3-Way Tie (For Last)

by Minutemen

3-Way Tie (For Last) cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: December 1985
  • Label: SST
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 36:15
  • Community rating: 3.19/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: John Fogerty, Eric Bloom, John Talley-Jones, Curt Kirkwood, Albert Bouchard, Sandy Pearlman, Kjehl Johansen, painting, Mike Watt, D. Boon, Roky Erickson, George Hurley, Kira Roessler, Kathy Talley

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The tragic, final studio album from the Minutemen finds the legendary trio broadening their incredibly tight, funk-inflected punk rock with acoustic guitars and subtle cowpunk influences. The record is fiercely political, delivering deeply passionate, highly energetic protests against war and imperialism in remarkably brief, punchy song structures. '3-Way Tie (For Last)' is a playful yet deeply serious testament to one of America's most essential underground bands.

Genres

Descriptors: political, war, history, protest

Tracklist

  1. The Price of Paradise (3:38)
  2. Lost (2:33)
  3. The Big Stick (2:34)
  4. Political Nightmare (3:56)
  5. Courage (2:35)
  6. Have You Ever Seen the Rain? (2:30)
  7. The Red and the Black (4:09)
  8. Spoken Word Piece (1:07)
  9. No One (3:29)
  10. Stories (1:36)
  11. What Is It (1:51)
  12. Ack Ack Ack (0:27)
  13. Just Another Soldier (1:58)
  14. Situations at Hand (1:23)
  15. Bermuda (0:41)
  16. Hittin' the Bong (1:41)

Credits

  • Minutemen - primary artist
  • D. Boon - acoustic guitar, electric guitar, vocals [singing (lead & back-up)], painting [cover painting], producer, piano, written-by, task artwork
  • Mike Watt - bass, producer, written-by, acoustic guitar, guitar ["stun" guitar], bass [overdubbed three basses for the middle part], vocals [lead singing], voice [read the poem], backing vocals, acoustic guitar, lead vocals
  • George Hurley - drums
  • Ethan James - engineer, producer, drum [linn]
  • John Golden - lacquer cut by
  • Dirk Vandenberg - photography by [back cover photos], task photography
  • Naomi Petersen - photography by [label photo by]
  • Curt Kirkwood - written-by
  • Kira Roessler - written-by
  • John Fogerty - written-by
  • Albert Bouchard - written-by
  • Eric Bloom - written-by
  • Sandy Pearlman - written-by
  • John Talley-Jones - written-by
  • Kathy Talley - written-by
  • Kjehl Johansen - written-by
  • Joe Baiza - lead guitar [on the first two phrases]
  • Roky Erickson - written-by

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