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- Date Released: January 1, 1985
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Indie Rock
- Label: Merge Records
The debut album of one America’s best-loved indie bands.
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We Say...
By today’s ultra-mediated debut album standards, Dinosaur is all over the place. But in 1985, even amidst the US underground’s dissident culture, it had an out-there quality that was ineffable. Identifiably derived from elements of hardcore, Dinosaur (they had not yet appended the legally mandated "Jr") were careless in their juxtaposition of mood and styles: "Cats in a Bowl" is a country-punk scrabble; "Does It Float" and "Mountain Man" deal in brutish metal screamaging, while "Forget the Swan," sung — atypically — by bassist Lou Barlow, is a plaintive pop ditty quite unlike anything else on the record.
But even at this formative stage, Dinosaur had nailed the woebegone melodious power manoeuvres that would define subsequent records. "Repulsion" and "Severed Lips" are quintessential expressions of bandleader J Mascis’s torpid self-image; the latter envisions a young man so disturbed by human intimacy that he suicidally serenades a rubber doll. Fittingly, the accompanying guitar solo properly warrants the term "masturbatory." -
They Say...
Released before the group was forced to change its name to Dinosaur Jr. by an obscure psychedelic group, the band's debut, Dinosaur, is a noisy, impressive, but uneven array of pseudo-hardcore numbers, sonic experiments, and sprawling hard rock. Although the band doesn't land on any one distinctive style, its ambition of marrying Neil Young and Sonic Youth sounds intriguing, and it has enough outstanding moments to indicate that the group was capable of the stylistic breakthrough it achieved on You're Living All Over Me.
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Bulbs Of Passion |
4:16 |
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| 02. | |
Forget The Swan |
5:09 |
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| 03. | |
Cats In A Bowl |
3:35 |
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| 04. | |
The Leper |
4:04 |
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| 05. | |
Does It Float |
3:18 |
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| 06. | |
Pointless |
2:47 |
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| 07. | |
Repulsion |
3:04 |
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| 08. | |
Gargoyle |
2:11 |
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| 09. | |
Severed Lips |
4:02 |
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| 10. | |
Mountain Man |
3:28 |
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| 11. | |
Quest |
4:27 |
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| 12. | |
Does It Float (Live) |
3:53 |
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12 Total Tracks, 44:14 Total Length
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Credits
- Dinosaur Jr. - Producer // Dinosaur Jr. - Main Performer // Lou Barlow - Bass // Lou Barlow - Bass // Lou Barlow - Keyboards // Lou Barlow - Keyboards // Lou Barlow - Vocals // Lou Barlow - Vocals // Lou Barlow - Casio // Lou Barlow - Casio // Lou Barlow - Back Cover // Lou Barlow - Back Cover // Chris Dixon - Engineer // J Mascis - Guitar // J Mascis - Guitar // J Mascis - Cymbals // J Mascis - Cymbals // J Mascis - Tom-Tom // J Mascis - Tom-Tom // J Mascis - Vocals // J Mascis - Vocals // J Mascis - Distortion // J Mascis - Distortion // Murph - Drums // Murph - Keyboards // Murph - Vocals // Murph - Casio // Maura Jasper - Cover Art // Jason Talerman - Photography // Dinosaur - Producer // Glen - Engineer
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