You're Living All Over Me

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Editorial reviews

Amazon.co.uk Review
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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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-09-08 rating:
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....theres not a bad one on there. Better still, its one that never gets tiring over time and can be listened to again and again and again. Not as heavy with the guitar work as later albums and has a heavy influence from early and later member Lou Barlow which is always a plus.

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review by: dave date: 2007-10-29 rating:
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. There's not a single track on here without the spark that turns a great album into a masterwork. Dinosaur had really kicked into gear by 1986, and `...Living All Over Me' is a far more focused and ferocious effort than their debut (which is great too, by the way). They are audibly more confident this time around, maybe because of the endorsement of Thurston Moore et al (who Lou Barlow is quoted as saying are "the coolest band in the world"), and there's so much flair, so many of those wonderful touches of genius that make my ears prick up, that I wouldn't mind committing myself to proclaiming this the best American indie/grunge record of all time.

And to the songs... well, where do we start? Honestly, they're all fantastic. But my favourites are `Kracked' (with its breakdown to bass and then a blazing solo), `The Lung' (which gets my vote for their true classic), `Raisans' (marvellous lyrics, a chorus that's all choruses need), and `In A Jar'. The latter could be the blueprint for the rest of the album: a brilliant Neil Young-style chord progression fed through different layers of distortion, building to one of the most unrestrainedly wild closing sections I've ever heard.

All three members are on top form here. They sound like they're challenging each other to beat their own performance. Now, I know that the recording quality isn't exactly ideal, but that's what gives this record the feeling that the band were just in the right headspace to go into the studio, and create something as fiery and impassioned as this without slowing down. It couldn't have been done any other way. It couldn't sound any cleaner and still have that spark. I saw the band perform this in its entirety at the London Koko in August 06, and hearing it this way really takes some beating.

And there we have it - a totally gushing review of a totally brilliant album. Buy it now!

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review by: dj_dadrock date: 2007-06-13 rating:
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 ! ), along came the Dinosaur in 1987 with this landmark album to push us sideways off the cliff with their completely fresh take on 'Loud Psychedelic Rock'. The adrenalin rush was overwhelming for countless bands who followed in their wake, keeping the Indie thing alive but also taking a nod to the past with Mascis' searing, veneer-stripping guitar pyrotechnics. Capping this remastered issue off with their glorious re-make of the Fat Bob classic Just like Heaven is, just perfect. A timely, loud reminder of just how fine they were at their peak.

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review by: nick.digital date: 2007-03-06 rating:
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 the sequence of the LP (which originally ended with Lou Barlow's excellent Poledo), in my opinion. It's just a better ending than Just Like Heaven. The Cure cover is a great song and should have been included as an extra. And where are the excellent JLH b-sides, Throw Down and Chunks? No doubt these anomalies are all to do with some dark, music-biz contractual baloney but it's a bit of a shame. So: music - five stars; CD reissue - four stars.


review by: We're all Frankies' date: 2006-05-24 rating:
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 followed it. Sure, there were plenty of rock albums that were significant in America in the 1980s - The Cramps & Gun Club debuts would influence many, then there was 'Double Nickels on the Dime', and 'Zen Arcade', Husker Du's 'Eight Miles High', and 'Let It Be', and 'Up on the Sun', and 'Evol', and stuff like Flipper, The Wipers, X & Chrome...but by 1987 there seemed to be a vague movement on both sides of the Atlantic centred on a new definition of rock music, stretching it into avant-extreme places. Records like 'Sister', 'Locust Abortion Technician' and 'Atomizer.' Acts like The Young Gods, My Bloody Valentine, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Loop &...Dinosaur Jr.

This was their second album and seems to me the missing link between US underground punk, metal, psychedelia and shoegazing!! I am sure Nirvana could not have happened without it and others who have nodded its way include Buffalo Tom, The Boo Radleys, Swervedriver, Ride, Screaming Trees, Teenage Fanclub, Velvet Crush, The Foo Fighters & The Afghan Whigs. Just about any alternative act with a guitar that followed was influenced by it, whether they knew it or not. I guess this might be one of those records that might be more influential and important than necessarily enjoyable...one to debate?

Personally I think it all stands up fine, the original trio of J Mascis, Lou Barlow & Murph aligned with Sonic Youth - it woukd be released on SST records, the Youth's Lee Renaldo provides backing vocals & the following year's 'Teen Age Riot' would be about Mascis. It's one of those records that is all a highlight, the trio compliment each other wonderfully - Barlow is particularly great singing Mascis' 'Little Fury Things', which certainly shows where the wonderful Sebadoh would come from on records like 'III', 'Bakesale' & 'Harmacy.' Other highlights include 'The Lung', 'In a Jar', 'Sludgefeast' & 'Raisans' - Mascis was becoming the primary songwriter, which lead to the split with Barlow following the almost as great 'Bug' a year or so later. This reissue comes with great sleevenotes from Byron Coley, a bonus track in the form of their 1989-cover version of The Cure's 'Just Like Heaven' & the promos to 'Little Fury Things' & 'Just Like Heaven.' Along with 'Bug' it's a must have purchase - though I think 'Green Mind' and 'Where You Been?' (both just reissued) have many fine moments. Barlow's work after, as a solo artist and member of the Folk Implosion/New Folk Implosion and Sebadoh is excellent too. One of those perfect records and one that will live all over you...

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