Dinosaur Jr. Where You Been (2-CD)

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..."
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..."
"...The trio's pileups of extra loud, messy garage pop have been polished into catchy mutations of creamy classic rock..." - Rating: B+
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..."
"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."
"...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 #7 in Melody Maker's list of the 'Albums Of The Year' for 1993 - "...[an] astonishing return to form...achingly exquisite..."
Village Voice (3/1/94, p.5) - Ranked #40 in the Village Voice's 1993 Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.
"[A] searing classic rock set awash with Mascis's endlessly inspired soloing..."
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."
"...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..."