Whatever's Cool with Me

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Whatever's Cool with Me
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EP by
Dinosaur Jr
ReleasedOctober 22, 1991 [1]
Genre Alternative rock
Label Sire
Producer J Mascis
Dinosaur Jr chronology
Fossils
(1991)		Whatever's Cool with Me
(1991)		 Where You Been
(1993)

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]

Contents

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

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Christgau's Consumer Guide Rating-Christgau-neither.png [10]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 5/10 [12]

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.

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Upcoming Releases". CMJ New Music Report. October 18, 1991. p. 60.
  2. ↑ McLeese, Don (February 6, 1992). "Punk guitar heroes blaze trails". Onward. Austin American-Statesman. p. 6.
  3. ↑ Wood, Sam (March 7, 1992). "Dinosaur Jr at the Trocadero". The Philadelphia Inquirer. p. D5.
  4. ↑ Thompson, Dave (2000). Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 333.
  5. ↑ Sullivan, Jim (March 5, 1992). "Intense MBV, bracing Dinosaur". Arts & Film. The Boston Globe. p. 78.
  6. ↑ Earles, Andrew (2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. Voyageur Press. p. 87.
  7. ↑ Bourie, Richard (February 23, 1992). "Fans making tracks to see Dinosaur Jr". The Republican. Springfield. p. G1.
  8. ↑ Whatever's Cool with Me Credits (liner notes). Sire Records. 9 26761-2. Retrieved September 29, 2025.
  9. ↑ Raggett, Ned. "Whatever's Cool with Me - Dinosaur Jr". AllMusic . Retrieved April 26, 2018.
  10. ↑ Christgau, Robert (October 15, 2000). "Dinosaur Jr.". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s . Macmillan Publishing. ISBN   9780312245603.
  11. ↑ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958.
  12. ↑ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN   9780679755746.
  13. ↑ Hall, Dave (January 24, 1992). "Dinosaur roams again". Weekend. St. Petersburg Times. p. 22.
  14. ↑ Catlin, Roger (February 11, 1993). "UMass turf yields rocking Dinosaur". Calendar. Hartford Courant. p. 15.
  15. ↑ Thompson, David (January 2, 1992). "Dinosaur Jr., 'Whatever's Cool with Me'". The Seattle Times. p. H3.
  16. ↑ "Dinosaur". Trouser Press. Retrieved February 15, 2023.
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