Dinosaur Jr.   Dinosaur
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Ranking: #65 for 1985

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3.6 greatErwann S. EMERITUS | December 29th 20

The core idea behind Dinosaur's (sans the Jr.) music is remarkable for sure - integrate hardcore punk's heaviness within an alt rock template. The problem is, it sometimes sounds like a mess whereas other bands at that time managed to integrate the genres more smoothly - Husker Du released New Day Rising the same year. Their sound will be refined in the next releases, but they already show some good ideas, like the proto-grunge "Repulsion", the typical heavy acoustic/college rock vibe of "Forget the Swan", or the catchiness of "Does It Float". In 1985, they sounded like the baby of The Replacements and R.E.M., and they still had to find their exact recipe. Great first effort though.

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3.5 greatjayt851 | December 12th 12

This album isn?t as great as their follow up albums but it does have some great songs and some of them sound even better live. Lou does most of the vocals, J was more backup vocals on this album. The production wasn?t great but other then that it?s definitely enjoyable.

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4.5 superbHyperstation | January 30th 10

The beginning of one of the most influential bands of all time. Better than most of their albums too, but still not as great as the masterpiece known as You're Living All Over Me

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