Track Listing 1. Little Fury Things 2. In A Jar 3. Show Me The Way 4. Freak Scene 5. Keep The Glove 6. Just Like Heaven 7. Throw Down 8. Chunks
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Plastic Head | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes Dinosaur Jr.: J. Mascis (vocals, guitar, percussion); Lou Barlow (bass, ukelele, tapes, background vocals); Murph (drums).Additional personnel: Lee Ranaldo (background vocals).Engineers: Wharton Tiers, Sean Slade, Paul Kolderie.Recorded at Fun City, New York; Fort Apache North & Fort Apache South, Cambridge, Massachusetts.FOSSILS is a compilation of singles and B-sides from the band's tenure with SST.Released after Dinosaur Jr left SST for Warner/Reprise in 1990, FOSSILS gathers odds and ends from the Amherst, Massachusetts band's original lineup of J Mascis, Lou Barlow and Murph, who recorded for Greg Ginn's label for four years. The eight tracks on this brief EP are a varied and variable lot, ranging from a spectacular, sensitive Neil Young-like cover of the Cure's "Just Like Heaven" which ends with a chillingly abrupt tape cut, to the 45-second hardcore blurt of "Chunks." Another cover, a jokey but relatively straight version of Peter Frampton's "Show Me the Way," shows the '70s pop influences which would become more noticeable on the group's major-label albums. Some of these songs are available as bonus tracks on other CDs, but FOSSILS is worthwhile to fans for "Just Like Heaven" alone.
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