Double Nickels on the Dime

Rating

Album: Double Nickels on the Dime
#	Song Title		Time
1)	D.'S Car Jam/Anxious Mo-Fo	More Info...
2)	Theatre Is The Life Of You	More Info...
3)	Viet Nam	More Info...
4)	Cohesion	More Info...
5)	It's Expected I'm Gone	More Info...
6)	# 1 Hit Song	More Info...
7)	Two Beads At The End	More Info...
8)	Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Truth?	More Info...
9)	Don't Look Now	More Info...
10)	Shit From An Old Notebook	More Info...
11)	Nature Without Man	More Info...
12)	One Reporter's Opinion	More Info...
13)	Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing	More Info...
14)	Maybe Partying Will Help	More Info...
15)	Toadies	More Info...
16)	Retreat	More Info...
17)	The Big Foist	More Info...
18)	God Bows To Math	More Info...
19)	Corona	More Info...
20)	The Glory Of Man	More Info...
21)	Take 5, D.	More Info...
22)	My Heart And The Real World	More Info...
23)	History Lesson - Part II	More Info...
24)	You Need The Glory	More Info...
25)	The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts	More Info...
26)	West Germany	More Info...
27)	The Politics Of Time	More Info...
28)	Themselves	More Info...
29)	Please Don't Be Gentle With Me	More Info...
30)	Nothing Indeed	More Info...
31)	No Exchange	More Info...
32)	There Ain't Shit On T.V. Tonight	More Info...
33)	This Ain't No Picnic	More Info...
34)	Spillage	More Info...
35)	Untitled Song For Latin America	More Info...
36)	Jesus And Tequila	More Info...
37)	June 16th	More Info...
38)	Storm In My House	More Info...
39)	Martin's Story	More Info...
40)	Dr Wu	More Info...
41)	The World According To Nouns	More Info...
42)	Love Dance	More Info...
43)	Three Car Jam	More Info...
2)	Theatre Is The Life Of You	More Info...	0:01
3)	Viet Nam	More Info...	0:01
4)	Cohesion	More Info...	0:02
5)	It's Expected I'm Gone	More Info...	0:02
6)	# 1 Hit Song	More Info...	0:01
7)	Two Beads At The End	More Info...	0:02
8)	Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want the Truth?	More Info...	0:02
9)	Don't Look Now	More Info...	0:01
10)	S**t From An Old Notebook	More Info...	0:01
11)	Nature Without Man	More Info...	0:01
12)	One Reporter's Opinion	More Info...	0:02
13)	Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing	More Info...	0:01
14)	Maybe Partying Will Help	More Info...	0:02
15)	Toadies	More Info...	0:01
16)	Retreat	More Info...	0:02
17)	The Big Foist	More Info...	0:01
18)	God Bows To Math	More Info...	0:01
19)	Corona	More Info...	0:02
20)	The Glory Of Man	More Info...	0:03
21)	Take 5, D.*	More Info...	0:01
22)	My Heart And The Real World	More Info...	0:01
23)	History Lesson-Part II	More Info...	0:02
24)	You Need The Glory	More Info...	0:02
25)	The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts	More Info...	0:01
26)	West Germany	More Info...	0:01
27)	The Politics Of Time*	More Info...	0:01
28)	Themselves	More Info...	0:01
29)	Please Don't Be Gentle With Me	More Info...
30)	Nothing Indeed	More Info...	0:01
31)	To Exchange	More Info...	0:02
32)	There Ain't S**t On T.V. Tonight	More Info...	0:01
33)	This Ain't No Picnic	More Info...	0:02
34)	Spillage	More Info...	0:02
35)	Untitled Song For Latin American	More Info...	0:02
36)	Jesus and Tequila	More Info...	0:03
37)	June 16th	More Info...	0:01
38)	Storm In My House	More Info...	0:02
39)	Martin's Story	More Info...	0:01
40)	Dr Wu	More Info...	0:01
41)	The World According Nouns	More Info...	0:02
42)	Love Dance	More Info...	0:02
43)	Three Car Jam	More Info...

Album: Double Nickels on the Dime
#	Song Title		Time
1)	D.'S Car Jam/Anxious Mo-Fo	More Info...
2)	Theatre Is The Life Of You	More Info...
3)	Viet Nam	More Info...
4)	Cohesion	More Info...
5)	It's Expected I'm Gone	More Info...
6)	# 1 Hit Song	More Info...
7)	Two Beads At The End	More Info...
8)	Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Truth?	More Info...
9)	Don't Look Now	More Info...
10)	Shit From An Old Notebook	More Info...
11)	Nature Without Man	More Info...
12)	One Reporter's Opinion	More Info...
13)	Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing	More Info...
14)	Maybe Partying Will Help	More Info...
15)	Toadies	More Info...
16)	Retreat	More Info...
17)	The Big Foist	More Info...
18)	God Bows To Math	More Info...
19)	Corona	More Info...
20)	The Glory Of Man	More Info...
21)	Take 5, D.	More Info...
22)	My Heart And The Real World	More Info...
23)	History Lesson - Part II	More Info...
24)	You Need The Glory	More Info...
25)	The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts	More Info...
26)	West Germany	More Info...
27)	The Politics Of Time	More Info...
28)	Themselves	More Info...
29)	Please Don't Be Gentle With Me	More Info...
30)	Nothing Indeed	More Info...
31)	No Exchange	More Info...
32)	There Ain't Shit On T.V. Tonight	More Info...
33)	This Ain't No Picnic	More Info...
34)	Spillage	More Info...
35)	Untitled Song For Latin America	More Info...
36)	Jesus And Tequila	More Info...
37)	June 16th	More Info...
38)	Storm In My House	More Info...
39)	Martin's Story	More Info...
40)	Dr Wu	More Info...
41)	The World According To Nouns	More Info...
42)	Love Dance	More Info...
43)	Three Car Jam	More Info...
2)	Theatre Is The Life Of You	More Info...	0:01
3)	Viet Nam	More Info...	0:01
4)	Cohesion	More Info...	0:02
5)	It's Expected I'm Gone	More Info...	0:02
6)	# 1 Hit Song	More Info...	0:01
7)	Two Beads At The End	More Info...	0:02
8)	Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want the Truth?	More Info...	0:02
9)	Don't Look Now	More Info...	0:01
10)	S**t From An Old Notebook	More Info...	0:01
11)	Nature Without Man	More Info...	0:01
12)	One Reporter's Opinion	More Info...	0:02
13)	Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing	More Info...	0:01
14)	Maybe Partying Will Help	More Info...	0:02
15)	Toadies	More Info...	0:01
16)	Retreat	More Info...	0:02
17)	The Big Foist	More Info...	0:01
18)	God Bows To Math	More Info...	0:01
19)	Corona	More Info...	0:02
20)	The Glory Of Man	More Info...	0:03
21)	Take 5, D.*	More Info...	0:01
22)	My Heart And The Real World	More Info...	0:01
23)	History Lesson-Part II	More Info...	0:02
24)	You Need The Glory	More Info...	0:02
25)	The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts	More Info...	0:01
26)	West Germany	More Info...	0:01
27)	The Politics Of Time*	More Info...	0:01
28)	Themselves	More Info...	0:01
29)	Please Don't Be Gentle With Me	More Info...
30)	Nothing Indeed	More Info...	0:01
31)	To Exchange	More Info...	0:02
32)	There Ain't S**t On T.V. Tonight	More Info...	0:01
33)	This Ain't No Picnic	More Info...	0:02
34)	Spillage	More Info...	0:02
35)	Untitled Song For Latin American	More Info...	0:02
36)	Jesus and Tequila	More Info...	0:03
37)	June 16th	More Info...	0:01
38)	Storm In My House	More Info...	0:02
39)	Martin's Story	More Info...	0:01
40)	Dr Wu	More Info...	0:01
41)	The World According Nouns	More Info...	0:02
42)	Love Dance	More Info...	0:02
43)	Three Car Jam	More Info...

Performer Notes

The CD reissue of DOUBLE NICKELS ON A DIME includes 43 songs. Two songs have been deleted from the original LP to insure playback on all CD players.
The Minutemen: D. Boon (vocals, guitar); Mike Watt (vocals, bass); George Hurley (drums, percussion).
Principally recorded at Radio Tokyo, Venice, California in November 1983 and April 1984. Originally issued as a 2-LP set.
This sprawling double-length release is the Minutemen's undisputed high-water mark, and one of the seminal platters of the post-punk, pre-grunge years. It perfectly encapsulates the strengths shown in their early works, then ups the ante. DOUBLE NICKELS runs the gamut from hardcore funk and honky-tonk to vaguely avant-garde experimentation, jazzy workouts, and a Steely Dan cover.
The level of songwriting has also been turned up several notches. The less-is-more aesthetic is still in effect--most songs last two minutes or so, and the essential elements of scratchy funk guitar and a hard and nimble rhythm section remain. But the canvas is more varied than before, with moments of oddball humor, songs about indoor plumbing, bizarro instrumentals, bits of gentle acoustic guitar. The group plays with its characteristic gusto, infusing songs like "Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing" and "The Roar of the Masses Could be Farts" with glorious rage. And d. Boon takes aim at such targets as the banality of advertising ("The Big Foist") and the hell of working for the man ("This Ain't No Picnic," one of their best) with articulate bluntness. One of many gems is a funkified live take of Creedence's "Don't Look Now."

Professional Reviews

Spin (5/01, p.110) - Ranked #22 in Spin's "50 Most Essential Punk Records" - "...Total art, total activism for 45 bite-size songs...melting jazz, folk and CCR....Funnier than ZEN ARCADE and looser than LET IT BE."

Alternative Press (8/01, p.112) - Included in AP's "10 Essential '80s Albums" - "...Gang Of Four-like funk, savagely jazzy chops and oblique poetry..."

Mojo (Publisher) (3/01, p.115) - "...[They] inadvertently patented and perfected jazzcore: short, writhing bursts of emotion, fun and fury, dominated by Mike Watt's flailing bass chops....DOUBLE NICKELS was their landmark..."