Dinosaur Jr: Where You Been (Sire) ****
Michael Azerrad, Rolling Stone, 18 February 1993
TODAY'S TWENTYSOMETHINGS didn't grow up on the Beatles and the Stones. They grew up on Kiss, Peter Frampton and Neil Young. Making something meaningful out of these mostly baser metals calls for a bit of musical alchemy. Which is where Dinosaur Jr comes in.
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