alternative rock 15 min 18 tracks SST Records
The Punch Line is the debut studio album and third overall release by American punk rock band Minutemen, and the fourth release from SST Records. After their previous release, Paranoid Time, sold out its 300-copy pressing, Greg Ginn invited the band to record again.
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Spare, intimate, cool and classical in form.
- sparerichly built
- intimateepic
- cooloverwhelming
- classical in formformally daring
- character-ledplot-driven
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Tracks
- A1Search0:51
- A2Tension1:18
- A3Games1:01
- A4Boiling0:56
- A5Disguises0:45
- A6The Struggle0:40
- A7Monuments0:48
- A8Ruins0:49
- A9Issued0:38
- B1The Punch Line0:40
- B2Song for El Salvador0:31
- B3History Lesson0:37
- B4Fanatics0:30
- B5No Parade0:50
- B6Straight Jacket0:58
- B7Gravity0:55
- B8Warfare0:54
- B9Static0:50
18 tracks, 15 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Minutemen
- Label
- SST Records
- Released
- 1981-11
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- US
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