Album

What Makes A Man Start Fires?

Minutemen

1983 · Rock

8 collectors on Gatefold own this

What Makes A Man Start Fires? by Minutemen

What Makes A Man Start Fires? is a Punk album by Minutemen, originally released in 1983. On Gatefold: 11 pressings tracked, owned by 8 collectors.

About

True to their name, most of the songs on the Minutemen's second album, <i>What Makes a Man Start Fires?</i>, last only a minute and change, but that's all the time that start-stopping broadsides like "Mutiny In Jonestown" need to make their point. The San Pedro punk trio were masters at packing as many ideas as possible into their music while keeping it relentlessly straightforward, and it’s that sense of focus that makes rubbery tracks like "One Chapter In the Book" hit with such economical force.

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Tracklist

Side A

  1. A1Bob Dylan Wrote Propaganda Songs1:27
  2. A2One Chapter In The Book1:00
  3. A3Fake Contest1:44
  4. A4Beacon Sighted Through Fog1:00
  5. A5Mutiny In Jonestown1:06
  6. A6East Wind/Faith2:10
  7. A7Pure Joy1:30
  8. A8'991:00
  9. A9The Anchor2:30

Side B

  1. B1Sell Or Be Sold1:45
  2. B2The Only Minority1:00
  3. B3Split Red0:52
  4. B4Colors2:05
  5. B5Plight1:37
  6. B6The Tin Roof1:08
  7. B7Life As A Rehearsal1:35
  8. B8This Road1:26
  9. B9Polarity1:44

Sound DNA

  • Punk
  • Hardcore
  • angular
  • aggressive
  • political

Credits

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Performers

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