'The Politics of Time' is the first compilation album by American punk band Minutemen, released in 1984 through New Alliance Records.
Released in between their 'Buzz or Howl Under the Influence of Heat' 12-inch EP and 'Double Nickels on the Dime' double album on their own New Alliance Records label, the album compiles seven tracks meant for a non-SST Minutemen studio album that never materialized, a variety of live tracks of varying recording quality (most done with ordinary cassette machines), and a recording by their predecessor group The Reactionaries.
Tracklisting:
Side A:
1. Base King
2. Working Men are Pissed
3. I Shook Hands
4. Below the Belt
5. Shit You Hear at Parties
6. The Big Lounge Scene
7. Maternal Rite
8. Tune for Wind God
9. Party With Me Punker
10. The Process
11. Joy Jam
Side B:
12. Tony Gets Wasted in Pedro
13. Swing to the Right
14. ¡Raza Si!
15. Times
16. Badges
17. Fodder
18. Futurism Restated
19. Hollering
20. Suburban Dialectic
21. Contained
22. On Trial
23. Spraycan Wars
24. My Part
25. Fanatics
26. Ack Ack Ack
27. The Big Blast for Youth
