 | Minutemen What Makes a Man Start Fires?
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| Ranking: #30 for 1983 | |
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| 4.0 excellent | Introu1 | April 25th 22 |
i really like this band now, theres no punk that sound like them, insane 3,7/5r
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| 4.0 excellent | Bedex | February 23rd 21 |
Prod is a bit thin on this, and it's also a slow starter (well in terms of number of tracks anyway, as always with Minutemen these songs are all very short ), as 1-3 are fun but quite straightforward punk tracks that really aren't all that memorable. 4 displays more of the interesting side of the band's palette, and the run from there is quite good, with 6 being a great track too, 8 and 10 being super fun, 11 having an elegant groove, and other tracks being rejam-worthy that I lost track of because the tracks are all like 50 seconds long to a couple minutes at most. I did find that, apart from 15 which is quite fun, the rest of the album beyond that point was a bit less engaging, and furthermore there is a strong feeling of stylistic inconsistency/compilation here that I find perhaps a bit more problematic in this one compared to the debut because it is a little less adventurous stylistically. So cool and good tracks to keep, but not their strongest by any stretch. 3.8
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| 3.8 excellent | Erwann S. STAFF | April 30th 20 |
Hey some songs are longer than 2 minutes here!!!!! At the time, it was their most focused release yet (ever heard of Double Nickels? I heard it's p gud), as the longer songs are the best here. While before they would wallow in their raw energy, here the dudes' skills are at the service of songwriting. So ofc Hurley is still a beast at the drums (he could have played in a 60s jazz band if he was alive during that period), Watt slowly becomes one of my favourite punk bassists, and D. Boon gives some of his best solis here. I'd however say that although this is their most consistent release yet, no track here is as great as any song on Joy or that late run on Buzz. So yeah it's almost their best record.
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| 4.5 superb | CamiloG | December 8th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | DadKungFu STAFF | November 19th 23 |
| 4.0 excellent | yinei007 | September 26th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jerrad | July 15th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Prole | April 15th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ryus | January 24th 22 |
| 4.5 superb | Harff7 | September 16th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Roidv | September 6th 21 |
| 3.5 great | Harlz | February 28th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Risodo | February 25th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | uefest | August 21st 20 |
| 4.5 superb | Josh | May 26th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lassie | September 22nd 19 |
| 3.0 good | EdIsOff | September 16th 18 |
| 3.5 great | NateMa | August 9th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | doofy | July 24th 18 |
| 5.0 classic | skronk | March 28th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | YungZGP | March 10th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | Fear | December 10th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | GazAldo | July 13th 17 |
| 4.5 superb | bSmith | May 19th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Ankit | February 28th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Pheenix | December 28th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | marggy | April 22nd 16 |
| 4.5 superb | Henry | March 24th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | bobby72 | February 18th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | fushiigi | February 17th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Abraxas | January 4th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Amiv | July 5th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Matski | December 28th 14 |
| 2.5 average | tenny | October 3rd 14 |
| 3.5 great | Yotimi | August 16th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | SkaCali | June 19th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | modulor | June 16th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | DoReMe | March 11th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | Chortles | February 12th 14 |
| 5.0 classic | inajar | February 4th 14 |
| 4.5 superb | Grimsby | December 9th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | maoam | November 29th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | tarkus | April 20th 13 |
| 5.0 classic | Mac666 | December 26th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | ZGP1992 | December 4th 12 |
| 2.0 poor | bobbi | October 5th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Lucido | April 28th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Skyler | January 11th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | KILL | January 10th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | warrar1 | November 10th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Phaze | July 8th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | krkat | June 17th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kiran EMERITUS | November 11th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Cavs | September 6th 10 |
| 5.0 classic | EPence | August 15th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | Zoso4 | July 31st 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | blurkom | March 28th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | DoubtGin | February 12th 10 |
| 4.0 excellent | kitsch | December 12th 09 |
| 2.5 average | purvis | April 29th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | Krampus | April 20th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | MrKite | April 15th 09 |
| 4.0 excellent | tom79 | May 5th 06 |
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