What Makes A Man Start Fires?
by Minutemen
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Minutemen bestography
What Makes A Man Start Fires? is ranked 3rd best out of 14 albums by Minutemen on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Minutemen is Double Nickels On The Dime which is ranked number 352 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,662.
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What Makes A Man Start Fires? track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
What Makes A Man Start Fires? rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 2 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Patman360 | Top 90 Music Albums of 1983 | 16/90 | 4 |
| 2026 | xhitmanx | Top 30 Music Albums of 1983 | 24/30 | 1 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 10/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 35/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | LosWochos | Top 99 Music Albums of 1983 | 35/99 | 3 |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 90 Music Albums of 1983 | 67/90 | 1 |
| 2026 | JamesMowbray | Top 99 Music Albums of 1983 | 83/99 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1983 | 16/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 53 Music Albums of 1983 | 31/53 | 2 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 55 Music Albums of 1983 | 33/55 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 65 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 137 | |||
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What Makes A Man Start Fires? ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/25/2026 14:30 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 03/16/2026 20:28 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,620 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/03/2025 22:19 |  Larcx13 | 2,850 | 74/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 12% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.5/100, a mean average of 73.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.
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Forum mentions
NoisyBeast 08/09/2025 05:04 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
Repo 08/28/2019 01:08 in What album are you listening to right now?What Makes A Man Start Fires? comments
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