Dinosaur (album)

Dinosaur

Studio album by Dinosaur Jr.

Released

1985

Recorded

"At Chris Dixon's house"

Genre

Alternative rock, indie rock

Length

40:25

Label

Homestead Records

Producer

Self-Produced

Dinosaur Jr. chronology

Dinosaur
(1985)

You're Living All Over Me
(1987)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Pitchfork Media	(6.2/10)^[2]

Dinosaur is the debut studio album by the alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr.. It was released in 1985 on Homestead Records. The album exhibits a folkier side of the band than on future releases, but some of the tracks on the album showed off a much heavier, more hardcore punk-based side to the band in songs such as "Does it Float", "Mountain Man", and "Bulbs of Passion".

The album was originally released when the band was still known simply as Dinosaur, before a lawsuit forced the name change to Dinosaur Jr. Therefore, it was originally a self-titled album, but subsequent issues kept the Dinosaur title.

Track listing

All songs written by J Mascis.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Forget the Swan"	5:09
2.	"Cats in a Bowl"	3:35
3.	"The Leper"	4:04
4.	"Does It Float"	3:18
5.	"Pointless"	2:46
6.	"Repulsion"	3:04
7.	"Gargoyle"	2:11
8.	"Severed Lips"	4:02
9.	"Mountain Man"	3:28
10.	"Quest"	4:27
11.	"Bulbs of Passion"	4:13
Total length:		40:25

"Bulbs of Passion" was not featured on the original vinyl LP; it was a b-side to the "Repulsion" single. Subsequent reissues on cassette and compact disc featured it as the last song. The 2005 reissue on Merge Records placed "Bulbs of Passion" as the first track at J Mascis' request. "Yeah, I asked for that," J recalls, "because [that song] gave our new direction - it felt like we were our own sound."^[3] Also featured was a 1987 live performance of "Does It Float" as a bonus track to close out the album.

Personnel

J Mascis - vocals, guitar, percussion
Lou Barlow - bass, vocals, synthesizer
Murph - drums, vocals, synthesizer

Additional Personnel

Chris Dixon and Glen - engineering
Jason Talerman - photography
Maura Jasper - cover art
Lou Barlow - back cover art

References

↑ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Dinosaur (album) at AllMusic. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
↑ Harvell, Jess (April 8, 2005). "Dinosaur Jr.: Dinosaur / You're Living All Over Me / Bug: Pitchfork review". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on June 19, 2007. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
↑ Attfield, Nicholas William James. You're Living All over Me. New York: Continuum, 2011. Print.

Dinosaur Jr.

J Mascis Lou Barlow Murph Mike Johnson George Berz

Studio albums	Dinosaur You're Living All Over Me Bug Green Mind Where You Been Without a Sound Hand It Over Beyond Farm I Bet on Sky

Singles	"Freak Scene" "Just Like Heaven" "The Wagon" "Whatever's Cool with Me" "Start Choppin" "Feel the Pain"

Related	Discography Deep Wound Sebadoh J Mascis + The Fog Witch The Folk Implosion Rollercoaster Tour

Lou Barlow

Solo	Another Collection Of Home Recordings (as Lou Barlow and Friends - 1994) Subsonic 6 (split album with Rudy Trouvé - 2000) Emoh (2005) Goodnight Unknown (2009)

Dinosaur Jr.	Dinosaur You're Living All Over Me Bug Beyond Farm I Bet on Sky

Sebadoh	The Freed Man Weed Forestin' The Freed Weed Sebadoh III Smash Your Head on the Punk Rock Bubble and Scrape Bakesale Harmacy The Sebadoh Defend Yourself

Sentridoh	Losers (1990) Most of the Worst and Some of the Best (1992) Lou B's Wasted Pieces '87 - '93 (1993) Winning Losers: A Collection of Home Recordings 89-93 (1994) The Original Losing Losers (compilation) (1995) Free Sentridoh: Songs from Loobiecore (2002) Songs from Loobiecore 2.5 (2009)

The Folk Implosion	Walk Through This World with the Folk Implosion Take a Look Inside Dare to Be Surprised One Part Lullaby The Folk Implosion The New Folk Implosion

Related articles	Deep Wound Sebadoh discography Dinosaur Jr. discography

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