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Only a Lad

Oingo Boingo

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Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
Original Release Date: 1981
Number of Discs: 1
Label: A&M
ASIN: B000002GC5
Also Available in: Audio Cassette | MP3 Download

Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (26 customer reviews)

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1. Little Girls
2. Perfect System
3. On the Outside
4. Capitalism
5. You Really Got Me
6. Only a Lad
7. What You See
8. Controller
9. Imposter
10. Nasty Habits

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5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Oingo Boingo, October 25, 2000

By	Water Monkey "Marc B." (Santa Clarita, Ca.) - See all my reviews

This is one of the hallmark albums of the "New Wave" era. With this recording OB jumped onto the music scene with a mix of upbeat high energy ska-punk music and brooding lyrics about middle class S. California life.

This is one of my favorite OB recordings. This CD marked the beginning of Danny Elfman's best writing.

If you want to know what true OB sounds like, this is one of the albums to own (along with "Nothing To Fear" and "Good for Your Soul").

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5.0 out of 5 stars Spectacular Boingo, March 8, 2000

By	Sean O'Neill (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This album captures the early sound of Oingo Boingo, with all of their quirkiness and unusual instruments. You get some top hits like, 'Only a Lad' and 'Little Girls', but they also have some great grooves like, 'Perfect System' and 'On the Outside'. The lyrics on 'Capitalism' are spectacular as well.

You may know Danny Elfman from his movie scores, but this is where it all started. Oingo's greatest hits contains some of these songs, but this album is still worth owning for the lesser-known gems.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Where Do I Start?, March 6, 2006

By	Casey Germane (CF, IA) - See all my reviews

How do I even start? This is one of Oingo Boingo's best. It's classic!

The layering of instruments is really awesome. What You See has so many turns it takes a while to get sick of it.

The lyrics are really clever...I'm assuming Danny Elfman wrote them. They're dripping with sarcasm, dry comments on people in our society...awesome! It takes a real genius to turn a subject like pedophiles into a song that makes you smile and tap your foot.

Speaking of pedophiles, "Little Girls" deserves its own paragraphs. It opens up the album. The first time I heard this song I was like, "this is so awful!". The lyrics were just so...yikes. But at the same time I was having way too much fun listening to it. After awhile you begin to think, "how can you NOT love this song?".

Finally, Danny Elfman is unbelievably fun to listen to. He just might be my favorite singer. The vocals in "What You See" are fantastic. His voice can go from sounding tender to demonic in a few seconds, and he's so expressive.

I think I've listened to nothing but Oingo Boingo for about two weeks now. This CD is a complete earworm! It wriggles into your skull and camps out. Don't worry, you won't mind at all! It's nasty, it's controversial, it's funny, it's a good time!

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5.0 out of 5 stars BRILLIANCE!
My very first impressions of Oingo Boingo came from songs like "Little Girls," "Only a Lad," and especially "Nasty Habits. Read more

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5.0 out of 5 stars One of Danny's best!
This was my... 2nd? Boingo album, I started with Dead Man's Party. I must say there is not one bad track this entire CD.. buy it. Trust Elfman and Co.. Read more

Published on October 24, 2003 by Matthew Last

5.0 out of 5 stars On of Danny's best!
This was my... 2nd? Boingo album, I started with Dead Man's Party. I must say there is not one bad track this entire CD.. buy it. Trust Elfman and Co.. Read more

Published on October 24, 2003 by Matthew Last

5.0 out of 5 stars Only a Lad is Great
In the year 2002, I downloaded a song called "Weird Science," to put on a mix CD. I had heard the song many times and I loved it, but I had never heard of the group... Read more

Published on June 7, 2003 by Clint

5.0 out of 5 stars Only a Lad is great
In the year 2002, I downloaded a song called "Weird Science," to put on a mix CD. I had heard the song many times and I loved it, but I had never heard of the group... Read more

Published on January 24, 2003 by Clint Lanning

5.0 out of 5 stars Smashing Debut From a Delighfully Quirky Band
Although not as consistant as some of their later releases, Only A Lad is an album unlike any other. Read more

Published on January 23, 2003 by Logan Albright

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