3-Way Tie (For Last)
Studio album by
Minutemen
ReleasedDecember 1985 (1985-12)
RecordedAugust–September 1985
GenrePunk rock,[1]alternative rock
Length36:11
LabelSST (058)
ProducerMike Watt, D. Boon, Ethan James
Minutemen chronology
Project: Mersh
(1985) 		3-Way Tie (For Last)
(1985) 		Minuteflag
(1986)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Alternative Rock6/10[3]
The Boston Phoenix[4]
CreemA[5]
The Great Rock Discography6/10[6]
Tom HullA−[7]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[1]

3-Way Tie (For Last) is the fourth and final full-length album recorded by the American punk band Minutemen. It is notable for featuring several covers of songs by the Urinals, Meat Puppets, Blue Öyster Cult, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Roky Erickson.[8] The last song, a cover of Erickson's "Bermuda", was sung over the phone by Mike Watt.[9]

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?").[8] 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.[10]

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

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Charts

Chart (1986) Peak
position
UK Indie Chart[11] 7

References

  1. ^ a b Sheffield, Rob (2004). "Minutemen". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). London: Fireside Books. pp. 545–546. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8. Retrieved October 17, 2011.
  2. ^ Dougan, John. 3-Way Tie at AllMusic. Retrieved 2 April 2006.
  3. ^ 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 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ "The Boston Phoenix 1986-02-04: Vol 15 Iss 5". Internet Archive.
  5. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Creem 1986-07: Vol 17 Iss 11". Robert Christgau.
  6. ^ Strong, Martin C. (1998). The Great Rock Discography (1st ed.). Canongate Books. ISBN 978-0-86241-827-4. Retrieved March 15, 2020.
  7. ^ Hull, Tom. "Grade List: the minutemen". Tom Hull – on the web. Retrieved September 4, 2020.
  8. ^ a b Azerrad, Michael (2002). Our Band Could Be Your Life. Back Bay Books. pp. 90–91. ISBN 978-0-316-78753-6.
  9. ^ Watt, Mike (June 1, 2019). "Bermuda". Twitter. Retrieved June 11, 2019.
  10. ^ Hillburn, Robert (February 7, 1987). "A Votive 'Ballot' For D. Boon". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  11. ^ Lazell, Barry (1997). Indie Hits 1980-1989. Cherry Red Books. Archived from the original on June 6, 2011. Retrieved September 5, 2014.
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