🎵 AotW Oingo Boingo - ONLY A LAD (SP-4863)

[LPJim]

Oingo Boingo
ONLY A LAD
A&M SP-4863

Danny Elfman - lead vocals, wrote songs except as indicated
Dale Turner - trumpet & trombone
Richard Gibbs - keyboards & trombone
Steve Bartek - guitars

Sam "Sluggo" Phipps - soprano & tenor sax
Leon Schneiderman - baritone & alto sax
Kerry Hatch - bass
Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez - drums

TRACKS:

Little Girls 3:44
Perfect System 3:46
On the Outside 3:39
Capitalism 3:40
You Really Got Me (Ray Davies) 4:40

Only a Lad 3:56
What You See 3:43
Controller 3:24
Imposter 2:59
Nasty Habits 4:06

Produced by Pete Solley & Oingo Boingo
Engineer - Steve Brown
Assistant Engineers - Brad Gilberman, David Ahlhert, Chuck Kirkpatrick & Cary Pritikin
Steve Bartek - horn arrangements

Chris Hopkins - illustrations
Chuck Beeson - art direction
Dave Willardson & Charlie White - back cover photos

Recorded at the Record Plant, United Western Studios, Cherokee Studios & Westlake Audio
Mixed at The Mix Room, N. Hollywood, Ca., by Oingo Boingo & Rick Ruggieri
Mastered at Sterling Sound by George Marino

Released August 1981 and reached #172 in the Billboard Top 200
Reissued as SP/CD 3250


JB

 

[Rudy]

A classic! Their first full-length LP.

 

[Mr Bill]

I remember buying my copy the day it came out at The Record Bar in the Cordoba (or was it University) Mall in Pensacola Florida where I was going through the Navy's Motion Picture/Television "C" School. I believe I also picked up Urgh!!! A Music War soundtrack at the same time. Without a doubt my favorite of the 1980s "new wave" bands and one of the most interesting in the LA scene at the time... Not a bad song on this!

 

[Mr Bill]

Subliminal images the clouds are fun to look for, too...

 

[Rudy]

I liked the running theme of pics from psych ward inmates decorating some of their album artwork.

Boingo had quite a run, and their more cinematic side fortold Elfman's involvement in soundtrack work.

 

[Mr Bill]

We just saw Oz, The Great & Powerful this weekend. Danny Elfman scored that one, too. Even before I saw the music credit I whispered to Mrs. Bill, "Sounds like Danny Elfman, doesn't it?" I loved the movie, BTW, but Mrs. Bill thought it was okay and one of my coworkers HATED it. I recommend IMAX 3D if you can manage it.

--Mr Bill