| Product Summary | | Label: Dischord | | UPC: 00718750730428 | | Release Date: 2/7/1990 | | Buy.com Sku: 60039603 | | Item#: MYC363 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Filler ~ Minor Threat |  | | 2. I Don't Wanna Hear It ~ Minor Threat | | | 3. Seeing Red ~ Minor Threat | | | 4. Straight Edge ~ Minor Threat | | | 5. Small Man, Big Mouth ~ Minor Threat | | | 6. Screaming At A Wall ~ Minor Threat | | | 7. Bottled Violence ~ Minor Threat | | | 8. Minor Threat ~ Minor Threat | | | 9. Stand Up ~ Minor Threat | | | 10. 12XU ~ Minor Threat | | | 11. In My Eyes ~ Minor Threat | | | 12. Out Of Step (With The World) ~ Minor Threat | | | 13. Guilty Of Being White ~ Minor Threat | | | 14. Steppin' Stone ~ Minor Threat | | | 15. Betray ~ Minor Threat | | | 16. It Follows ~ Minor Threat | | | 17. Think Again ~ Minor Threat | | | 18. Look Back And Laugh ~ Minor Threat | | | 19. Sob Story ~ Minor Threat | | | 20. No Reason ~ Minor Threat | | | 21. Little Friend ~ Minor Threat | | | 22. Out Of Step ~ Minor Threat | | | 23. Cashing In ~ Minor Threat | | | 24. Stumped ~ Minor Threat | | | 25. Good Guys (Don't Wear White) ~ Minor Threat | | | 26. Salad Days ~ Minor Threat | |
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| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Minor Threat: Ian MacKaye (vocals); Brian Baker (guitar, bass); Lyle Preslar (guitar); Steve Hansgen (bass); Jeff Nelson (drums). | | Recorded at Inner Ear Studios, Arlington, Virginia between April 1981 and December 1983. | | Personnel: Ian MacKaye (vocals); Lyle Preslar, Brian Baker (guitar); Jeff Nelson (drums). | | Audio Mixers: Skip Groff; Jeff Nelson; Lyle Preslar; Minor Threat. | | Recording information: Inner Ear Studios, Arlington, VA (04/1981-12/1983). | | Photographers: Tomas Squip; Glen E. Friedman; Susie Josephson. | | The Washington, D.C. straightedge hardcore punk scene began with Minor Threat. The band recorded two LPs on its own Dischord label, plus an EP and the miscellaneous singles that are collected on this CD. Many of the early recordings on this collection seethe with teen-age angst and indignation. The songs rage against bullies, religious hypocrisy, and the herd mentality. | | Other songs, taken from later in Minor Threat's career, feature tighter and more sophisticated playing. Metallic flourishes tinge the guitar work, vocal harmonies abound, and song dynamics vary more than on the earlier record. On certain songs, Ian MacKaye's lyrics address the complexities of friendship, loyalty, and self-expression. "Look Back and Laugh," "Little Friend," and "It Follows" all incline more toward introspection and ambiguity; conveying loss and sadness in addition to outrage. This second set of songs seems to especially anticipate MacKaye's later work with Fugazi. The album also contains a few playful numbers like the sing-along cover of "Stepping Stone," and "Cashing In," a mocking dig at greedy musicians. Minor Threat believed completely in the power of its music, helping earn a loyal fan following and the respect of numerous other bands who emulated its style and credo. |
Producer: Minor Threat |
Engineer: Don Zientara |
| | Artist Overview | | It's almost impossible to overstate the impact Minor Threat has had on indie, punk, and alternative music since their brief existence in the early 1980s. As one of the first hardcore punk bands, the Washington, DC-based outfit created the template for a louder, faster, and more concise version of the nascent rock style that would be referenced in some form by seemingly every punk band to follow in their wake. The band also, though perhaps inadvertently, gave rise to the straight-edge movement, an ideological strain of hardcore that promotes complete abstinence from drugs and alcohol. Formed by Dischord Records founders Jeff Nelson and Ian MacKaye (who later started, among other bands, Fugazi), Minor Threat are, simply put, one of the most important and influential punk bands ever. |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 06/01/1993 | | Original Release Date : 1988 | | Catalog ID : 40 | | Label : Dischord Records | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00718750730428 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Spin (5/01, p.110)
- Ranked #27 in Spin's "50 Most Essential Punk Records" - "...The Leviticus of hardcore and straight edge..."Mojo (Publisher)
(3/01, p.114)
- "...The group that encapsulates the essence of hardcore better than any other....tighter and more coherent in their ire....they made a non-smoking, non-drinking, non-shagging existence seem positively attractive, such was the righteous indignation...of [their] method rage." |
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