Dinosaur Jr.: Farm (2LP, 15th anniversary deluxe edition) [JAGJAGUWAR]

Why you'll love it

Jagjaguwar's 15th anniversary edition adds four tracks that were previously unheard, and puts the gatefold 2LP set in a slipcase. Farm went to No. 29 on the Billboard 200, the highest any Dinosaur Jr. album has charted in the US.

This edition

• 15th anniversary deluxe edition
• 2LP set in a gatefold jacket, inside a slipcase
• Four bonus tracks on Side D: Houses, Whenever You're Ready, Creepies and Show
• Jagjaguwar pressing (cat# JAG151)

About the album

The original trio of J Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph got back together in 2005, nearly two decades after they last made a record as a trio. Farm was their second album since the reunion and their first for Jagjaguwar, and it is the sound of a band with nothing left to prove and plenty left to play. Mascis produced it at his own Bisquiteen studio with engineer Justin Pizzoferrato, John Agnello mixed, and Greg Calbi mastered it at Sterling Sound.

The songs are long, loud and melodic, with Mascis's guitar solos arriving like weather. "Over It" got a video of the band on BMX bikes and skateboards (stunt doubles did the hard bits, and Mike Watt drops in for a cameo); "Plans" stretches out over six-and-a-half minutes; Barlow takes the lead on "Your Weather" and "Imagination Blind." Metacritic has it at 76.

Fifteen years on, this edition gives you the record plus four extras that never made the cut. Mascis's amps remain set to a volume that frankly should require a permit.

Tracklist

Listen

On Jagjaguwar (cat# JAG151), a reissue of the 2009 album.