Green Mind is the fourth studio album by alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr., released in February 19, 1991, through Black and White and Sire Records. It was the band’s first release after bassist Lou Barlow‘s departure, as well as the first released by a major label.
The record is close to being a J Mascis solo album: he played most of the instruments, with founding drummer Murph only featuring on three tracks (1, 7 and 9). The cover photograph, Priscilla Jones Beach, 1969, is by Joseph Szabo and taken from his book of photographs Almost Grown.
Dinosaur Jr. released the single The Wagon, in support of his album Green Mind, It was released on January 21, 1991. The song Turnip Farm is also featured in the film Reality Bites (1994).
Tracklist:
- The Wagon
- Puke + Cry
- Blowing It
- I Live for That Look
- Flying Cloud
- How’d You Pin That One on Me
- Water
- Muck
- Thumb
- Green Mind
Bonus tracks (2006 Re-release) - Hot Burrito #2 (Bonus track on 2006 re-release) Chris Ethridge, Gram Parsons
- Turnip Farm (Bonus track on 2006 re-release) J Mascis, Kurt Fedora
- Forget It (Bonus track on 2006 re-release)
Dinosaur Jr.
J Mascis: vocals, guitar, bass, drums, producer
Murph: drums (tracks 1, 7, 9)
with:
Joe Harvard: guitar, tape (track 8)
Jay Spiegel: large drum, tambourine (track 5), tom-tom (track 1)
Don Fleming: guitar, backing vocals (track 1), acoustic bass (track 5)
Sean Slade: engineer, mellotron (tracks 7, 9)
Tom Walters: assistant engineer
Matt Dillon: backing vocals (track 11)