Introducing the Minutemen

Infobox Album
Name = Introducing the Minutemen
Type = Compilation album
Artist = Minutemen


Released = July 28, 1998
Recorded = 1980-1985
Genre = Alternative/Punk
Length = 57:07
Label = SST
Producer = Spot
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:tb4uak8k5m3v link]
Last album = "Post-Mersh Vol. 3"
(1989)
This album = "Introducing the Minutemen"
(1998)
Next album = "D. Boon and Friends"
(2003)

"Introducing the Minutemen" is a retrospective and relatively comprehensive compilation of songs by influential punk/alternative trio The Minutemen, compiled by bassist and notable solo artist Mike Watt twelve years after the untimely demise of the band. The album is made up of tracks spanning the band's entire career, sampling tracks from all of their studio releases with the exception of the "Tour-Spiel" EP and the Black Flag-Minutemen collaboration "Minuteflag". Due to the comprehensive and wide-spanning nature of the collection, it is generally perceived to be an effective introduction to The Minutemen and their music.

The band's landmark breakthrough "Double Nickels on the Dime" donates the most tracks, with seven. The three-song "Joy" EP and the rarities collection "The Politics of Time" both contribute a mere two tracks.

Track listing

#Definitions
#Joe McCarthy's Ghost
#Paranoid Chant
#Search
#Punchline
#Fanatics
#Straight Jacket
#Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs
#Fake Contest
#Anchor
#Split Red
#Life as a Rehearsal
#Cut
#Dream Told by Moto
#I Felt Like a Gringo
#Political Song for Michael Jackson to Sing
#Maybe Partying Will Help
#Toadies
#Corona
#History Lesson, Pt. 2
#This Ain't No Picnic
#King of the Hill
#Tour-Spiel
#Price of Paradise
#Big Stick
#Courage
#Spoken Word Piece
#Just Another Soldier
#If Reagan Played Disco
#Case Closed
#Futurism Restated
#Joy
#Black Sheep
#Badges
#Party With Me Punker

Musical personnel

*D. Boon - guitar and vocals
*Mike Watt - bass and vocals
*George Hurley - drums

Other personnel

*Spot - record producer, recording engineer