Big Mess (Danny Elfman album)

Big Mess
Studio album by
Danny Elfman
ReleasedJune 11, 2021 (2021-06-11)
Recorded2020
Genre
Length72:18
Label
ProducerDanny Elfman
Danny Elfman chronology
So-Lo
(1984) 		Big Mess
(2021)
Singles from Big Mess
  1. "Happy"
    Released: October 2020
  2. "Sorry"
    Released: January 2021
  3. "Love in the Time of COVID"
    Released: February 2021
  4. "Kick Me"
    Released: March 2021
  5. "True"
    Released: April 2021
  6. "Insects"
    Released: May 2021

Big Mess is the second solo studio album by American singer, musician, and composer Danny Elfman. It was released by Anti- and Epitaph Records on June 11, 2021.[4][5]

The album is Elfman's first studio album outside of his film and classical compositions since the 1994 album Boingo with his former band Oingo Boingo, and his first solo pop release since the 1984 album So-Lo.[6] Although Big Mess features former members of Oingo Boingo, such as Steve Bartek, Warren Fitzgerald, and Marc Mann, it is not an Oingo Boingo collaboration in the vein of So-Lo.

  1. ^ PipePanic (June 30, 2021). "PipePanic's Review of 'Big Mess' by Danny Elfman". Album of the Year.
  2. ^ Hickman, Langdon (June 29, 2021). "Danny Elfman : Big Mess". Treblezine.
  3. ^ Cordova, Daniel (June 11, 2021). "THE WEEKLY INJECTION: New Releases From DANNY ELFMAN, CRYPTA, and More Out Today – 6/1". Metal Injection. Danny Elfman has never not been quirky. However, I never expected a progressive metal nightmare of an album to come from him.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference anti was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Moore, Sam (April 12, 2021). "Danny Elfman announces 'Big Mess', his first new solo album in 37 years". NME. Retrieved November 23, 2022.
  6. ^ Grow, Kory (October 29, 2020). "Hear Danny Elfman's First Solo Pop Song in Nearly 40 Years, 'Happy'". Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 29, 2020.