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Only a Lad is the full-length debut album by Oingo Boingo, following their self-titled EP. The album's musical arrangements, by vocalist Danny Elfman and guitarist Steve Bartek, complete the group's switch from cabaret act to New Wave band. Only a Lad features complex and frequently changing time signatures and keys, often incorporating modal harmony, a hallmark of Elfman's songwriting. Closing track "Nasty Habits" foreshadows the comic-gothic scores he would compose (and Bartek would orchestrate) in the late 1980s and early 1990s.
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. Track listing: 1. "Little Girls", mentioned in Pedophilia and child sexual abuse in songs 2. "Perfect System" 3. "On The Outside" 4. "Capitalism" 5. "You Really Got Me" 6. "Only A Lad" 7. "What You See" 8. "The Controller" 9. "Imposter" 10. "Nasty Habits" | |||||||||||||||
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