What Makes A Man Start Fires?
by Minutemen
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What Makes A Man Start Fires? is ranked 2nd 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 362 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,616.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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What Makes A Man Start Fires? track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 75 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| 11/03/2025 22:19 |  Larcx13 | 2,850 | 74/100 | |
| 09/23/2025 21:56 | jnmayles | 2,114 | 73/100 | |
| 03/24/2025 03:12 | MaxStorm98 | 3,798 | 89/100 | |
| 01/23/2025 09:24 | JamesMowbray | 5,386 | 69/100 | |
| 12/02/2024 07:52 | robertoveltri | 823 | 79/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 11% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 74.6/100, a mean average of 74.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.7.
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