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Track Listings
| 1. Little Fury Things |
| 2. Kracked |
| 3. Sludgefeast |
| 4. The Lung |
| 5. Raisans |
| 6. Tarpit |
| 7. In A Jar |
| 8. Lose |
| 9. Poledo |
| 10. Just Like Heaven (Bonus Track) |
| 11. Little Fury Things (Video) (Bonus Track) |
| 12. Just Like Heaven (Video) (Bonus Track) |
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Oh those crunching riffs! Oh those hooks! Truly an album whose extended guitar solos, intros, and hooks offer hermetically sealed bliss, You're Living All Over Me is Dinosaur Jr's watershed. It marks the time when a threatened lawsuit from California hippies forced the "Jr" addition to their name; it also represents a turning point musically. All the parts unite as one: Mascis's tuneless vocalising; an incredibly loud, Neil Young-inspired guitar style; hard-rock drumming; and Lou Barlow's sympathetic (for the time being) bass work. The record is an assembly line of burning lick after lick, except for "Poledo", Barlow's standout last track (the genesis of Sebadoh-consciousness?). Dinosaur Jr lived all over Sonic Youth's noise aesthetic--their shows were the loudest thing going, bar none--but they grafted melody and burnout on top. This album represents the coolest aspects of rock, circa 1987. --Gene Booth
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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
'Neil Young jamming with Black Flag' as someone once described this album to me. Its been in my collection now for more than 10 years, and gets a play now and then. It still sounds like the first time I ever played it - unique, beautiful, haunting, insane, inspired and just downright out-of-this-world amazing. Dinosaur Jr have a pretty cool body of work, and J Mascis gets a mention now and then as a big influence on a lot of bands, but no guitar trio ever touched the heights of pure melodic noise on this album. The definitive Dinosaur line-up and sound. Listen to 'Raisans' at full blast - its the best guitar break ever recorded and still leaves me speechless every time.
23 of 27 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
After years of anticipation for the re-release of this seminal album (it was previously almost impossible to get hold of)I was a bit reluctant to listen to it at first. Numerous great bands have remarked on this album being one of the most inspirational records ever pressed. I always had faith in the strength of this record due to the band's following release 'Bug'. 'Bug' was a really strong record that blended the pure dissonant noise of Sonic Youth (fellow label mates at the time) with frequent moments of Pop-Rock genius. So, how did I find 'You're Living All Over Me'?
In a word, brilliant. I was not dissapointed with this record. It certainly sounds very different from anything else I've heard from Dinosaur Jr. It doesn't really have the ear friendly pop elements of 'Bug' to such an extent and it doesn't have the more commercial buzz of the later Geffen releases. The fundamental aspect of this record is its' chaotic structure blended with really articulate riffs. The album fuses many genres, notably Rock, Metal, Folk/Country, Punk.
I think the most exciting aspect of this record is the way you can notice Dinosaur Jr's influence on bands to come. The most shining example I can think of is definately implicit in the first track, the phenomenal 'Little Fury Things'. When the track begins with Mascis' ear blasting screaming and the heavy, screaching riff you don't really know what to expect. However, the song sinks into a beautiful chord progression that yells My Bloody Valentine. From this it's easy to see the effect this record had on the likes of Ride and My Bloody Valentine. It's also evident to see the influence on Kurt Cobain. The brilliantly poppy 'In a Jar' not only indicates what direction the band would take with their next release 'Bug', it also hints at the way Kurt Cobain would use alternative rock as a way of expressing poppy hooks to great effects.
The only other thing I can really say about this album is the musicianship. J. Mascis is on top form as always with his giant guitar solos and great riffing. the other guy to look at in this band is Lou Barlow. Barlow was ultimately kicked out of the band but it's hard not to notice the great input he had. His bass playing in this record is fantastic and he also shows signs of what he would achieve with Sebadoh, Folk Implosion and his solo work.
In a nutshell, great record! Not just for alternative junkies like myself but fofr anyone who likes great music.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Both a defining moment in slacker, 80s indie culture, with it's blend of hardcore punk and mumblecore lyrical sentiment, and a virtual blueprint for the Seattle grunge scene; You're Living All Over Me is one of those records that is constantly cited as 'influencial' almost over and above 'totally rocking.'
But totally rocking it is, as J Mascis and co. borrow liberally from the fundamentals of classic rock: Neil Young soloing, Byrdsian guitar jangle, Black Sabbath sludge; and filter them through the underground's lo-fi aethetic and Mascis' dyspeptic, perpetually heartbroken angst. It's a record that sonds fairly chaotic, walls of feedback and noise underscore entire songs, but it also sounds remarkably precise and constructed, with songs coalescing into a huge hook or chorus just when you think they're on the brink of falling apart.
With song titles like Sludgefeast and Tarpit, this was always going to be a dark, grimy, record. And so it is. At times the band create a thick soup of noise; waves of wah-wah, bass rumble and pounding drumming that are like being submerged in quicksand. Only a lot more fun than that sounds. But the tunes also have a remarkable melodic brightness. The hooks on Little Fury Things, Raisans and Tarpit are immense. Dino's work here has as much in common with the melodicism of bands like the Cure and R.E.M. as noise merchants like Big Black and Sonic Youth.
This album is also particularly loved, I think, because it one of the most distinctly Lou-influenced Dinosaur records, particularly in the case of the proto-Sebadoh Poledo. To be honest, I was at least as happy when J was running the band as a dictatorship, but Barlow's imprint is certainly distinctive here. In any case, this is an awesome record.
But totally rocking it is, as J Mascis and co. borrow liberally from the fundamentals of classic rock: Neil Young soloing, Byrdsian guitar jangle, Black Sabbath sludge; and filter them through the underground's lo-fi aethetic and Mascis' dyspeptic, perpetually heartbroken angst. It's a record that sonds fairly chaotic, walls of feedback and noise underscore entire songs, but it also sounds remarkably precise and constructed, with songs coalescing into a huge hook or chorus just when you think they're on the brink of falling apart.
With song titles like Sludgefeast and Tarpit, this was always going to be a dark, grimy, record. And so it is. At times the band create a thick soup of noise; waves of wah-wah, bass rumble and pounding drumming that are like being submerged in quicksand. Only a lot more fun than that sounds. But the tunes also have a remarkable melodic brightness. The hooks on Little Fury Things, Raisans and Tarpit are immense. Dino's work here has as much in common with the melodicism of bands like the Cure and R.E.M. as noise merchants like Big Black and Sonic Youth.
This album is also particularly loved, I think, because it one of the most distinctly Lou-influenced Dinosaur records, particularly in the case of the proto-Sebadoh Poledo. To be honest, I was at least as happy when J was running the band as a dictatorship, but Barlow's imprint is certainly distinctive here. In any case, this is an awesome record.
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You're Living All over Me
Don't worry if you don't like this album on your first listening, it happened to me. If you give it a chance (or two), you might find out how emotionally resonant Dinosaur Jr. Read more
Published 3 months ago by lucy.sunshine
Infectious
Not the out and out classic that those wax nostalgic about but a truly astonishing second album from the then Dinosaur and soon after this release the first for the band with the... Read more
Published 10 months ago by ratmonkey
The Music on this CD is great, but I cannot play it on my PC
First I think it is weird, that this is the first review on Amazon.
Dinosaur Jr. is a great band, and I really enjoy their music. Read more
Dinosaur Jr. is a great band, and I really enjoy their music. Read more
Published 23 months ago by John Blutarskii
Feast of guitars
This album was released in 1987, which was not exactly the era of heavy guitars. The album packs considerable wallop and a great guitar sound. Read more
Published on 24 April 2010 by klaher
Never tiring
A Dinosaur Jr masterpiece. In my opinion You're Living All Over Me contains some of Dinosaur Jr's best work ever. Little Furry Things, In a Jar, Raisans, Sludgefest.... Read more
Published on 8 Sep 2008 by M. Botham
Bona fide classic - look no further
There's something about this album that speaks to me, and I'm not alone I gather. Dinosaur Jr.'s second album is the very definition of a gem. Read more
Published on 29 Oct 2007 by D. Hamilton-Smith
Rock music's second wind
Just when you thought that nothing worthwhile in terms of guitar music would ever come out of America again ( no really, that's how it felt ! Read more
Published on 13 Jun 2007 by Mr. I. Stephen
A great album but....
This and Bug are Dinosaur's best LPs. So why not five stars?
Well, the older SST CD ended with their fabulous b-side cover of Peter Frampton's Show Me The Way, improving... Read more
Well, the older SST CD ended with their fabulous b-side cover of Peter Frampton's Show Me The Way, improving... Read more
Published on 6 Mar 2007 by Auntie Beryl
1987's key release....
'You're Living All Over Me' is simply one of the key 'rock' albums of all time, seeming to me one of those records whose influence was key in relation to what it followed and what... Read more
Published on 24 May 2006 by Jason Parkes
Lofi grungey/indie/noise at its best
This album starts as it means to go on with a harsh burst of wah'ed guitar noise and screams, giving way into the main part of Little fury things, a song with vocals seemingly... Read more
Published on 22 May 2006 by David Lovie
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