You're Living All Over Me

had ik echt geweldig gevonden als 15jarige

The beginning of "The Lung" is terrific. The whole album is worth the listen.

I hate guitar noise, so when the album started, I thought it was going to be a 1. However, it does give me grunge-rock vibes, so ultimately I settled on 3 because there wasn't much more noise in the rest of the album.

No Bueno.

3.

I am a fan of Dinosaur Jr, but not sure they need more than one album on the list, and this isn’t the one that I would pick. It's okay but nothing stands out as being excellent. The production is awful though, even for 1980s home recording. 2.5⭐️

J Mascis is the most underrated guitarist of all time

really great guitar rock. Adored this album

Cool Alt Rock sound, aside from some (IMO) unnecessary extensive guitar feedback segments within a few songs. 2.5/5.0

The Just Like Heaven cover is a unique take on the song and I found Poledo the most interesting song on here, but the rest is average grunge.

Not my cup of tea.

3 stars

It’s loud and it’s really out there. Not sure what else to say. 6/10

It’s two days since I had the other Dinosaur Jr album! To my knowledge they have one really good song, and that is on an album that’s not on the list. Shame.

put this one on the back burner as I was pretty busy today. Still going to give it a listen though!

a bit aggressive for my tastes, and by that i mean too much screaming. still, i liked just like heaven and the lung. its a good album, just not my taste. glad im listening to these albums

I always get about halfway before checking the wiki, and I was wondering why I wasn't liking this album, then the wiki explained it nicely. "[The band is] the missing link between Hüsker Dü and R.E.M." That makes sense. While I don't like those bands in general, they have some good stuff.

This was some pretty middle of the road 90's alt rock, so, I guess they were ahead of their time and influential as a result, so, for for them. It's not great, though.

Just good ol' righteous chooglin punk rock

Pre grunge noise rock that is fine but not really anything special. As a precurser to Nirvana i prefer Mudhoney but this would have been fun if i was 18 in California in 1987. Not sure what happened to the last track but why not.

Mascis leaves the wah-gate open and that is the thing that is living all over the record. Generally, the noise and the melodies seem to disadvantage each other - the noise ungainly and the melodies naive. As a consequence, the most exhilarating moment on the whole album is the sudden stop at the end of Just Like Heaven. Finally, something that feels like it is under the musicians' control. But the song isn't officially on the album, so it doesn't really count. It puts everything else in stark relief however. It is still good fun though. Sludgefeast especially. 2.5 This was grand. J Mascis has some style as a guitarist and an instinct for unusual and quite pretty melodies. It’s difficult to resist doing Mascis the injustice of hearing him as a proto-Kurt Cobain though. Through that filter his lyrics come up short; his self-loathing a little tame, his encounters with women lacking in psychosexual horror. He sounds young and rather innocent to be making such a racket and ‚Poledo‘ feels like it ought to close out a much darker album than it does. All the same, I enjoyed this. 2.5/5

Listens: 3 Standout Tracks: Sludgefeast, Just Like Heaven True to the genre, this is early American alternative rock. Not rock and roll. Not any flavor of metal, not country, blues or hip-hop. Maybe a tad grunge... I might take issue with the premise in the description that this is considered one of the the most influential albums in alternative rock, considering the listen counts. The Beatles are influential. Black Sabbath are influential. Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin are influential. Nirvana are influential. If you polled some random person off the street and asked them about Dinosaur Jr., they'd ask if you meant the TV show Dinosaurs or Land Before Time... but whatever. I might be more likely to believe the description, if I had ever heard even one other band cite them as an influence. Now, mind you, there are actual citations of other bands referencing Dinosaur Jr., you just have to go looking for them (Wikipedia). This album feels raw and gritty. Sometimes it sounds clear, but most of the time its washed out. It comes in an entirely acceptable 38 minutes. They didn't inundate the listener with their entire catalog for their sophomore album and respect the listeners time, unlike some other bands. Every time I see a 30-50 minute album, that makes me happy.

Cool!

This list doesn't need two Dino jr albums and I prefer Bug.

I'm not sure this collection really needs two Dinosaur Jr. albums, but at least this particular album choice isn't a complete mystery, even if it's not noticeably better or different from the other album selection. It seems like "You're Living Over Me" is probably mixed a bit better than "Bug", assuming it's important to be able to hear and understand the lyrics. There weren't a lot of tracks than really stood out for me, although a few channeled a *very* iconic Dinosaur Jr sound (like "Kracked" or "The lung" or "Tarpit"), and a few had a somewhat different style than their usual wall of sound and possibly meaningless lyrics (like the grunge-adjacent "Sludgefeast" and the quirky Lou-Barlow-penned track "Poledo"), plus the pretty amusing/fun cover of "Just like heaven" (including a strange Muppet-inspired video). And while I can't really share the sentiment, it's nice to read that this was and is frontman J Mascis' favorite album.

I loved the cover of Just Like Heaven and the odd Poledo track before it but other than that, it was kind of alright.

I've listened to a a DinosaurJr before but they never really grabbed me. This reedited is generally really great and I liked it a lot with a couple of reservations. The quality really dips for a couple of tracks and at some points it gets get samey. Still, it was a really enjoyable listen

This is 2.5 quality-wise. 0.5 stars for nostalgia

Ok

Thoughts before listening: I bet this gets bad reviews on here, but I'm a big fan. J Mascis is one of my favorite guitarists of all time, and I love his slacker drawl as well. I'm glad to see this today. Review: For such a loud, fuzzed out guitar album, there is a ton of melody in these songs. This is definitely indie/alt rock that will have limited appeal, but I'm in that subset of music listeners that love it. J Mascis is the best, and seeing him standing in front of his massive amp stack drawling catchy song after catchy song and ripping solos is a treat. This is one of their best albums, and for me personally, its 5-stars.

I liked it

Cool album, seems like a blueprint for the grunge scene

Solid project with catchy riffs.

I'm glad I listened to it but this didn't really do much for me. You can see the bones of the 90's songs this influenced. After it was over I actually put on a Fugazi album and liked that a ton more. I've seen them live and was a pretty good show... very loud!

It's okay but nothing stands out as being excellent. The production is awful though.

Kind of a unique sound for that time period. Can definitely hear the influence this had on a lot of the stuff that came in the 90s.

Good listen. Great guitar work.

Enjoyment: 5/10 Replayability: 4/10 Cohesion: 4/10 Flow/Pacing: 4/10 Artistic Merit: 5/10 Weighted Average: 4.5/10 Review: I liked a significant portion of most songs, but the random, hellish static and breathy, whiny vocals were more of a detriment than anything else. It almost gave a unique sound, but it still wasn't pleasant to listen to. They should also stay in their lane because that cover of Just Like Heaven alone takes the whole album down a point. Liked Song(s): Kracked, Sludgefeast, Raisans, In a Jar, Lose Disliked Song(s): Tarpit, Poledo, Just Like Heaven Recommend? Maybe Heard Before? No

H: DNF’d the album. Made it through 7/12 songs before I couldn’t take it anymore. This was just noise is the absolute worst way. 0/10 Z: screeches and white noise, if you don’t like that you don’t like dinosaur jr. 2/10 For Fans Of: screeches, white noise and going def.

está cabrón que todas las bandas indie queramos ser dinosaur jr. pero la neta sí todas queremos, hasta sin darnos cuenta xd recién tuvimos ensayo del sancris y estamos trabajando yet again una rola con un chingo de partes y dijo pable que el chiste está en que no suene a prog, y al día siguiente regreso a este disco y me voy patrás de oir todas las partes que tienen las rolas sin que se note, no es prog, es pop, es rock, es ruido. lo mismo que queremos nosotrxs

it SUCKED BALLS

Something about this sound and style is warm and comfortable, like a blanket.

Little fury things - 3 Kracked - 3 Sludgefeast - 4 The lung - 4 Raisans - 3 Tarpit - 3 In a jar - 4 Lose - 3 Poledo - 2 Just like heaven * - 4

Meh.

Visst är det bra, men jag förstår också varför grungen inte breakade med dem utan med Nirvana oh Pearl Jam. Soundet finns där, men låtarna håller inte samma klass. En fyra blir det i alla fall.

No

That initial blast of noise will blow your hair back. And just when it feels like its unbearable, it scales back a touch into something listenable, and then it drops another level, and it's actually kind of pleasant, and then you realize you actually kind of miss the noise and as if on cue - we're back to noise rock. I can't say that I enjoyed all of the noiseyness, but....I'm impressed with the arrangements, the thoughtfulness that went into the dynamics, the chord voicings. The fact that this went on to inspire so many indie rock bands makes perfect sense. It's an amazing blend of ingenuity and rawness.... The sound is really interesting because the tone doesn't really match the style of music, and vice versa. When a song turns to metal, like on "SludgeFeast," the only thing keeping it from sounding cheesy is the wildly thin and crushed distortion. Knowing ahead of time how rough the sound of this record was, I expected to not enjoy it, but the more I think about it the more I like it. Excellent album. FOUR STARS

Some of the songs were good but the mixing was bad, sounds poor quality. 4/10

Meh. It was ok, but I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to it again. 2.5

Fluctuates between being exactly my thing to too nerdy and basement-dwellerish for me.

Nirvana opened for DJ in the early 90s, and you can hear their influence on Cobain's writing. This is what grunge was built on. Sure, the Pixies and Sonic Youth have something to say, but Dinosaur Jr could easily argue that they are the father's of grunge. And, this album, was playing when artists like STP, AIC, Nirvana, Soundgarden were conceived.

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Pudo encantarme y la verdad que no. Quedó en el medio de todo siento. No me gustó el cover de The Cure. Igualmente, agradable, es mi estilo así que cuesta que falle.

Solid music that I don't mind. Nothing grabbed me to make me want to listen again, but enough was good enough to have me check other albums, including the one I own.

Really cool album start to finish. Bit of a grungy sound to it, great instrumentals with awesome guitar solos and cool noise rock influences. Indie rock in the 80s riffed way fucking harder than modern indie.

Mediocre grunge. Still listenable but lacking structure. A bit sprawling.

Nice, I wish I got them yesterday. I am not sure why for the most part I really don't like indie music, but I really like these early original waves of it. This is great stuff, easy 4 stars

I like the alternative rock sounds but the songs just don't stick. I am a sucker for melodies and in here I hear none

Not bad at all

It got a little screamy or random noisy at times. But in the end I mostly had positive feelings.

I was into Se-bad-oh before I had heard D Jr, once I found these guys fell in love with them too. This album is just fuzz and reverb, noise rock with some metal guitar licks and REM like songwriting. Love J Mascis' singing style, love how melodic it is and at the same time very doom and gloom. I was going to rate this a 4, but because of how influential this album is on a lot of the bands I listened too and even some of the recent bands in multiple genres, I am giving it 5.

Little Furry Things

Noise grunge. Not the hugest fan of the lead singer's voice. Tunes seem tight, nothing really standing out. Poledo was mentioned a lot in other reviews which was interesting but not the album redeemer it was made out to be. I guess like some of these albums if you grew up with it being a significant part of your childhood/young adulthood/adulthood it would mean more, but just as music for music's sake that's a 3 for me.

perfect

Completely new stuff for me and I found it AWESOME!

Dinosaur Jr.’s You're Living All Over Me is defined by a muddy, noisy recording quality throughout, yet several standout tracks still manages to shine. "Little Fury Things" opens with a genuinely beautiful melody, while "Kracked" keeps the momentum going with an exceptionally interesting guitar solo. "Sludgefeast" gets immense energy from its drumming and a solid guitar line that easily overshadows its lukewarm vocals, and "Lose" alongside "Raisans" deliver satisfying, well-crafted moments. Middle tracks like "The Lung," "Tarpit," and "In a Jar" hold up as decent, passable cuts alongside a pleasant cover of "Just Like Heaven." The album's most dramatic shift occurs on "Poledo," offering a gentle folksy start that serves as a welcome reprieve from the noise before taking a sharp twist into an eerie, radio-tuning midsection that fades out into pure unearthly sound.

Simply just some of the best noise rock out there. Never lets up and is unnecessarily catchy. I found it impossible to not have fun. "Just Like Heaven" on the deluxe has quickly become an all timer for me. Brilliant stuff

At first I thought what was the fuss about. It was just noisy chaos, but song two interesting things started to happen and I could kid of dig it. The random cure cover at the end was cool too.

They have a grungy sound and you can hear their influence on the 90s grunge scene.

I was excited to get this one. I have liked Dinosaur Jr. in the past, but this one didn’t quite hit for me. There were things I liked, but always something I didn’t to keep me from loving it. 3/5

This explains a lot of good stuff that came afterward, so it gets props for influence. There's also some amazing guitar work. But I disliked pretty much everything else about it.

I can appreciate the musical influence, but only moderately liked this

I didn’t hate this, but I’m sure it would have enjoyed it more had I discovered it when it came out. Poledo aside, the music just doesn’t really stand out or fill any hole that isn’t served already by another band. I likely won’t be revisiting it. It also does not warrant the gushing that exudes from some folk.

Eh. Failing to do what the pixies did well

I didn’t really pay attention much to this one since I was climbing a mountain. 2/5

Dear lord, he can’t sing a note! I tried given all the 5 star reviews, but this is just ruined by the vocals. Pity, there’s a good band here otherwise. Really not surprised I didnt discover this in the 80s. Generous 2

Not at all familiar with this band before today. I really like the sound of some of the songs like the opener and In a Jar. Some songs got a little screamy for my taste. I was really into the cover of The Cures Just Like Heaven except for the screaming bits and the abrupt cutoff at the end. I’d like to put this between 3 and 4.

This album makes quite an impression before you even start listening, both the title and the album cover are incredibly interesting and draw you in in the best way. The music itself is cool and well-executed in it’s own right, with the band giving us a blend of different takes on alternative rock that are generally quite enjoyable and intriguing. This is definitely something I’ll return to and is a nice find for not having any familiarity with it or the band. I wasn’t as certain about how much I liked some of the ideas as it progressed compared to how strong it started. 1 listen Favorite Tracks: Little Fury Things, Kracked, Sludgefeast

Not my style and none of it truly grabbed my attention (in a positive way).

I liked the just like heaven cover

I've been meaning to dive into Dinosaur Jr. for quite a while, but I never got to it. I am both underwhelmed and excited about this album because it is apparently a groundbreaking record with an outsized influence. On the other hand, I've been into grunge and alternative rock all my life, so I didn't really heard anything that's new to me.

Just after my first week of college, my lung collapsed while cooling down from my first collegiate cross country race. I had a major surgery and was in the hospital for ten days. Through sheer coincidence, three people from my high school came to the same college. They all visited me and brought me supplies, which was extremely nice. What was more amazing was that after only being there a week, another dozen people I had just met also came. One of the DJs brought me some tapes, which included Dinosaur Jr. It seemed apt that my favorite song was “The Lung,” with one verse sounding something like, “nowhere to collapse from…” Dinosaur Jr. were the more traditional side of Sonic Youth’s multitoned distortion, harking back to both 80s hardcore punk and 70s cock rock. Dinosaur inspired me to go back and appreciate some seriously heavy music I had missed.

Ends abruptly. Not for me. 4.4/10

Some interesting tracks here but a bit grungey for my tastes.

Äänekästä, ja vähän pelottavaakin (Poledo... lopussa tuli hiukan jopa Obsession mieleen). Ekoissa biiseissä vähän Foo Fighters vibaa, ja ne olikin varmaan lempparit jos sellaiset pitäis valita. Tarpitin jäljiltä sattui korviin. Vika biisi loppui oudosti (miksi edes lähteä koskemaan originaaliin).

It started off well, then felt like a garage band, then went and ruined a great Cure song at the end. Dropping from a 3 to a 2 for that.

They screwed the Cure over with their cover

fine, his voice is kinda icky sometimes. Overall sound is pretty solid though.

so this came out in '87? huh-really could have fooled me. was an overall good, interesting listen. the distortion got overused & vocals drug some of tracks down. solid 3.5 & will see which way I fall on Monday

Man, this one surprised me. Grunge precursor. It's a little too shoegaze/noise rock for my personal tastes, but I like this one anyway.

Started great, but it tails off and Poledo kinda ruins it.

Nae bad

5/10

Very good.

This cover is me, carrying the corpse of music as an art form up Mt. Metaphor in order to review the latest slacker rock record. Why do I use the term "slacker rock?" What are we slacking off from? This record ranged from inoffensive to pretty cool and that's about all I've got. Another day we can send our prayers up to whatever deity we've gambled on and give thanks that we aren't in the doldrums of 90's britrock. Dinosaur told me the meteor was a hoax and big dino government is in kahoots with the three 6ix mafia in a conspiracy to outlaw eating big fuckin' leaves. YOU GONNA HAVE TO TAKE MY LEAVES FROM MY COLDER THAN NORMAL DEAD LIZARD CLAWS. 3 HIGHLIGHTS: The lights have dimmed on a once fertile mind

estuvo bueno! me vengo a enterar que tengo una cancion de ellos guardada por la peli reality bites (una de las pelis que destaco por su soundtrack). el cover de just like heaven para cerrar el album me pareció excelente

This thing absolutely rocks at certain points

Not bad!

Not very remarkable. The vocals are slightly annoying, both in his inflections and in the sense that they are drowned out in the mix. It's still not upsetting enough to give it a 1

Does Dinosaur Jr. deserve to have 2 albums on this list? I think not. Anyway, wouldn't have been my choice. A basic problem for me is that I don't really like the main singer (J. Mascis)'s singing. Interesting (?) thought experiment, to try to imagine them with a better singer - or possibly no singer at all; there's a lot going on there with just guitar, bass, and drums, and it's pretty good - and I think the singing hurts rather than helps. Slightly prefer the last 2 songs, by Lou Barlow, just as I prefer his post-Dino Jr. work to that of J. Mascis. Wikipedia talks about D. Jr.'s influence on shoegaze, My Bloody Valentine, Nirvana, Sonic Youth, and I guess I can kind of see that. Meanwhile, though, this album gets 3 stars from me.

I like this more than most alternative rock, probably because of the melodies, tasteful use of noise, ambient textures, and space in the arrangements. I don't usually like grunge, sludge, but again, I like this more than average. It's constructive and evocative, despite the noisy guitars or whatnot, so I'd listen again. Heck, even BECAUSE of the noisy guitars

sounds fresh to this day

For 1987 this is probably ahead of its time. The wall of sound and garage industrial sound must've been pretty special to hear at this time if you were into it. I'm not the biggest fan but I didn't dislike it, some moments were even quite good.

Good proto grunge that doesn’t let up. I do wish it was a but better recorded but I don’t think the band would have agreed. J Mascis’ singing has always been divisive but I think it works just fine here. Poledo is a hell of an ender.

Some good rock songs on here

Singing was debatable but good surprisingly good grungy music

Never heard of them before. Good though.

Some of the songs I actually quite liked, altho some were just generic rock

Pleasant indie/shoegaze album. Production feels a bit flat at points but just about gets a 4

No better than an okay here I'm afraid. I'm sure that if I were 18 in 1987 I might have fallen in love with this. Oh, I was: but on a different continent where the album and band made less of an impact. It sounds like American college boy rock really. Nothing wrong with that, but I do find it a bit boring and sugar-coated for some reason. And the version of Just Like Heaven honestly isn't great – like the album, it starts well enough but then gets a bit crap. To the extent that I had to turn the track off, which is very unlike me. So, yeah, it's OK. Just about. But it lacks style and class and is no better than that.

Little Fury Things - 4.5/5 Kracked - 4.5/5 Sludgefeast - 4/5 The Lung - 4.5/5 Raisans - 5/5 Tarpit - 4/5 In a Jar - 4/5 Lose - 4/5 Poledo - 3.5/5 You can hear a lot of influences going into and inspired from this album. There's some shoegaze, some grunge, some indie rock, some noise, and it's raw and unfiltered for you to hear. I thought this came out later but I was surprised this came out in 1987 before a lot of albums that I would have associated with said genres. Unfortunately I think the album can get a bit same-y at points which bumps it down a star, but this is still a "favorite band's favorite band" type of deal. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: Raisans, Little Fury Things, Kracked, The Lung

God I love Dino Jr. This is an indie hard rock classic. All hail J Mascis and his guitar wizardry.

Really enjoyed the grungy, distorted guitars across this album. There are a lot of rock elements that I like here, but there are also some strange song transitions that threw me off (e.g., in the middle of Poledo or at the end of the album). I was torn between a strong 3 and a weak 4.

It was okay…….. I did like that they had a song called Tarpit I thought that was funny either way the artist name. It’s like they were tryna be Alice In Chains or something. It just wasn’t that good in all honesty.

Weird rock

pretty noisy

Loved the Just Like Heaven cover. It was the beginning of the 90s sound.

I mean, it is post punk

Bij het opzetten moet je meteen al controleren: staat m'n geluid wel goed afgestemd? Want het klinkt allemaal weer alsof het in de kelder van het buurthuis is opgenomen. Op z'n tijd neigt het naar een soort proto-Pearl Jam, qua zang en raggende gitaren. Maar deze dinosaurus moest wel nog een beetje verder evolueren voordat het luisterwaardig werd. In ieder geval houden ze het kort.

Het album volgend, zal ik de wellicht best interessante en intensieve muziek na deze zin niet meer noemen, want die verdwijnt volledig naar de achtergrond door de afgrijselijke zang. De 'zang'...." - Is vaak vals / de stem slaat over - Is vaak verveeld - Is vaak zeurend (Paid for my criiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimmmmeeeeee, come on baaaaaaaaaaabbbbbeeeee, come on rescue meee, just this last time tiiiiiiiiiiiime)

Dinosaur Jr, dat is de versterkers op standje burenruzie en de gitaren vol distortion door die speakers laten blazen. Ik heb ze eerder al bonuspunten gegeven, dat hoeft niet nog een keer. Ik ga ook niet het complete oeuvre de revue laten passeren hier, want ook ik zit niet te wachten op meerdere Dinosaur albums achter elkaar. Eigenlijk is het bonusnummer Just Like Heaven het beste, omdat je de fijne melodie van het hitje krijgt samen met de muur van gitaren van Dinosaur. Verder is dit ook voor mij niet meer dan een 3,5. En laat ik dat eens afronden naar beneden, want zo best is dit allemaal niet.

Mid

Haven't heard this album in nearly a decade. I liked it back then, but I think my music taste has aged into a place where I can really appreciate this now! Great great stuff, with sloppy noise elements utilized just right to complement the songwriting.

This one was pretty cool. Feasting on the sludge etc etc. Love a lot of the guitar work, although I feel like the songs sorta fell off halfway through and blended together in my mind

An album that completely overloads your brain in the best way possible. It's hard to hook onto a specific instrument, the lyrics are incomprehensible, hell even distinguishing between songs is difficult as it all sludges together. But it rocks out relentlessly. Good sludge! Standouts: Kracked • Sludgefeast • In a Jar

Big surprise but a welcome one! Looking at this album I thought there was no way I would enjoy it, but it hooked me immediately. The riffs are so fresh and the vocal perfectly fits the music. Really sublime listening and I'm sad I never heard of it before.

This fucking rips. It’s sloppy in the best possible way. Incredible guitar tone and great vocals. Love the Cure cover tacked on as a bonus as well.

Cool

Some okay guitars I guess, but quite forgettable and same-y.

So I've of course heard Dinosaur Jr but really didn't remember what they did. At first I almost stopped listening but they are very good. Maybe not a 4 but not a 3 either. 3.5

I wish there were 65 million years separating me from this Dino crap.

I’m an 80s guy, but I wasn’t really into this in the 80s. Not life-changing but pleasant enough.

For mid 80s, this could have come out today. I really enjoyed it. A little too much distortion at times though

Un nouvel album pour Dinosaur Jr. en août. J'ai une Fender Jazzmaster en grande partie en raison de J Mascis (et Thurston Moore et Lee Ranaldo).

Amenez moi en plus du noise rock! Je suis encore néophyte, mais j'aime bien découvrir. J'ai bien aimé Sebadoh aussi, on reste proche.

Dinosaur Jr. c'est oui!

2.5

I always forget how melodic this album is when I haven’t listened to it in a while. Even the Barlow tracks on the end are great even though I’ve never really gotten into Sebadoh. Such a great album and exemplary of the noise rock that wound so greatly influenced the whole Indie scene.

Surprised to see them on this list, but enjoyable

It was nice. Something I can skate to. It's edgy. It's in your face.

Fav songs: Raisans and the Just Like Heaven cover

You're Living All Over Me basically has everything I want out of an indie rock record. Great riffs, sticky melodies, unorthodox songwriting, a unique vocalist, and heavy layers of distortion and feedback. This isn't just indie in aesthetic, but in attitude. The lo-fi recording style gives the album an organic and ramshackle feeling, making up for a lack of polish with an exciting DIY atmosphere. J Mascis' vocals are snotty and yelpy, feeling very predictive of how grunge vocalists would sound in the 90s. All these elements could make this an excessively abrasive listen, which it is to a degree, but the band's strong melodic senses help you stay invested. Take away the noise and the lo-fi production and it's almost a pop album. That juxtaposition is the secret sauce that makes this album truly special. This has long been a personal favorite for me, and every listen makes it even better.

Tarpit was pretty much torture to listen to. "Lose" was a close second. And Poledo. All three were skipped once I couldn't stand them anymore Everything else has been "very Dinosaur Jr," which is to say if you've heard one of their songs, you've heard them all. And you're probably not clamoring to talk about how great the vocals are. I can hear their influence in later music, but thus doesn't do much for me ⭐⭐.49

A: Bästa albumet hittills. Överväger o lägga albumet i sin helhet med i nån av mina shoegaze listor. De e int ba shoegaze utan en perfekt bladning av shoegaze och en nyans av rock/metal som jag letat efter i ca 15 år på basis av den musik som Pauli spelade i vardagsrummet i Pargas när vi var små (dadrock men inte stereotypisk dadrock). 5/5 älskade!!!!!!!!!! D: Säkert den enda tillåtna tillämpningen av den gitarrmisshandel som Oasis&Co företräder. Personlig och egendomlig och överlag en bra balans av alla möjliga vågskålar. 4/5

If the artist set out to create a sound that was unique, unsettling, and uncanny, they succeeded. At times it seemed like they added a layer called "chorus of the damned". I was relieved when this was over.

Favorite Track: Sludgefeast

3 1/2 Stars: As a historical album this really works. You can hear the sound that would go on to influence so many in the alternative music world. It's really good. I just probably won't ever find myself back to this record. I appreciate it's place in the music world, but not a must listen for me.

I grew up in the Grunge era and listened to the music, but I'm not sure I have ever heard an entire Dinosaur Jr. album. You're Living All Over Me sounded about like I thought it would sound. I did not care for Poledo, because it seemed to drone on and on too much for me. The cover of The Cure's Just Like Heaven was inspired, even if the background screaming was a bit odd, as was the song randomly cutting off. But hey, Dinosaur Jr brought something new to the song. Little Fury Things starts off very hardcore sounding and then evolved into a great rock song. The production on the entire album is the foundation for a lot of the sound that came out a few years later and created so many flannel-wearing rock stars, which created more post-grunge bands in response, which eventually led to a more lightening up of music in the late 90's with everything not so dark, which led to boy bands coming back in fashion, which eventually led to record companies seeing that pop songs are the way to sell records, which eventually led to producer-led albums that feature the singer as more of an adornment to the song, and eventually the homogenization of music that has ruined everything. To say this album probably ruined music may actually be true. But for now, we are in 1987 and music is still poor and the production is still not great but we like it that way. My favorite tracks: Little Fury Things Kracked The Lung In a Jar Just Like Heaven

Sounds like a high school bands first album. Sure there's good energy here, but the production is awful and the vocals just do nothing for me. 2/5

It’s rarely talked about how ahead of their time Dinosaur Jr. sounds. Sounds straight out of the 90s, DNA filled with genres like Midwest Emo that hadn’t really existed yet. One of the more interesting 80’s alternative rock bands. Ending of the album was quite something. Fav tracks: Little Fury Things, The Lung, Poledo

Just absolutely rips from start to finish

very much "would stay if they were playing at a bar" type of music. only looked up when they started playing the smiths. fav: just like heaven

The most aggressive sludge metal, sometimes seems like they get so deep in a groove they forget to add lyrids

Decent 3,5

Sometimes it feels like I'm deliberately punishing artists and/or albums that appear in the 1001 list because that list has completely shut out the work of Warren Zevon. This might be one of those days. There's nothing specifically wrong with this album: it starts out with a couple of serviceable bangers before it deteriorates into the kind of senseless noise that has never stood the test of time musically, as far as I'm concerned, even though it might reflect something the artist is trying to convey philosophically about the nature of music. And if there were only one Dinosaur Jr. album on the list, I'd probably be tempted to go one higher with my rating. But having TWO albums by these guys and ZERO albums by Zevon just pretty much shatters any kind of credibility a list like this might hope for, I'm afraid.

Let's get it out of the way: I love Dinosaur Jr. and this is my favorite from them; this is getting a 5. Shit, I own and play a J Mascis signature Squire Jazzmaster, I have some personal investment in this thing. Although, if you don't get what makes You're Living All Over Me great, I don't know if I can help. Dinosaur Jr. were absolutely crucial in the development of grunge and other '90s alternative. I think I've heard someone say they're kind of the missing link between REM and Husker Du, and I sort of agree. Dinosaur Jr. had some of the mystery of REM's '80s aesthetic, but had something that's kind of punk-y in like a noise/sludge way that would later help define grunge. And the result is You're Living All Over Me, which honestly also rocks *unbelievably* hard for an indie record. Like this thing has some very fragile alternative, pop-by-way-of-rock-underground melodies, but then you turn the album on and the first fucking guitar tone you hear is a goddamn life-ruiner. The wah/noise solo at the beginning of Little Fury Things is *crazy*, it's like a whirlwind of ceramic, and it let's you know that these guys really mean business. It's rare to find indie willing to get this fucked up. And then, on Kracked, you get more mournful melodies and a guitar solo that brings up another point about this band; that J Mascis is kind of the most deeply secret *generational* guitar God *ever*. He has real chops, but is also really willing to slam so much fuzz on his tone that he's basically sculpting the riffs and solos out of a wall of pure scuzz. But honestly, as easy as it is to gush over Mascis, the whole band contributions are also deeply important, and Lou Barlow and Murph *need* their flowers. And as this thing goes on a real magic emerges between the punk sloppiness, paradoxical nimble-ness, and understated tenderness of this thing, which come together in a context that almost feels like folk or lo-fi sometimes. It's one of those records where the band stumbled onto a certain magic in their songwriting, and just stayed in the pocket for the entire time. There isn't a bad song here. I even really like Poledo; sure, it's *really* out there, but it brings some of the more quietly weird things about this album out and boldly relishes in things like ambient, lo-fi, and musique concrete. And I think of it kind of like a Revolution 9 situation. Putting Poledo here wasn't the decision that makes the most sense to the listener, but it's here because Dinosaur Jr. took a lot from the sounds on songs like that, and I think it was kind of their way to give back to genres like lo-fi and ambient. Regardless, I think of You're Living All Over Me as a landmark achievement in rock, and I think the fact that this band is perpetually a *little* underrated has made me more steadfast in this. It's really a fantastic album, mutating hard edged rock into a sound that honestly *does* bring to mind the sympathetic monster on the cover.

Cool album that definitely sounds a little ahead of its time.

Wow. This came out in 1987, but it sounds 5-8 years in the future. You can hear the marriage of early REM metaphorical lyrics and Sabbath sludge guitars. Alternative rock, from early grunge to guitar-heavy noise all trace their DNA to this album.

Decent listen, I enjoyed the vibe and feeling more than the lyrics

Meh

Had a hard time with this one. Mostly didn't like it but it was actually not bad.

Not really my thing, too noisy, but I get why people like it.

Very good album that I am shocked this band was never on my radar in the late 80s. Definitely a must listen.

Scheiss musik

das hat meine Ohren gestört, lautes Durcheinander

Ganz cool 🦖🦕

Good, personally not my fav. But is a nice album for happy days.

Noise rock and alternative rock built from layers of guitar distortion, melodic leads, driving rhythms, and slacker vocals feels like trying to appreciate a beautiful landscape through a windshield that someone keeps splashing with mud—occasionally rewarding, but often obscured by its own noise. The album contains strong melodies and genuine emotional appeal, yet for me the constant distortion and abrasive textures frequently get in the way. What many hear as exhilarating rawness, I often hear as unnecessary clutter.

Yep, classic grunge rock. Time capsule of the time.

Not a fan.

Aika hyvä levy, mutta bändit kuten Nirvana ja Smashing Pumpkins jotka ottivat tästä vaikutteita, tekivät saman paljon paremmin. Lopuksi kuultiin yllättävä Ghe Cure-cover.

I still remember the first time I heard this album. I was 17 and just getting into listening to/collecting music as a hobby. I really quickly latched onto Noise Rock and similar because I heard Attempted Martyr by Prostitute and thought that was the craziest thing I ever heard. Incredible album, by the way. Anyways, Dinosaur Jr. and Daughters were the two bands I REALLY gravitated towards in the Noise Rock sphere. You're Living All Over Me really stuck out to me, if nothing else just for how lo-fi it sounds, same with Daughters' self-titled album. Since I'm just naming artists that are loosely related to these guys, if you like this sound, check out Big Black, The Jesus Lizard, and This Heat, along with the other bands I mentioned and probably will mention. That's enough rambling about a few years ago. The music is great. It's a really good album to give to someone that wants to get into more experimental music without diving headfirst into the really weird stuff like I did (add White Suns and Neutral Milk Hotel to that list of bands you'd like if you like this), mostly for how weird it's willing to get while still keeping a sound that's at least familiar enough to a Nirvana fan's ears to not throw them off completely. I like how totally off-the-walls the guitar sound is at any given moment. It ranges anywhere from a slightly distorted Foo Fighters riff to an approximation of the gates of hell opening and sounds like both at some point in nearly every song. I'm gonna cut myself off before I end up writing an essay. I've probably heard this album a triple-digit number of times before this list. Check out any of the bands I named if you like this, they're where I went after this.

I like their sound, but sometimes they have too heavy distortion/feedback like at the start of the album and the end of Tarpit. Or static or ridiculous effects on the vocals. The best song was Lose and the worst was Poledo.

I know my indie cred will take a hit for this, but Dino Jr have never really been my bag. Riffs, vocal lines, solos, and structure all seem to be recycled from record to record, and it just doesn't do much for me. Ill stick with "Green Mind" whenever i'm in the mood.

Love this period of Dinosaur Jr. and this era of SST records

Forgettable, noisy grunge.

Dinosaur Jr. is an indie rock band that started in the 80s. J Mascis' use of heavy distortion and slacker vocal style have been very influential on other bands. Most of the songs on this album are good but are similar to each other with some having a pop feel to them. The last two songs are different from the others on the album. Poledo is just garbage and their cover of Just Like Heaven was interesting but not good.

This had some moments but not enough of them. And the solid cover of “Just Like Heaven” wasn’t even part of the official album. Top tracks: “Little Fury Things,” “Sludgefest”

more influential than "good", in my humble opinion; this trio has better albums in their future. Mascis and Barlow eventually become great songwriters but they're not quite there at this point ******************************************************************************* --Little Fury Things...noise rock with some pop sensibility --Kracked...great guitar work --SludgeFeast...more noise. too long but nice solo at the end --The Lung...not much to it other than some nice shredding --Raisans...things are getting samey. Mascis still brings the heat --Tarpit...this is as close to a ballad as I think these guys can get. it's pleasant --In a Jar...Barlow making his presence felt on bass --Lose...not one of Lou's best --Poledo...here we go. arguably a Barlow solo track. it's a refreshing, experimental change of pace. if a little "Revolution 9" coded --Just like Heaven (bonus track)...fun cover but I'll stick with the Cure's version

YES

Surprised how early this came out, can see how it influenced a lot of bands after.

si estoy aburrido prefiero no escuchar nada

Another favorite from my youth that's always fun to revisit years later. Compared to how I remembered it, it's a whole lot more consistently good. No skips, until maybe 'Tarpit.' And it's easier to hear connections and influences now. The hardcore punk with the expressive metal-ish solos, but also the almost twee pop meekness. 'In a Jar' starts out as a jangly, bass-forward pop tune that R.E.M. might've played at about the same time. In this tune, J.'s vocal style is revealed to have a lot in common with Michael Stipe, too, just a little better, slower enunciation and a thicker drawl. Of course the fuzzed-out guitars take over at about 2 minutes, then some sheets of noise, and it's pure Dinosaur Jr. The recording isn't as good as their debut album or Bug, it's a noisy rough band and the recording makes it somewhat flat and muddy. But the songs still come through. The first album has standout tracks like 'Repulsion' and You're Living All Over Me meets that standard in about every song. Too bad the edition that includes 'Just Like Heaven' doesn't also include 'Chunks' from the b-side of that single. It's a hardcore punk cover that shows off Dinosaur Jr.'s influences and happens to be one of my favorite early tracks. 4.5/5 and I'd include this on lists, sure.

Ovo mi je bilo bordeline neslušljivo, stvarno nezz šta reći, ništa dobro nemam za reći. 1/5, 1/10

ok tiers

to me, it's the best noise rock album ever, something that will always speak to me. one of my favorites.

rock cochino con olor a kk

I just can’t get into them

Pleasantly surprised to see this on the list. Mind blowing when it came out since it was so different than everything else “popular” at the time. I felt it was a return back to basic rock, although more complex than that. J. Mascis is a genius. Odd this wasn’t in constant rotation. Looking back, this was the band I wanted to be. Influenced so many for years to come.

Always preferred the Pixies tbh

This is a monster guitar record and its great! Album is a masterpiece. 5.

Only good thing about this one was the electric guitar, way too much screaming

Loud music done right! Great stuff!!

rockt - eigentlich nicht allzu schlecht.

Guter solider Rock mit Grunge Elementen

Very good. Good noisy, good tunes. Kracked was great, Poledo less so, and good to hear the 1989 student indie disco fave Just Like Heaven as a bonus track.

Rock

Early grunge vibes

I'm a little pissed at J. Mascis, Bob Mould and Buttholes Surfers. They are kind of responsible for shoegaze and grunge. With Dinosaur Jr. being responsible for emo too. So much bad stuff that happened after. Both musically and personally for me. I disliked grunge and may still not like it but I believe this list will get me listening to some of the stuff that is good. Listening to Dinosaur Jr reminds me of the first time I dated my now former spouse. I won't get into it but at one time I was dating two women, both long distance relationships. Neither worked out but on the drive, I often listened to alt rock stuff. Dinosaur Jr was on heavy rotation. They both loved my musical taste but only one like Dinosaur Jr. Remember listening while sitting on a driftwood log on a small beach in early summer with a small pit fire. Le sigh. This album feels a like a wave of distortion hitting you over and over with guitars and a loud soft voice saying precious things to you. This was so ahead of its time that it sounds like a late 90s album. Here you can still hear clear vocals before the voice becomes more under like on Where You Been. That was a cassette that was well played for me. I honestly love this album. There are no skips for me and the impact on music is phenomenal. The bands that came from this... Some great stuff and plenty of dross. Hard to deny its impact. Poledo's singing and melody reminds me of both Liz Phair and Rheostatics. Just Like Heaven is a great cover.

I knew as soon as I heard the first song that this is just not for me.

This album sounds like shit. Very fun songs on it though.

Okay...I agree, this was good enough to make the list.

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Cover très stylée, son sympa et tout était super jusqu'à Poledo qui a fait perdre une étoile c'est une vidéo de Feldup ou quoi le bail...

Dude hell yes 15/10 one of my favorite albums give it to me so good. This is an album I point to a lot (along with Dreamend's ...As if by ghosts) where the production is so DIY and experimental and doing what it can with what they had that the production itself is a super charming part of what makes this album so special. I LOVE that it sounds like unintelligible noise sometimes. I love the vocals, I love that you can't tell if the cymbals are being hit against the distortion from the guitar, it's just all so sick and so good. Masterful songwriting, all these guitar parts rules, the bass is fuzzed to hell, the drums are tight, 15/10 album.

Dinosaur Jr. has been one of the most interesting 'new band' discoveries on this list as they had completely dodged my knowledge up until a year ago. Having listened to both their albums now (that being the ones in this list, not of their entire discography) I'm genuinely keen on going out and listening more. Fav tracks: Kracked, Sludgefeast, Raisans, Tarpit

Bra! Gillar det, men tycker att Without a sound är bättre (min favorit). Gillade Sludgefeast mycket och ett extra plus är Just like heaven! Bra cover på en låt jag älskar.

Would have probably sounded better in 1987 when it was released. 3

Oh, the overly compressed distorted guitars! I love guitar rock but this is exhausting. Best tune is a Cure cover, and it's not a good cover.

Nostalgic college band. Back part of the album got a bit spacey but the raw grungy stuff was good

I really enjoyed this album. Grunge was my formative musical years and I was introduced to DJR via the triple j hottest 100 where feel the pain ranked highly in 2993. But beyond this I hadn’t really heard a whole lot. They clearly were prolific but producing mainly consistent album tracks rather than singles. This is pre- grunge but you can hear all the elements. Almost like they were waiting for grunge .. and the world … to catch up to the sound they were already perfecting. Some of the song arrangements are rather raw and there was clearly some refinement into their 90’s albums, but it’s all there. 4.5 stars (but 4 on this site!)

Listening session: may 30th, while drinking coffee Listened to before: no Thoughts: Dinosaur Jr. is a killer band name. The music is fun (especially the guitarwork), but it’s not something I would listen to regularly Favourite tracks: Little Fury Thing, The Lung & In A Jar

7/10 Pretty good, didn't like the final song though

#142/1001 🇺🇸 A great excuse to revisit this album which i'm guilty of overlooking by listening to their next 3 albums. Perfection in impeefections. Best Tracks: The Lung, In a Jar, Raisans.

Early alternative music from the 80s. I was aware of Dinosaur Jr in the 90s when I was really into alternative, but because it was the 90s, I didn't have access to a whole lot of music. Mostly I had random recordings from the local college station because I didn't have a lot of extra cash to spend on music. Here's my "kids these days" moment, because I have kids and they have no idea how great they have it to have instant access to almost any music recording they could think of. Lucky ducks. But back to this album. I thought the vocals were gravelly and out of tune at times but it was perfect for the vibe. I guess I'm just a big enjoyer of alternative music because the flaws I noticed on this album just added to my enjoyment of it. I think there was one track that I didn't like as much but otherwise it was really good.

Again - not bad, but in two listens, I connect with nothing on this album

Interesting, music was good vocals not so much..I will live if I don’t hear again

As with "Bug" instrumentally strong but vocally weak. Mix has the vocals low as well... 3/5

favs: just like heaven

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If you told me this album was from 2026 I would believe you. This is really, really good. It’s raw, full of energy, and the songwriting is excellent. It’s obvious how influential Dinosaur Jr were on bands that came after. Can’t believe I’d never listened to this in full before and so glad I found it through this project.

It’s not my kind of music, so maybe I just don’t get it. But I don’t think the singer’s voice is great. And I expect metal guitarists to be able to shred. They seem to think that putting a few seconds of loud noise in their songs will make them seem tough, and distract from their shortcomings.

Disonnant and discordant? Fun at times, but too chaotic when all is said and done.

Volviendo a este LP (con el que estuve obsesionado en mis '20s) pensé que me iba a aburrir por la gran cantidad de veces que lo escuché. Nada más alejado de la realidad, porque la experiencia sigue siendo la misma. Las gigantescas guitarras de J. Mascis, el poderoso bajo de Lou Barlow y las frenéticas baterías de Murph se juntan para crear una colección de canciones con perfecta sensibilidad pop y suficiente experimentación para caminar tranquilamente entre el lofi, el showgaze, el punk, el sludge y el post-punk. Incluso, uno de los rasgos que más me aburrieron de Dinosaur Jr. en mi primer paso por escuchar la banda (la somnolienta voz de Mascis) no me chocaron en esta ocasión. Para, un disco perfecto de los '90s cuya enorme influencia sigue vigente hasta el día de hoy; habiendo sientos de bandas indies que buscan llegar a este sonido tan particular sin éxito alguno. Quizá un rayo en una botella, quizá genialidad; pero definitivamente el mejor disco de Dinosaur Jr. Pistas recomendadas TODAS

Whole lot of nothing to me

To me this is the starting point of all of 90s alt rock. A truly great record.

Такое ощущение, пьяный студент поёт на караоке и думает, что он умеет петь.

7/10 A little too much noise effect for my taste, but interesting

bof

This was some decent grunge.

Meh

J Mascis fucking rules man. A phenomenal guitarist, and yeah his voice is a bit weak, but thats not the focus for the band, crunching rhythms, intense guitar work and killer riffs. I personally prefer Bug and Green Mind but like, this is an undisputed classic of the genre, and takes you to places you dont expect.

Ultimately forgettable, I think.

One of the best covers.

Dude... Why did no one tell me Dinosaur Jr. was this good? This album rules! Dinosaur Jr. are another one of those bands that didn't really see a ton of success themselves, but influenced a ton of bands who did. They're one of those "your favorite band's favorite band" type of bands, you know? You're Living All Over Me is generally considered to be their best album, and I can see why. This thing is cool as hell and I love it. This album sounds pretty ahead of its time in many ways. The album released in 1987, but it fits right at home with early 90s alt-rock, which is awesome! The album's definitely on the noisier side of this sort of music, but the sense of melody is still very present throughout the album. Songs like "Little Fury Things" and "Sludgefeast" are genuine earworms and they're great. J Mascis isn't the most impressive vocalist, but he gets the job done pretty well. The songwriting has the kind of moodiness that would eventually go on to define the grunge scene. I will say that the closer "Poledo" is a little avant-garde for my taste, but it's a very bold way to end the album, I'll give it that. This album is just so cool! I can absolutely see why this is on a list like this. I love it. High 4/5.

There are some incredible songs on this album, particularly the first one, "Little Fury Things." However, there are also some songs that, while not bad, disrupt the overall flow and feeling of the album. So, it's still a great album that is a landmark, but I can't quite give it 5 stars, as it doesn't stay consistent enough for me to call it a nearly-perfect album.

I love it, the whole album consistently sounded grungy and emotional all the way through

прикольно, меланхолично, но чего то не хватает, 3/5

Another headscratcher. Is it on here because they created a somewhat unique sound. This album came out a decade before they mad minor success in the mid-90's. J.Macis can't sing a lick, but it works sometimes. His guitar driven sound is what got them noticed. The songs all blend together for the most part. The old adage, "you hear one, you heard 'em all" applies in spectacular fashion here. No hits but a pretty impressive listener count from first to last song. All over 1M but "Just Like Heaven" (15M, Cure cover song), "Little Fury Things" (8M), "In A Jar" (5.6M) and "The Lung" (4.5M) are way more respectable. Hard to say 3 stars, it's so repetitive in sound, so maybe a 2.5. You can't hate it, but you don't love it.

1001 albums to hear before you're not living all over. 102# It's not the most polished mixing or production, buttt the rock ROCKSS! loved its intensity. loud. this is my typa thing. mr. dinosaur was cooking real early, this was released in 1987? damn

The experience of listening was enjoyable, hearing grunge in an early state is very cool too. No particular track grabbed me here though. Straight up the middle kinda feeling about an album.

Wow. I didn't realise this album was so early before everything else that sounds like it. I never really liked Dinosaur Jr and on relistening to this album, I can say I still don't. The music is fine but his 'singing' does my head in. Their style predates so many other bands - famous and not-so famous - both liked and not-so-much liked by this listener. So this a rare high score from me for a band I don't like but I can totally appreciate the album's influence on music that followed.

This surprised me in a good way, because I hadn't realised this was going on in 1987. It's really grungey. (Unfortunately, 1987 was my year of hair metal. I know.) I can't go higher than three though, because it's not actually that good, and, with a very few exceptions, I dislike a drawling vocal. But I like the attitude and the raw, muddy energy.

Mmmm, maso. No mi estilo, aunque sludgefeast estuvo buena.

A band that I have dabbled with in the past, and one that I was too quick to write off as the sort of noisy, pretentious "too cool to care" rock that wasn't much for me. I don't know precisely what's changed in the intervening period of a couple of years (I have gained a much greater fondness of slacker rock/slowcore, the former of which this very much leans into), but this landed really well for me today - so much so that I'd very much consider making a purchase. It's an entirely unstable affair in that you never know whether it's going to swell into gargantuan, anthemic alt-rock territory, or collapse in on itself under the weight of its own distortion and fuzz pedals. It's a clever and tonally detached experience, whilst there is also a frantic foundation bubbling underneath to simultaneously reel the songs back towards the emotional fore. J Mascis is very much an anti-hero figurehead of the band, where his laconic vocal approach couldn't be any more at odds, at times, with some of the volcanic riffage he conjures up. It makes for an enjoyable contrast.

If someone introduced me to Dinosaur Jr. 20 years ago, I would have been all over them. Unfortunately, I don't have the same appetite for this blend of passive aggressive, angsty stoner rock as I once did, and this album didn't hit as close as I would have maybe expected. There is some later Dinosaur Jr. that I am a bit more familiar with and still enjoy quite a bit, but I feel like this album didn't quite scratch the same itch.

Just another solid, fuzzy, noisy album from the pioneers that really defined this genre. I enjoy You're Living All Over Me more than I do Bug and I am much more familiar with it. Honestly, I don't really have anything else to add.

Solid proto-grunge entry with a dash of Sonvolt thrown in. I guess you could say this album would have done well throughout the 90s as well. Anyway, a solid rocker that stands out against its peers well. Hard to believe it is only their 2nd album. I might have to pay a little more attention to them.

This probably influenced someone, but I don't have to enjoy it.

Even though I love the genre, I didn't like this music at all. What a racket. I'm not listening to that again. 2/5

I got through a surprising amount of this before my sister kicked me out to sleep, I only missed one song. It was a pretty great album though, it’s really surprising this came out so early cause it feels like it should be a quintessential 90s album. It feels very forward thinking in its sound, and it’s just pretty cool. Favorites: Little Fury Things, The Lung, In a Jar

Guitars that sound like shit? A whiny guy who can't sing? Yep, I'm in my element!

James music

had only heard their cover of just like heaven prior, but dinosaur jr. are one of my friend's favourite bands so i had high hopes. nice rough guitars which i love, vocal style not my favourite ever but it worked here.

Legendary first half of this album. I like the rest too but those songs, WOWIE !!!!

Basically grunge. Not bad

3.5

6/10

Had no idea this was from the 80s, sounds very 90s

una cagada

Some punk energy that ultimately blurred all together to me. Some songs beats reminded me of songs that came later from different bands and I be interested to know if they sampled this album, but that'd just be fun facts. It wouldn't improve this album for me

Råt og fedt

*48 På trods af at lydbilledet er utroligt mudret, var der nogle rigtige gode sang (ideer) på albummet. Vokalisten var forfærdelig at høre på. Not my cuppa.

Uh, det tegner til 3 ekstremt store stjerner - vi er lige på grænsen til 4. Det er nok en af dem, der kan udvikle sig til en 4'er over tid. Det lyder fuldstændig som Neil Young på skateboard. Den nasale, falsettede tone kombineret med skaterockens ligegyldighed og melankolske weltschmerz. Det er en helt særlig lyd og på ingen måde, hvad jeg forventede. Kender det overhovedet ikke, men det er nok ikke sidste gang, jeg lytter til det. Tror, jeg arbejder mig selv op på en 4'er. Det var virkelig fedt. 4.1

Første lyt; nåede 2 numre ind før jeg tænkte, at jeg næsten hellere ville høre ABBA albummet igen fremfor at høre YLAOM færdig. Andet gennemlyt; lidt bedre og må i hvert fald indrømme at de var forud for deres tid og at deres indflydelse kan høres i rigtig meget. Tredje gennemlyt; det begynder at sætte sig, og kan bedre værdsætte detaljerne i det ellers ret massive lydbillede. Er dog stadig ikke fan af sangstilen eller når der går lidt for meget high-school-rock i den. Men måske er det faktisk ret fedt det her. Tror det bliver en stor 3'er.

I know people really like this band. It’s too loud and whiny for me. It’s fine for what it is. But I’m never listening to this again.

Laute Gittarren, Metal-Growling im Wechsel mit Hard-Rock Gesang. 3/5

I love the scuzzy guitar tone, and there's some pretty excellent riffs on this album. Favorite track: Sludgefeast

Indie / noise rock. This was a lot more palatable than Bug, but the repetitive screeching guitars are still present and they still give me a headache.

I don’t know much about alt rock or the grunge scene but as I listened to this album, it was clear that this band had a huge influence on bands like Nirvana and Alice in Chains. This is not an album I would put on while I cook dinner or while I’m kicking back on the deck. It’s weird and kind of disturbing but I find many of grunges best bands are. It’s not my cup of tea but I gotta say, this is a great album. I love the off pitch vocals, pedal effects, and unique yet awesome guitar work. It weaves well over the basic pop/rock chord progressions. I will never listen to this again but I will give credit where credit is due. I can see how many would give this album a 4 but it’s just not my cup of tea so it gets a strong 3.

The last show at the marquee of the “good old days” … it gave me short term tinnitus if I recall. Volume and tones. Volume and tones. You’re a weirdo j mascis and I’m here for all of it. A classic in the indie rock cannon. Lots of good memories at Robie street to this one.

As a teenager, I had the SST CD version of this album which has a cover of the Peter Frampton song, Show Me the Way. It's too bad that album version isn't on Spotify

The best of the original run of Dino Jr, and their best up until 2007 if I'm being honest. The recording is weird and sounds like shit but I'll be damned if the ideas and hooks aren't holding the whole thing up.

7/10 Noisy, but tuneful. No idea what any of the lyrics are

Maybe not my favorite Dinosaur Jr. album, but significant for the way it helped create 90’s alt rock - making hardcore melodic and adding a dose of Neil Young, thereby creating ear-splitting country.

Although I thought preferred "Bug", this is actually a far better album. Some astounding guitar work and a lovely full sound throughout. There's nothing that grates, not even the more experimental track stuck on the end, Poledo. It's probably a high four star album, but I'm bumping it up to five for the influence that this had on the direction of late 80s alt-rock bands.

This isn't too far off from some stuff that I like, but I just don't think they have the songs. Not on this album, at least.

The exact words of Len Houmous’ 16th wife right before their divorce. 3.2 3/10 Sludgefest

Kudos for the single-take rehearsal space sound. Then again it sounds like a single-take rehearsal space recording. My coverband of mediocre musicians on a random tuesday is more interesting

om de een of andere reden heb ik nooit veel opgehad met Dinosaur Jr.. dit is na deze plaat niet veranderd

It was ok

I can appreciate the melody and the instrumental, but boy, the vocalist is painful to hear. I tried tonlisten to this album twice: once as a background-didnt work, the second time with my headphones which was a better experience, but even though, yeah I heard better punk bands . I can see why this album is on the list but I would personally not include on my personal selection 2/5

Ugh more Dinosaur Jr.? They are one of the worst bands on this list, really don't know why they have two albums (I really hope there are no more). Best song: The Lung

This album kicks so much ass. Precursor to so many albums that also kicked so much ass. Guitars are ripping, drums are drumming, singer is a screaming. True story, I listened to this at work and by the end, my button down dress shirt had turned into a flannel. Totally kick ass!

While I can appreciate the rock n roll, the vocals are painful.

The first 5 seconds of the first song I already knew that I wasn't going to enjoy this album. Skipped around and could confirm. Too grungy, raspy, tired voice type shit.

I know I’m supposed to like dinosaur jr more, but it has never clicked for me. Decent rock…but really only a 2.1 today.

Hmm. Interesting to see so many rave reviews for this one. It was good, but didn’t do a lot for me. 6/10 Pretty Good

Ykw yah

I enjoyed it. Love the random-ass noises they add in. Favorites: The Lung Tarpit (the screams of the damned outta nowhere was wild) Poledo

Amerikansk indierock och jag är ju ingen match in heaven. Men DJr är undantaget som bekräftar regeln. Och det är kanske inte så konstigt. Djr är ett ambivalent band, ena benet finns otvivelaktigt i punken (utgivet på legendariska punkbolaget SST), inte bara musikaliskt utan i DIY-andan, det finns kopplingar till 80talets skaterörelse och i förlängningen bidrar allt detta till att man är en föregångare till den LoFi-scen (t.ex. Pavement) som var en direkt reaktion på den amerikanska indierocken och grungen. Samtidigt musikaliskt är man betydligt rockigare än sina punkgelikar och befinner sig musikaliskt i utkanten av den indierock man motsätter sig. Men DJr är aldrig übercoola som Sonic Youth, tvärtom det finns nästan nåt nördigt över DJr. Man är aldrig nånsin aggressiva och gapiga som t.ex. Pixies, tvärtom det finns ju nån slags slö "whatever-approach" som kommer från skatekulturen. Det här gör att jag kan gilla DJr i motsats till mycket annan amerikansk indierock. Det här albumet är härligt brötigt, slammrigt och underproducerat (LoFi), det gör sig bäst på hälsovådligt hög volym. 1992 gjorde DJr gemensam sak med Jesus and the Mary Chain och My Bloody Valentine i vad som brukar betecknas som "the earbleed tour", hög volym är en viktig beståndsdel hos DJr. Mascis är redan här en egensinnig och lysande gitarrist, en av få gitarrhjältar jag verkligen gillar. Här finns en ett gäng låtar som är DJr när dom är som allra bäst, min favvo "Raisans", "The lung", "Kracked" och förstås livefavoriten "Sludgefest" som än idag oftast avslutar deras konserter i maratonversioner uppemot 20 minuter. Det är inte mycket annan brötindie jag håller högre än DJr när dom är som bäst och det är en genre jag slickat i mig mycket av genom åren. De två avslutande Lou Barlow-låtarna sänker skivan rejält skulle jag säga, dom är inte alls bra. Topparna är höga men albumet håller inte som helhet. Det är trea med lite dragning uppåt

Det är väl okej. Men jag gillar Dinosaurs skivor från 90-talet bättre. Where you been och Without a sound. När jag lyssnat på dem och sedan går tillbaka till denna låter det som denna är inspelad i en skokartong i jämförelse.

Jag har något soloalbum med J Masic som jag tycker är ganska bra. Det här däremot är inget vidare. Tråkrock och amerkanskcollagerocksång som är rejält irriterande. Finns visa punkiga och vissa skrammelindievibbar som låter okej (the lung). Men då krävs det att man har en rejäl ficklampa och letar noga. När ien tvåa men det täcker inte.

Man kan ändå beundra någon som håller fast vid sin linje oavsett hur tiden går. J mascis har hittat sitt sound och håller benhårt fast vid det. Envist hamrar han fram det ena solot på sin bluesskala efter det andra med minimal variation. I SludgeFeast går han över gränsen och låter som han gör audition för ett pudelrockbband. Det skramlar på rätt bra, och hade kunnat få ett högre betyg om mascis dragit ner på Solomon och slakta Poledo.

Too heavy for the mainstreamers. Too main for the Heavies. I appreciate what this album does: it tries to bring some much needed noise to college radio of the late 80s. And considering this album was released almost 5 years before Nirvana hit it big, I can appreciate this as kind of an evolutionary step towards grunge. But looking back, it sounds kind of messy and amateurish. I’m not a big fan of the vocals. Other bands, like the Pixies have proved that you can be off tune, and warbly and still make a great album. And I think they did it better than dinosaur jr.

Always liked Dinosaur Jr. but never really did a deep dive on them. One of my college roommates had one of their early albums (maybe this one?) and I loved "Feel the Pain" when it was on MTV. I like their less fuzzy/noisy stuff more. Like the end of "Tarpit" just gives me a headache, similar to a lot of My Bloody Valentine.

Short, nothing amazing today, but revolutionary at the time.

Another same-sounding alternative rock album from the 80s. The next one will get 2 stars.

I’ve had better.

Nice bedroom-y grunge