’t

They Always Come is a mess. I'm quite impressed that the vocals and guitar are permanently out of sync when they're performed by the same person. I'm getting bored and irritated now. That sludgy sound needs some refinement. Or just an off button.

Grrrr jjjjjggggghhhh grrrrrrnnnnnngggg with a dude mumbling over it

A ok album, you can see the sprouts of grudge and indie both in this, a little too undercooked for my liking

Stressful and not my taste.

Rosalega mikið basic amerískt late 80s rokk. Ekkert spes.

"I'm so counter-culture that I'll make every song sound roughly the same!" The Album. I dunno, their peers are way better for similar themes.

Maybe I’m just getting old but this just sounded like a lot of noise to me. Open powerchords are fun but Yeesh throw a bit of variety on your record Dino Jr.

Ehhh, wasn’t a fan of it.

I found this album to be very average 90s rock, then learned it released in the late 80s, which made it seem cool and influential toward the guitar heavy era to come. Then “Don’t” came on and I really hated it. Just found this to overall be nothing special, and that one screamo song that came completely out of nowhere ruined any good well the album had for me. It may have influenced some of the 90s rock greats, but I’m glad they all learned to do it better.

noise music

Heard this album a few times and it just does nothing for me. Standouts: None Not Bad: Freak Scene 2.5

Dinosaur Jr. is listed as playing a significant role in bringing guitars back into indie rock. I can believe that. Budding indie rock musicians probably listened to their music and said to themselves 'Hey, the guitars here are pretty good but I bet we can make music that's MUCH better than whatever these guys are doing.' Nothing memorable about this at all.

Too whiney for my taste

Mittelmäßiger Alternative Rock. Klingt leider oft verwaschen.

I was hanging in there and vaguely interested until the aptly named "Don't" when I was asking myself Don't you want to turn this off? Don't you question why this is useful to anyone? Don't you want to not listen to this again?

Don’t…please don’t make me listen to this screaming over noise ever again. That is a zero star song. The album up until that point was OK. I don’t like J Mascis’s voice at all, which really held it back.

Noisy, early alternative, this record is alright. It runs a little long and the last two tracks try to pull off a magic truck the band is not capable of. Overall this is alright but the same ness and the vocals are kind of a let down.

Couldn't get into this. Rushed and raucous. Towards the close a hint of something calmer but it didn't last.

Very Ash. Or should that be that Ash are very Dinosaur Junior? 🤔 Didn't sound 80s. Fine until the screaming at the end

Guitar driven indie rock. A bit screechy

whiny vocals! didnt enjoy

Not my music

So many people in this world can sing and yet here we are listening to these vocals. I know, I know, it’s a certain sound, but I can only listen to so many albums like that. ‘Don’t’ should have been an instrumental track.

Didn't really enjoy this.

Starts off well with that alt rock vibe and then slowly gets worse as the band drop tune for noise, singing for screeching. It’s kind to disappointing because the potential is all there and I am pretty sure I rated another of their albums four stars.

Scuzzy, lo-fi, but ok apart from the noisy and unmusical last track. 2 and half.

Meh. Didn't care for this one. 2/5

Nah. Screetchy and winey.

Budge was ok. The rest was an affront to the concept of musicianship.

It's not bad but it's pretty unmemorable. I put it down a few times and when I came back I had no memory of where I was or what I'd listened to.

A relatively uninspiring album. Felt like it didn’t know if it wanted to be alt rock or grunge. Either way the music felt a bit generic and lackluster. Not the worst thing I’ve listened to but didn’t enjoy it much. Could’ve used some editing. 4.7/10

Yep, Noise Rock.... Mostly I didn't care for it. I'm sure there is a place and time when and where I might actually enjoy it, but for the most part it just too difficult to listen to. Standout: Freak Scene 2.5

I liked their song Feel the Pain but could never get into their other stuff. Was hoping that 25 years later I would feel different but I don't.

4/10, nothing particularly notable about it. Don’t listen to “Don’t” it’s terrible.

I’m a Dinosaur Jr. fan, but don’t particularly love this album.

I like Dinosaur Jr., but this album just wasn't magic for me. I found it kind of annoying?

So I saw Dinosaur Jr. on the early influences for Sonic Youth and I saw that Sonic Youth toured with them in their early days and the influence and links come across loud and clear. As such, I also do not enjoy this album just like I do not enjoy Sonic Youth sadly... The guitar is super impressive but either the sound is too heavy for me like on Don't or it's just too depressing and doesn't stand out to me like on most of the other tracks :-( I'm so sorry I can see why they're influential and why people love them, but it's really not for me. Nothing stands out apart from the raw emotion. It's just not in an easy way for me to process or tap into and it leaves me feeling mildly anxious and stressed. It's the opposite of uplifting for me. Maybe if I saw it live...?

Yet another case of alright sound and shit vocals. Sounds like your standard 90s alternative/grunge but the dudes voice just sucks and only gets worse with the low point being that dumb song that just starts out with screaming.

Eh. Didn't like the singer's style much or the way the vocals were mixed into the wall of guitar sounds. Not offensive, not my jams. The album review felt like I was already supposed to worship these artists, so that didn't help.

This album is labeled as noise rock and yeah, it is indeed that. The grungy sounding tracks were somewhat enjoyable, yet it is not enough for it to be a 'good' album.

one song is just screaming, come onnnnnnnn

Just not vining with it, but not bad

quite boring

A large part of the album is just noise.

"Freak Scene" started this album fairly positively for me, but then the rest never gave me anything else I could say I liked or found interesting. This was mostly grating, unpleasant, and not in any sort of novel way. By the time "Don't" came up, I was done. Ouch! My ears! Five minutes of screaming the same thing over and over at me. And that, I'm sorry to say, is why I don't like you.

Why?

It's ok, bit loud for louds sake. Remember it first time round but never struck a chord then, still doesn't.

I like rock and sub genres but this album is not my style. Dinosaur’s Jr. voice though I find very interesting.

Feels like generic radio rock to me. Nothing I enjoy in there, I did not finish the album.

The first tracks were ok, then it was a bit annoying

This is fine. It's a forgettable album. It's also considered avant-noise rock? It's certainly a messier version of rock than I like. Nothing here to get excited about.

not for me

Really surprised when I saw this came out in 88. Definitely sounds ahead of it's time. Like late 90s maybe. Most was good, but man those last 2 songs were so painful I gotta knock a star off

Indie bem executado, até apresenta uma faixa pesada.