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Beyond

by Dinosaur Jr.

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2007

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Overall Rating: 2.7008 Beyond is ranked overall as 2.7008 out of 4 stars

Avg. Critic Score: 3.0689 Beyond has an avg. critic score of 3.0689 out of 4 stars

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All Music Guide

Beyond isn't merely a worthy album from a reunited band, it's simply a great record by any standard. ...more

Stylus Magazine

Despite Beyond’s tendency to feel like a career retrospective in spots, it contains plenty of songs that rival Mascis’s best work. ...more

PopMatters

But what this album reveals, especially when listened to with the other “Barlow-era” albums in mind, is that these two guys can keep each other in check, but also amplify their particular talents. ...more

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NOW Magazine

That the music of Beyond rocks so righteously in a way that sounds like a conscious progression from where they left off with Bug, rather than a misguided attempt to recreate the past, makes this unlikely recording comeback all the more incredible. ...read the complete review at NOW Magazine

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Pitchfork

Beyond, the band's first record as the selfsame trio since 1988's Bug, benefits enormously-- more so even than fellow MA-veterans Mission of Burma or latter-day Sonic Youth-- from the years, experiences, successes, and disappointments elapsed ...read the complete review at Pitchfork

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Spin

It's been ten years since Dinosaur Jr.'s last album, and 18 since founders J Mascis, Lou Barlow, and Murph recorded together; but with Beyond , the once-tumultuous trio's proto-grunge energy surge feels like 1989 all over again. From the...read the complete review at Spin

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Dusted Magazine

What a blast from the past! It only takes a half second of guitar squall at the very onset of "Almost Ready" to transport you back into 1986 or thereabouts, if you've ever been there...or even if you've visited via the trio of old line-up Dinosaur Jr....read the complete review at Dusted Magazine

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