Green Mind | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | February 19, 1991 | |||
Recorded | 1990 - 1991 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock | |||
Length | 41:14 | |||
Label | Blanco y Negro/Sire | |||
Producer | J Mascis | |||
Dinosaur Jr. chronology | ||||
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Singles from Green Mind | ||||
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Green Mind is the fourth studio album by alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr., released in 1991.[1][2] It was the band's first release after bassist Lou Barlow's departure, as well as the first released by a major label.[3] The record is close to being a J Mascis solo album: he played most of the instruments, with founding drummer Murph only featuring on three tracks (1, 7 and 9).[4]
The cover photograph, Priscilla, Jones Beach, 1969, is by Joseph Szabo[5] and taken from his book of photographs Almost Grown.
"Turnip Farm" is also featured in the film Reality Bites.
Reception
Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [6] |
Chicago Tribune | [7] |
Christgau's Consumer Guide | B[8] |
The Philadelphia Inquirer | [9] |
Pitchfork | 7.1/10[10] |
Q | [4] |
Rolling Stone | [11] |
Select | 4/5[12] |
Sounds | [13] |
Uncut | 8/10[14] |
From contemporary reviews, Select gave the album a four out of five rating, describing the album as a "relief...not a bolt from a sky" and that "we're still waiting for Dinosaur Jr.'s masterpiece."[12] Ralph Traitor of Sounds declared the album as "Dinosaur Jr have given us two great sides of born innocent modern punk."[13] Graeme Kay in Q Magazine commented that the album should "consolidate their reputation as purveyors of quality hardcore."[4]
From retrospective reviews, Drowned in Sound's Chris Power called the album expansive.[15]
Track listing
All songs written by J Mascis, except where noted.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "The Wagon" | 4:53 |
2. | "Puke + Cry" | 4:27 |
3. | "Blowing It" | 2:43 |
4. | "I Live for That Look" | 1:56 |
5. | "Flying Cloud" | 2:35 |
6. | "How'd You Pin That One on Me" | 4:23 |
7. | "Water" | 5:38 |
8. | "Muck" | 4:15 |
9. | "Thumb" | 5:38 |
10. | "Green Mind" | 4:56 |
Total length: | 41:14 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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11. | "Hot Burrito #2" (Bonus track on 2006 re-release) | Chris Ethridge, Gram Parsons | 3:22 |
12. | "Turnip Farm" (Bonus track on 2006 re-release) | J Mascis, Kurt Fedora | 5:51 |
13. | "Forget It" (Bonus track on 2006 re-release) | 4:07 |
No. | Title | Length |
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11. | "Pebbles + Weeds" (Bonus track on 2019 re-release) | |
12. | "The Little Baby" (Bonus track on 2019 re-release) | |
13. | "Not You Again" (Bonus track on 2019 re-release) | |
14. | "Quicksand (Wagon Reprise)" (Bonus track on 2019 re-release) | |
15. | "Throw Down" (Bonus track on 2019 re-release) | |
16. | "Whatever's Cool With Me" (Bonus track on 2019 re-release) | |
17. | "Sideways" (Bonus track on 2019 re-release) | |
18. | "The Wagon (7" DJ Edit)" (Bonus track on 2019 re-release) |
No. | Title | Length |
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19. | "The Lung" (Bonus track on 2019 re-release, previously unreleased. Live from Hollywood Palladium, June 14th, 1991.) | |
20. | "Water" (Bonus track on 2019 re-release, previously unreleased. Live from Hollywood Palladium, June 14th, 1991.) | |
21. | "The Wagon" (Bonus track on 2019 re-release, previously unreleased. Live from Hollywood Palladium, June 14th, 1991.) | |
22. | "Keep The Glove" (Bonus track on 2019 re-release, previously unreleased. Live from Hollywood Palladium, June 14th, 1991.) | |
23. | "Blowing It/I Live For That Look" (Bonus track on 2019 re-release, previously unreleased. Live from Hollywood Palladium, June 14th, 1991.) | |
24. | "Tarpit" (Bonus track on 2019 re-release, previously unreleased. Live from Hollywood Palladium, June 14th, 1991.) | |
25. | "Kracked" (Bonus track on 2019 re-release, previously unreleased. Live from Hollywood Palladium, June 14th, 1991.) | |
26. | "Freak Scene" (Bonus track on 2019 re-release, previously unreleased. Live from Hollywood Palladium, June 14th, 1991.) | |
27. | "Thumb" (Bonus track on 2019 re-release, previously unreleased. Live from Hollywood Palladium, June 14th, 1991.) | |
28. | "They Always Come" (Bonus track on 2019 re-release, previously unreleased. Live from Hollywood Palladium, June 14th, 1991.) | |
29. | "Budge" (Bonus track on 2019 re-release, previously unreleased. Live from Hollywood Palladium, June 14th, 1991.) | |
30. | "Sludgefeast" (Bonus track on 2019 re-release, previously unreleased. Live from Hollywood Palladium, June 14th, 1991.) | |
31. | "Thumb" (Live B-Side) | |
32. | "Keep The Glove" (Live B-Side) | |
33. | "The Lung" (Live B-Side) | |
34. | "The Post" (Live B-Side) |
Personnel
- Dinosaur Jr.
with:
- Joe Harvard - guitar, tape (track 8)
- Jay Spiegel - large drum, tambourine (track 5), tom-tom (track 1)
- Don Fleming - guitar, backing vocals (track 1), acoustic bass (track 5)
- Sean Slade - engineer, mellotron (tracks 7, 9)
- Tom Walters - assistant engineer
- Matt Dillon - backing vocals (track 11)
Charts
Album - Billboard (United States)
Year | Chart | Position |
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1991 | The Billboard 200 | 168 |
Singles - Billboard (United States)
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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1991 | "The Wagon" | Modern Rock Tracks | 22 |
References
- ↑ "Extinct, It's Not : Dinosaur Jr. is one of the most compelling college bands in the country. But songwriter J Mascis is not about to explain things". Los Angeles Times. June 9, 1991.
- ↑ Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock. Voyageur Press. ISBN 9781627883795 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Dinosaur".
- 1 2 3 Kay, Graeme (5 March 1991). "Green Mind review". Q Magazine. 55: 68.
- ↑ "Dazed and confused: Joseph Szabo's portraits of adolescence – in pictures". The Guardian. 14 April 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2017.
- ↑ Raggett, Ned. "Green Mind – Dinosaur Jr". AllMusic. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
- ↑ Kot, Greg (March 21, 1991). "Dinosaur Jr.: Green Mind (Sire)". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ↑ Christgau, Robert (2000). "Dinosaur Jr.: Green Mind". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 0-312-24560-2. Retrieved May 1, 2017.
- ↑ Moon, Tom (March 10, 1991). "Dinosaur Jr.: Green Mind (Sire/Warner Bros.)". The Philadelphia Inquirer.
- ↑ Harvell, Jess (May 19, 2006). "Dinosaur Jr.: Green Mind / Where You Been / J Mascis Live at CBGB's The First Acoustic Show". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on March 22, 2007. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
- ↑ Sinclair, Tom (June 27, 1991). "Green Mind". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
- 1 2 Linehan, Graham (March 1991). "A Blast of the Real Dino-Mite". Select. No. 9. p. 68.
- 1 2 Traitor 1991.
- ↑ Deusner, Stephen (November 2019). "Dinosaur Jr.: Green Mind / Where You Been / Without a Sound / Hand It Over". Uncut. No. 270. p. 39.
- ↑ "Album Review: Dinosaur Jr. - Farm". DrownedInSound. Archived from the original on 2018-01-19. Retrieved 2018-01-18.
- 1 2 "Dinosaur Jr: Green Mind, 2CD Deluxe Expanded Edition".
Sources
- Traitor, Ralph (February 16, 1991). "Dinosaur Jr.: Green Mind (Blanco Y Negro) ****". Sounds. Retrieved October 29, 2021 – via Rock's Backpages.