Complete Discography

For other uses, see Complete Discography (disambiguation).
Complete Discography
Compilation album by
Minor Threat
Released1989, 2003 (re-issue)
Recorded1981, 1983
GenreHardcore punk
Length47:10
LabelDischord
ProducerMinor Threat
Minor Threat chronology
Salad Days
(1985) 		Complete Discography
(1989) 		First Demo Tape
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
The Great Alternative & Indie Discography8/10[2]
Laut.de[3]
MusicHound Rock4.5/5[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[5]
Spin Alternative Record Guide10/10[6]

Complete Discography is a compilation album by American hardcore punk band Minor Threat, released in 1989 through the band's own Dischord Records. As the name implies, it contains the band's entire discography at the time, including their three EPs, the Out of Step album and Flex Your Head compilation tracks. Some tracks were unreleased at the time and didn't appear on this compilation, but were later released. This includes the songs "Understand" and "Asshole Dub" from 20 Years of Dischord.

The album's cover artwork is very similar to that of Minor Threat, featuring the same photo of singer Ian MacKaye's younger brother, Alec MacKaye. The album was released with the cover in multiple colors, including red and green and a 2003 remastered version in blue and yellow.

In 2018, Pitchfork ranked it the 23rd best album of the 1980s,[7] while LA Weekly ranked it the 2nd best hardcore punk album of all time in 2013.[8] The latter's Patrick James wrote: "Sure, it's not technically an album, but there is nonetheless no better introduction to the genre of hardcore than Minor Threat's Complete Discography. [...] That Minor Threat's entire body of work fits on one CD doesn't diminish its significance; even today, it's still perfectly out of step (with the world)."[8]

Track listing

All tracks by Minor Threat, except where noted.

No.TitleAlbumsLength
1."Filler"Minor Threat1:32
2."I Don't Wanna Hear It"Minor Threat1:13
3."Seeing Red"Minor Threat1:02
4."Straight Edge"Minor Threat0:45
5."Small Man, Big Mouth"Minor Threat0:55
6."Screaming at a Wall"Minor Threat1:31
7."Bottled Violence"Minor Threat0:53
8."Minor Threat"Minor Threat1:27
9."Stand Up"Flex Your Head0:53
10."12XU" (originally performed by Wire)Flex Your Head1:03
11."In My Eyes"In My Eyes2:49
12."Out of Step"In My Eyes1:16
13."Guilty of Being White"In My Eyes1:18
14."Steppin' Stone" (originally performed by Paul Revere and the Raiders)In My Eyes2:12
15."Betray"Out of Step3:02
16."It Follows"Out of Step1:50
17."Think Again"Out of Step2:18
18."Look Back and Laugh"Out of Step3:16
19."Sob Story"Out of Step1:50
20."No Reason"Out of Step1:57
21."Little Friend"Out of Step2:18
22."Out of Step"Out of Step1:20
23."Cashing In"Out of Step3:44
24."Stumped"Salad Days1:55
25."Good Guys (Don't Wear White)" (originally performed by The Standells)Salad Days2:14
26."Salad Days"Salad Days2:46
Total length:47:10

Personnel

References

  1. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Complete Discography – Minor Threat". AllMusic. Retrieved March 20, 2010.
  2. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1999). The great alternative & indie discography. ISBN 9780862419134.
  3. ^ "Der Blueprint für alle Hardcore-Shouter".
  4. ^ Gary Graff, ed. (1996). MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide (1st ed.). London: Visible Ink Press. ISBN 978-0-7876-1037-1.
  5. ^ Kemp, Mark (2004). "Minor Threat". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 544. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  6. ^ Weisband, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  7. ^ "The 200 Best Albums of the 1980s - Page 9". Pitchfork.
  8. ^ a b "TOP 20 HARDCORE ALBUMS IN HISTORY: COMPLETE LIST". LA Weekly. 29 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2019-06-26.