Where You Been

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It just makes the record better having all the people there contributing something, rather than the last one. For those of you who know what I'm referring to, the amazing 10 min live version of "What else is new," from the Japanese "Feel the Pain" live EP is included. The majestic “Get Me” is “ Layla” for the distressed-denim set (even the guitar squiggle at the end is pinched from Clapton’s “Let It Rain”).

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Collected together here with related B-sides, BBC session recordings and a previously unreleased live recording made at St Paul Civic Centre in June 1993, and accompanied by in-depth sleevenotes from Mojo’s Keith Cameron (based on recent and exclusive interviews with J Mascis), this edition provides a glimpse of a band in rampant form riding a hard-earned wave of popularity and credibility. And it's also got possibly the most consistently great collection of tracks on any DJ album, with the exception of possibly Bug and Green Mind.

About as quiet as I can ask for and the discs are as flat as an IHOP pancake on a Sunday after church service. That pressing is very crisp - great articulation between vocals, guitars and drums - where as this pressing seems a bit muffled. All the while, Mascis' army of guitars is placed in service of his breaking heart, and the sound is majestic and moving. Mascis reacted at the time, "We're just making records and, I mean, every one sold more than the last one.They've stopped sounding the way they did on Bug, but they've built on the same basic premise and kept those very recognisable guitar sounds. But given the outstanding quality of the packaging and song selection for the bonus tracks, I don't mind so much in this case. Michael Azerrad, writing for Rolling Stone, was similarly positive, writing that "their second major-label album [. He singled out the first two tracks as highlights and gave the album a two-star honorable mention in his '90s Consumer Guide book.

s greatest commercial success up to that point, reaching number 50 in the US and number 10 in the UK.

Hüsker Dü frontman Bob Mould spoke positively of the album, commenting, "I've heard Where You Been, their new album. There were still moments of punked-up fury to set the moshpit alight: On the Way a slamdance immolated by howling, roaring guitar, Hide a desperate dash illuminated by passages of Sonic Youth-esque skronk. Some of the bonus tracks included here were exclusive to certain countries such as Japan and Australia back in the 90s, but available now for the first time on these reissues. Their first three albums had stirred hardcore, psychedelia, noise, country and metal into a blurry and glorious mess of sludge-pop, switching from melody to noise with the stomp of a pedal. i will say too that in the run in wax on side A there is a noticeable hum that should not be there, this does not occur on the B, C and D sides however, maybe this is just my pressing?