Double Nickels On The Dime (studio album) by Minutemen
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45 superficial pop songs
TBC…
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Side D.
1. "Anxious Mo-Fo" D. Boon, Mike Watt - 70
2. "Theatre Is the Life of You" Boon, Watt - 71
3. "Viet Nam" Boon - 72
4. "Cohesion" Boon - 76
5. "It's Expected I'm Gone" Watt - 79
6. "#1 Hit Song" Boon, George Hurley - 78
7. "Two Beads at the End" Boon, Hurley - 75
8. "Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth?" Watt - 79
9. "Don't Look Now" (Live; Creedence Clearwater Revival cover; Omitted from 1987 CD release) John Fogerty - 24
10. "Shit from an Old Notebook" Boon, Watt - 68
11. "Nature Without Man" Chuck Dukowski, Boon - 65
12. "One Reporter's Opinion" Watt - 79
Side Mike
1. "Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing" Watt - 69
2. "Maybe Partying Will Help" Boon, Watt - 71
3. "Toadies" Watt - 46
4. "Retreat" Watt - 74
5. "The Big Foist" Watt - 61
6. "God Bows to Math" Jack Brewer, Watt - 67
7. "Corona" Boon - 80
8. "The Glory of Man" Watt - 81
9. "Take 5, D." Joe Baiza, John Rocknowski, Dirk Vandenberg, Watt - 83
10. "My Heart and the Real World" Watt - 80
11. "History Lesson – Part II" Watt - 89
Side George
1. "You Need the Glory" Hurley - 31
2. "The Roar of the Masses Could Be Farts" Vandenberg, Watt - 78
3. "Mr. Robot's Holy Orders" (Omitted from all CD releases) Hurley - 69
4. "West Germany" Boon - 77
5. "The Politics of Time" Watt - 76
6. "Themselves" Boon - 71
7. "Please Don't Be Gentle with Me" Jack Brewer, Watt - 80
8. "Nothing Indeed" Hurley, Watt - 73
9. "No Exchange" Hurley, Watt - 84
10. "There Ain't Shit on T.V. Tonight" Hurley, Watt - 72
11. "This Ain't No Picnic" Boon - 68
12. "Spillage" Watt - 72
Side Chaff
1. "Untitled Song for Latin America" Boon - 75
2. "Jesus and Tequila" Boon, Joe Carducci - 85
3. "June 16th" Watt - 67
4. "Storm in My House" Boon, Henry Rollins 1:57
5. "Martin's Story" Martin Tamburovich, Watt 0:51
6. "Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love" (Van Halen cover; Omitted from all CD releases) Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Michael Anthony 0:40
7. "Dr. Wu" (Steely Dan cover; Omitted from 1987 CD release) Donald Fagen, Walter Becker 1:44
8. "Little Man with a Gun in His Hand" (Omitted from all CD releases) Boon, Chuck Dukowski 2:53
9. "The World According to Nouns" Watt 2:05
10. "Love Dance" Boon

45 songs and each song is different, creative, and unique in the punk canon. One of the great achivements of the 80s hardcore scene.
Every song jams hard
punky and funky
So many short but dope songs.

Double Nickels on the Dime is a series of well crafted frantic vignettes of punk, drawing influence from a wide variety of places. This band and album, along with Hüsker Dü and their album Zen Arcade, really helped to lay down the foundation for post-hardcore and Fugazi.
Awesome album! Plus the musicianship is really good to keep things interesting throughout so that the album doesn't feel like it's 70+ minutes long.

totally agree about "side chaff" but the sheer quantity of this album is extraordinary, as are about 20 (!) of the individual songs.

Really good. But am I going to listen to it in its entirety again? I am not so sure.
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