"The last in Cherry Red Records' four Dinosaur Jr. album reissue series, Hand It Over, makes a clear case for the appraisal of an album that deserved far more than it received ... After a number of albums where the guitar was relatively restrained, after a run of major label records where guitar parts were trimmed to fit pop song dimensions, Hand It Over feels like broken chains. Mascis lashes out with solos that slice the air like a bullwhip".