Without A Sound
by Dinosaur Jr.

Without A Sound by Dinosaur Jr.
Year: 1994
Release date: 1994-08-23
Overall rank: 4,486th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 134 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1994 (91st)
Award Top albums of the 1990s (743rd)
Award Best albums of all time (4,486th)

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Dinosaur Jr. bestography

Without A Sound is ranked 8th best out of 23 albums by Dinosaur Jr. on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Dinosaur Jr. is You're Living All Over Me which is ranked number 310 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 5,405.

Dinosaur Jr. album bestography « Higher ranked (4,318th)
I Bet On Sky
This album (4,486th)
Without A Sound
Lower ranked (5,712th) »
Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not

(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).

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Without A Sound rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,486th | 1990s rank: 743rd | 1994 rank: 91st

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Without A Sound ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 134 votes)
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03/22/2026 16:17 joewooley24  Ratings distribution  2,95080/100
 
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01/31/2026 18:31 Adhura  Ratings distribution  1,49477/100

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This album is rated in the top 18% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.9/100, a mean average of 73.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.5.

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75/100
From 10/07/2015 20:59 | #151142
Great and underated album. Guitars and drums played by an inspired J Mascis, great production and clear sound.
Maybe too much great records in 1994!
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From 01/31/2015 22:19 | #133466
I'm sorry you get bored. I never find this boring. Feel the Pain may be Dinosaur Jr's best song.
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From 05/05/2014 01:33 | #110832
The guy who lives in the back of is van wants you to smoke something. You do. Suddenly, you’re in awe of his lifestyle.
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From 03/15/2014 16:59 | #106375
This album needs more love on this site. Sure, its less adventurous than some of their discography.. but for me this album doesn't tire and is incredibly consistent. Oh and might I add catchy as f*ck without sacrificing the head-banging solo factor.
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From 01/27/2014 11:44 | #101629
Good Album with some great songs such as Outta Hand, Mind Glow, Seemed Like the Thing to Do.
Too many average songs to be a BIG Album.
And I have the same problem with all Dinosaur Albums: The Sound is pretty much the same from te first to the last song and I´m often bored after a while.
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