What is the title of the Minutemen’s 1984 double album?

The Minutemen’s 1984 double album is titled Double Nickels on the Dime.

Released by SST Records in July 1984, Double Nickels on the Dime was the Minutemen’s third full-length album. The California trio—D. Boon, Mike Watt and George Hurley—combined punk’s brevity with elements of funk, jazz, folk and experimental rock. The result was a 45-song collection spread across two LPs.

The title is a reference to driving at 55 miles per hour, echoing Sammy Hagar’s song “I Can’t Drive 55.” The Minutemen used that idea playfully while building an album concerned with politics, work, friendship and everyday life.

Its scale sometimes leads listeners to confuse it with a conventional double-length rock album. It is unusually dense because many tracks are short. The album’s reputation rests not only on its size but also on the trio’s inventive interplay and D. Boon’s distinctive guitar writing.