Reviews
Highly Recommended - "...singer-guitarist-protoslacker Mascis has produced a seamless mesh of revitalized '70s, '80s, and '90s cliches...WHERE YOU BEEN sports the most fluid, emotive, searing guitar-playing Mascis has yet achieved...glorious...", "...What was once a negative, going nowhere trend is now crackling with positivity...Feedback heroics split the album like lightning bolts...reminiscent of Neil Young's chord-slaughtering WELD...", "Mascis is the unapologetic class president of the more-is-more school of guitar....His subtle touches...are what make WHERE YOU BEEN a grunge-era classic that's only improved with age.", Ranked #7 in Melody Maker's list of the `Albums Of The Year' for 1993 - "...an astonishing return to form...achingly exquisite...", 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Dinosaur Jr. is a musical cargo cult, turning the detritus of another culture into something that can be used--and maybe even worshipped. For one of the crowning glories of slacker culture, look no further...", 4 stars out of 5 -- "The album saw Mascis fruitfully channeling his fret histrionics through a set of consistently strong material that confirmed his ineffable gift for pop gnarl.", 4 Stars - Excellent - "...getting to know WHERE YOU BEEN is a rewarding experience...singer/guitarist J. Mascis's brilliant stroke is to pull a beautiful melody from an abyss of noise and drone...terrific...", "...WHERE YOU BEEN is similar to TONIGHT'S THE NIGHT, with lyrics that wander out into the ozone, all lonely, paranoid and melancholic: it's fetal position stuff...", Ranked #40 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll., "...The trio's pileups of extra loud, messy garage pop have been polished into catchy mutations of creamy classic rock..." - Rating: B+, "A Searing Classic Rock Set Awash with Mascis's Endlessly Inspired Soloing..."
