Whatever's Cool with Me

1991 EP by Dinosaur Jr From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Whatever's Cool with Me is an EP by the American band Dinosaur Jr.[2][3] It was released on Sire Records in 1991.[4] 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.[5] "Quicksand" is a cover of the David Bowie song.[6]

ReleasedOctober 22, 1991[1]
GenreAlternative rock
LabelSire
ProducerJ Mascis
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Whatever's Cool with Me
EP by
Dinosaur Jr
ReleasedOctober 22, 1991[1]
GenreAlternative rock
LabelSire
ProducerJ Mascis
Dinosaur Jr chronology
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(1991)		 Whatever's Cool with Me
(1991)		 Where You Been
(1993)
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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.[7]

Whatever's Cool with Me is the first Dinosaur Jr. recording to feature bassist Mike Johnson. The band's prior main release was the Green Mind album (their debut on a major label). Due to their increased exposure, a sticker was appended to various editions of Whatever's Cool with Me in order to clarify that it was not a proper album. The text stated "This is not an album. One new single and 7 b-sides. Never before released in the USA."[8]

Critical reception

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Spin Alternative Record Guide5/10[12]
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The St. Petersburg Times deemed the release "an eight-song EP full of cacophonous noise and hectic delight."[13] The Hartford Courant called it "a searing EP."[14] 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."[15] 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."[16]

Track listing

CD Maxi-Single (Sire Records Company)
  1. "Whatever's Cool With Me" - 4:34
  2. "Sideways" - 4:14
  3. "Not You Again" - 2:32
  4. "The Little Baby" - 2:11
  5. "Pebbles + Weeds" - 5:25
  6. "Quicksand" (David Bowie, additional lyrics by J Mascis, contains the main guitar riff from "Andy Warhol") - 4:34
  7. "Thumb (live)" - 7:45
  8. "Keep the Glove (live)" - 3:16
12" Vinyl (Warner Music UK Ltd.)

Side A

  1. "Whatever's Cool With Me" - 4:34
  2. "Sideways" - 4:14

Side B

  1. "Thumb (live)" - 7:45
  2. "Keep the Glove (live)" - 3:16
CD, Maxi-Single (Blanco Y Negro, Warner Music UK Ltd.)
  1. "Whatever's Cool With Me" - 4:34
  2. "Sideways" - 4:14
  3. "Thumb (live)" - 7:45
  4. "Keep the Glove (live)" - 3:16
7" Vinyl (Blanco Y Negro)
  1. "Whatever's Cool With Me" - 4:34
  2. "Sideways" - 4:14

"The Little Baby", "Pebbles + Weeds", and "Quicksand" are the B-sides from "The Wagon" single released in 1991.

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