3-Way Tie (For Last)


3-Way Tie is the fourth and final studio album by American punk band Minutemen, released in 1985 by SST Records. It features covers of songs by the Urinals, Meat Puppets, Blue Öyster Cult, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Roky Erickson. The last song, a cover of Erickson's "Bermuda", was sung over the phone by Mike Watt.
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. 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.

Reception

Byron Coley at Spin said, "The four lyrics here that were written by Boon deal in express terms with topics such as Vietnam, Nicaragua, and 'the men who die for glory'. As purist anti-military-industrialist rant they are as forthright in intent as Phil Ochs's songs ever were. And if they aren't quite as archly funny, well, hell, they still rock like a fuckin’ schooner."

Track listing

;Side D.
  1. "Price of Paradise" – 3:38
  2. "Lost" – 2:33
  3. "The Big Stick" – 2:34
  4. "Political Nightmare" – 3:56
  5. "Courage" – 2:35
  6. "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" – 2:30
;Side Mike
  1. "The Red and the Black" – 4:09
  2. "Spoken Word Piece" – 1:07
  3. "No One" – 3:29
  4. "Stories" – 1:36
  5. "What Is It?" – 1:51
  6. "Ack Ack Ack" – 0:27
  7. "Just Another Soldier" – 1:58
  8. "Situations at Hand" – 1:23
  9. "Hittin' the Bong" – 0:41
  10. "Bermuda" – 1:41

Personnel

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