Album · Dinosaur Jr.
Without a Sound by Dinosaur Jr.
Without a Sound is an album by Dinosaur Jr., released in 1994. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 51 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Feel The Pain”, on 42 lists with a best position of #16.
Without a Sound, Dinosaur Jr.'s sixth album, came out on August 23, 1994, through Blanco y Negro and Sire, and it's a band pared down to J Mascis and bassist Mike Johnson: for the first time Murph is off the drum stool, and Mascis plays the drums himself. The feedback and fuzz are still there, but the mood sinks heavier in a quieter way. Mascis later admitted his father's death hung over the album, and you can hear it in the drawl.
"Feel the Pain" was the breakout, a slack, gorgeous grind that climbed to number 4 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart, with "I Don't Think So" as the follow-up single. The album peaked at 44 on the Billboard 200, the band's best commercial showing, and Mascis took three years to deliver the next one, Hand It Over.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Without a Sound on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Feel The Pain | 42 | #16 | – | 1994–2025 | |
| 2 | I Don't Think So | 9 | #1466 | – | 1999–2009 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.