The video was allegedly banned in Canada. To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. Only A Lad is where it all began, the excellence of 'Controller', 'Capitalism' and the title track is emphasized by Elfman's biting political commentary. So, I went to my local music store and they didn't have this album, so I put in a special order and I picked it up yesterday and haven't listened to anything else, but this. He elaborated: "To me, all organized political groups have a sense of absurdity to them. If anything, I consider myself part of nothing, and any organized group was fair game to mockery, from my vantage point. Alors oui sur cet album qui est très connu, pas pour, オインゴ・ボインゴのこのアルバムのタイトル曲を初めて聴いたのは確かNHK FMのクロスオーバーイレブン。. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations, Select the department you want to search in. This shopping feature will continue to load items when the Enter key is pressed. "[2], A number of early live songs were recorded for the album but ultimately went unreleased, including "Teenage Monster," "I've Got to Be Entertained" and "Cinderella Undercover. Covers per page? If you lived in LA in the eighties you were required to like Oingo Boingo, the jumpin purveyors of new wave madness whose stage show was as unbelievable as their obsessions were bizarre. Little Girls and Perfect System being two others. Only A Lad - 5/5 One of my four favorite songs on this album. Sound wise they were closer to Adam Ant, The Hoodoo Gurus or seminal LA act Sad Monster. The album's musical arrangements, by vocalist Danny Elfman and guitarist Steve Bartek, completed the group's evolution into a new wave rock band (see Oingo Boingo – The Mystic Knights Years). Our payment security system encrypts your information during transmission. "[5], Discussing the songs' themes, Elfman commented that the intention was "to be angry and keep a sense of humour at the same time", explaining "the songs themselves may not be delivered real seriously, but there is a point which I intend not to be taken lightly" and that people should not "be forced to believe" any social or political agenda. Only A Lad: Oingo Boingo: Amazon.ca: Music. 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. Only a Lad features complex and frequently changing time signatures and keys, often incorporating harmonies borrowed from jazz and 20th-century classical music, all hallmarks of Elfman's songwriting.