Minutemen

  • The Punch Line (1982)


  • 1. Search: 8.0
  • 2. Tension: 9.0
  • 3. Games: 8.1
  • 4. Boiling: 9.2
  • 5. Disguises: 7.3
  • 6. The Struggle: 7.8
  • 7. Monuments: 8.3
  • 8. Ruins: 9.1
  • 9. Issued: 7.6
  • 10. The Punch Line: 8.1
  • 11. Song for El Salvador: 7.0
  • 12. History Lesson: 9.0
  • 13. Fanatics: 8.5
  • 14. No Parade: 9.1
  • 15. Straight Jacket: 8.8
  • 16. Gravity: 8.2
  • 17. Warfare: 8.0
  • 18. Static: 9.0
  • Song Average: 8.3
  • Score: 81%
  • What Makes A Man Start Fires (1983)


  • 1. Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs: 9.2
  • 2. One Chapter in the Book: 9.0
  • 3. Fake Contest: 8.2
  • 4. Beacon Sighted Through Fog: 7.1
  • 5. Mutiny In Jonestown: 7.4
  • 6. East Wind/Faith: 8.6
  • 7. Pure Joy: 9.0
  • 8. '99: 9.1
  • 9. The Anchor: 7.7
  • 10. Sell or Be Sold: 7.5
  • 11. The Only Minority: 7.1
  • 12. Split Red: 7.0
  • 13. Colors: 9.0
  • 14. Plight: 8.3
  • 15. The Tin Roof: 6.7
  • 16. Life as a Rehearsal: 7.1
  • 17. This Road: 7.5
  • 18. Polarity: 9.1
  • Song Average: 8.0
  • Score: 77%
  • Double Nickels On The Dime (1984)


  • 1. D's Car Jam / Anxious Mo-Fo: 9.0
  • 2. Theatre Is The Life Of You: 8.1
  • 3. Viet Nam: 8.0
  • 4. Cohesion: 8.8
  • 5. It's Expected I'm Gone: 9.0
  • 6. #1 Hit Song: 9.1
  • 7. Two Beads At The End: 9.1
  • 8. Do You Want New Wave Or Do You Want The Truth?: 9.0
  • 9. Don't Look Now: 8.0
  • 10. Shit From An Old Notebook: 7.8
  • 11. Nature Without Man: 8.4
  • 12. One Reporter's Opinion: 8.2
  • 13. Political Song For Michael Jackson To Sing: 9.0
  • 14. Maybe Partying Will Help: 9.0
  • 15. Toadies: 8.7
  • 16. Retreat: 8.5
  • 17. The Big Foist: 9.1
  • 18. God Bows To Math: 8.1
  • 19. Corona: 9.2
  • 20. The Glory Of Man: 9.1
  • 21. Take 5, D.: 8.1
  • 22. My Heart And The Real World: 9.0
  • 23. History Lesson - Part II: 9.3
  • 24. You Need The Glory: 7.1
  • 25. The Roar Of The Masses Could Be Farts: 7.4
  • 26. West Germany: 7.6
  • 27. The Politics Of Time: 7.8
  • 28. Themselves: 9.0
  • 29. Please Don't Be Gentle With Me: 8.0
  • 30. Nothing Indeed: 9.1
  • 31. No Exchange: 7.8
  • 32. There Ain't Shit On T.V. Tonight: 8.2
  • 33. This Ain't No Picnic: 7.9
  • 34. Spillage: 8.6
  • 35. Untitled Song For Latin America: 8.0
  • 36. Jesus And Tequila: 9.0
  • 37. June 16th: 8.2
  • 38. Storm In My House: 9.0
  • 39. Martin's Story: 8.3
  • 40. Little Man With a Gun in His Hand: 7.9
  • 41. Dr. Wu: 9.1
  • 42. The World Acording To Nouns: 7.8
  • 43. Love Dance: 8.4
  • Song Average: 8.2
  • Score: 80%
  • 3-Way Tie (For Last) (1985)


  • 1. The Price Of Paradise: 6.8
  • 2. Lost: 6.1
  • 3. The Big Stick: 5.8
  • 4. Political Nightmare: 5.1
  • 5. Courage: 5.5
  • 6. Have You Ever Seen the Rain?: 5.5
  • 7. The Red and the Black: 6.0
  • 8. Spoken Word Piece: 4.0
  • 9. No One: 4.6
  • 10. Stories: 5.9
  • 11. What Is It?: 5.1
  • 12. Ack Ack Ack: 4.2
  • 13. Just Another Soldier: 5.6
  • 14. Sututations at Hand: 5.0
  • 15. Hittin' the Bong: 5.2
  • 16. Bermuda: 5.4
  • Song Average: 5.1
  • Score: 51%
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Rankings

1. The Punch Line ****/*****
2. Double Nickels On The Dime ****/*****
3. What Makes A Man Start Fires ***1/2/*****
4. 3-Way Tie (For Last) **1/2/*****