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Ballot Result by Minutemen

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Album: Ballot Result

Genre: Rock

Composer: Watt

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TRACK_NAMEBadges
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RUN_TIME:38
TRACK_ID1027991
ALBUM_TITLEBallot Result
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GENRE_DESCRIPTIONRock
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OFFICAL_LENGTH00:00:38
SITE_REVIEWBefore they had even released 3-Way Tie for Last in the fall of 1985, the Minutemen had blocked out plans for their next album, which was to be a sprawling three-LP set featuring three sides of studio material and three sides of live recordings. Initial pressings of 3-Way Tie included a ballot so fans could vote for the songs to be included on the live half of the upcoming album; the tragic death of D. Boon meant the Minutemen would never make another studio album, but Mike Watt and George Hurley compiled the ballots sent in by fans and used the results as the basis for this album, which uses radio broadcasts, studio outtakes, rehearsal tapes, and audience recordings to assemble a final tribute to their fallen comrade. As you might expect, the quality of the sound varies quite a bit from track to track (though there's nothing as awful as the stuff on side two of The Politics of Time), and there are a few items here that were outtakes for a good re