part of nothing, and any organized group was fair game to mockery, from my vantage point." Artwork On the cover of the album, the drawing of a cat by Louis Wain that previously appeared on the cover of the Oingo Boingo EP is visible as a patch on the shirt of the Boy Scout. The cover is a parody of the Boy Scouts of America 1960 official handbook cover, illustrated by Norman Rockwell. Reception Only a Lad was highly praised upon release, though its success was limited to the band's Southern California region. With the backing of Los Angeles radio station KROQ-FM, it established Oingo Boingo as a permanent fixture on the regional music scene. Oingo Boingo were already known for exploiting their negative press coverage; the song "Imposter" was a response to "a couple of assholes at the LA Times." Rock critic Robert Christgau criticised Only a Lad as having "catchy vocals and spoiled overarrangements". Trouser Press writer Ira A. Robbins panned the album, stating that it featured "contrived bits swiped from the Tubes, XTC and Devo to diminish the impact of reasonably clever lyrics and thoroughly competent music." However, Robbins praised "On the Outside" for sounding "normal". In 2006, Danny Elfman reflected that he "loved bad reviews, [...] something's got to fuel us." Legacy In 2006, the National Review named "Capitalism" as one of the "50 greatest conservative rock songs." It is featured in the 2005 film Enron: The Smartest Guys in the Room. "Only a Lad" is a playable track in the 2007 PlayStation 2 video game Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s. In 2021, Rubellan Remasters reissued Only a Lad on limited edition colored vinyl, followed by an expanded edition CD with bonus tracks. Track listing 2021 CD bonus tracks All tracks are written by Danny Elfman, except "Violent Love" by Willie Dixon. Personnel Oingo Boingo Danny Elfman – lead vocal, rhythm guitar Steve Bartek – lead guitar Richard Gibbs – keyboards, trombone Kerry Hatch – bass, vocals Johnny (Vatos) Hernandez – drums Sam "Sluggo" Phipps – saxes (tenor) Leon Schneiderman – saxes (baritone) Dale Turner – trumpet Technical Pete Solley – co-producer Oingo Boingo – co-producers, mixing Steve Bartek – horn arrangements and charts Rick Ruggieri – mixing Steve Brown – engineer Dave Ahlert – assistant engineer Chuck Kirkpatrick – assistant engineer Brad Gilderman – assistant engineer Cary Pritikin – assistant engineer George Marino –