Puke + Cry: The Sire Years, 1990-1997

Puke + Cry: The Sire Years, 1990-1997

by Dinosaur Jr.
Puke + Cry: The Sire Years, 1990-1997

Puke + Cry: The Sire Years, 1990-1997

by Dinosaur Jr.

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Overview

When the original trio lineup of Dinosaur Jr. imploded in 1989, guitarist/vocalist J Mascis barely broke his stride when it came to continuing the progress the groundbreaking alt-rock group had been making up until that point. Instead of taking some time to regroup, Mascis carried on immediately with the Dinosaur Jr. name, quickly delivering the first of what would be four full-length albums for a newly inked major-label deal with Sire Records. Mascis would remain at the creative center for these albums, sometimes playing all of the instruments himself, and developing a style even more unique and internal than the already unconventional blend of cloudy emotional themes and noisy guitar hooks the band had presented throughout their earliest days. Puke + Cry: The Sire Years, 1990-1997 collects pretty much every track Mascis and company recorded during this phase of Dinosaur Jr., including four studio albums and over two dozen B-sides, alternate versions, and other non-album tracks from the same time period. The difference between the murky punk aggression of 1988's Bug and the more textural production and restrained songwriting of 1991's Green Mind (the first album the band released in their new form and with their new label) was remarkable, and Mascis continued upping production values and experimenting with layers for the rest of Dinosaur Jr.'s time with Sire. Puke + Cry highlights these experiments by bracketing together the hazy, introspective songwriting of Green Mind, the sometimes-tortured Neil Young-informed melancholy of 1993's Where You Been, the accidental pop and understated country touches of 1994's Without a Sound, and the expanded instrumentation of 1997's Hand It Over, the last Dinosaur Jr. record before a hiatus that ended when the original members reunited and got back into the studio ten years later. In addition to the albums proper, highlights among the many, many bonus tracks on Puke + Cry include studio tracks from the 1991 Green Mind companion EP Whatever's Cool with Me (among them an essential-if-croaky cover of Bowie's "Quicksand" and the fizzy melodic mess of "Not You Again"), a curious Del the Funky Homosapien collaboration on Where You Been-era bonus track "Missing Link," an inhuman cover of the Germs' "What We Do Is Secret" with special guest Mike Watt, and several instrumental versions of songs from Without a Sound that emphasize just how many guitars were utilized in the recording process. While the Dinosaur Jr. material released in the '90s on Sire wasn't quite a J Mascis solo project, it's different from the streamlined force and group chemistry apparent in everything made by the original lineup. Diving into Puke + Cry offers a focused look at what made the Sire years a special chapter in the band's history, with a different mode of expression but just as much to offer as what came before and after. ~ Fred Thomas

Product Details

Release Date: 02/03/2023
Label: Cherry Red
UPC: 5013929113893

Tracks

Disc 1

  1. The Wagon
  2. Puke + Cry
  3. Blowing It
  4. I Live for That Look
  5. Flying Cloud
  6. How'd You Pin That One on Me
  7. Water
  8. Muck
  9. Thumb
  10. Green Mind
  11. Pebbles + Weeds
  12. The Little Baby
  13. Not You Again
  14. Quicksand (Wagon Reprise)
  15. Throw Down
  16. Whatever¿¿¿s Cool With Me
  17. Sideways
  18. The Wagon [7" DJ Edit]

Disc 2

  1. Out There
  2. Start Choppin
  3. What Else Is New
  4. On the Way
  5. Not the Same
  6. Got Me
  7. Drawerings
  8. Hide
  9. Goin Home
  10. I Ain't Sayin
  11. Hot Burrito No. 2
  12. Quest [Acoustic]
  13. Turnip Farm
  14. Forget It
  15. Keeblin
  16. Missing Link

Disc 3

  1. Feel the Pain
  2. I Don't Think So
  3. Yeah Right
  4. Outta Hand
  5. Grab It
  6. Even You
  7. Mind Glow
  8. Get Out of This
  9. On the Brink
  10. Seemed Like the Thing to Do
  11. Over Your Shoulder
  12. Get Out of This [No Words Just Solo]
  13. Blah
  14. I Don't Think So [Instrumental]
  15. Outta Hand [Instrumental]
  16. Get Out of This [Instrumental]
  17. On the Brink [Instrumental]
  18. Seemed Like the Thing to Do [Alternate Mix]

Disc 4

  1. I Don't Think
  2. Never Bought It
  3. Nothin's Goin On
  4. I'm Insane
  5. Can't We Move This Along
  6. Alone
  7. Sure Not Over You
  8. Loaded
  9. Mick
  10. I Know Yer Insane
  11. Gettin' Rough
  12. Gotta Know
  13. Take a Run at the Sun
  14. Don't You Think It's Time
  15. The Pickle Song
  16. I Misunderstood
  17. What We Do Is Secret
  18. Never Bought It [Acoustic on Abc]
  19. Sure Not Over You [Acoustic on Abc]

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