In July 1984, “SST” label released “Double Nickels on the Dime”, the third Minutemen studio album. It was recorded November 1983 – April 1984, at “Radio Tokyo Studios” in Venice, California, and was produced by Ethan James. “Rolling Stone” magazine ranked “Double Nickels on the Dime” at number 413 on its list of the “500 Greatest Albums of All Time”.

Personnel:

• Boon– vocals, guitar
• Mike Watt– bass, vocals
• George Hurley– drums, vocals
• Joe Baiza– guitar
• John Rocknowski  – guitar
• Dirk Vandenberg  – guitar
• Ethan James– engineer

Track listing:

Side D

1. Anxious Mo-Fo – D. Boon, Mike Watt
2. Theatre Is the Life of You – D. Boon, Mike Watt
3. Viet Nam – D. Boon
4. Cohesion – D. Boon
5. It’s Expected I’m Gone – Mike Watt
6. #1 Hit Song – D. Boon, George Hurley
7. Two Beads at the End – D. Boon, George Hurley
8. Do You Want New Wave or Do You Want the Truth? – Mike Watt
9. Don’t Look Now – John Fogerty
10. Shit from an Old Notebook – D. Boon, Mike Watt
11. Nature Without Man – Chuck Dukowski, D. Boon
12. One Reporter’s Opinion – Mike Watt

Side Mike

1. Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing – Mike Watt
2. Maybe Partying Will Help – D. Boon, Mike Watt
3. Toadies – Mike Watt
4. Retreat – Mike Watt
5. The Big Foist – Mike Watt
6. God Bows to Math – Jack Brewer, Mike Watt
7. Corona – D. Boon
8. The Glory of Man – Mike Watt
9. Take 5, D – Joe Baiza, John Rocknowski, Dirk Vandenberg, Mike Watt
10. My Heart and the Real World – Mike Watt
11. History Lesson – Part II – Mike Watt

Side George

1. You Need the Glory – George Hurley
2. The Roar of the Masses Could Be Farts – Dick Vandenberg, Mike Watt
3. Robot’s Holy Orders – George Hurley
4. West Germany – D. Boon
5. The Politics of Time – Mike Watt
6. Themselves – D. Boon
7. Please Don’t Be Gentle with Me – Jack Brewer, Mike Watt
8. Nothing indeed – George Hurley, Mike Watt
9. No Exchange – George Hurley, Mike Watt
10. There Ain’t Shit on T.V. Tonight – George Hurley, Mike Watt
11. There Ain’t Shit on T.V. Tonight – D. Boon
12. This Ain’t No Picnic – D. Boon
13. Spillage – Mike Watt

Side Chaff

1. Untitled Song for Latin America – D. Boon
2. Jesus and Tequila – D. Boon, Joe Carducci
3. June 16^th – Mike Watt
4. Storm in my House – D. Boon, Henry Rollins
5. Martin’s Story – Martin Tamburovich, Mike Watt
6. Ain’t Talkin’ ’bout Love – Eddie Van Halen, Alex Van Halen, David Lee Roth, Michael Anthony
7. Wu – Donald Fagen, Walter Becker
8. Little Man with a Gun in His Hand – D. Boon, Chuck Dukowski
9. The World According to Nouns – Mike Watt
10. Love Dance – D. Boon