Hand It Over

For the This American Life compilation, see This American Life: Hand It Over -- Stories from Our First Year on the Air.
Hand It Over
Studio album by
Dinosaur Jr.
ReleasedMarch 25, 1997
Genre
Length48:08
Label
ProducerJ Mascis
Dinosaur Jr. chronology
Without a Sound
(1994) 		Hand It Over
(1997) 		Beyond
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Chicago Tribune[5]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(dud)[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[7]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[8]
Los Angeles Times[3]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
Rolling Stone[1]

Hand It Over is the seventh studio album by alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr., released on March 25, 1997, on Reprise Records. It peaked at #188 in the United States. According to a 2007 Magnet interview with band leader J Mascis, Hand It Over is his favorite album from the group's major label period of the 1990s.[9]

The band enjoyed a somewhat renewed appreciation from critics on Hand It Over. However, in the years following the band's hiatus, Hand It Over would become hard to find due to it not having the same success in sales as the band's prior two albums, Where You Been and Without a Sound, which both sported moderate radio hits in the US. Hand It Over ultimately sold 34,000 units in the US.[10]

"Take a Run at the Sun" was released as a single to promote the album; however, it was initially only included on the European and Australian versions of the album. The single peaked at No. 53 on the UK Singles Chart and at No. 2 on the UK Rock & Metal Singles Chart.[11]

  1. ^ a b Wiederhorn, Jon (March 10, 1997). "Hand it Over by Dinosaur Jr. Music review". Rolling Stone. Retrieved August 31, 2011.
  2. ^ a b Thomas, Fred. "Hand It Over – Dinosaur Jr". AllMusic. Retrieved October 3, 2019.
  3. ^ Scribner, Sara (1997-04-13). "In Brief". Los Angeles Times. ISSN 0458-3035. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  4. ^ P.E. (2004). "Dinosaur Jr.". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. ISBN 9780743201698.
  5. ^ Kot, Greg (1997-04-04). "Dinosaur Jr. Hand It Over (Reprise)". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on September 13, 2015. Retrieved 2018-04-26.
  6. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000). Dinosaur Jr. Macmillan Publishers. p. 82.
  7. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
  8. ^ Sinclair (28 March 1997). "Hand It Over". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 2 May 2017.
  9. ^ Miller, Eric T. (April 10, 2007). "Dinosaur Jr: Ancient Ruins And The Monumental Reunion".
  10. ^ "Billboard". 2007-03-03.
  11. ^ "Dinosaur Jr. Charts". Official Charts Company. Retrieved January 8, 2024.