The Politics of Time – trzeci album zespołu Minutemen wydany w 1984 przez wytwórnię New Alliance Records. Materiał stanowią utwory nagrane pomiędzy styczniem 1979 a wrześniem 1983.
Lista utworów Lista według Discogs: "Base King" (D. Boon, M. Watt) – 1:12 "Working Men are Pissed" (M. Watt) – 1:17 "I Shook Hands" (M. Watt) – 0:58 "Below the Belt" (G. Hurley, M. Watt) – 0:56 "Shit You Hear at Parties" (D. Boon, M. Watt) – 1:06 "The Big Lounge Scene" (M. Watt) – 1:23 "Maternal Rite" (D. Boon) – 1:13 "Tune for Wind God" (J. Baiza, D. Boon, G. Hurley, M. Watt) – 3:05 "Party With Me Punker" (M. Watt) – 0:54 "The Process" (D. Boon, M. Watt) – 1:17 "Joy Jam" (Spot, D. Boon, G. Hurley, M. Watt) – 4:46 "Tony Gets Wasted in Pedro" (R. Lazaroff, M. Watt) – 2:10 "Swing to the Right" (M. Watt) – 0:41 "¡Raza Si!" (M. Watt) – 0:58 "Times" (M. Watt) – 0:45 "Badges" (M. Watt) – 0:35 "Fodder" (D. Boon, M. Watt) – 0:42 "Futurism Restated" (Joe Boon, M. Watt) – 1:30 "Hollering" (M. Watt) – 0:58 "Suburban Dialectic" (M. Watt) – 0:42 "Contained" (G. Hurley, M. Watt) – 0:57 "On Trial" (M. Watt) – 0:39 "Spraycan Wars" (M. Watt) – 0:55 "My Part" (D. Boon) – 1:35 "Fanatics" (M. Watt) – 0:32 "Ack Ack Ack" (J. Talley-Jones, K. Johansen) – 0:41 "The Big Blast for Youth" (M. Tamburovich, D. Vandenberg, D. Boon, G. Hurley, M.