Politics of Time

Minutemen | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (October 25, 1990)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sst Records
• ASIN: B000000M6P
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,839,854 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

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

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

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars good album, bad sound, January 7, 2002

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chris lea (boerne, tx) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Politics of Time (Audio CD)

the first half of this album is downright awesome. the first 7 tracks have a couple of some my favorite minutemen songs. after that, 'tune for wind god' is a great jam, 'party with me punker' is still a classic, 'joy jam' is interesting to hear spot jamming with the band on clarinet, and 'tony gets wasted in pedro' is one of my fav minutemen songs too and is really overlooked in my opinion. there's 2 demos of mike singing and playing bass which are pretty much filler and i guess are important just for those who want every possible minutemen related recording known to man. then the live tracks are very good performances, but they sound terrible. it sounds like you could turn up one of their studio albums really loud and walk around your house outside listening to it and it would sound similar. in other words its really muffled and frustrating. this is not for beginners obviously just because of the sound.

5.0 out of 5 stars Good Stuff Here, March 12, 2001

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J. Lieberman "Jonny" (Los Angeles, CA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Politics of Time (Audio CD)

Oddly, this was my introduction to the Minutemen. I have to admit that I actually had a hard time getting into Double Nickels, because it sounded so straight ahead.

That said, Politics is a great album. Party With Me Punker back to back with Tune For The Wind God show the tremendous dynamicism that only the Minutemen can display so well. Showing humor, angst, muscianship, spirituality, punk, post-punk... They have it all.

Also, Badges is a cool tune for die hard Watt fans.

4.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, June 28, 2000

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D. Tucker "mrt77" (usa) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Politics of Time (Audio CD)

This album is basically live tracks and demos. Though the sound quality is usually poor, it's fun and engaging. It's good to hear the band before they matured with Double Nickles, and great to hear them live, since sadly I was still a kid when most of these songs were recorded.

This album is for hardcore Watt & Minutemen fans only. Causal fans should start with Double Nickles & If'N (by fIREHOSE).