'Double Nickels on the Dime' is the third studio album by American punk band Minutemen, released on 3rd July 1984 on SST Records.
A double album containing 45 songs, 'Double Nickels on the Dime' combines elements of punk rock, funk, country, spoken word and jazz, and references a variety of themes, from the Vietnam War and racism in America, to working-class experience and linguistics.
After recording new material, each band member selected songs for different sides of the double album, with the fourth side named 'Chaff'. Lyrics for several songs on 'Double Nickels on the Dime' were written by friends such as Henry Rollins of Black Flag, Jack Brewer of Saccharine Trust, and SST co-owner Joe Carducci.
'Double Nickels on the Dime' is seen not only as Minutemen's crowning achievement, but, according to critic Mark Deming, "one of the very best American rock albums of the 1980s". The album now appears on many professional lists of the all-time best rock albums, including Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time. Despite this, the full version of the album is only available on vinyl.
2LP black vinyl with gatefold sleeve
Tracklisting:
Side D.:
1. Anxious Mo-Fo
2. Theatre Is the Life of You
3. Viet Nam
4. Cohesion
5. It's Expected I'm Gone
6. #1 Hit Song
7. Two Beads at the End
8. Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth?
9. Don't Look Now (Live - CCR cover)
10. Shit from an Old Notebook
11. Nature Without Man
12. One Reporter's Opinion
Side Mike:
13. Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing
14. Maybe Partying Will Help
15. Toadies
16. Retreat
17. The Big Foist
18. God Bows to Math
19. Corona
20. The Glory of Man
21. Take 5, D.
22. My Heart and the Real World
23. History Lesson Part II
Side George:
24. You Need the Glory
25. The Roar of the Masses Could Be Farts
26. Mr. Robot's Holy Orders
27. West Germany
28. The Politics of Time
29. Themselves
30. Please Don't Be Gentle with Me
31. Nothing Indeed
32. No Exchange
33. There Ain't Shit on T.V. Tonight
34. This Ain't No Picnic
35. Spillage
Side Chaff:
36. Untitled Song for Latin America
37. Jesus and Tequila
38. June 16th
39. Storm in My House
40. Martin's Story
41. Ain't Talkin' 'bout Love (Van Halen cover)
42. Dr. Wu (Steely Dan cover)
43. Little Man with a Gun in His Hand
44. The World According to Nouns
45. Love Dance
