Oingo Boingo (EP)

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Oingo Boingo
EP by Oingo Boingo
Released	September 17, 1980
Genre	New Wave
Length	13:49
Label	I.R.S. Records
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Oingo Boingo chronology
Forbidden Zone (1980) Oingo Boingo (1980) Only a Lad (1981)

Oingo Boingo is the first official release from the band Oingo Boingo. This was also the first release of the song "Only a Lad." In a cost saving move, the label chose to release the band's demo recordings rather than paying for a studio session.^{[citation needed]} The song selection includes three original compositions by Danny Elfman as well as a ska inflected cover of bluesman Willie Dixon's "Violent Love." The song "Only a Lad" was subsequently re-recorded and issued as the title track on their first long playing album.

The cover includes an illustration of a cat by artist Louis Wain from the later stages of his schizophrenia.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Only A Lad" – 4:08
2. "Violent Love" – 2:31
3. "Ain't This The Life" – 3:21
4. "I'm So Bad" – 3:49

v • d • e Oingo Boingo Studio albums Only a Lad • Nothing to Fear • Good for Your Soul • Dead Man's Party • BOI-NGO • Dark at the End of the Tunnel • Boingo Live albums Boingo Alive • Farewell: Live from the Universal Amphitheater, Halloween 1995 Compilation albums The Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet • Stay • Best O' Boingo • Anthology • The Best of Oingo Boingo: 20th Century Masters The Millennium Collection EPs Oingo Boingo Related articles Forbidden Zone • Forbidden Zone soundtrack • So-Lo • Dead Bands Party: A Tribute to Oingo Boingo