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Double Nickels On The Dime [Explicit] | ![Double Nickels On The Dime [Explicit]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51HvNcMN1yL._SL500_.jpg)
| Manufacturer: SST Records
Category: Digital Music Album
Buy New: $8.99
Rating:  114 reviews
Sales Rank: 10065
Genre: pop-music
Media: MP3 Download
Running Time: 0 Minutes
ASIN: B000QZTK28
Release Date: January 1, 1984
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| Customer Reviews: Read 109 more reviews...
Punk Rock Changed Our Lives December 19, 2008
A. Maness
... and this album changed mine. I have never heard anything as great as the music that is Double Nickels on the Dime. If you haven't heard it, then get it. If you have heard it, then you know words are meaningless in the review of a masterpiece. Few bands can achieve half of what the Minutemmen achieved on this. God Bows to Math.
The best ever! March 31, 2008
A. Fry (Lititz, PA United States)
I believe I have listened to this album more than any other in my collection. Powerful, angry, just incredible. I literally wore out the tape. It never gets boring!
 Unique March 10, 2008
msnola (Kapolei, HI United States)
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
This isn't actually a real review I just wanted to commented on something somebody said. That this isn't punk. For one, punk isn't a sound. Secondly this is more post punk. Its DIY that's what is punk about it. Oh and this guy actually said "IF U PPL THINK U CAN HANDLE TRU HARDCORE PUNK THEN CHECK OUT OLD KORN AND LIMP BIZKIT P.O.D. OR STAIND." lmao. What? Are you serious? True hardcore punk=old korn, limp bizkit, pod, and staind? There is a sound associated with punk even though punk its self doesn't have a sound. And that sound is defiantly not the sound of any of those bands. Minor threat, black flag, circle jerks, fear. Thats true hardcore punk in my mind (sound anyways). lol...limp bizkit.
Now, too the album. Not very many standout songs. I feel myself wanting to like it more than I do. It has a good bass and unique sound. I just think the songs themselves could be better. Though there are gems like corona and vietnam. I'm not sure I can justify buying this album at it's current price =/. So why the four stars? Corona and vietnam are hella good songs. Some others too.
Hard to categorize January 23, 2008
Michael D. Hoffman (huntley illinois)
Ditto Mr Solidays previous reveiw!I have owned this double ALBUM since it hit the racks.Got it when I saw a video for This Aint No Picnic on MTV.Mustve listened to it and it didnt hit me.Its alot to digest!Well about 6 montha ago I copied it to mini-disc,then to cd and now its on my I-Tunes!Amazing,Im trying to get my 12yr old into it and he likes it.I listen to this in headphones start to finish when Im sorting mail in the morning.Cant get it outta my player!! Mike Watt rules!Jazz-rock-punk and country;all with a good sense of humor and anger!
$1,100 for one of the best rock albums ever? That's just filthy! January 6, 2008
D. E. Soliday (Bloomington, IL United States)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
First of all, an embarrasing admission. I stumbled onto the Minutemen just recently, thanks to an off the cuff comment by some poster in another forum. Whoever you are, thank you, thank you, thank you. Back in the early 80's I didn't have much time or income to explore the L.A. punk scene except for X (another great band by the way). Thank God I didn't die before hearing the Minutemen. Double Nickels on the Dime is without a doubt one of the best, if not THE best, rock and roll albums I have ever heard.
DNOTD sounds amazingly fresh even today. In short, this is timeless music that can't be easily categorized. The musicianship on this album is tops, the songwriting excellent, and while D. Boon may not have been the greatest singer, his singing is very effective on this album. I can understand if you have been raised on radio, listening to formula rock all your life, that you won't get this album. But if you have an open mind, and enjoy a variety of different music styles, then you can't help but be completely blown away by DNOTD.
At this point in my life, I have listened to thousands upon thousands of musical recordings in so many different genres. I'm hard pressed to find anything that can best the Minutemen playing DNOTD. Then, consider that this double album was produced for $1,100 in 1983/84. $1,100? That boggles the mind!!
I give this recording my highest possible recommendation.
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