Minutemen
Double Nickels On The Dime
Label ©  Sst Records
Release Year  1984
Length  1:14:18
Genre  Punk Rock
Personal Star Rating [1-5]  
  Ref#  M-0073
Bitrate  ~202 Kbps
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    Track Listing:
      1.  
      		 D's Car Jam-Anxious Mo-Fo   (D. Boon/Mike Watt) 
       1:20  
      2.  
      		 Theatre Is The Life Of You   (D. Boon/Mike Watt) 
       1:30  
      3.  
      		 Viet Nam   (D. Boon) 
       1:29  
      4.  
      		 Cohesion   (D. Boon) 
       1:56  
      5.  
      		 It's Expected I'm Gone   (Mike Watt) 
       2:05  
      6.  
      		 #1 Hit Song   (D. Boon/George Hurley) 
       1:49  
      7.  
      		 Two Beads At The End   (D. Boon/George Hurley) 
       1:53  
      8.  
      		 Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Truth?   (Mike Watt) 
       1:51  
      9.  
      		 Don't Look Now   (John Fogerty) 
       1:47  
      10.  
      		 Shit From An Old Notebook   (D. Boon/Mike Watt) 
       1:36  
      11.  
      		 Nature Without Man   (Chuck Dukowski/D. Boon) 
       1:46  
      12.  
      		 One Reporter's Opinion  
       1:51  
      13.  
      		 Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing  
       1:31  
      14.  
      		 Maybe Partying Will Help  
       1:56  
      15.  
      		 Toadies  
       1:38  
      16.  
      		 Retreat  
       2:00  
      17.  
      		 The Big Foist  
       1:30  
      18.  
      		 God Bows To Math  
       1:16  
      19.  
      		 Corona  
       2:25  
      20.  
      		 The Glory Of Man  
       2:57  
      21.  
      		 Take 5, D.  
       1:39  
      22.  
      		 My Heart And The Real World  
       1:06  
      23.  
      		 History Lesson - Part II  
       2:12  
      24.  
      		 You Need The Glory  
       2:03  
      25.  
      		 The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts  
       1:21  
      26.  
      		 West Germany  
       1:49  
      27.  
      		 The Politics Of Time  
       1:12  
      28.  
      		 Themselves  
       1:18  
      29.  
      		 Please Don't Be Gentle With Me  
       0:47  
      30.  
      		 Nothing Indeed  
       1:22  
      31.  
      		 No Exchange  
       1:51  
      32.  
      		 There Ain't Shit On T.V. Tonight  
       1:34  
      33.  
      		 This Ain't No Picnic  
       1:57  
      34.  
      		 Spillage  
       1:53  
      35.  
      		 Untitled Song For Latin America  
       2:03  
      36.  
      		 Jesus And Tequila  
       2:53  
      37.  
      		 June 16Th  
       1:49  
      38.  
      		 Storm In My House  
       1:59  
      39.  
      		 Martin's Story  
       0:52  
      40.  
      		 Dr. Wu  
       1:45  
      41.  
      		 The World Acording To Nouns  
       2:07  
      42.  
      		 Love Dance  
       2:02  
      43.  
      		 Three Car Jam  
       0:38  
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      Minutemen's Double Nickels on the Dime is a masterwork of American indie rock, a sprawling, 42-song explosion of terse, revolutionary rock & roll. Rifling through a kind of lurching punk-funk, this San Pedro, California, trio poses philosophical questions, mocks love-song cliches and Michael Jackson, covers CCR and Van Halen, and gets drunk on "Jesus and Tequila"--all of it brought to life by the jazzy, popping bass of Mike Watt; the rifle-shot fills of drummer George Hurley, and the staccato guitar and impassioned cries of the late D. Boon, whose voice will forever insist: "No hope? See, that's what gives me guts." --David Cantwell

      Review by Mark Deming

      If What Makes a Man Start Fires? was a remarkable step forward from the Minutemen's promising debut album, The Punch Line, then Double Nickels on the Dime was a quantum leap into greatness, a sprawling 44-song set that was as impressive as it was ambitious. While punk rock was obviously the starting point for the Minutemen's musical journey (which they celebrated on the funny and moving "History Lesson Part II"), by this point the group seemed up for almost anything -- D. Boon's guitar work suggested the adventurous melodic sense of jazz tempered with the bite and concision of punk rock, while Mike Watt's full-bodied bass was the perfect foil for Boon's leads and drummer George Hurley possessed a snap and swing that would be the envy of nearly any band. In the course of Double Nickels on the Dime's four sides, the band tackles leftist punk ("Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing"), Spanish guitar workouts ("Cohesion"), neo-Nortena polka ("Corona"), blues-based laments ("Jesus and Tequila"), avant-garde exercises ("Mr. Robot's Holy Orders"), and even a stripped-to-the-frame Van Halen cover ("Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love"). From start to finish, the Minutemen play and sing with an estimable intelligence and unshakable conviction, and the album is full of striking moments that cohere into a truly remarkable whole; all three members write with smarts, good humor, and an eye for the adventurous, and they hit pay dirt with startling frequency. And if Ethan James' production is a bit Spartan, it's also efficient, cleaner than their work with Spot, and captures the performances with clarity (and without intruding upon the band's ideas). Simply put, Double Nickels on the Dime was the finest album of the Minutemen's career, and one of the very best American rock albums of the 1980s.
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