The Only Ones (studio album)
by The Only Ones
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The Only Ones bestography
The Only Ones is ranked 2nd best out of 9 albums by The Only Ones on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by The Only Ones is Even Serpents Shine which is ranked number 4441 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 316.
(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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The Only Ones track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 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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| ! | 12/02/2025 14:01 | Jakor | 4,882 | 69/100 |
| ! | 09/23/2025 10:29 | ElstonGunnn | 892 | 82/100 |
| ! | 08/22/2025 11:52 |  SomethingSpecial | 1,730 | 82/100 |
| ! | 01/13/2025 06:51 | Sumbody | 1,737 | 76/100 |
| ! | 09/24/2024 02:45 | dhbarrett | 8,202 | 65/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.7/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.1/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.7.
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Worth a listen for the brilliant "Another Girl, Another Planet" alone and the rest of the album ain't bad
Jboy56 12/28/2021 12:07 | #278105
I think I will always have a problem with bands like these, the band plays very well. there are even great guitar solos, but the voice of the vocalist gives me creeps, Sorry, Is it on purpose or what but who great this band really is as it cannot be heard anywhere? The vocals drop 10 points from the score..
decent guitar and some writing horrific vocals awful
Dankel 11/26/2017 18:16 | #202106
A very underrated band - this is a great album, very powerful songs with the classic single Another Girl Another Planet
The indie rolling stones. This is an extremely enjoyable album with, another girl,another planet, the pick of a bunch of fine songs. Underrated.
110th best album of 1978? A travesty. This is one of the greatest of all post-punk departures, beautifully crafted songs about the breakdown of love delivered with the decadent sneer of a man on the verge of a drug-induced collapse.
RockyRaccoon 10/14/2014 20:42 | #124516
John Perry is no slouch on guitar. One of the better new wave albums out there
johnner 10/21/2012 14:13 | #52950
Language Problem.
lancashirearab 05/04/2012 05:46 | #41469
Another Girl, Another Planet is a great song, but as John Cooper Clark says everything The Only Ones do is great.
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