Catholic Boy
by The Jim Carroll Band
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The Jim Carroll Band bestography
Catholic Boy is ranked as the best album by The Jim Carroll Band.
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Catholic Boy 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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Catholic Boy rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 3 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Norman Bates | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 34/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 76 Music Albums of 1980 | 33/76 | 3 |
| 2026 |  cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 96/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | Marswolf68 | Top 100 Greatest Music Albums | 34/100 | 66 |
| 2025 | BorderFreeAndrew | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 54/100 | 2 |
| 2025 | Marswolf68 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 3/100 | 20 |
| 2025 | arnellarsen | Top 87 Music Albums of 1980 | 6/87 | 5 |
| 2025 |  meccalecca | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 93/100 | 0 |
| 2024 | cestuneblague | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 23/100 | 4 |
| 2024 |  EyeKanFly | AM Bubbling Under 1980s 2 | 41/100 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 21 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 162 | |||
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Catholic Boy ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/05/2026 18:18 | Exist-en-ciel | 16,304 | 70/100 |
| ! | 11/12/2025 20:36 | NYAndreas | 1,433 | 44/100 |
| ! | 09/23/2025 15:14 | joewooley24 | 2,995 | 80/100 |
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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 73.6/100, a mean average of 72.1/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 74.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.4.
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Catholic Boy forum mentions
cestuneblague 02/19/2026 15:40 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
UofTBlues 10/30/2021 17:11 in What Song Are You Listening To Right Now?Catholic Boy comments
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Decurso TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/15/2014 19:23 | #116835 | TOP COMMENT
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A great forgotten work from the early 80's. People Who Died is simply one of the greatest punk songs ever, and Three Sisters and Catholic Boy are great as well. (Edited)
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