Only A Lad (studio album) by Oingo Boingo

Only A Lad by Oingo Boingo
Year: 1981
Overall rank: 5,355th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 56 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1981 (94th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (790th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,355th)
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Oingo Boingo bestography

Only A Lad is ranked 2nd best out of 14 albums by Oingo Boingo on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Oingo Boingo is Dead Man's Party which is ranked number 5278 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 253.

Oingo Boingo album bestography « Higher ranked (5,278th) This album (5,355th) Lower ranked (7,734th) »
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Only A Lad track list

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Average Rating: 
73/100 (from 56 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.6/100, a mean average of 71.4/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.2.

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80/100
From 04/10/2021 22:54
very silly album, with little girls being borderline pedophilic (I know it's satire but it's still pretty weird). Overall, it's pretty enjoyable on the offhand listen.
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From 03/09/2019 15:22
Best track: "Only A Lad"
Weakest track: "Perfect System"
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From 09/10/2017 05:38
Very cool album from this band. Was not expecting a lot, but a lot was what I got. Recommended!

Favorite tracks: Little Girls, Perfect System, On the Outside, Only a Lad, What You See, Imposter

Least favorite track: Capitalism

Overall rating: 90/100
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From 06/09/2017 01:50
Pretty cool album. Danny Elfman is a good singer and the band is good. I am excited to hear what else they've done.
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From 12/31/2012 04:57
It's definitely unique!
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From 07/31/2010 23:12
Definitely silly, but also a fast paced unique album with good lyrics.
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