Dinosaur Jr. - "Dinosaur"

Dinosaur Jr.
"Dinosaur"

In the decades since the release of Dinosaur Jr.'s original triptych of foundational albums, it has become clear that their sound - once hailed as a sort of almost-tamed noise -- is/was/always-has-been fully functioning pop music of a sort. The subsequent generations of bands who grew up breathing Dino's fumes managed to tinker around with the edges of their original post-hardcore song-forms enough for listeners to realize there had always been melodies at the center of everything they did. Dinosaur Jr. produces the rock continuum - riff, power, beat and longing, created with an eye on the infinite future. Dinosaur (self-titled) was the beginning of this triptych.