Whatever's Cool with Me

Whatever's Cool with Me is an EP by the American band Dinosaur Jr.^[2][3] It was released on Sire Records in 1991.^[4] It contains the "Whatever's Cool With Me" single and the European single of "The Wagon". The band supported the EP by touring with My Bloody Valentine.^[5] "Quicksand" is a cover of the David Bowie song.^[6]

Whatever's Cool with Me
EP by Dinosaur Jr
Released	October 22, 1991[1]
Genre	Alternative rock
Label	Sire
Producer	J Mascis
Dinosaur Jr chronology
Fossils (1991) Whatever's Cool with Me (1991) Where You Been (1993)

A music video for the song "Whatever's Cool With Me" was shot at J Mascis's home in Amherst, Massachusetts, and was directed by Jim Spring and Jens Jurgensen. The EP sold more than 40,000 copies in its first six months of release.^[7]

Whatever's Cool with Me is the first Dinosaur Jr. recording to feature bassist Mike Johnson. The band's prior main release was the Green Mind album (their debut on a major label). Due to their increased exposure, a sticker was appended to various editions of Whatever's Cool with Me in order to clarify that it was not a proper album. The text stated "This is not an album. One new single and 7 b-sides. Never before released in the USA."^[8]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[9]
Christgau's Consumer Guide	[10]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[11]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	5/10[12]

The St. Petersburg Times deemed the release "an eight-song EP full of cacophonous noise and hectic delight."^[13] The Hartford Courant called it "a searing EP."^[14] The Seattle Times wrote that the EP showcases "the Dinosaur at its most irresistibly rapacious, the irreverent noisemakers The Replacements would have been if they hadn't turned into The Knack."^[15] Trouser Press opined that "only the brisk and tight 'Not You Again', in which Mascis marvels woefully at 'the mess I made again…how do I do it?,' displays the kind of small effort it takes to elevate slack rubbish into slacker art."^[16]

Track listing

CD Maxi-Single (Sire Records Company)

1. "Whatever's Cool With Me" - 4:34
2. "Sideways" - 4:14
3. "Not You Again" - 2:32
4. "The Little Baby" - 2:11
5. "Pebbles + Weeds" - 5:25
6. "Quicksand" (David Bowie, additional lyrics by J Mascis, contains the main guitar riff from "Andy Warhol") - 4:34
7. "Thumb (live)" - 7:45
8. "Keep the Glove (live)" - 3:16

12" Vinyl (Warner Music UK Ltd.)

Side A

1. "Whatever's Cool With Me" - 4:34
2. "Sideways" - 4:14

Side B

1. "Thumb (live)" - 7:45
2. "Keep the Glove (live)" - 3:16

CD, Maxi-Single (Blanco Y Negro, Warner Music UK Ltd.)

1. "Whatever's Cool With Me" - 4:34
2. "Sideways" - 4:14
3. "Thumb (live)" - 7:45
4. "Keep the Glove (live)" - 3:16

7" Vinyl (Blanco Y Negro)

1. "Whatever's Cool With Me" - 4:34
2. "Sideways" - 4:14

"The Little Baby", "Pebbles + Weeds", and "Quicksand" are the B-sides from "The Wagon" single released in 1991.

Personnel

• J Mascis – vocals, guitar, bass guitar, drums, vibraphone
• Mike Johnson – bass guitar
• Murph – drums