This is, hands down, the FINEST Dinosaur Jr album. Some people say its "Bug", others have no taste and say that 90s crap is, but here, Dinosaur Jr reached their peak and has not yet made a better LP.
Why?!
Well, first off - VARIETYY!!>!?!
I mean, you got rockers, stompers, and lo-fi trompers all in one. Solos? CHECK! Lou Barlow's tears? CHECK! Murph with hair? CHECK!
Here's the deal, in my old and bitter age, I find less to like about music every minute. Music is ruined by friendships and memories, as well as enhanced by. Music is like a beautiful dolphin. David Minnix is a vacuum (of space), and Garret Kriston should form a Who cover band (only "It's Hard' and "Endless Wire's 154"). More importantly, here's a list of stuff I bought on Record Store Day:
Sonic Youth (whose Lee Ranaldo sings backup on track 1) - EVOL LP reissue (pink)
Sonic Youth - Confusion is Sex LP reissue (white)
R.E.M. - Chronic Town LP reissue (blue)
Deerhoof - Apple O' LP reissue (blue)
Pavement - Slanted and Enchanted LP
Silver Jews - Starlite Walker LP
The Fall - Bury! pts 2 & 4 7"
and Weezer's "Happy Record Store Day!" CD for a graduation present for my sister. But don't tell her, its a suprise!
Not to add that in a month, I'm gonna be home. Weird. Already, our first year of college has gone by, and dang, that was fast. You see, this review is a time capsule - now throw in a Delorean because when this laptop its 88 miles per hour, you're gonna see some serious trampolines flying through the faces of young. Isn't "Blue Moon" by Big Star depressing, especially since Alex Chilton is DEAD now? Bummer. Guy didn't have health insurance...and then there's "SludgeFeast" - a jam complete with solos galore and a lyric that just soars. "The Lung" is probably my favorite Dinosaur track of all time. hands down. "In a Jar" has a little riff that would later be rewritten into "Beyond"'s "Been there all the Time". Lou even has a little Sebadoh sample in "Poledo".
I mean, there's no clunkers here. Their finest album. If you don't like it, then give up on Dinosaur because it's never better than this. If you disagree, you probably also like the current touring line-up of Thin Lizzy than the one on "Jailbreak", jerk. This is one album that I can listen to again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again v and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and again and never get sick of. It's that perfect.
OVERALL RATING - Mr. Pants
KEY TRACKS - The Lung, Little Fury Things, In a Jar, Poledo.
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