You're Living All Over Me

If I had a time machine, my priority would be making my 16-year-old self listen to this absolutely masterful recording. After that I'd go back and kill Hitler etc.

Sounds terrible

Do people like this band unironically?

Is it perfect? No. Does it try to be? No. Does it hit you like a wall of crushing bricks, with great melodies buried behind the Marshall stacks? YES. Perfect imperfection.

Amazing album. You can hear the influence on so many diverse genres from shoegaze to grunge. All bangers too and Poledo is such a wild closer.

I was in a band on e with some guys who were really into D.Jr. and that band suffered from the same issues as D.Jr. does which is that, while the musicality and technical skill are quite impressive, the overall effect is less than enjoyable. In fact, after a few tracks, I found myself just exhausted from following along. There's too much going on, too many time changes and mismatched parts. Again, it's really impressive from a musical standpoint once you stop and pay attention but that same action will leave you just worn out. It's just not an very enjoyable experience.

This is exactly why i love this site. Didnt even know this Album existed. Never heard of the Band before. But holy hell this albums rocks from the moment you press play. Vocals are a little weak , yes, but the instrumental part of this album is absolutely amazing. 5 / 5

Not quite sure where to go with this one. I was looming forward to it, and ended up quite disappointed. Very little variety in structure, tone, chord progression, etc. The singer apparently hasn't found a note he can't sing flat. The lead guitarist doesn't seem interested in keeping his instrument in tune. But, you can still see why some will think highly of them. It's only Poledo, the second to last song on the album that brings something new to the table, but it's too little too late. And then just Like Heaven really highlights the defincies in their songwriting.

This album sounds like sewer sludge. In a good way, of course. I don't know why my brain enjoys when the audio quality sounds like total shit. Helen Keller on the mixing serving up straight fire 🔥 5/5 and I will not elaborate further.

Loud, noisy, crazy, but absolutely excellent. It's raw and unclean and perfectly unashamed about this fact. To me the first half of the album is the strongest, but it was still excellent all the way through. I really liked this a lot and will come back to it. Favourite: Sludgefeast

Noisy, thoughtful, and full of energy, this album hits a perfect sweet spot for me. The guitars in particular were so damn good. Looks like I have a new band to dive into.

Another I'm familiar with, every track's been on my playlist at one point or another. Kinda burnt myself out on this album but i still appreciate the songwriting and shit

For me, this album is easily in the top 10 electric guitar album of all time. The mix of super harsh guitar noise with super melodic passages really showcases the full range of the electric guitar. The solos are awesome and badass and most songs sound fierce and very cool. The guitar also feel so effortlessly played. J Mascis is so freakin' nice man. The only downside is the last song, Poledo, which I find boring and useless in the track list. AWESOME 9,5/10

In the late 80s, when I was a teenager, Tim and I were pretty inseparable. We used to hang out a lot in our suburban bedrooms listening to music and occasionally going out to see all-ages punk and hardcore shows. Tim was a skateboarder, but I was never sufficiently coordinated or brave to learn. Tim once told me that he suspected he was listening to too much metal and hardcore when he heard Dinosaur Jr's cover of 'Just Like Heaven' on the radio and thought it was the Cure (at least until the huge roar comes in at the end of the song). He did buy a copy of this album as a result (probably in 1988) and we played it a lot, even though it turned out that 'Just Like Heaven' wasn't on the original album release. After we left school, I started at uni (unsuccessfully) and working at a record store. Tim, after an initial stint working IT helpdesk at the futures exchange, ended up at the studio manager of 2SER student radio at Macquarie University. We formed a band together and started seeing a lot of live shows. Neither of us was doing well on the girlfriend front, so we had a lot of time for music. I know we saw Dinosaur Jr on their 1989 Australian tour. My memory was that was in the student bar at Macquarie Uni, but I can't see a record of them ever playing there. More likely it was at the Lansdowne Hotel (a regular haunt of ours) or the Paddington RSL. I do remember that they were loud as fuck and J Mascis didn't seem overwhelmed to be there. Being young at the time, I don't think I realized how revolutionary this album was. It was one of the first proto-grunge records and was clearly highly influential on shoegaze, especially the way J. leaned on that wah pedal, using it as a broad filter rather than an expression effect like Jimi Hendrix. I copied that particularly trick myself int eh terrible band I played in during the 90s. And I was seeing a lot of really noisy alternative Australian bands (including a foray into the Evil Star Hotel scene of Black Eye Records bands; Lubricated Goat, Munroe's Fur, Kiss My Poodle's Donkey, Box the Jesuit, Thug, etc), so the heavy noise factor didn't seem that unusual to me. It was a pretty good record that we played a fair bit, and Tim and I thought it was kinda normal. You're Living All Over Me wasn't one of my all time favourite records, mostly because J. Mascis' laconic deadpan drawl is kind of annoying. But there are a few really great songs on here (Little Fury Things, Sludgefest, In a Jar), and even better if you get the re-issue that has Just Like Heaven on it. Totally worth a listen.

Has vibes of Neil Young and Crazy Horse mixed with Sabbath heavy riffs, it's loud and trashy and loose, I enjoyed it a lot, unexpected 5 for me

Creationists deny the existence of Dinosaur Jr.

Fabulous. Melodic noisy rock, actually tuneful and tasteful. Love it

I know of these guys but I've never actually listened to them. Indie darlings AFAIK. Baseline 3/5. Ok, I was NOT expecting this to rule. haha. It starts out sounding like my bloody valentine-type shoegaze-y pus, then from "sludgefeast" (best track by far) onwards it fucken smokes. Big fuzzy guitars, thick tones, drummer not afraid to venture beyond the snare, songwriting a fun mix of indie and doomy rock. It's also satisfying in a cynical way to hear an OG indie band so obviously influenced by old school heavy metal when so many latter-day indie/alternative bands (who ripped these guys off) wouldn't be seen dead listening to metal, lol. Buuuuut, two things hold this album back: the track ordering is dumb (the first 2 songs are a *fucking* slow start), and old mate *really* can't sing. Thankfully he doesn't try to much either, but still. Wouldn't have hurt to get someone on the level of whoever sang for the Lemonheads, or soul asylum etc. Fuck, Mark Lanegan could've made this amazing. That being said, it's good enough otherwise anyway to get a 4/5.

In 1987, it's clear to see how this record was ahead of its time; eschewing the clean polished guitar tones of hair and glam metal bands, dinosaur jr pushed the limits of noise with distortion, grime and sludge. The resulting record is not just ahead of its time; it's the father of many musical genres, the prognosis of grunge, screamo, noise, hardcore, shoegaze. It's hard to understand how clearly these sounds shine through in tracks like Lose which could fit on a Nirvana album, or the opener little fury things which sounds picked off of a MBV record. Dinosaur Jr manages to clear every hurdle and land as a statue to underground, noise, and the influence of indie to this day

This is actually very good. I saw them live a few months ago (being one of the openers for Weezer) and it was my least favorite of the three bands that were there, but it was still pretty good, and the stacked amps were unique (they only played the first song from this album, by the way). That being said, I much prefer their studio stuff. This has the same energy without being too loud to get more melodies, and I overall prefer the vibes this album gives me. And yeah, I have Bug as a 3, but I had a bad headache that day so I was probably misjudging it.

Only heard a handful of the tracks off this one before. It has the energy of going to see a local band you've heard about or know somebody in, and you're maybe a little apprehensive, but then the show rules, just absolutely rules. Later Dinosaur Jr. is catchier, this has more wild spirit. Rating is relative to this list and for being from 1987. Would probably not be a 5 on the list of underground albums to hear before you die, but it is here. music: appreciated. (⌐■_■)

Fuck yeah. I could listen to this entire album with just the instrumentals and be very happy still. They play hopscotch with punk and alternative, and that will always make me happy. Favorite track: In a Jar

It's like the Rosetta Stone for MBV and Nirvana in some ways. Wow.

Really powerful noise with rock solid guitar work. I think I like this general sound all the way.

Big nostalgia blast for me, though they weren't in the first rank for me at the time.

Pretty simple 90s rock. There are some good instrumentals at times and the songs flow well, but there isn't really anything too notable or mind-blowing.

Nr. 37/1001 Little Fury Things 5/5 Kracked 4/5 Sludgefest 3/5 The Lung 4/5 Raisans 3/5 Tarpit 3/5 In a Jar 3/5 Lose 3/5 Poledo 1/5 Just Like Heaven 3/5 Average: 3,2 Started out great, but fell off towards the end for me. Wtf is Poledo

Not for me. I don't know... I listened to it a few days ago and nothing clicks, so could not be the good for me

I have to be honest—I didn’t enjoy this album much at all. The guitar tone was, for the most part, pretty disappointing. I get that the distortion was meant to convey emotion, but it lacked any real texture; it just felt flat. The mix was also pretty bad. I know it was the ‘80s, and home studios weren’t what they are today, but I’ve heard plenty of ‘80s projects that sound way better. Even the composition didn’t do it for me. Maybe Surfer Rosa spoiled me with its whole distorted garage music vibe. Also, a lot of the endings had weak fade-outs or just awful guitar outros, showing they didn’t know how to end a song properly. This band is all junior and no dinosaur. Rating: 2/5

not my cup of tea. OK music, but the vocals are screaming and everything sounds repetitive

I really shouldn't be surprised there's more than one of these on here. What a dreadful list.

So I never owned any Dinosaur Jr music – nor have I ever listened to them, at least knowingly… As a rock guy, I really appreciated their sound – kinda like an excellent garage band… Not a big fan of the “lo-fi” movement, so if that’s what they were going for, or this was really just a sub-par recording effort, the audio quality was sorely lacking… Nothing was sharp, and a good portion of the album was pretty muddled IMO… That said, I did enjoy a couple of tracks, as the album started out pretty strong, but about 5 tracks in, it definitely started to lose some steam… Best tracks IMO were “Little Fury Things” & “Sludgefeast” – though there were moments of musical goodness throughout the first 6 tracks… Vocally, I thought the dude sounded like a much weaker version of Adam Duritz of “Counting Crows” – but his voice definitely suits the music for sure… Not much diversity in the sound until the slower pace of the 6th track “Tarpit” – so a little variety in tempo would have helped no doubt… After that, it’s like they ran out of material… “In A Jar” was pretty weak, and I have NO idea what they were doing with “Lose” & “Polido” – as they were so disappointing compared to the earlier parts of the album… Also didn’t think I needed to hear a pretty pedestrian version of The Cure’s “Just Like Heaven” to close the album… All in all, I’m glad I listened – as this is in my wheelhouse, however the audio quality, combined with the fact that it got weaker the longer it went on – and finished in such dreadful fashion, I can’t give it more than a 2…

Nope.

Ni una canción entera. Too much

Some damn good 80's alternative. 4.5 bumped up to 5.

I’m at a 4.5 that I’m going to just bump up to a 5 on account of just how fascinating “Poledo” is as an album closer. The Wikipedia page for this album made it pretty apparent this would cover a whole slew of subgenres of rock & grunge (especially shoegaze), and for 1987, this thing feels like an incredibly strong preview of the trends that would make up the early 90s. When people talk about “80s songs that sound like 90s songs”, they need to point to this album immediately. I love the way this whole thing sounds, although there is the pretty obvious elephant in the room to address, and it’s why I’m at a 4.5 that I very nearly bumped down to a 4. This thing does way too much on two specific tracks: the opening/closing guitar of “Little Fury Things”, which is a great opener otherwise, and the ending of “Tarpit”, which feels like a fucking tornado hit the studio and they just happened to be recording. Tarpit is a good track too; it feels the most like a mid-90s grunge track for almost all of its runtime, and then the last minute just decides to make your ears feel some kind of torture. It’s harsh, it’s abrasive, and it rivals that one part from the final 2 minutes of “Seasick” off of “Penance Soiree” in terms of absolutely dreadful noise to fill your ears with. However, because it’s shorter and fades itself in, almost working hand-in-hand with the melting vocals, I think it’s not as bad. It’s just a bit overtweaked. When this thing isn’t too loud for my tastes, it’s REALLY good, especially once the album hits a peak by the 1-2 punch of “The Lung” & “Raisans”, which I think have infectious energy that you can only really feel while listening to it. So much of this album fits within the DNA of R.E.M.’s style, but with the extra kick & edge that would make grunge more prevalent by the early 90s. I’m not saying our lead vocalist here is Michael Stipe or anything; he’s very shaky at points, occasionally a little off-beat, and not as confident as he could be, but he gets the job done, and usually sounds pretty solid all the same. Since the instrumentation is the star here, his vocals are just texture work, and it’s a fine texture at worst, and a pretty damn good one at best. So, what’s the hype about “Poledo” that bumps this up to a 5 for me? It’s just a fascinating track for 1987 in terms of the overall sound design. The sudden static & harsher tones that interrupt the track evoke a genuine sense of unsettling eeriness. I’ve never been jumpscared by an album like that before, I think. It feels totally cinematic in a way that hasn’t been captured by any of the previous 603 albums we’ve gotten so far, and it’s just so thematically different from the rest of the album that I can’t help but admire it. It feels like a fucking creepypasta, in the best way, down to the abrupt cutoff at the end. It’s enough to bump the whole album up to a 5 for me; just *barely*, mind you, but there’s truly no bad tracks here to my ears, just some overly harsh parts that drag the experience down a bit. I think it’s a hell of a preview for 1987, and when I was really in the groove with the album, I felt the same sort of “in sync zen state” feeling I had with bands like Nirvana, Black Sabbath, AC/DC, and more, though not as potently throughout the whole thing. Regardless, I think it’s worth the bump up, and even if I didn’t bump it, I’d still highly recommend it as a progenitor to all the rock trends of the 90s, and just a fun time once you get past its harshest moments. I’m glad it’s on the list, and I enjoyed it a lot. A thumbs up from me, and a 4.5 bumped up to a 5.

You’re cumming all over me

Yes please!

About the cover of Just Like Heaven by The Cure: THIS IS HOW COVERS SHOULD BE DONE. It is building off of the original by adding new elements, instead of being a simple copy. For example, there is the guitar wobble on the main riff, and the yelling of "YOU!". Also, the abrupt cut off after the first "YOU!" at the end of the song. Unique! I like that! I really love bands who excell at doing great covers that build on the original. For example, Siouxsie and the Banshees. Their Dear Prudence with the layered vocals saying "Deeeaarrr Prudenceee" is top tier. Also, their cover of Helter Skelter is very neat in how it starts off slow instead of fast live the original

Now this is what this generator is for, albums that are innovative and influential. DJ are so ahead of their time it's crazy. This album rocks so fucking hard. This album holds up so well with its contemporaries (Daydream Nation, Surfer Rosa, Bleach, etc). Bonus points for being just the right amount of weird. 9/10 but I'm giving it a 5 star on here

Jennifer says that all Dinosaur Jr. sounds the same, yeah it’s all fucking awesome!

Oh this is very much in my bag. Thank you 1001 albums for blessing me with this lo-fi classic.

10/10 Ill take any excuse to listen to more Dinosaur Jr haha

Well, I loved the shit out of this album. Never heard of Dinosaur Jr. but they seem right up my alley.

incredibly easy 5 stars. incredible guitar tone and diverse song writing. i’ve heard absolutely nothing like it

high-key sounds great, love the first track so far EPIC, PEAK ASF!!!!

Ok.

One of the goats

Nobody was doing what Dino did in the 80's and nobody's been able to do what Dino did in the 90's. They were really unique and even if they were influencial in the grunge scene, they never really fitted with the gang because J's such a shredder.

My introduction to Dinosaur Jr was in 1993 or 4, by way of the Wayne’s World 2 soundtrack, where the song “Out There” was included. As a 13 year old, it was mind blowing and might have been the greatest riff and guitar solo I had ever heard. It was like I had seen God…a total revelation. The things that J Mascis was doing with his guitar seemed like they were beyond the capabilities of any mere mortal and “Out There” was a veritable showcase of his talents. 30 plus years later, I still consider it one of the greatest songs of all time and maybe the most overlooked single of the alternative era. That song should be immensely popular. I didn’t really get into Your Living All Over Me or Bug until a few years down the line. I don’t think I was quite ready to appreciate the band that Dinosaur Jr started off as when I was 13. The noise, the reckless abandon…I wasn’t there yet. But when it clicked, it clicked hard. You’re Living All Over Me is an American indie classic. The noise, the aggression, the incredible guitar work from J Mascis…Dinosaur Jr helped lay the groundwork for the alternative explosion of the 90’s and influenced some of the biggest bands of the era. It’s a stone cold classic.

Noisy but musical, sludgy but coherent. I love this album

- Pure bangers from start to finish. A lush soundscape of guitars and pained vocals with occasional harsh but electrifying overtones. - Impossible to hear this and not see exactly where grunge would emerge. That entire movement sounds like it might as well just be this sound. - Hard for me to identify many "best of" tracks (which is usually a negative), but I am so engaged by the whole thing that I cannot complain. I would probably lean toward "Little Fury Things," "Sludgefest," "Tarpit", and "In a Jar." - "Poledo" is mesmerizing.

Majestic

Enjoying it way more than I remember liking this album. The guitars are great - superb really. I like the songs. The lyrics are a bunch of old nonsense. That sort of, “meh, there are some words and vowels and it sounds like I’m saying something… good enough”.

One of my all time favorites. Incredible album. Pure raw emotion. J Mascis’s guitar style is so unique, it’s like equal parts punk rock aggression and Neil Young meanderings. The songs are energetic but also somehow detached and disaffected. Screeching lead guitar lines just tear through your heart. Ah, and they do all of that while not really taking anything seriously and keeping sort of a slacker aesthetic. I’m honestly not sure what this sounds like to somebody who doesn’t know and love the band. For me it’s a personal top 50, maybe even top 20. Love this album to death. It’s also very influential on grunge and modern indie rock, the lo fi jazzmaster guitar sound is here, the vocal style is here, it’s all here. Five stars.

This album meant so much to me in my college years

Epic

This is my second Dinosaur Jr. album in the last couple weeks. "Bug" served as a reminder to a great band I hadn't listened to in far too long. This record is undeniably their best record and I love it so much, even the Lou Barlow bits to the close the record. It's a classic and an easy 5 stars for me.

This is one of those albums that I love and makes me want to sit down with my 15yo and explain to her how important it is to listen to all the influential bands around before she listens to more Nirvana.

Good music and lyrics.

Grown to love this a lot over the years and this listen it *really* clicked with me. Feels like proto-shoegaze in a lot of ways. Every song just has this grimy wall of sound that is so overwhelming yet works so perfectly. The Cure cover is obviously amazing, and was my first exposure to Dino Jr when my brother showed me the music video when I was 13 years old. Poledo is a notable weak point of the album, but it is very obviously influential to Lil Ugly Mane’s *Volcanic Enemy Bird…*, which is also one of the greatest albums of all time. Impossible to hate on it.

in terms of cover and title, one of the best ever. in terms of music, really freakin' awesome

Classic, love this one. I should listen to it more, but I guess it makes it hit even harder when it's been a while between listens, so 🤷

Didn't know what to expect - and then when I started listening, it turns out I still didn't! Lots of variation in this album, but all fitting. Really enjoyed it. Some heavy moments, some classical, and a lot of Spike vibes (90s grunge, ahead of its time). Would just like to know if so many tracks are actually meant to cut off so abruptly or if spotify has messed them up

It's like they knew exactly how to push my buttons on this album. Make the guitars all loud and fuzzy, don't care so much about making it sound perfect but instead make it sound like they're just going balls out on every song. It's full of energy.

So good

The start was a little rough for me, but thankfully the rest of the album was nothing like it. It's a little bit rougher than the music I usually listen to, but I really liked it. I'll be sure to check out more music like this. Fav song: The Lung

Amazing albulm. Some of the coolest lofi production ever. Favorite Song: In A Jar

my jam

This was a perfect execution of his kind of music. It's not my favorite thing in the world personally, but Dinosaur Jr. did a hell of a job here. I can recognize their influence in tons of bands including Nirvana and the Drive-By-Truckers. "Just Like Heaven" was a great cover and the guitar work on "The Lung" was exceptional as well. Gotta go with a five.

Nirvana sr.

yes

- Bin grad bisschen geflashed und fands meeega interessant - Kannte Dinosaur Jr. nur vom Namen und wusste, dass die innerhalb der Alternative Szene als ziemlich einflussreich wahrgenommen werden. Ich verstehe jetzt warum. Die wirken sehr ahead of their Time. Wir reden hier von Mitte der 80er - die Songs könnten aber definitiv auch auf etlichen Alben der einschlägigen 90s Bands kommen. - Ehrlich gesagt klingen die wie die lo-fi Version der ersten Foo Fighters Platten. - Das ist auch mein größtes Dilemma mit der Platte. Ich finde dieser Lof-Fi Sound ist zum einen irgendwie charmant und auf jeden Fall ein Alleinstellungsmerkmal und ich mag sowas besonderes. Und ja, es ist schließlich auch Noiserock. Auf der anderen Seite denke ich mir: OMG wie guuuut wären die Songs in hoher Audioqualität und habe den Drang mein Kopfhörerkabel zu checken oder zu gucken, ob das AUX-Kabel richtig steckt... - Hätte es nicht diesen starken Lo-Fi Charakter, könnte es eine B-Seite vom Selftitled Foo Fighters Album sein. Und ich liiiiieeeeebe dieses Album über alles. Da wird Dave sicher eine ganze Menge seiner Inspiration hergezogen haben. U.a. haben auch Kurt Kobain, Smashing Pumpkins, Radiohead, Mudhoney und andere Dinosaur Jr. als großen Einfluss angeführt. - Wunderschöne Riffs, schöne Gesangsmelodien (wenn auch oft schief, aber stört mich hier null, ist roh), treibende Drums. - Finde fast jeden Song geil - Ich finde die ganzen Artworks von denen riiichtig geil!! Hat einfach was sehr eigenes. - Fühlt sich auf jeden Fall an wie ein richtig geiler Geheimtipp. So eine Band, wo man sich als Nerd in der Szene ein Shirt holen könnte. - Die Hi-Fi Version (so sehr sie sicher an Charakter verloren hätte), hätte ggf. eine 5/5 von mir bekommen. Bin ob der Pionierleistung beeindruckt, kenne einfach stilistisch nichts aus der Zeit, was so klingt - und ich meine wie gesagt nicht den Noise-Part, sondern Melodien, Drive, Riffs, Style. Die waren ihrer Zeit echt einige Jahre voraus. - Dann noch ein The Cure Cover als kleine Kirsche auf der Torte. Bam. Häppy. Rating: 4,5/5

A quintessential garage band, Dinosaur Jr is a little heavier than I expected them to be, only knowing Feel the Pain before this. The music takes many unexpected turns that make this album standout amongst so many similar albums that I've been given and I like it significantly more for that. My favorite is by far SludgeFeast, this song rocked. The whiney chorus sandwhiches an awesome solo and bridge that might be one of my favorite in this whole list so far. I was thinking of giving this 4 stars, but listening to SludgeFeast again while writing this is going to bump it up.

This album was a blueprint for what was to come in the '90s. Not all groundbreaking records are truly amazing, but this one absolutely is. I just love it!

Love J. Marcus melodic riffs / grungy / fuzzy wah wah guitar and plaintive vocals. Just Like Heaven cover is perfect.

Another great album from Dinosaur Jr

Deserves to be played as loud as you can stand. And enjoy every minute of the noise. Great album

This was great. Honestly hard to believe this is from late 80s

Yes! I love this album. Probably in my top 10 of all time.

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Though often intertwined in the foundations and underpinnings of successful movements, slacker laziness is never appreciated. I struggle to think of musicians less ambitious than J. Mascis. Music from Dinosaur Jr. only got better from here and in 2025, was the highlight of a recent show despite being the opening act.

Albumi #33, 30.08.2024 Dinosaur Jr.:n toinen albumi vuodelta 1987. Ehdotonta parhautta. Dinosaurin diskografiassa on muutama helmi ja tämä levy menee ehdottamisti noiden joukkoon. Tämä on vaihtoehtorockin kulmakiviä ja poikkeuksellisen kova suoritus tuohon aikakauteen.

I just love it so much Dino Jr. 4eva ✌🏻

never knew about this, but it was awesome!

One of my favourite albums, sludgy petty noises.

Like an undiscovered Nirvana album. Where was this my whole life?

No where to collapse the lung Breathes a doubt in everyone

Very noisy, very energetic. Setting the blueprint for other influential bands that followed

Fun!

Dinosaurier Jr

I was obsessed with Dinosaur Jr. - when I was pregnant I went to see them and I knew every word- they meant so much to me - I was coming of age during the time before Nirvana and loved all the American hardcore bands - then got into the Pixies and stuff - I can’t stand the Pixies now- it sounds so contrived and I hate the lyrics but I’ll never stop loving Dinosaur Jr

A banger of an album, notwithstanding the slightly unneccesary cover of Cure perfection at the end.

This was honestly better than I thought I’d be. Kinda wanna give it a 5. Fuck it.

J Mascis is a guitar god. Love the noise on this record too. Also gotta love those abrupt endings and the funny cover of Just Like Heaven. Great fucking album

Dinosaur Jr. is one of those bands I never paid much attention to until the last few years. For some reason, I always thought they sounded much different than what I discovered once I finally gave them a chance. When I started listening, I was shocked by all the distortion and feedback that define their trademark sound, and the raw punk energy in some of their tracks really caught me off guard. Overall, their format features melodic, prominent bass lines with a wall of distorted feedback and noise layered on top, giving it a raw and gritty edge. Despite this, I also view Dinosaur Jr. as a good beginner’s guide to noise rock. Even though they’re raw, noisy, gritty, and filled with feedback, they balance it out with an element of refinement.

Wow. The only song I had heard in the 90s was “Feel the Pain” so I hadn’t heard their other material. I instantly connected to this anlbum after the first three. The group vocals on track 1 were a nice feel, the fuzz guitar on Kracked was SO good. They’re fantastic at the fuzz. The noise at the end on Tarpit, the exploding solo on Kracked at 1ish.

Lol whoa, is that really how Just Like Heaven ends?? Just learned this wasn't a The Cure song! Loved this album. I'd only ever heard Kracked prior from a Toy Machine video. I was born in 1987. Getting lost in a daydream of what life would be like if my folks were Dino Jr fans

The only thing I hate about this album is how late it arrived in my life. It is perfect. Can you imagine listening to it when it was released around the late 80s? You'd be the coolest person in your city.

It's like being smothered by a blanket made of psychedelic concrete. I think my love for this album is multifaceted. Without this, we don't get My Bloody Valentine and shoegaze. We don't get a band like Nirvana, and most of the nineties more than likely. It's also just... beautifully noisy. It sounds so loose, but every note feels like it is where it needs to be. Bite me. I've seen Dinosaur Jr. before and enjoyed them, but man, maybe I should've just listened to them before. Favorite tracks: "Sludgefeast", "Tarpit"