Martin + Me

{{Infobox album

| name = Martin + Me

| type = Live

| artist = J Mascis

| cover = Martin + Me.jpg

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| released = 1996

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| genre = Alternative rock

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| label = Baked Goods/Reprise

| producer = J Mascis

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| next_title = More Light

| next_year = 2000

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Martin + Me is a solo album by the American musician J Mascis, his first.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&q=martin+++me+j+mascis+1996&pg=PP306|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|first=Peter|last=Buckley|date=November 11, 2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781843531050}} It was released in 1996.{{Cite magazine|url=http://undertheradarmag.com/interviews/j_mascis_on_elastic_days|title=J Mascis on "Elastic Days"|first=Matt|last=Conner|work=Under the Radar}}

The album documents a 1995 solo acoustic tour.{{Cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=dinosaur_jr|title=Dinosaur|website=Trouser Press}} The Martin of the title refers to Mascis's Martin guitar.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.spin.com/2017/10/j-mascis-guitar-gear-reverb/|title=J Mascis Is Selling Some of His Guitar Gear|date=October 25, 2017|work=Spin}} The album contains Dinosaur Jr. songs as well as covers of Carly Simon, Greg Sage, Lynyrd Skynyrd, and others.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4ufUBAAAQBAJ&q=martin+++me+j+mascis+1996&pg=PA186|title=Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996|first=Andrew|last=Earles|date=September 15, 2014|publisher=Voyageur Press|isbn=9780760346488}}

Critical reception

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/martin-me-mw0000185568|title=Martin + Me|website=AllMusic}}

|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=upside+down+cross+mascis&pg=PA686|title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music|first=Colin|last=Larkin|date=May 27, 2011|publisher=Omnibus Press|isbn=9780857125958}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3Score = B{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/article/1996/05/03/martin-me/|title=Martin & Me|work=Entertainment Weekly}}

|rev4 = The Indianapolis Star

|rev4score = {{rating|3|4}}{{cite news |last1=Bacon |first1=Scott |title=J Mascis 'Martin and Me' |work=The Indianapolis Star |date=2 June 1996 |page=I4}}

|rev5 = MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide

|rev5score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1996 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=204}}

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The album received mixed reviews, with some critics comparing Mascis (both favorably and unfavorably) to Neil Young.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1996/05/22/bob-moulds-dour-gripes/b8e3fc5e-1482-4a8d-a0d3-2bb2926c55b4/|title=Bob Mould's Dour Gripes|first=Mark|last=Jenkins|date=May 22, 1996|work=The Washington Post}} Rolling Stone wrote that "these bare-bones interpretations add nothing to the songs besides a new vocal and lyrical clarity, and considering the annoying nature of Mascis' nasal whine and the tossed-off quality of his lyrics, that isn't a good thing."{{cite magazine |last1=DeRogatis |first1=Jim |title=Martin and Me: J Mascis/Year of Mondays: Mike Johnson |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=May 2, 1996 |issue=733 |page=56}} The Indianapolis Star opined that, "while Mascis doesn't have a singing voice conducive to an acoustic setting (though he's better off than, say, Tom Waits), his screechy Neil Young-like voice makes the best of it."