Mommy's Little Monster
by Social Distortion
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Social Distortion bestography
Mommy's Little Monster is ranked 6th best out of 13 albums by Social Distortion on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Social Distortion is Social Distortion which is ranked number 2878 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 533.
(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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Mommy's Little Monster track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 76 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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| 03/19/2026 02:01 | Devilwoac | 1,191 | 97/100 | |
| 11/01/2025 11:15 |  Larcx13 | 2,850 | 74/100 | |
| 10/22/2025 22:54 |  EyeKanFly | 8,544 | 65/100 | |
| 09/17/2025 17:52 | Olli | 7,125 | 63/100 | |
| 03/21/2025 13:37 |  Kaduken | 536 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 73.0/100, a mean average of 71.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 19.6.
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As someone who gets a fair amount of enjoyment out of Social Distortion, their debut album from back in 1983 is fairly unremarkable. For its time, I'm sure it was rad and energetic.
Unlike many hardcore bands at the time, early Social Distortion had influences: Garage rock, The Rolling Stones, The Clash, etc. But they need work. Getting clean must have really brought things into perspective and the raw energy displayed here was channeled property with decent songwriting and melodies.
This era of the band was featured prominently in the documentary Another State of Mind.
Mommy's Little Monster is just OK. Other bands in the '80s were doing this much better, especially the groups on Slash Records (X, Blasters, Gun Club). It would take a few years for the group to find proper footing, but once they did they never looked back.
Not recommended.
Condensed to a 7" Single:
A-Side: Another State of Mind
B-Side: Mommy's Little Monster
This band is overwhelming, everything they made is great. This is a must-have punk album, probably one of the best punk records ever.
My favorite Social Distortion album. Mommy's Little Monster is really overlooked when it comes to punk classics.
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