- alternative rock, art rock, experimental, jazz
- 54 min
- 15 tracks
- Columbia
Contemplating the Engine Room is a punk rock opera by Minutemen veteran Mike Watt. Released in 1997, the album is a punk rock song cycle that uses navy life as an extended metaphor for both Watt's family history and his first band, the Minutemen. The album was greeted with a positive response. The cover art features a picture of Watt's father in his Navy uniform.
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Grave, intimate, character-led and cool.
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
- cooloverwhelming
- sparerichly built
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Tracks
- 1In the Engine Room4:54
- 2Red Bluff3:30
- 3The Bluejackets' Manual2:15
- 4Pedro Bound!3:22
- 5The Boilerman5:02
- 6Black Gang Coffee3:28
- 7Topsiders2:25
- 8No One Says Old Man (To the Old Man)4:11
- 9Fireman Hurley2:18
- 10Liberty Calls!4:40
- 11In The Bunk Room/Navy Wife2:00
- 12Crossing the Equator4:20
- 13Breaking the Choke Hold3:44
- 14Wrapped Around the Screw2:39
- 15Shore Duty4:51
15 tracks, 54 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Mike Watt
- Label
- Columbia
- Released
- 1997
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- CA
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