Only A Lad

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Only A Lad by Oingo Boingo

About Only A Lad

Only a Lad is the debut studio album by American new wave band Oingo Boingo, released in 1981 by A&M Records, following their self-titled EP. The album's musical arrangements, by vocalist Danny Elfman and guitarist Steve Bartek, completed the group's evolution into a new wave rock band. Only a Lad features complex and frequently changing time signatures and keys, often incorporating harmonies borrowed from jazz and 20th-century classical music. Lyrics Elfman claimed that many of the songs were inspired by newspaper articles he had read at the time and were "written as in-your-face facetious jabs". "Little Girls" courted controversy for .

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Release Date: 1981-06-19T00:00:00.000000Z

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Tracklist

  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