Dinosaur Jr. Album: “Green Mind”

Green Mind was released in 1991 and is considered a transition for Dinosaur Jr. Released by Sire this is the Band's major label debut.

Although it is practically a One-man solo project ran by Dinosaur's leader/vocalist J. Mascis. Drummer Murph only contributes his drum banging on three of the original's ten tracks.

Green Mind, is the Band's fourth release and it is more mellow and less abrasive and heavy than their previous works. This does show the Band maturing and moving forward w/ the most variety so far.

"The Wagon" - starts things off on the right foot and continues the Dinosaur Jr. tradition of beginning each album with a Killer (hit) track!

The album's inner notes sum up this song Best by saying "The Wagon teeters between raging emotions and raging guitars perfectly."

Green Mind also features My All-Time Favorite Song: "How Did You Pin That One On Me" - Rolling Stone magazine says this is: "..the glorious noise every garage band dreams of."

This album also features for the first time acoustic sounds that may have turned off many hard-core Dino-fans and/or music critics, but I just LOVE this transition. I think they took their heavy sounds as far as it could go from their indie debut through my fave - "Bug"

A couple more melodic or acoustic songs are "Flying Cloud" which sounds kind of like a folky Led Zeppelin number maybe off their 1969 2nd record, like "The Lemon Song."

And the other more melodic acoustic song is "Water" - a gorgeous relaxingly catchy track w/ soothing Neil Young inspired vocals.

This Re-mastered Cd contains three bonus tracks: 1)Hot Burrito #2 - a cover from Gram Parsons and features background vocals from actor Matt Dillon! 2) "Turnip Farm" - off the "Reality Bites" movie soundtrack & 3) "Forget It" - My Favorite Bonus track of these three and a perfect closer.

have you heard a guitar? have you heard j. mascis's guitar(s)? do it, man.

Green Mind should be heard by everyone on the planet. This is a band who deserve much more success than what they have achieved so far. The Wagon, Puke & Cry and Muck are some of the greatest tunes ever made, and if you have do not wish to listen to this album then you don't deserve to listen to music. This is sublime

Green Mind is arguably the best Dinosaur Jr album recorded. As are all things from J Mascis, the sound is both raw and truly melodic at the same time. The drum hooks give this album a special appeal allowing one to employ the power of the songs to turn up any situation a couple of notches. There is more polish than earlier efforts but with the same energy and something new that makes this a truly great album.

With the departure of Lou Barlow, J. Mascis was left to determine the course of Dinosaur Jr. And it was Barlow who gave the band its edge: he was Mascis's Brian Eno. And Green Mind's more clean, or accessible, sound (or however you want to say it) demonstrates this. Without a real cohort, Green Mind is more a J. Mascis solo album than a concerted band effort, but it stays true to what its predecessor, Bug, foretold. Green Mind expands DJ's sound with flutes and the more overt presence of acoustic guitar. The lyrics are par for the course: obscure portraits of isolation, desire, and eventual heartbreak. But what shines on this album is what the listener would suspect, J's guitar playing. Not as sloppy and crazed as "Dinosaur" or "You're Living All Over Me," many of the solos and riffs here don't recall Black Sabbath, but are, dare I say it, a bit more refined. But the album is all the better for it. Though "How'd You Pin That One on Me" harkens back to a more punk-metal sounding Dinosaur Jr., with fast guitar riffing and manic wah'd out solos, cementing J's status as a rock guitar god. Green Mind ushered in a new era for Dinosaur Jr., which, from this point, would be J's band, though their sound broadened a bit with the addition of Matt Johnson on later albums. See Where You Been for Dinosaur Jr.'s last great effort.