The discography of Dinosaur Jr., an Amherst, Massachusetts-based alternative rock band, consists of 13 studio albums, two live albums, 15 extended plays (EP), seven compilations, and several singles.Dinosaur Jr.: Discography The band's first album Dinosaur was released under Homestead Records, and the majority of the band's albums were released under Blanco y Negro Records.
Albums Studio albums TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsUSAUSAustralian chart positions: Top 50 peaks: Top 100 peaks from January 1990 to December 2010: "Feel the Pain": N.B. The HP column displays the highest position reached. Sweep It Into Space: all chart positions from 1988 to 2024: N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.BELGERJPNNLNZSWEUKDinosaur Released: 1985 Label: Homestead / Merge (reissue) Format:–––––––––You're Living All Over Me Released: 1987 Label: SST / Merge (reissue) Format:–––––––––Bug Released: 1988 Label: SST / Merge (reissue) Format:–––––––––Green Mind Released: 1991 Label: Blanco y Negro / Sire / Rhino (reissue) Format:168108––––24–36Where You Been Released: 1993 Label: Blanco y Negro / Sire / Rhino (reissue) Format:5045–69–82292410Without a Sound Released: 1994 Label: Blanco y Negro / Sire Format:4413–––9117724Hand It Over Released: 1997 Label: Blanco y Negro / Sire Format:188––––––3082Beyond Released: 2007 Label: Fat Possum Records Format:6994344942––3052Farm Released: 2009 Label: Jagjaguwar Format:2995537772––4080I Bet on Sky Released: 2012 Label: Jagjaguwar Format:5197613991––2473Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not Released: August 5, 2016 Label: Jagjaguwar Format: CD, vinyl, download723829185749–5623Sweep It Into Space Released: April 23, 2021 Label: Jagjaguwar Format: CD, vinyl, download11561219858240–29There Near Released: August 28, 2026 Label: Jagjaguwar Format: CD, vinyl, download––178––––––
Live albums TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsUSBug: Live at the 9:30 Club, Washington, DC, June 2011 Released: 2012 Label: Outer Battery Records Format:–Chocomel Daze Released: 2012 Label: Merge Records Format:Swedish Fist (Live In Stockholm) Released: 2020 Label: Cherry Red Records Format:–Emptiness at the Sinclair Released: 2021 Label: Jagjaguwar Format:Seventytwohundredseconds - MTV Live Released: 2022 Label: Cherry Red Records Format:The Black Session Released: 2024 Label: Cherry Red Records Format:Guess I'll Crawl (Live In Santa Monica) Released: 2025 Label: Cherry Red Records Format:–Live in Hollywood 1991 Released: 2026 Label: Cherry Red Records Format:–
Compilation albums TitleAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsJPNFossils Released: 1991 Label: SST Format:–Whatever's Cool with Me Released: 1991 Label: Sire Format:–BBC: In Session Released: 1999 Label: Strange Fruit Format:–Ear-Bleeding Country: The Best of Dinosaur Jr Released: 2001 Label: Rhino Format:–Zombie Worm Released: February 22, 2006 Label: Imperial Format:148
Box set 2011 – Cassette Trilogy 2014 – Visitors 2023 – Puke + Cry – The Sire Years 1990-1997
EPs and singles YearTitleTracksLabel1985RepulsionA: "Repulsion" B: "Bulbs of Passion"Homestead Records (1985)1987Little Fury ThingsA: "Little Fury Things" (3:07) B: "In a Jar" (3:28); "Show Me the Way" (3:49)SST1988Freak SceneA: "Freak Scene" (3:35) B: "Keep the Glove" (2:51)1989Just Like HeavenA1: "Just Like Heaven" (2:54) B1: "Throw Down" (0:47); B2: "Chunks" (2:10)1991The Wagon (7")A: "The Wagon" B: "Better Than Gone"Glitterhouse / Sub PopThe Wagon (12")"The Wagon" (4:57) "Pebbles + Weeds" (5:23) "The Little Baby" (4:31) "Quicksand" (Wagon reprise) (4:29)Blanco y Negro / SireWhatever's Cool with Me"Whatever's Cool With Me" (4:34) "Sideways" (4:11) "Thumb" (live) (7:42) "Keep the Glove" (live) (3:16)1992Get Me (12")Side A: "Get Me" Side B: "Hot Burrito #2", "Quest" (live) Blanco y Negro (UK)1993Start Choppin''' | "Start Choppin" (5:39) "Turnip Farm" (5:49) "Forget It" (4:04) |rowspan="6"|Blanco y Negro / Sire |- |Out There (CD1)| "Out There" (5:55) "Quest" (live) (5:48) "Kracked" (live) (3:29) "Keeblin'" (3:41) |- |Out There (CD2) | "Out There" (5:57) "Get Me" (Peel session) (4:18) "Severed Lips" (Goodier session) (2:56) "Thumb" (Goodier session) (3:03) |- |1994 |Feel the Pain| "Feel the Pain" (4:18) "Get Out of This" (no words just solo) (5:30) "Repulsion" (acoustic live at CBGB's) (2:41) |- |1995 |I Don't Think So| "I Don't Think So" (3:30) "What Else Is New" (live) (10:13) "Sludge" (live) (8:22) |- |rowspan="2"|1997 |Take a Run at the Sun| "Take a Run at the Sun" (3:33) "Don't You Think It's Time" (2:29) "The Pickle Song" (1:45) |- |I'm Insane| A: "I'm Insane" B: "I Misunderstood" | Trade 2 / Island |- |2007 |Been There All the Time| A: "Been There All the Time" B: "Back to Your Heart" | Fat Possum Records |- |rowspan="3"|2009 |Pieces| A: "Pieces" (4:27) B: "Houses" (3:35) | Jagjaguwar |- |Over It| A: "Over It" B: "Tarpit" (Live) | Play It Again Sam |- |I Don't Wanna Go There| A: "I Don't Wanna Go There (live)" B: "Tarpit (live)" |rowspan="3"| Jagjaguwar |- |rowspan="2"|2012 |Watch the Corners| A: "Watch the Corners" B: "Now the Fall" |- |Now the Fall| A: "Now the Fall" B: "Ricochet" |- |2016 |Two Things| A: "Two Things" B: "Center of the Universe" |Jagjaguwar
|2018 |Hold Unknown| "Hold Unknown" |Jagjaguwar |- |2024 |Whenever You're Ready''"Whenever You're Ready"Jagjaguwar
As lead artist + List of singles, with selected chart positions and certifications, showing year released and album name Year Title Peak chart positions Album US USAlt. For "I Don't Think So": AUS CAN IRL JPN MEX SCOPeaks in Scotland: "Feel The Pain": "I Don't Think So": "Take a Run at the Sun": SWE UK1988"Freak Scene" — — — — — — — — — — Bug1989"Just Like Heaven" — — — — — — — — — 78Fossils1991"The Wagon" — 22 — — — — — — — 49Green Mind1992"Get Me" — — 106 — — — — — 39 44Where You Been1993"Start Choppin'" — 3 137 — 20 — — — 40 20"Out There" — — — — — — — — — 441994"Feel the Pain" 62 4 61 54 — — — 21 — 25Without a Sound"Over Your Shoulder" — — — — — 18 — — — — 1995"I Don't Think So" — — 101 — — — — 61 — 671997"Take a Run at the Sun" — — 126 — — — — 48 — 53Hand It Over (UK and Australian versions only)2005"Freak Scene" / "Bulbs Of Passion" — — — — — — — — — 1082007"Almost Ready" — — — — — — — — — — Beyond"Been There All the Time" UK 7" — — — — — — — — — — "Crumble" UK 7" — — — — — — — — — — 2009"Over It"UK 7" — — — — — — — — — — Farm"Pieces"7" — — — — — — — — — — 2016"Tiny" — — — — — — 42 — — — Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not2021"I Ran Away" — — — — — — — — — — Sweep It Into Space"Garden" — — — — — — — — — — "Take It Back" — — — — — — — — — — 2026"Several Got Away" — — — — — — — — — — There Near"Everything At Once" — — — — — — — — — —
Other appearances YearTrack(s)TitleLabel1989"Lotta Love"The Bridge: A Tribute to Neil YoungCaroline"I'll Feel a Whole Lot Better"Time Between – A Tribute to The ByrdsImaginary1993"Missing Link" (with Del Tha Funky Homosapien)Judgment Night (Music From the Motion Picture)Largo Entertainment"Out There"Music from the Motion Picture Wayne's World 2Reprise1994"Turnip Farm"Reality Bites: Original Motion Picture SoundtrackRCA"Goin' Blind"Kiss My Ass: Classic Kiss RegroovedMercury"I Misunderstood"Beat the Retreat (Songs by Richard Thompson)EMI"Blah"Melrose Place: The MusicGiant"Get Me"Triple J Hottest 100, Volume 1ABC Music1995"Feel the Pain"Triple J Hottest 100, Volume 2ABC Music "Not You Again" This Is Fort Apache Fort Apache/MCA Records2003"Feel the Pain"The Work of Director Spike JonzeLabels2009"The Backyard"Ciao My Shining Star: The Songs of Mark MulcahyShout! Factory2009"Just Like Heaven"Pictures of You; A Tribute to Godlike Geniuses The CureNME Cover Mount2012"Start Choppin'"Chasing MavericksSony Classical
Music videos "Little Fury Things" (1987) "Freak Scene" (1988) "No Bones" (1988) "Just Like Heaven" (1989) "The Wagon" (1990) "Whatever's Cool with Me" (U.S. Ver.)( 1991) "Whatever's Cool with Me" (U.K. Ver.) (1991) "Thumb" (1991) "Get Me" (1992) "Start Choppin'" (1993) "Out There" (1993) "Goin' Home" (1993) "Feel the Pain" (1994) "I Don't Think So" (1995) "Take a Run at the Sun" (1997) "I'm Insane" (1997) "Almost Ready" (2007) "Been There All the Time" (2007) "Over It" (2009) "Watch the Corners" (2012) "Pierce the Morning Rain" (2013) "Tiny" (2016) "Goin Down" (2016) "Knocked Around" (2017) "I Ran Away" (2021) "Garden" (2021) "Take It Back" (2021) "Several Got Away" (2026) "Everything At Once" (2026)
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