What Makes A Man Start Fires?
by Minutemen

What Makes A Man Start Fires? by Minutemen
Year: 1983
Release date: 1983-01-00
Overall rank: 8,530th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 80 votes)
  Ratings distribution   Average rating history
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1983 (111th)
Award Top albums of of the 1980s (1,213th)
Award Best albums of all time (8,530th)

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Minutemen bestography

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 364 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,554.

Minutemen album bestography « Higher ranked (364th)
Double Nickels On The Dime
This album (8,530th)
What Makes A Man Start Fires?
Lower ranked (8,699th) »
Buzz Or Howl Under The Influence Of Heat

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 74 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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What Makes A Man Start Fires? rankings summary
Overall rank: 8,530th | 1980s rank: 1,213th | 1983 rank: 111th  Overall chart history
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 4 hours ago).
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2026JohnnyoAlbums of the year 1983 by Ultimate Record Collector21/34 -
2026 videoheadcleanerTop 100 Music Albums of 198310/1005
2026 Patman360Top 90 Music Albums of 198316/904
2026cicadelicTop 100 Music Albums of 198334/1003
2026LosWochosTop 99 Music Albums of 198335/993
2026Exist-en-cielTop 68 Music Albums of 198362/681
2026JamesMowbrayTop 99 Music Albums of 198383/991
2026LittleM1971Top 90 Music Albums of 198367/90 -
2026 Norman BatesTop 100 Music Albums of 198316/1004
2026 meccaleccaTop 49 Music Albums of 198337/491
2026saltysurpriseTop 53 Music Albums of 198331/532
2026SkernsTop 76 Music Albums of 198354/762
2025 IgtonumamaTop 100 Music Albums of 198329/1004
2025JohnnyoGreatest albums of the '80's (201 - 300) by U R C68/100 -
2025xhitmanxTop 30 Music Albums of 198323/301
2025 cestuneblagueTop 100 Music Albums of 198325/1004
2025 RepoTop 100 Music Albums of 198374/1001
2025 Larcx13Top 20 Music Albums of 198313/202
2025MaxStorm98Top 52 Music Albums of 198347/521
2024 DommeDamianScaruffi Best Albums of 198217/70 -
Total Charts: Help The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. 66
Total Rank Score: Help The total rank score. 146
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What Makes A Man Start Fires? ratings

Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 80 votes)
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03/16/2026 20:28 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  15,13770/100
 
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11/03/2025 22:19 Larcx13  Ratings distribution  2,85074/100
 
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01/23/2025 09:24 JamesMowbray  Ratings distribution  5,57069/100

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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 74.5/100, a mean average of 73.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.8/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.6.


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