“Out There” by Dinosaur Jr.

"Out There" is one of the rougher, louder moments on Where You Been, the 1993 Dinosaur Jr. album, and J Mascis wrote it, sang it, produced it and piled on guitar, piano, organ and chimes himself. Mike Johnson plays bass and sings backup, Murph holds down the drums, and John Agnello engineered.

The guitar solo is the headline: AllMusic's Ned Raggett singled it out as classic Dinosaur Jr., and Ultimate Classic Rock heard those chimes as the band widening its palette. Mascis ranks it among his best riffs, next to "Sludgefest", and admits it's tricky to play and sing at once, a touch beyond him by his own reckoning. It made moderate noise on American alternative radio, came out as a single in Europe, reached 44 in the UK, and critics have since counted it among the album's high points.

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