Whatever's Cool with Me is an EP by the American band Dinosaur Jr.[1][2] It was released on Sire Records in 1991.[3] It contains the "Whatever's Cool With Me" single and the European single of "The Wagon". The band supported the EP by touring with My Bloody Valentine.[4] "Quicksand" is a cover of the David Bowie song.[5]
| Whatever's Cool with Me | ||||
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| EP by | ||||
| Released | 1991 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Label | Sire | |||
| Producer | J Mascis | |||
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A music video for the song "Whatever's Cool With Me" was shot at J Mascis's home in Amherst, Massachusetts, and was directed by Jim Spring and Jens Jurgensen. The EP sold more than 40,000 copies in its first six months of release.[6]
Critical reception edit
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [7] |
| Christgau's Consumer Guide |  [8] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [9] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 5/10[10] |
The St. Petersburg Times deemed the release "an eight-song EP full of cacophonous noise and hectic delight."[11] The Hartford Courant called it "a searing EP."[12] The Seattle Times wrote that the EP showcases "the Dinosaur at its most irresistibly rapacious, the irreverent noisemakers The Replacements would have been if they hadn't turned into The Knack."[13] Trouser Press opined that "only the brisk and tight 'Not You Again', in which Mascis marvels woefully at 'the mess I made again…how do I do it?,' displays the kind of small effort it takes to elevate slack rubbish into slacker art."[14]
Track listing edit
- CD Maxi-Single (Sire Records Company)
- "Whatever's Cool With Me" - 4:34
- "Sideways" - 4:14
- "Not You Again" - 2:32
- "The Little Baby" - 2:11
- "Pebbles + Weeds" - 5:25
- "Quicksand" (David Bowie, additional lyrics by J Mascis, contains the main guitar riff from "Andy Warhol") - 4:34
- "Thumb (live)" - 7:45
- "Keep the Glove (live)" - 3:16
- 12" Vinyl (Warner Music UK Ltd.)
Side A
- "Whatever's Cool With Me" - 4:34
- "Sideways" - 4:14
Side B
- "Thumb (live)" - 7:45
- "Keep the Glove (live)" - 3:16
- CD, Maxi-Single (Blanco Y Negro, Warner Music UK Ltd.)
- "Whatever's Cool With Me" - 4:34
- "Sideways" - 4:14
- "Thumb (live)" - 7:45
- "Keep the Glove (live)" - 3:16
- 7" Vinyl (Blanco Y Negro)
- "Whatever's Cool With Me" - 4:34
- "Sideways" - 4:14
"The Little Baby", "Pebbles + Weeds", and "Quick Sand" are the B-sides from The Wagon single released in 1991.
References edit
- ^ McLeese, Don (6 Feb 1992). "Punk guitar heroes blaze trails". Onward. Austin American-Statesman. p. 6.
- ^ Wood, Sam (7 Mar 1992). "Dinosaur Jr at the Trocadero". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. D5.
- ^ Thompson, Dave (2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 333.
- ^ Sullivan, Jim (5 Mar 1992). "Intense MBV, bracing Dinosaur". Arts & Film. The Boston Globe. p. 78.
- ^ Earles, Andrew (2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. Voyageur Press. p. 87.
- ^ Bourie, Richard (February 23, 1992). "Fans making tracks to see Dinosaur Jr". The Republican. Springfield. p. G1.
- ^ Raggett, Ned. "Whatever's Cool with Me - Dinosaur Jr". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "Dinosaur Jr.". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
- ^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 9780679755746.
- ^ Hall, Dave (24 Jan 1992). "Dinosaur roams again". Weekend. St. Petersburg Times. p. 22.
- ^ Catlin, Roger (11 Feb 1993). "UMass turf yields rocking Dinosaur". Calendar. Hartford Courant. p. 15.
- ^ Thompson, David (January 2, 1992). "Dinosaur Jr., 'Whatever's Cool with Me'". The Seattle Times. p. H3.
- ^ "Dinosaur". Trouser Press. Retrieved 15 February 2023.