Contemplating the Engine Room

Contemplating the Engine Room
Studio album by
Mike Watt
ReleasedOctober 6, 1997
GenrePunk
Length50:08
LabelColumbia
ProducerMike Watt
Mike Watt chronology
Ball-Hog or Tugboat?
(1995)		 Contemplating the Engine Room
(1997)		 The Secondman's Middle Stand
(2004)

Contemplating the Engine Room is a punk rock opera by Minutemen veteran Mike Watt. Released in 1997, the album is a punk rock song cycle that uses navy life as an extended metaphor for both Watt's family history and his first band, the Minutemen. The album was greeted with a positive response. The cover art features a picture of Watt's father in his Navy uniform.

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