'My desire to do it was not financial- or career-motivated - it was just a chance to record a backlog of tunes I'd written that I liked a chance to experiment with slower tempos,' he explained. 'Elfman retains a strong allegiance to Oingo Boingo, although he released a solo album last year. The reasons: It will provide him with an outlet for material that may not fit into Oingo Boingo's frantic format and enable him to release two albums a year in an industry that's tied to the concept of 'everything works in year cycles.'

'This album was not made out of frustration,' emphasized Elman, 29.Įlfman is even considering alternating group albums with solo efforts. Likewise, he says, he's sharing his royalty points from the album with the band.' Elfman handled much of the instrumentation through synthesizer programming, but when it came time to employ actual musicians to play on the sessions, he enlisted the current lineup of Oingo Boingo in its entirety. 'So-lo' is clearly not the typical case of an ensemble-bound performer struck by cabin fever and blowing off a little steam on his own. But it was fun to do some ballads and try to snap out of that image that a lot of people have of me just writing real fast, fast, fast, fast tunes.' I knew a lot of Oingo Boingo fans wouldn't like the album because of that. 'Its general tone is much more laid-back than an Oingo Boingo album,' said the redheaded singer and songwriter, taking shelter from a rainy afternoon in a home studio cluttered with African and Balinese percussion instruments. (Eventually, the band was allowed to record under their own name again for MCA.) 'Go Away' (hey folks! It is really like Thompson Twins)ġ0 Gratitude (version from Bevery Hills soundtrack)Ī dispute with A&M led to Danny cutting a “solo” record in 1984 for MCA – in fact, it was a group effort released under the name “Danny Elfman” simply to circumvent a clause in Oingo Boingo’s A&M contract. Producer - Danny Elfman, Paul Ratajczak ( ), Steve Bartek Vocals, Percussion, Programmed By, Arranged By, Written-By - Danny ElfmanĮngineer - Paul Ratajczak/ Engineer - Spozzi The 'Spazz' Synthesizer, Programmed By - Richard Gibbs

Guitar, Programmed By, Arranged By - Steve Bartek

Drums, Percussion - Johnny 'Vatos' Hernandez

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