Only a Lad

Only a Lad
Only a Lad
Studio album by Oingo Boingo
Released June 19, 1981
Recorded February, 1981
Genre New Wave, Ska
Length 38:12
Label A&M
Producer Pete Solley and Oingo Boingo
Oingo Boingo chronology
Oingo Boingo
(1980)		 Only a Lad
(1981)		 Nothing to Fear
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4.5/5 stars[1]
George Starostin 12/15 stars[2]

Only a Lad is the full-length debut album by Oingo Boingo, released in 1981 following their self-titled EP. The album's musical arrangements, by vocalist Danny Elfman and guitarist Steve Bartek, complete the group's switch from a cabaret act to a New Wave band (see Oingo Boingo - The Mystic Knights Years). Only a Lad features complex and frequently changing time signatures and keys, often incorporating harmonies borrowed from jazz and 20-century classical music, all hallmarks of Elfman's songwriting.

The album's success was somewhat limited, but, largely due to the backing of Los Angeles radio station KROQ, the album established Oingo Boingo as a permanent fixture in the Southern California music scene.

The National Review Online called "Capitalism" one of the "50 greatest conservative rock songs".[3] "Capitalism" featured in the film "Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room" (2005). "Only a Lad" is a playable track on the PlayStation 2 video game Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s.

On the cover of the album, if one looks closely at Johnny's (the "Lad's") shirt, one would see the image of the cat drawn by Louis Wain that appeared on the cover of the Oingo Boingo EP.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Danny Elfman, except "You Really Got Me" by Ray Davies. 

No. Title Length
1. "Little Girls"   3:44
2. "Perfect System"   3:46
3. "On the Outside"   3:39
4. "Capitalism"   3:40
5. "You Really Got Me"   4:40
6. "Only a Lad"   3:56
7. "What You See"   3:43
8. "Controller"   3:24
9. "Imposter"   2:59
10. "Nasty Habits"   4:06
Total length:
 38:12

Personnel

Oingo Boingo

Musical

In 2006, Andrew Loschert wrote a musical play entitled Only a Lad.[4] The play was premiered at the 10th Annual New York International Fringe Festival and ran from August 11 to 27, 2006.

The play takes place in 1984, and is about a young man named Johnny who gets in a fight over a girl named Mary, accidentally killing someone in a drunken rage. His lawyer claims in court that he is not guilty due to mental defect — society made him do it. Despite the defense being accepted in the court, Mary wants Johnny to stand up for what he did and take responsibility.

References

  1. ^ http://www.allmusic.com/album/r14404
  2. ^ http://starling.rinet.ru/music/oingo.htm#Lad
  3. ^ Miller, John J. (May 26, 2006). ""Rockin' the Right": The 50 greatest conservative rock songs.". National Review. http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=NzZkNDU5MmViNzVjNzkzMDE3NzNlN2MyZjRjYTk4YjE. Retrieved 2007-12-25. 
  4. ^ "Only a Lad the musical". http://www.onlyaladthemusical.com/index.html. Retrieved 2007-12-25. 
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Kerry Hatch  · Richard Gibbs  · Carl Graves  · Michael Bacich
Studio albums
Only a Lad  · Nothing to Fear  · Good for Your Soul  · So-Lo (as Danny Elfman)  · Dead Man's Party  · BOI-NGO  · Dark at the End of the Tunnel  · Boingo (as Boingo)
Live albums
Compilations
Boingo Alive • The Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet • Stay • Best O' Boingo • Anthology • The Best of Oingo Boingo: 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection
Extended plays
Singles
"You Got Your Baby Back" • "Only a Lad" • "Wake Up (It's 1984)" • "Weird Science" • "Just Another Day" • "Dead Man's Party" • "Stay" • "Pain" • "Not My Slave" • "Winning Side" • "Flesh 'N Blood" • "Out of Control" • "When the Lights Go Out" • "Insanity" • "Hey!"
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