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- Artist: Minor Threat
- Rating:
- Release Date: 1988
- Type: Compilation (best of), Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Rock
Review
Complete Discography compiles Minor Threat's entire body of recordings on a single compact disc. Hardcore, as a rule, wasn't particularly musically diverse, but Minor Threat were one of the genre's groundbreaking acts and their music has held up better than most of their contemporaries. As the de facto leaders of the Washington, D.C., hardcore scene, the band pioneered the straight-edge mentality by emphasizing impossibly fast tempos, brief songs, political lyrics, and a drug- and alcohol-free lifestyle. Besides setting the precedent for several generations of punk rockers with their music and ideals, Minor Threat were simply a better band than most hardcore groups. They had a tight, distinctive sound that wasn't as heavy as their Californian counterparts and, therefore, were often more bracing and effective. Although some of the music on Complete Discography, like much of hardcore in general, hasn't aged particularly well -- with its cheap production, rigid song structures, and political concerns, it is very much a piece of the early '80s -- the sound remains invigorating; the band possessed a visceral energy matched by only a handful of their peers. Complete Discography, in fact, is not only one of the cornerstones of any hardcore collection, it's not a bad way to become acquainted with hardcore. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Filler | Minor Threat, |
Minor Threat | (1:32) |
| I Don't Wanna Hear It | Minor Threat | (1:13) | |
| Seeing Red | Ian MacKaye, |
Minor Threat | (1:02) |
| Straight Edge | Minor Threat | (:45) | |
| Small Man, Big Mouth | Ian MacKaye, |
Minor Threat | (:55) |
| Screaming at a Wall | Minor Threat | (1:31) | |
| Bottled Violence | Minor Threat, Ian MacKaye, |
Minor Threat | (:53) |
| Minor Threat | Minor Threat | (1:27) | |
| Stand Up | Minor Threat, Ian MacKaye, |
Minor Threat | (:53) |
| 12XU (Lyrics) | Wire | Minor Threat | (1:03) |
| In My Eyes | Minor Threat | (2:49) | |
| Out of Step (With the World) | Minor Threat | (1:16) | |
| Guilty of Being White | Minor Threat | (1:18) | |
| (I'm Not Your) Steppin' Stone | Bobby Hart, Tommy Boyce | Minor Threat | (2:12) |
| Betray | Minor Threat | (3:02) | |
| It Follows | Minor Threat | (1:50) | |
| Think Again | Minor Threat | (2:18) | |
| Look Back and Laugh | Minor Threat | (3:16) | |
| Sob Story | Minor Threat | (1:50) | |
| No Reason | Minor Threat | (1:57) | |
| Little Friend | Minor Threat | (2:18) | |
| Out of Step | Ian MacKaye, |
Minor Threat | (1:20) |
| Cashing In | Minor Threat | (3:44) | |
| Stumped | Minor Threat | (1:55) | |
| Good Guys (Don't Wear White) | Minor Threat | (2:14) | |
| Salad Days | Minor Threat | (2:46) |
