A refinement of the formula introduced on the band's debut album Dinosaur, You're Living All Over Me features drawling vocals paired with loud guitars and driving rhythms, presaging grunge.

The album's title was long rumored to have been a phrase uttered by singer/guitarist J Mascis in frustration at the cramped conditions of a lengthy tour.

While Mascis was again the primary songwriter, Lou Barlow contributed the last two songs, the punk-influenced Lose and the experimental "Poledo".

The album was recalled by SST a few months after release, and new copies were printed crediting the band as Dinosaur Jr.

The band made a music video for the song "Little Fury Things", which was directed by Jim Spring and Jens Jurgensen.

[7] NME published a rave review of You're Living All Over Me upon the album's 1987 release, with the magazine's Jack Barron declaring it "the most agape rock music to have come out of America this year" and calling the band "the missing link between Hüsker Dü and R.E.M.".

[8] Critic Robert Christgau gave the album a "B+" grade in The Village Voice and wrote, "All these growing malcontents want is a little structure and meaning in their lives.