Only A Lad
by Oingo Boingo
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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 5436 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 254.
(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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Only A Lad track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Only A Lad rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 73 Music Albums of 1981 | 38/73 | 2 |
| 2026 | LosWochos | Top 99 Music Albums of 1981 | 46/99 | 3 |
| 2026 |  Helios | Top 80 Music Albums of 1981 | 22/80 | 4 |
| 2026 | AAL2014 | Oingo Boingo: So Far.. | 4/4 | - |
| 2026 |  MadhattanJack | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 30/100 | 4 |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Missed The Cut- 1981 | 6/6 | - |
| 2026 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 79/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  videoheadcleaner | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | imacgill | Missed The Cut- 1981 | 6/6 | - |
| 2025 |  TheDude85 | Caught Me By Surprise | 92/99 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 49 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 208 | |||
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Only A Lad ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 5 days ago | AAL2014 | 4,338 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/05/2026 21:03 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,260 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 09:43 | MadhattanJack | 6,047 | 66/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 22% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.6/100, a mean average of 71.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.9/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.2.
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Only A Lad forum mentions
neilgee 02/05/2021 19:39 in What album are you listening to right now?Only A Lad comments
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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
seb7 04/10/2021 22:54 | #268428 | TOP COMMENT
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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.
Pretty cool album. Danny Elfman is a good singer and the band is good. I am excited to hear what else they've done.
Definitely silly, but also a fast paced unique album with good lyrics.
It's definitely unique!
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