Surf Wiki
Save to docs
arts/music

From Surf Wiki (app.surf) — the open knowledge base

3-Way Tie (For Last)

FieldValue
name3-Way Tie (For Last)
typestudio
artistMinutemen
coverMinutemen3waytie.jpg
released
recordedAugust–September 1985
genrePunk rock
length36:11
labelSST (058)
producerMike Watt, D. Boon, Ethan James
prev_titleProject: Mersh
prev_year1985
next_titleMinuteflag
next_year1986

3-Way Tie (For Last) is the fourth and final studio album by American punk band Minutemen, released in 1985 by SST Records. It features covers of songs by the Urinals, Meat Puppets, Blue Öyster Cult, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Roky Erickson. The last song, a cover of Erickson's "Bermuda", was sung over the phone by Mike Watt.

The album was released very shortly before the death of D. Boon, who also painted the cover. Watt collaborated with Black Flag bassist Kira Roessler on four tracks ("Political Nightmare", "No One", "Stories", and "What Is It?"). At around the time that the album was recorded, Watt and Roessler formed Dos.

The album included ballots for listeners to vote on the track list for what would become Ballot Result.

Reception

Byron Coley at Spin said, "The four lyrics here that were written by Boon (most of the others are by former Black Flag bassist Kira Roessler) deal in express terms with topics such as Vietnam, Nicaragua, and 'the men who die for glory'. As purist anti-military-industrialist rant they are as forthright in intent as Phil Ochs's songs ever were. And if they aren't quite as archly funny, well, hell, they still rock like a fuckin’ schooner."

Track listing

;Side D.

  1. "Price of Paradise" (D. Boon) – 3:38
  2. "Lost" (Curt Kirkwood) – 2:33
  3. "The Big Stick" (Boon) – 2:34
  4. "Political Nightmare" (Kira Roessler, Mike Watt) – 3:56
  5. "Courage" (Boon) – 2:35
  6. "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" (John Fogerty) – 2:30

;Side Mike

  1. "The Red and the Black" (Eric Bloom, Albert Bouchard, Sandy Pearlman) – 4:09
  2. "Spoken Word Piece" (Watt) – 1:07
  3. "No One" (Roessler, Watt) – 3:29
  4. "Stories" (Roessler, Watt) – 1:36
  5. "What Is It?" (Roessler, Watt) – 1:51
  6. "Ack Ack Ack" (Johansen, Jones, Talley) – 0:27
  7. "Just Another Soldier" (Boon) – 1:58
  8. "Situations at Hand" (Watt) – 1:23
  9. "Hittin' the Bong" (Watt) – 0:41
  10. "Bermuda" (Roky Erickson) – 1:41

Personnel

;Minutemen

  • D. Boon – electric guitar, acoustic guitar, vocals, piano
  • Mike Watt – bass, vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
  • George Hurley – drums with:
  • Joe Baiza – guitar ("Situations at Hand")
  • Ethan James – Linn drum ("What Is It?"), Vietnam War battlefield tape ("Spoken Word Piece")

Charts

Chart (1986)Peak
position
UK Indie Chart7

References

References

  1. Azerrad, Michael. (2002). "[[Our Band Could Be Your Life]]". [[Back Bay Books]].
  2. Watt, Mike. (June 1, 2019). "Bermuda". [[Twitter]].
  3. Hillburn, Robert. (February 7, 1987). "A Votive 'Ballot' For D. Boon". [[Los Angeles Times]].
  4. {{AllMusic. Dougan. John
  5. Thompson, Dave. (April 12, 2000). "Alternative rock". San Francisco : Miller Freeman Books; Berkeley, CA : Distributed to the book trade in the U.S. and Canada by Publishers Group West; Milwaukee, WI : Distributed to the music trade in the U.S. and Canada by Hal Leonard Publishing.
  6. "The Boston Phoenix 1986-02-04: Vol 15 Iss 5".
  7. Christgau, Robert. "Creem 1986-07: Vol 17 Iss 11". [[Robert Christgau]].
  8. Strong, Martin C.. (1998). "The Great Rock Discography". [[Canongate Books]].
  9. Sheffield, Rob. (2004). "[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide". [[Fireside Books]].
  10. [[Byron Coley]]. (April 1986). "Spins".
  11. Lazell, Barry. (1997). "Indie Hits 1980-1989". Cherry Red Books.
Info: Wikipedia Source

This article was imported from Wikipedia and is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Content has been adapted to SurfDoc format. Original contributors can be found on the article history page.

minutemen-(band)-albums 1985-albums sst-records-albums
Want to explore this topic further?

Ask Mako anything about 3-Way Tie (For Last) — get instant answers, deeper analysis, and related topics.

Research with Mako

Free with your Surf account

Content sourced from Wikipedia, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

This content may have been generated or modified by AI. CloudSurf Software LLC is not responsible for the accuracy, completeness, or reliability of AI-generated content. Always verify important information from primary sources.

Report