Minute By Minute
by The Doobie Brothers

Minute By Minute by The Doobie Brothers
Year: 1978
Overall rank: 4,682nd   
Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 86 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (82nd)
Award Top albums of the 1970s (778th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,682nd)

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The Doobie Brothers bestography

Minute By Minute is ranked 2nd best out of 22 albums by The Doobie Brothers on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by The Doobie Brothers is The Captain And Me which is ranked number 2707 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 574.

The Doobie Brothers album bestography « Higher ranked (2,707th)
The Captain And Me
This album (4,682nd)
Minute By Minute
Lower ranked (6,173rd) »
Toulouse Street

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Minute By Minute track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Minute By Minute rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,682nd | 1970s rank: 778th | 1978 rank: 82nd

Minute By Minute collection

Minute By Minute ratings

Average Rating: 
74/100 (from 86 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.7/100, a mean average of 73.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.8.

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80/100
From 12/14/2023 02:40 | #300470
Upbeat and poppy, though in a different direction than pre-Michael McDonald Doobies records. I like the older albums better, but there’s still great stuff here—mostly Here to Love You, What a Fool Believes and How Do the Fools Survive. Solid collection of songs.
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From 08/05/2020 12:10 | #256710
Meh. Rating (74.50)
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Best Tracks: What a Fool Believes, You Never Change
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From 08/21/2017 20:44 | #196497
Really fun and warm
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From 03/17/2016 10:42 | #162087
A change of direction by a fun 70's party band. Mr. McDonald brought a mature and more sophisticated sound to a band that was running out of ideas.
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From 01/08/2014 18:06 | #100230
Guilty pleasure ...
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From 08/20/2012 10:34 | #48886
This fresh and mature pop record is a jewel...with Michael as a leader of a very good band
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2. Parallel Lines by Blondie
3. The Cars by The Cars
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