Double Nickels On The Dime

What in the heck is this album? it reminds me of a band doing an extended set at a house party. Maybe Partying Will Help fits the vibe. This Ain't No Picnic is also in there.

most of the songs are between a minute 30 and two minutes long - very quick and to the point. there's a lot of creativity throughout this album, as it switches from hardcore to swing to spoken word to americana. Big fan of it.

Q bien suena. Me gusta. Muy bueno. Gracias, yo no lo hubiera escuchado sino fuera por uds.

This is an undeniable classic in my book, but I'd rather listen to Zen Arcade any day. This is still really good, don't get me wrong... Just a little exhausting to get through for me. It could grow more on me some day I suppose, but this is where it is right now.

Not my thing

Vocals are not deep like other classic punk

Pretty wild that they have 43 songs on this album and yet it’s only 70 something minutes. What an interesting combo of punk jazz funk. Not something I really enjoyed but thanks to Jackass I will always like listening to Corona. Their style is quick fast and fun. It’s pretty good. Just not for me. 4.8/10

1. D.'s Car Jam / Anxious Mo-Fo - 8.8 - I am not going to write things about most of these songs. 2. Theatre Is the Life of You - 8.3 3. Viet Nam - 8.0 4. Cohesion - 8.9 - genuinely beautiful instrumental 5. It's Expected I'm Gone - 9.6 - love this. they should make real-length songs more often. 6. #1 Hit Song - 9.2 7. Two Beads at the End - 8.4 8. Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth - 8.9 9. Don't Look Now - 8.1 10. Shit from an Old Notebook - 8.6 11. Nature Without Man - 8.5 12. One Reporter's Opinion - 8.8 13. Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing - 9.8 - damn this is awesome 14. Maybe Partying Will Help - 9.0 15. Toadies - 8.7 16. Retreat - 7.8 17. The Big Foist - 7.5 18. God Bows to Math - 6.5 19. Corona - 8.6 - lol Jackass 20. The Glory of Man - 9.3 21. Take 5, D. - 8.0 - awesome instrumentation but is this a note to a tenant 22. My Heart and the Real World - 7.7 23. History Lesson - Part II - 9.5 24. You Need the Glory - 4.0 - so what's going on. Not a fan. 25. The Roar of the Masses Could Be Farts - 9.5 - insane title 26. Mr. Robot's Holy Orders - 8.9 27. West Germany - 9.1 28. The Politics of Time - 7.8 29. Themselves - 7.5 30. Please Don't Be Gentle with Me - 6.8 - wow this should maybe be extended! Then it'd be good! 31. Nothing Indeed - 8.1 32. No Exchange - 7.6 33. There Ain't Shit on T.V. Tonight - 9.6 34. This Ain't No Picnic - 7.5 - weird vocals on this 35. Spillage - 9.4 36. Untitled Song for Latin America - 9.7 37. Jesus and Tequila - 8.8 38. June 16th - 8.5 39. Storm in My House - 8.3 40. Martin's Story - 7.2 41. Ain't Talkin' 'Bout Love - 8.3 42. Dr. Wu - 7.9 43. Little Man with a Gun in His Hand - 9.1 44. The World According to Nouns - 9.6 45. Love Dance - 7.6 46. Three Car Jam - 5.0

These guys are like a punk jam band. The songs are all still like 1:30 long, but the singer only sings for maybe 30 seconds of each song, so I guess that's punk's version of a jam band. It's a double album. 43 songs. Still gets done in 1hr 14 mins. They just seem to amble about and not really accomplish much. I mean it's not bad, but it just has no direction. Interestingly, they apparently did the Jack Ass theme song, Corona. Favourite songs: Corona, My Heart and the Real World, Viet Nam, The Roar of the Masses Could Be Farts, #1 Hit Song Least favourite songs: "Take 5, D.", You Need the Glory, Nature Without Man, No Exchange, Jesus and Tequila 2/5

Interesting band - a lot of short (<2min) titles.

I've always liked the Minutemen, but I've never loved them. This album would be a great single LP, but the sheer length along with some filler loses it a star for me. I do wish D Boon had done a campfire folk album before he died though. The acoustic tracks on this are killer.

No to the vocals. Some instrumentals ok but overall did not like this very long and short songs album.

4.0

Did not like at all. Didn't even finish one song.

Has some really great instrumentals. Enjoyed those a lot! The vocals leave something to be desired but I'd take more just for how fun I found the rest.

Bisschen anstrengender Funk-Rock

There's a lot to like here, but there's a lot that could have been left out and wouldn't be missed.

Good but very long. Good cooking dinner music?

Super fun album. Great mix of punk, folk and jazz 4 stars.

3- Stars (7/15)

Not what I excepted with the album cover. I love it

Really liked this, and I had never heard of them.

Some nice bass lines and guitar but just not my thing. Interesting there were 43 songs and many of them short. Enjoyed the tracks without lyrics a lot more than those with them.

Luck of Lucien I Left My Wallet in El Segundo Public Enemy Can I Kick It? GO Ahead In the Rain Description of a Fool

Non stop awesomeness from this densly packed album. There must be upwards of 40 songs here and everyone has something to offer. The playing is virtuoso and the production clean and clear. Double Nickels on the Dime deservaes a place alongside Blonde on Blonde, Exile on Main Street, The White Album and London Calling as one of the great double albums iin R & R history. 5 stars

definitely a cult band. I hear midwest emo influence in this

i can see how this album was influential during the 80s punk era, leading into early 90s grunge. i appreciate it but i don't think i'd seek it out. it gets an extra star for being the King of the Hill theme song.

Surprisingly talented for a punk group. But just not really my taste

Good short songs Some weird ones but you can’t have all hits 3/4****

'Corona' from Jackass was fun

This was really cool. I'd never heard of minutemen before, I'll definitely be adding this to my rotation

43 nummers!?!?!?!??!?! WTF???? Minutemen maken wel redelijk hun naam waar, bijna alle nummers duren ongeveer een minuut. De muziek is wel echt heel divers en ik merk dat dit een van de punk albums is die ik best redelijk trek. Als dit album 20 nummers had denk ik dat ik het echt heel vet had gevonden, maar vind er nu veeeeel te veel filler tussen zitten. Waardoor de matige nummers de goede naar beneden trekken en het gehele album een beetje mid word.

This album is all over the place! One second I’m bopping like yeah there are some cool guitar riffs here and then the next minute it sounds like a bad recording of the karaoke bar

I liked the Jackass song

43 damn songs, jeez. and they all sound exactly the same. its not bad, just somewhat directionless Significant 26(+1 from metallica album i listened to later)/76 Liked 13/77 Added 3/77 maybe i just didnt get it yet

i was actually quite enjoying this until i realised how fucking long it was. I'd rather eat bees than listen to 45 tracks.

SHACK eats bees whilst watching Dennis Taylor play snooker.

Jack ass though

Really jarring having all these 60-90 second songs. It felt like a demo tape in that they had all these ideas that they wanted to record, without really developing them. Maybe that's more a comment on me not being open minded enough, but I didn't like it

Beetje experimenteel, veel van hetzelfde

Now this is what I'm here for. I'd not heard of this but loved it. It managed to sound both lowfi and incredibly well produced, simple and complex, with brilliant variety across genre. There were clear pop songs, punk, country, spoken word, jazz and much more. Plus the jackass theme popped up in the middle which made me think I was having a stroke temporarily.

This is OK, it doesn’t need to be on the list but it’s not offensive either. They have a cool sound and corona definitely leads the album in that regard but I don’t know it got a little fart smelly in the middle.

Never wanted an album to just end more.

i mostly zoned and forgot i was listening to this as i was. could i write poetry to this? n

More low-hanging fruit. You already know I like this. It's a killer album . Four and one half stars.

I am eternally thankful for my Gen X elder who told me the Jackass theme was a song from one of the best albums of all time

Good, but too long.

Where to start with this one? 80s punk, and like very punk-y punk. This thing was 81 minutes and 43 songs, so crunch the numbers and you get a very long album with an average song length under 2 minutes. And they're all a bit chaotic. I'm realizing that I struggle a bit with the more raw, unstructured punk bands, which this felt like to me. I do get the appeal, it's simple and \"real\". They're saying screw the establishment, we're going to have three dudes playing whatever we want and singing about bad shit that's happening. And honestly I appreciate someone doing something different at this time, there was a lot of crap getting made then too. One of the songs on here is literally called \"Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth?\", I take it they didn't love New Wave, I'm mostly with them). But man, it's hard to listen to an over an hour of this. The singer is really raw, there's not a ton going on musically that's super interesting, it's just a bit tough. I get the appeal, but it's not super \"enjoyable\" to just sit down and listen to, I think you need to be in a real specific headspace for this. It does seem to have had an impact on future punk though, this is still the fairly early-ish days of punk rock so I can see it being influential for what came later. The singer also died a very tragic death in a car accident which led to the band disbanding not long after this, which is a real shame. Favorite song: Corona Other: Viet Nam, Cohesion, Maybe Partying Will Help, The Glory of Man, History Lesson Part 2, No Exchange 12/6/23

Jackass theme!

3.5 stars

This is rad. Too much to digest in a single take though. Short tracks, inventiveness, guitar rips! I need to go back to this

Kinda cool surprise, love the bass

Not really my style.

Jazz Punk is a cool idea. I didn’t make it through 45 tracks but I like what I heard.

Great punky album, full of energy and spirit. Probably the only thing holding it back for a 5 star for me was the length

Corona // 1.5/5

3.5/10

Eclectic, tentacular post-punk

Album punk / post-punk très nerveux. Par contre , un peu ardu à écouter de bout en bout tant tout se ressemble .

Don't like this one? It's fine, there's another one along in a minute. I've tried to love this several times down the years but it turns out I just like it quite a lot. Tight as anything, and really gets into the swing after about ten tracks or so, some gold here.

I recall seeing fIREHOSE in the late '80s, not having heard much about the Minutemen. It's a shame I never got around to listening to the Minutemen more before now. This is really good. At first, it just struck me as typical, unpolished, two-minutes (or less) punk, but the more I listened, the more I realized this is much more than "typical". 4 stars.

I like this one.

Sok

Feels like a punk version of a jam band. Eccentric mix of music

This was pretty great. Good energy and interesting lyrics. This kind of music isn't really my thing and it was way too long, but would probably be a low-key 5 star album if it wasn't for those two things.

It’s amazing how an album with this much songs and long runtime can still bring fresh stuff to the table. Cool! Songs are short and sweet, but it can feel a bit tiring with how many songs there are to get through. Still a good album with some neat ideas though!

Didn't have time to listen to it fully today, but it's already in probably my top 10 all time albums and I can recall most of the 43 songs from it anyway in my head, so who needs listening? (nvm i got a few songs in and listened to it all anyway) One of the most fun albums you'll ever listen to, punk rock with a side of funk and jazz influence. The guitar riffs and solos are insane, the bass lines are groovy as hell, the drumming is frantic. If you trapped me on a desert island with this album only, I would quite happily be spinning it day after day after day. Me and Mike Watt, playing guitar...

Þokkalegt, vantar samt einhvern neista í þetta.

They are referred to as punk but they’re more like political rock. I’m not a fan.

Tried about three times to get into this but it just couldn't keep my attention for a sustained time! Individual tracks were good but the whole 1h15m was just too much in one go. The jackass theme was unexpected! Highlights - #1 Hit Song, it's expected I'm gone, do you want new wave, political song for Michael Jackson, maybe partying will help, corona, Dr wu. Really appreciated when the politics emerged - if I was to be generous I'd look to revisit this again and really study the lyrics? But sonically it didn't capture me. 2.5* rounded up to 3

This era is in my sweet spot. It's like early Joe Jackson / The Police songs like Next To Me and crossed with Lou Reed / Tom Waits American stylings.

This was less hardcore than I was expecting. I like the quirkiness, jazz and funk influences, and, getting it just after the Mothers of Invention, I couldn’t help but notice the similarities with the short songs, weird, political lyrics and of course the guitar playing - but Boon is like Zappa on Steroids. Boon/s voice sounds a bit like Dave Thomas of Pere Ubu at times and the combination of funk and rock remind me a bit of what Red Hot chili Peppers sounded like in the early 80s.

What an unusual collection of music. Didn't love it, didn't hate it

Too long

aprecio las canciones cortas pero al final se me hacían un poco repetitivas tbh

Rating: 6/10

Meh

I didn't hate this, but it began to wear thin. You get the sense that this was just buddies playing whatever weird idea came to mind and it goes way too long

Drums just crazy! As if the kit wants to escape this but the other instruments catch the same weird disease instead of catching the drums escapism. This sentence lacks sense as this record‘s is overflowing with itchy restlessness, ideas, sketches, bits and Not-Killed-Darlings. 3.4

This album could be a 5 if it was just instrumentals--very jammy and fun with a solid bass line throughout--but the lyrics and vocals are actively bad.

Awesome album

Never heard of these guys, but this album is incredible!

I have never heard any of this before and that's a fucking shame because this was so great. Fucking great. Why didn't I listen to this in my youth? Reevaluating my life. Wtf. Sigh. Tho---at least I've got it now, at 52. Never too late!!

Didn't like his lead singer's voice.

Punk music that doesnt suck

Listened once. I liked some of the funk elements and enjoyed the topics of the songs. Issue I have is that as soon as a song has a rhythm, it ends. Wish they had added at least a minute more to each track. 3 for now, possibly a 4 after a re-listen.

The thing with this record is - it’s fucking amazing and also it’s way too long. There isn’t necessarily anything bad and I don’t know how I would edit it down but for the last 23 years I’ve known about this record, I’ve always been thought that. In some dimension, an edited version exists and it’s the best record of all time. In this dimension, it merely is great.

Too badass, but chaotic. It sure has its own charm in a few sections.

10/10 a punk masterpiece that *almost* leans into post-punk territory

good stuff You can hear its influence. esp RHCP Song called Toadies - did they get their name here? Jackass theme song "Corona"?? Don't look now - cool live song

I liked the overall sound of the band. Loved the guitar; the singer often sounded like he'd had one too many beers and got up to sing karaoke. It was odd that all the songs ran into each other... hard to distinguish between one ending and another beginning. The lyrics leave a lot to be desired... "Twinkle twinkle, blah blah blah, E T C" I mean... 'You need the glory', wtf was that all about?? Overall, I liked it, but I wouldn't listen again.

Corona = Jackass

Sounded a lot like Modest Mouse mixed with The Refreshments and Spin Doctors. Was ok, 3.5 stars

Really interesting

Not for me

Its alright. There’s some stand out tracks. Corona and Vietnam especially but god its an hour long and theres 43 songs

Too much, yet not enough to keep me interested.

43 songs? Seriously?

Quirky post-punk distraction from more serious works. Listen once. Enjoy. Move on.

Wasn’t my style

Far too long, but pretty enjoyable. I think I would have preferred it slightly more if the twang on the bass was turned down.

Seemed like a high school battle of the bands. Singing is horrible. Bass and drums best part. Seemed like they went into the studio & messed around for a while and after 40 short songs gets very cumbersome. Also production seems very low quality, I get it, punk music, but come on it’s on the greatest albums of all time list? First album on the list I really found completely uninteresting & found no connection with it at all…but again I can respect some people can rock out to it, I guess.

As a whole I’m not a huge fan of this album. It’s a little aggressive and not very poetic in my opinion. I can respect it for what it is and I understand why people would like this kind of music. The guitar and drums are excellent and the number of awesome riffs they came up with for these songs is impressive.

Top 10 for me

Baita som, bgl mais jazzistico

By my usual standards, this would typically be way too long and way too samey. But this was my second time listening to this album in recent years, and on neither of those listens did I get bored. These are punk songs at their best: fast and furious, with clever basslines and attitude in spades. Sure, they could have cut a dozen songs or so and they wouldn't necessarily be missed, but the whole thing still comes together so cohesively that I'm not complaining. Good shit!

Garage band that's not very good that probably has a cult following that is very annoying.

I will reserve judgment, but this is a 40-track album, and I am not a fan of that. Some of these seem like they just had the band in the studio doing random riffs and whatnot, then decided to just put it in. It's okay, but feels unfinished. A high 2/5

No album should be 75 mins long. At that length you’d think there would some semblance of melody somewhere, but not here. I get that in 1984 that Double Nickels on the Dime must have hit hard for some people, but I’m not sure it’s aged all that well. 5.1/10

Never heard of this album or group, so I was pleasantly surprised to enjoy it. A very post-punk sound with hints of Velvet Underground and Primus is always considered a must-listen. 4/5.

let the products sell themselves!

3/38, 8%

I appreciate the style that they were trying to do. Acoustic punk is hard to accomplish. Some songs stood out, but the album as a whole fell short.

Hybride rock-jazz, préfigure presque le ska, me fait parfois penser aux Talking Heads dans son phrasé

This is the kind of punk I could get into. It's pretty fun and puts a lot of different ideas together cohesively. This particular album felt extremely long though, and not all of it hit.

Not bad, but not my cup of tea. 3/5

I had never heard about Minutemen prior to 1986, when I heard a song by Minutemen's successor band fIREHOSE on a local college station and went out and bought the album. I loved fIREHOSE - Mike Watt is an amazing bassist - one of the best in rock history. and found out that Watt and George Hurley were in Minutemen and that the lead singer had died in a car crash (how I found this out without the internet back then I have no idea - maybe it was the SST connection). I quickly ran out and purchased What Makes A Man Start Fires, which is the album before this one. I could never get into it. As a result, I never listened to Double Nickels On The Dime before today. I enjoyed it quite a bit - it was much more accessible than What Makes A Man Start Fires, and I could see the musical seeds of fIREHOSE being planted. I also never realized the Jackass theme was a Minutemen song. The album is a bunch of really short songs, so I think it is better listened to as a whole experience rather than selecting particular favorite songs.

I now know where the Jackass theme tune comes from

Some cool sketches and rad playing but all over the place

Awesome punk rock album. Quick songs, but a bit long. Fun to see where the theme song to Jackass comes from.

Underrated band, so happy theyre on here. RIP D. Boon

cool

A lot of songs, a few instrumentals and it's not bad but is certainly not something I would enjoy. By all understanding, I should enjoy The Minutemen and Double Nickels on the Dime, but it's just "eh" for me. While I enjoy all of the songs being short, it also causes me to think these aren't fully fleshed out ideas, though obviously many others disagree.

This was pretty great. Even considering it has 43 tracks, there usually seem to be enough creative ideas to keep each little snippet interesting. Reminds me of the meat puppets album we had a little

vocals: 1/5 instrumentals: 4/5 I liked the jazz influence. I'd appreciate the album much, much more if it had only instrumentals.

This is way too long for a band called Minutemen

I am was not prepared to listen to more than 1h album full of less than 2 minutes songs. Some of them left me unsatisfied because I wanted them to expand more. 3,7

I went straight from an 8 track disco album to this sprawling 40+ track monster. A very, very strange album. Biting funk guitar, punk-country vibes, an unexpected appearance of the Jackass theme music. It feels like the roughness of the tracks is a deliberate choice, but there's enough variety and depth that I'll want to come back to it. I've a feeling I've just scratched the surface with this one...

weird, disjointed and too long. not into this at all.

This is pretty good. I don't have much else to say about that. I had to look up if the song Toadies came out before the band The Toadies. It did. Huh.

That was pretty much a slog to get thru. A few great songs aside, it was a mess.

Like the short snappy tunes and Learnt they do the Jackass theme

It was interesting and enjoyable for the first 30 minutes, but way too long.

I'm pretty torn here. This wasn't a bad album, but I did tire of it by the end as it was long and 43 tracks started to feel a bit of a chore. Okay, the tracks are all very short, but even so it did begin to drag. Some bits stood out and I had a gut feeling that I might like this a lot more with repeated listens. I also experienced a bit of snobbery, as Hardcore is essentially American punk and that just feels wrong! The half-spoken vocals were probably the weak point for me. I liked the music, but there wasn't anything to ever grab hold of due to the rapid delivery of short songs. Ultimately, this album slipped away from me a bit.

ganz okay, aber viel zu lang und iwie nix besonderes overall

I had never heard of Minutemen befroe and there was only one track (out of 45) from Double Nickels On The Dime that I recognized ("Corona" because it was the theme song for Jackass). There are so many short tracks on this album. It feels like a punk album but not quite the same kind of punk as the Ramones or the Sex Pistols. "June 16th" was my favorite track, perhaps because it wasn't burdened with lyrics. Several tracks got a definite "do not like" because of the lyrics and vocals. A shorter album with a selection of the tracks could have got a higher rating from me. With so many tracks on this album and so many that I would skip on a re-listen, Double Nickels On The Dime does not reach "I guess it was okay".

This has proto RHCP vibes

HL: I don't even know (listening to Side Mike) I feel like whatever I didn't get out of the micro-songs in Wire's "Pink Flag" is somehow present here. Even though the stop/start jerkiness also exists, the songs combined feel like they're moving somewhere (at 55 mph :0) I want to go on a road trip now (after 40 more minutes of this album) Just pumping the brakes a bit here. I think this is an artistic accomplishment, and very fun at times, but the length did hamper my enjoyment a little. August 1, 2023

Liked it more than I thought I would based on the description of the group

This is a pretty good album. I don't get to complain about album length after giving a 5/5 to "69 Love Songs", but I'll say that I'd like more diversity in the songs. They all started to blend together halfway through and there weren't any curveballs that broke up the flow as with "69 Love Songs". I'm probably going to listen to this again, get completely hooked, and then regret this rating, but a 3/5 for a first listen.

Luke was very excited we had this one. It was excellent. Loved all the political themes and stories of their lives in the band. An impressive amount of songs

Luke told me about this album and it's an absolute banger, I love it. I even bought one of those books about great albums about it, haven't read it yet though. I really like the short songs, love the idea of going 'yeah we've got a great song, wanna enjoy it? TOO LATE that's all ya getting, NEXT!'

Double Nickels on the Dime is the third album by American punk trio Minutemen. It's a double album containing punk music with elements of rock, funk, country, and jazz. This is Minutemen's best-selling album and it's also considered one of the best American rock albums from the 80's. It was critically popular at release, but being released by an independent record label meant it was hard to gain commercial interest - especially overseas. This album inspired other punk bands to ignore the set beliefs of punk being hardcore and freed them to make exactly the type of music they wanted to. This was a fun punk album chock-full of quick but great songs. I really liked this album so I'm on the lookout for more albums with music like this. Get your fill of Double Nickels on the Dime to be transported back to the mid-80's!

The best thing about this is the drumming! I’m not super into the voice, and it’s way too long and bloated with songs, in my opinion. Corona, aka the Jackass theme, is a classic, though.

Cool, but 45 songs? Too much chaff.

It was fine? Kinda long but at least each song was short so that helps?

ta benne, tiene ritmos muy perrones

Me ha gustado mucho

WELCOME TO JACKASS

this is so fucking cool

Relaxte muziek, beetje Ska-achtig. Prima te luisteren op de achtergrond.

Wasn't really looking forward to this one after reading a bit about it. Turned out much better than predicted.

Some functional punk, was pleased to hear the Jackass theme on this.

It is somewhat enjoyable but too long and unmemorable for me. I dig the jackass song though! 6,5 out of 10

Double Nickels on the Dime is one of the best double albums ever together with Sign O The Times, The Wall, Exile on Main St, Day Dream Nation, Tusk, Blonde on Blonde, Tago Mago, All Things Must Pass, The River etc. It is better than the fIREHOSE album generated by the 1001albumsgeneator some time ago (even though fIREHOUSE was a very decent band as well of course).

This sounded quite interesting at first, with some excellent guitar and drum work on display, and energetic vocal delivery. After a while, however, things started to get boring, one song after the other sounding more or less the same. When the album is quite long, at least some of the many tracks should hit home to keep me engaged. So, even though there are some good moments to enjoy, I am unlikely to seek this out for future listening.

Reminds me of Orange by Jon Spencer Blues Explosion. In comparison, a bit less raw, a bit more subtle, much more varied. I love it, though it misses a true flow and is too lengthy.

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not bad

not for me. not a fan of punk

Have you ever been to an expensive restaurant where they serve a silly amount of very small dishes and your left with a lighter wallet and still feel hungry, this was that in audio form.

Top 6 Songs: 1 - Corona (19) 2 - West Germany (26) 3 - The Roar of the Masses Could Be Farts (25) 4 - Do You Want New Wave (8) 5 - Toadies (15) 6 - Viet Nam (3)

There is a LOT going on in this album, lots of it good, some of it absolutely not.

43 tracks is too many for any album! Admittedly, they're all less than 3 minutes long, but it still adds up to 74 minutes. That said, I was pleasantly surprised listening to it (having kinda written it off because of the structure), there's a really nice variety of styles in there ranging from all-out punk through jazz and some spoken word type stuff. It's very political, angry without being too shouty and, whilst 74 minutes is definitely too long, it doesn't drag too much. Probably could have benefitted from cleaning up a bit and taking some of the filler out, and misses any real standout hits (possibly because most of the songs don't get a chance to get going), but well worth a listen. 3 still, but a higher 3 than Elvis.

A very fun listen albeit about a half hour too long. Would get a higher rating if it were a single album as opposed to a double

44 songs over two full-length albums tell you the Minutemen were far from their moniker. Chock full of punk rock revolutionism they deliver their message in style and in whatever way they fucking feel like it.

Местами напомнило «Зоопарк»… не знаю почему…

Good times! Great cover photo. Glorious list of song names. Highlights: Cohesion, The Glory of Man, June 16th, The World According to Nouns.

Most songs were good, sounding like RHCP or Primus or Violent Femmes. If they had picked a sound I think they would have been more popular. I hated that they were so short, you just start to get into a song and it's over.

Pas du tout étonnant que cet album ait un statut comme il a. C'est clairement une oeuvre qui a aidé à redéfinir la scène punk. Les compositions sont super solides, les mélanges de sons sont en avance sur leur temps. Même si l'album est un peu long, il n'y a pas vraiment de moment ennuyant et les changements de styles gardent le tout intéressant. Définitivement à revisiter. 9/10

Miellekästö menoa.. heh referenssi album cover.. ei valiteta tällä kertaa..jaksa kriitikoida.. tupla-albumista naatitaan..

Holy shit, the Jackass song has lyrics??? 3.5/5

wacky.

Enjoyed the album, mainly for reasons outside of the music. Some of the political motifs I enjoyed, others I attributed to the group being white youth in the 80’s. Through it all though is an enjoyable album that harkens back to our times of teenage angst however they looked. I may not be able to relate to them so much as people, but the emotion conveyed in this album is something we all share and I believe experience. Won’t revisit the entire album most likely, but definitely walked away with new personal favorite tracks.

Minutemen are men of their word on time but quality of their talent shone through on each track.

Felt like being in a movie

This one surprised me when I read punk, what it ended up being was a journey through a lot of really fun solid songs, this album will be in my rotation for the rest of my life.

Niet heel enthousiast, niet geheel onenthousiast. Heb ik meer te zeggen? Eigenlijk niet.

Laat je niet afschrikken door het aantal nummers, want dit is geen album met filler erop. Vind dit album altijd al geweldig. Humor sarcasme zelfspot en ironie op relatief eenvoudige punk maar hier en daar ook een tikkeltje funky/jazzy.

So much tracks I’m lost completely :/ sounds like a mix of all genres, didn’t work for me

Det här tilltalade mig inte alls

Felt like men in a garage —silverlake would like this

Feels like i’m listening to a a boy i’m hoping to have sex withs really bad garage band. Not a fan.

Pre-post-punk. Before blink-182 and Jimmy Eat World, there was the Minutemen and Husker Du

I liked the vibe of this album. Writing and punk feel is right up my alley. It is a bit bloated but I'd like to check out more of their work!

Um, hadn’t heard of them, didn’t know what to expect. It was varied and I can imagine being quite exciting in their time. Did not dislike.

Pretty fun

Minute to win it.

What variety! So much music and each side different These guys should’ve gotten the fame the Chili Peppers shouldn’t have I liked how the did the 4 sides concept

Great punk record. Cool double album concept, smashing blend of styles, good mix of lyrical content.

A bit of musical ADD with how many songs are crammed into the 74 minute run time. Interesting in how many style are captured and interpreted. Difficult to listen to at times

Brings all the fun early new wave/post-punk can bring: the bass, short songs instead of 10 minutes long boring solo's, energy and variation. But in its type not the best I find, so 3 stars

3.5 - extra .5 for jackals theme

The Minutemen were well documented for trying to get their money's worth with both recording and touring. This is no finer example with an absolute boatload of songs most never staying longer than a 1:30. The problem comes where a lot of these feel more like a collection of ideas rather than a coherent album of songs. However listening to this album you can hear a lot of the starting points and foundational ideas that permeated through the college alternative and indie of the following two decades. A lot of bands took this collection of ideas and made whole careers out of them.

Nice for poker time?

I mean, there are albums that are worse than 80 minutes of punk. And the instrumentals are a bit interesting in some places so I guess it's fine. I'll probably never listen to this again.

Long.

Pretty fun. Probably wouldn't listen to it again.

I made it just past the song with a surprise tik tok sound in it and threw in the towel. I already hate spoken word so the combo of that with 70 more minutes of jazz punk stuff was just too much.

Finally the list gets something right. This album might be all over the place, but the pacing works because of how frantic and disjointed the very nature of the music is.

Hot and riffy (but also super scrappy and excessively talky), this feels like punk made slightly more intelligible. One saw their final show (Charlotte, 12/13/85) so should probably round up but not sure all the jokes land today and one's simply not all the way there with this anymore. Not even sure one would rate it over fIREHOSE's best.

Fun album but got old after about 20 minutes.

Good songs and it was a surprise to suddenly hear Corona.

If this doesn't do it for you, check your pulse

Trash, Jackass, Trash

Not a fan of this album.

Not amazing. Maybe one or two okay songs

"Twinkle, twinkle Blah, blah, blah" 40+ songs??!! But, it's punk, post punk, hard-core punk, so each song is reasonably short. It's still a longer than average album, but not bad. Most of the songs are good, some really good and others kinda sound like the Red Hot Chili Peppers (a little bit). Overall, I enjoyed it. Standouts: #1 Hit Song (Blah Blah Blah!), Don't Look Down, But really there are a lot of great little songs on here! Overall : 4/5

A surprise of a good album. It has a beasty boys meets primus vibe too it, not too harsh.

I classic and there's nothing I can say about this one that hasn't already been said. It is simply a legendary record.

What a trio these guys were. Blue collar thinking man's punk that couldn't be constrained by the typical LA punk sound.

Eh, it’s somewhat decent punk music but the album is way too long. 3/5

This album blew my mind. Almost 80 minutes and 43 tracks. So many unique riffs and styles put into such short amounts of time made for an album that had my attention for the full run. That bass player as well was something else. He managed to hold his ground the entire album switching between rhythm and melody. Although not every song was perfect (would be impossible with 43 songs) nothing on it felt unnecessary or took away from the experience 5/5

Yeah, this album rips. Back in my middle school days, I had Corona on my first MP3 player because of Jackass. Never bothered listening to the whole album, but this is about as authentic as rock gets. Don't be intimidated by the 43 tracks; they go by quick, and this one doesn't slow down.

The embarrassment I feel having never experienced this record prior to this exercise is outweighed only by the immense joy brought forth by the knowledge that I’ll have it in my life for the rest of my days.

I was terrified at first at how long this album was, but the short tracks make it better. I loved the guitar and bass riffs in each track, but I didn't have a specific track that I was absolutely amazed by, and its probably because of the length. I admire the dedication to compiling this, though. Fave track(s): The Glory of Man, Untitled Song for Latin America

This wasn’t as expected. A pleasant surprise. I didn’t have time to play both albums this time but got the gist. Put me in mind of Big Flame & Beefheart, which is no bad thing. I have said this before but one to revisit when I have time to get through both ‘albums’ and give the lyrics a bit more attention.

Where has this even come from? It's completely new to me, although I don't think any punk album should ever be a double. Apart from the Rock 'n' Roll Swindle, obvs. Bailed after 14 tracks - the ideal length.

7.5/10 bueno y muy cohesivo. eso si las canciones son parecidas en estilo y termina siendo un poco repetitivo. ademas dura cmo 1 hr y algo y pa lo poco q varia siento q seria mejor si fuese mas corto.

Lots of short, somewhat hectic songs

Tough one to finish today. Songs are rubbish and the recording sucks.

Jazz punk poetry. I was a bit hesitant about the length going in, but there’s enough variety of good ideas here that it doesn’t feel too long.

Some stuff sounded cool but never felt as complete songs

This was pretty nice, but not very special

It has some interesting bits but overall its way too noisy and way too long.

Leuke gevarieerde punk

Not what I was expecting... I think I need to be in the right frame of mind to listen to this. Great variety of tracks and some crazy influences.

Fun, I remember reading about this in Michael Azzerad's book Our Band Could Be Your Life. Loved the story of them driving around trying to get the album cover shot. Also love that that their songs are short. RIP D Boon

I thought this album was a lot of fun to listen to. I like his a voice I like the sound it is very unique and innovative. I will definitely go back to this!

Better than I expected, still not something I'd seek out to listen to. Did enjoy the little sample that Sublime used. Overall, 5-6/10

This album is like if you took a good jam band and a good punk band and put them together to create a great band. Love the overall sound - seems ~20 years ahead of it's time, reminds me of some of the heavier jam bands I enjoy. Even though most of it sounds similar, I never felt like I was listening to the same song over and over like many other punk bands. There were maybe a handful of songs I didn't enjoy much, which is pretty impressive for an album with 43 songs. Will definitely be listening again soon. 8.8/10

A little long but enjoyed it. Bonus Jackass theme was a nice plus

I actually kinda enjoyed this one. A lot more palatable than Black Flag from the same genre.

This semi-funk, semi-almost ska or something was just not for me... "I can make seconds feel hours" - yeah he can.

5.9/10

Goodness this album was long. Enjoyable but most of the songs blended together.

Intro to punk rock. Lots of short songs. Enjoyable.

Attitude with talent to back it up.

This was a fine album but none of the tracks particularly stood out to me. Long album full of short songs. I wondered at first if minute length songs was some kind of bit

43 tracks?!? Wow ... Luckily, most of them are on the short side, mostly even under two minutes. Musically, the songs walk the line between rock and punk, with and most are distinct from each other. Really, the record is perfectly fine, but it somehow fails to engage me. Maybe it's just not my thing. 2.5/5

Liked this a lot more than I thought I would. Up there with teens of denial as a great driving around at night album

43 songs is too many songs. This is like cheating by adding a double album in here. But I liked it? It was just a lot.

Very long. Maybe too long? I liked it though!

Double Nickels do make a Dime

Very weird punk rock album with strong jazz and a little funk influence. The bass is busy and dominant and the drumming is a also a focus. All the songs are extremely short but the album is very long, so there is a lot to uncover. Overall I wouldn’t say it’s great but definitely interesting.

Never hear of Minutemen before. They have a fun sound punk/new wave sound with jazz and funk influences. They sound very ahead of their time. I think given further listening they may be a 4, but right now they are a 3.

This was good, even though some songs are similar they almost all have unique guitar riffs which is impressive with 40+ tracks. Is it punk, I don't think so also doesn't matter.

Punk but with other influences. Isn’t as hard as BF or DM. Is good. Cohesion, song 4, is acoustic??

Var lite tveksam när jag köpte den föe en massa år sen, men den har bara växt. Hurra!

They're one of my favorite bands. I like their older records better. Not as long and more manic. But this one is very good too. Favorite song: the glory of man

Fun tiny songs

I'm so relieved this doesn't sound how it looks.

Maybe breit besser?

Goed punkalbum, maar ik ben geen punkfan. Te korte nummers, en te chaotisch voor mijn smaak. 2 sterren voelt als te weinig omdat ik goed kan inzien waarom mensen dit wel leuk vinden. Maar ik vind het persoonlijk gewoon niet leuk om naar te luisteren en kan het dus niet hoger geven.

Enigszins obscuur punkalbum met afwisselend sterke en minder sterke nummers. De tracklist begint beter dan hij eindigt. leukste nummer: Corona "Corona" was de introsong van Jackass en is een persoonlijke blast from the past. "The World According to Nouns" en het instrumentele "Cohesion" zijn honorable mentions.

It’s the diamond of the hardcore movement. I especially like the “singing”. That snarkiness aside, the trio of guitar, bass, and drums is remarkably kicky. Very enjoyable.

Börjar lugnt, rör sig mot stökigt. Överraskande bra men skulle plocka russinen ur kakan och spara de bästa låtarna, typ det instrumentella. Påminner bitvis om Jim Morrison med pratsång/dikter

I did not understand why this album was on the list until..." Jackass," and I finally got the reason. It makes a lot of sense now (🤪). But seriously, I enjoyed the album a little bit; I guess they were a bit ahead of their time when they released this album in 84, but for my 2023 ears, it sounds a little bit old-fashion punk/post-punk that did not get old in the best form. It's enjoyable but forgettable at the same level.

i’d like to give them points for trying but it just bugs me how they can’t help but fuck with a song to make it “original”

Terrible. Zero stars. too many songs, all sound the same, weird speaking, nothing flows together, random thoughts.

Jackass Song

Reminds me of Cake. Decent background music, but not sure I'll listen to this again.

A man shouting over frantic drum beats and guitar fills for an hour and a half, couldn’t finish it

Too long

Eh just not for me. I liked it but nothing really peaked my interest.

One of the rare instances of a double album that doesn’t run out of steam as it goes on. In fact, as it goes on, it gets better and better. Never a dull moment.

Çok fazla şarkı vardı. Ama şarkıların kısa ve upbeat olması güzeldi. Çok önyargılı dinlemeye başlamıştım ama genel anlamda beğendim sanırım (?) Viet Nam şarkısı diğerlerinden biraz daha sıyrıldı benim için. Overall: 6.5

Punk with plenty of actual music, experimental and otherwise, thrown in. Hints of 60's/70's psychadelia provide just that twist of garnish that every album needs. Never heard of this before today but it's definitely going on the list for the next time I go vinyl diving.

Ég fíla ekki mínutulöng lög. Textarnir eru kannski pólitískir en ég nennti ekki að hlusta sérstaklega eftir þeim. Tónlistarlega séð eru þarna skemmtilegir sprettir, en röddin er bleh og þetta rennur allt saman í einhvern graut. Nenni ekki aftur.

not too boring light punk

One of the only good double albums in my opinion. Short songs as well so they could have made 4 decent albums out of the ideas they had. Not their fault they inspired the red hot chilli peppers

i recognize its good music but i don’t want to hear it often

Quite like the scattergun approach with so many ultra-short songs, however the novelty does wear off after a while. Too many songs that are not well developed or tail off. Would have preferred an album with half the songs but twice the length of each song

45 1-2 minute long songs, gone as soon as they started, all quite similar and forgettable for me. Punk just isn't my genre, hey? Or at least not this side of the genre.

It's a gimmick, but it's a cool gimmick. You don't like a track? Just wait, it'll be over real soon. My major issue with it is that a lot of them seemed like first drafts. Best track: Corona

This is one of two albums on this list that I very much enjoy but was dreading a little bit (the other being The Magnetic Fields 69 Love Songs). Its a work bordering on genuis, so packed with ideas and switching genres at such a frenetic pace that it barely gives you time to draw breath. What other record could have the flamenco inspired instrumental 'Cohesion' right after the funk/punk staple that is 'Viet Nam.' But it's ..alot. Who writes a 43 song long, hour and fifteen minute album with a straight face and without an ounce of pretention or irony? Minutemen bloody well did and the world is a better place for it. But it's ...alot. I'm sure the ghost of D. Boon will be ok with me putting this down and appreciating it from a distance for another 10 years.

I love the less is more approach of this album. Some of these songs are blink and you'll miss it fast, but it's worth it to pay attention because it's so much more musically impressive than you might imagine it could be. It's also shambolic, loose, lyrically incisive, punk in the all best ways. I also love the implied sense of travel, like we're flipping through radio stations in the car, ca. 1984. You've got a little bit of every flavor in there, but it works somehow - post-hardcore, jazz, jam band, funk, even a little Laurel Canyon and Bakersfield sound. Not to mention some surprisingly elegant acoustic guitar work. I'm immediately inclined to give this a 4 because some songs are definitely better than others. "Side Chaff" is very much just that. But as a cleverly conceived and executed concept of an album, and all around fun listen, this is pretty brilliant. Fave Songs: #1 Hit Song, Cohesion, Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth?, Corona, West Germany, Spillage, History Lesson – Part II, Themselves, Shit from an Old Notebook, Two Beads at the End, Take 5, D., Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing, The Roar of the Masses Could Be Farts

Jackass

Hardcore is undefined. Punk rock changed my life. Long live hardcore.

Really fun. It's funky, and they do some weird stuff. It definitely overstays its welcome though. I'm not sure if the back half is actually worse or if it's just too long.

Good

I really wasn’t sure about this the first time I listened but I listened again and started to get into it. I really liked Jesus Tequila. Probably not good enough for 4* but a solid 3*

Not bad but a bit samey after a while. I'm not sure anyone needs a triple album!

First half of this album is excellent, some really great stuff and some great Watt bass lines. Then it gets a bit spotty, nothing truly bad but nothing amazing. With some edits it's a 5 star album easily but as is it's not perfect.

The jazz and funk with some jammy riffs were unexpected to me originally (meaning in the mid-eighties). I remember when this came out figuring it would be more punk, considering the Black Flag/SST connection, and not being very into it until after several listens. It can be a bit of a slog to get through in a single listen, depends on one’s mood. So many good ones, but some favorites: Cohesion a folky, Spanish, guitar instrumental piece? Who would figure this would be wedged in here? But it works. Corona always sounds like it was maybe a template for Uncle Tupelo. History Lesson Part 2 was barely history when it was recorded. And more, but I’m tired of typing. RIP d. boone

There's a lot of good stuff on this record. My only complaint is it's long. They really wanted to fill 4 sides and I think that hurts the record.

I was trying to give this one a 5, because there are 5* worth of great songs on this. But it's too long. Just a *little* bit of editing would've made this a much stronger album. It's still great, though!

I dig it

Rock album with jazz influences, tackling topics such as political war, lgbtq+, racism, with humor and abstract words. In certain songs it sounded like poetry slam or random words being spoken, sometimes through spacey beats others with rock and roll.

Brand new to me. An enjoyable listen. Can clearly see its influence on the likes of Pavement & RHCP.

I loved this, the entire album mixes punk with jazz and blues, with a very heavy and special guitar on every song, scoring/marking the beat everytime. Basically i love the guitar on this album.

End up being a waste of pretty much everybody's time

Pretty good, bit weird as well.

perfection

"Our Band Could Be Your Life" This is a close to perfect an album as possible for my tastes. Perfect blend of punk and melody and most importantly heart. Another of those bands that I regrettably only got properly into a few years ago

How do you even begin reviewing something like this? Apparently, Minutemen wanted to have the overarching concept of the album be their cars. They definitely succeeded since the entire thing sounds like it's being played from a poor quality car stereo. And I mean that in the best possible way. It's difficult to highlight specific tracks, but the run on Side Mike from 'The Big Foist' to 'The Glory of Man' over both 'Bod Bows to Math' and 'Corona' is exceptionally good. The folk-punky 'Corona' opening with the words "The people will survive" was a bit eery. With a runtime of more than 70 minutes, it really is impressive how fun this record is to indulge in. Finally, I have to give 4 stars for making me laugh out loud from a song title only - 'Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing'.

Equal parts shitty punk and prolific jazz band. What a feat! Exceeding 70 minutes I am amazed how fun this entire thing is. Time simply flies by in the company of Minutemen. Sidenote: "Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing" might be the greatest song title ever.

Raro! Un tipo de punk extraño.

Снова панк и снова полный ахуй. Один из самых необычных релизов этого жанра, который смешивает звуки классического рока, фанка и иногда даже джазза. Местами можно даже услышать гитарные соло уровня самого Джими Хендрикса. Из-за такого разнообразия этот довольно длинный альбом ощущается не таким уж и большим, особенно если учитывать довольно скромную длину отдельных треков. Я полностью проникся атмосферой какого-то похуизма и бездельничества, которую вырисовывают здешние тексты, которые в свою очередь даже не поются, а скорее агрессивно читаются. Также стоит отметить, что сама формула, по которым выстраивались треки здесь, чисто панковская, но изобилие звучаний из различных жанров превращают этот альбом в нечто иное, и даже несмотря на юморные и ироничные тексты, я не могу сказать, что этот альбом - чистый панк. Это скорее ассорти из различной музыки, которое упаковано в панковскую формулу. (9)

Jazzy punk