Hand It Over (studio album) by Dinosaur Jr.

Hand It Over by Dinosaur Jr.
Year: 1997
Overall rank: 9,606th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 56 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1997 (164th)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (1,569th)
Award Best albums of all time (9,606th)
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Dinosaur Jr. bestography

Hand It Over is ranked 10th best out of 22 albums by Dinosaur Jr. on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Dinosaur Jr. is Bug which is ranked number 1443 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 1,183.

Dinosaur Jr. album bestography « Higher ranked (7,331st) This album (9,606th) Lower ranked (21,419th) »
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Hand It Over track list

  Track ratingsTrack ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 56 votes)
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04/27/2025 03:22 AAL2014  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 3,31275/100
 
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04/01/2025 03:11 Tamthebam  Ratings distributionRatings distribution 22,63269/100
 
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.8/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 12.4.

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80/100
From 04/27/2025 03:07
While this is still very much identifiable as a Dinosaur Jr. album, the songwriting, production, and mixing go in some clever directions previous DJ albums would not.

Hand It Over covers some really cool ground while still delivering what J Mascis and co are so great at.
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65/100
From 01/06/2021 23:49
I really like the aesthetic of this record, but it's not super interesting to listen to.
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95/100
From 08/27/2018 00:39
This is my favorite Dinosaur Jr album, it's usually my go to for them. Should be ranked higher.
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