Only A Lad (studio album) by Oingo Boingo
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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 5523 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 242.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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85/100 ![]() | 04/14/2025 02:49 | CokeBabies | ![]() | 82/100 |
60/100 ![]() | 10/07/2024 14:00 | ![]() | ![]() | 71/100 |
75/100 ![]() | 09/18/2024 21:15 | ![]() | ![]() | 79/100 |
70/100 ![]() | 08/14/2024 13:08 | JamesMowbray | ![]() | 70/100 |
80/100 ![]() | 06/26/2024 15:33 | ![]() | ![]() | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 23% 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 74.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 18.7.
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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.

Best track: "Only A Lad"
Weakest track: "Perfect System"
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
Pretty cool album. Danny Elfman is a good singer and the band is good. I am excited to hear what else they've done.
It's definitely unique!
Definitely silly, but also a fast paced unique album with good lyrics.
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