Minute By Minute
by The Doobie Brothers

Album
Minute By Minute by The Doobie Brothers
Year: 1978
Release date: 1978-12-01
Overall rank: 4,904th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 92 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1978 (86th)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (790th)
Award Best albums of all time (4,904th)

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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 2703 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 585.

The Doobie Brothers album bestography « Higher ranked (2,703rd)
The Captain And Me This album (4,904th)
Minute By Minute Lower ranked (5,036th) »
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Minute By Minute track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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1.
Here To Love You
Average Rating: 77 (26 votes)Comments: View 0
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What A Fool Believes
Average Rating: 86 (57 votes)Comments: View 1
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Minute By Minute
Average Rating: 80 (37 votes)Comments: View 0
4.
Dependin' On You
Average Rating: 77 (26 votes)Comments: View 0
5.
Don't Stop To Watch The Wheels
Average Rating: 77 (24 votes)Comments: View 0
6.
Open Your Eyes
Average Rating: 77 (27 votes)Comments: View 0
7.
Sweet Feelin
Average Rating: 76 (24 votes)Comments: View 0
8.
Steamer Lane Breakdown
Average Rating: 77 (24 votes)Comments: View 0
9.
You Never Change
Average Rating: 75 (24 votes)Comments: View 0
10.
How Do The Fools Survive?
Average Rating: 77 (24 votes)Comments: View 0

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Minute By Minute rankings

Minute By Minute rankings summary
Overall rank: 4,904th | 1970s rank: 790th | 1978 rank: 86th  Overall chart history
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Minute By Minute ratings

Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 92 votes)
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 !		09/22/2026 21:45 Jonboy  Ratings distribution  14879/100
 
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 !		05/25/2026 06:06 goodhumourman  Ratings distribution  4664/100

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This album is rated in the top 23% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.5/100, a mean average of 73.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.7.


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Minute By Minute forum mentions

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From BestEverAlbums 08/22/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5412): By BraddlesHendo
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Minute By Minute comments

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From 12/14/2023 02:40 | #300470 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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. (Edited)
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From 03/17/2016 10:42 | #162087 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
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. (Edited)
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From 05/25/2026 06:07 | #314589 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Soulful and melodic! “Here to Love You” makes me want to dance all night (Edited)
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From 08/20/2012 10:34 | #48886 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
This fresh and mature pop record is a jewel...with Michael as a leader of a very good band
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From 08/21/2017 20:44 | #196497 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Really fun and warm
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