Gonna Ball
by Stray Cats
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Stray Cats bestography
Gonna Ball is ranked 7th best out of 15 albums by Stray Cats on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Stray Cats is Stray Cats which is ranked number 6596 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 201.
(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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Gonna Ball track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Gonna Ball rankings
(Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). (Last updated: 4 hours ago).
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | culwin | Top 69 Music Albums of 1981 | 60/69 | 1 |
| 2025 | mostlymor | 1981 Listening Project (Part Two) | 74/100 | - |
| 2025 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1981 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2025 | spinout | Top 95 Music Albums of the 1980s | 66/95 | 6 |
| 2014 | marfol | Top 13 Music Albums of 1981 | 8/13 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 5 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 12 | |||
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Gonna Ball ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/25/2025 06:52 | culwin | 1,549 | 75/100 |
| ! | 04/02/2023 00:06 |  zags7000 | 20,568 | 64/100 |
| ! | 04/18/2021 18:41 | MickLord | 3,967 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/16/2021 22:10 |  Norman Bates | 10,131 | 75/100 |
| ! | 02/04/2019 15:02 |  Fischman | 11,856 | 66/100 |
Rating metrics:
Outliers can be removed when calculating a mean average to dampen the effects of ratings outside the normal distribution. This figure is provided as the trimmed mean. A high standard deviation can be legitimate, but can sometimes indicate 'gaming' is occurring. Consider a simplified example* of an item receiving ratings of 100, 50, & 0. The mean average rating would be 50. However, ratings of 55, 50 & 45 could also result in the same average. The second average might be more trusted because there is more consensus around a particular rating (a lower deviation).
(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album has a Bayesian average rating of 70.1/100, a mean average of 68.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 68.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.
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