Only A Lad
by Oingo Boingo
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 5627 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 239.
(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 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 11/12/2025 09:43 |  MadhattanJack | 5,601 | 65/100 |
| ! | 04/14/2025 02:49 | CokeBabies | 529 | 83/100 |
| ! | 10/07/2024 14:00 |  MetalMan67 | 5,974 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/18/2024 21:15 |  Kaduken | 532 | 80/100 |
| ! | 08/14/2024 13:08 | JamesMowbray | 5,348 | 69/100 |
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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 73.8/100, a mean average of 72.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.5.
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seb7 04/10/2021 22:54 | #268428
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.
santropez 03/09/2019 15:22 | #233297
Best track: "Only A Lad"
Weakest track: "Perfect System"
It's definitely unique!
Definitely silly, but also a fast paced unique album with good lyrics.
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