Green Mind is the fourth studio album by alternative rock band Dinosaur Jr., released in 1991. It was the band's first release after bassist Lou Barlow's departure, as well as the first released by a major label. The record is close to being a J Mascis solo album: he played most of the instruments, with founding drummer Murph only featuring on three tracks (1, 7 and 9). and taken from his book of photographs Almost Grown.
"Turnip Farm" is also featured in the film Reality Bites.
Critical reception
In a contemporary review for Rolling Stone, Tom Sinclair said that compared to Dinosaur Jr.'s previous album Bug (1988), Green Mind "sounds every bit as energetic and full-blooded" despite much of the record being performed solely by Mascis, whose guitar playing, Sinclair remarked, "will bowl over even confirmed louder-is-better zealots." Robert Christgau considered Mascis more effective as an instrumentalist than as a vocalist.