Bug (studio album) by Dinosaur Jr.

Bug by Dinosaur Jr.
Year: 1988
Overall rank: 1,429th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 289 votes)
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Award Top albums of 1988 (23rd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (229th)
Award Best albums of all time (1,429th)
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Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 289 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.1.

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75/100
From 02/21/2022 06:39
IF you like distortion and guitars this is your album.
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80/100
From 08/09/2020 03:57
This is definitely not as good as You're Living All Over Me, but I would still consider it a great album. A must listen.
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90/100
From 07/22/2019 15:04
Favorite Tracks:No Bones, Budge
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90/100
From 06/16/2019 03:36
Freak Scene is great. Let It Ride is really good, and a couple other songs are good (They Always Come, Budge). But the rest of the album is too filler to make me highly recommend this album as a whole.
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70/100
From 01/21/2018 21:45
Really good at times, but like so many things, I didn't like all of it.
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From 03/24/2016 17:53
The perfect blend of alt. rock/noise rock
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90/100
From 07/10/2015 16:08
Underrated and overshadowed by You're Living All Over Me, but in reality it's just as good as it.
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75/100
From 01/31/2015 22:16
They were so prolific at this point. Pure quality throughout.
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From 02/21/2013 17:52
Violent guitars which cut hedges. Songs structures which are nice and easy. Flows together well and I wish this could sit with other albums I had. Can't remember anythng from the lyrics at all though. Could recite every word from the Japandroids albums afer a few listens. Need more loud guitars in the world. A mole from the hole in the garden beside a black cloud on the lawn with a happy face, this album shines out greatness!
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95/100
From 04/23/2010 17:48
Stunning album that starts off like dynamite. Dinosaur are geniuses. No wonder so many artists stole pieces of their sound.
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