Oingo Boingo Only A Lad CD

Only A Lad Music

List Price	$9.95 (You save $3.56)
Category	Rock Albums, Alternative CDs, Rock/Pop, New Wave
Label	A & M
Orig Year	1981
All Time Sales Rank	13942
CD Universe Part number	1094466
Catalog number	3250
Discs	1
Release Date	Oct 25, 1990
Studio/Live	Studio
Mono/Stereo	Stereo
Producer	Joe Chiccarelli; Oingo Boingo; Pete Solley
Engineer	Joe Chiccarelli; Steve Brown
Recording Time	38 minutes
Personnel	Richard Gibbs - vocals, trombone, keyboards, synthesizer Danny Elfman Kerry Hatch - vocals, keyboards Steve Bartek - vocals, guitar Dale Turner - trumpet, trombone Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez - drums Leon Schneiderman - vocals, saxophone, baritone saxophone

Oingo Boingo Only A Lad Songs

1.	Little Girls	$0.99
2.	Perfect System	$0.99
3.	On the Outside	$0.99
4.	Capitalism	$0.99
5.	You Really Got Me	$0.99
6.	Only a Lad	$0.99
7.	What You See	$0.99
8.	Controller	$0.99
9.	Imposter	$0.99
10.	Nasty Habits	$0.99

Only A Lad Music Review

Average Rating: (5 out of 5 stars) 5 stars

5 stars Wow
Genius.....pure Genius. Danny Elfman is a god in my book.
Submitted by Jason (Los Angeles, CA)
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