Best O' Boingo

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Fronted by prolific composer Danny Elfman (The Simpsons, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Batman, Dick Tracy, Edward Scissorhands), Oingo Boingo marry seriously clever songwriting and outright silliness. All the band's best songs are accounted for in Best Of, including "Dead Man's Party" and "Weird Science." The music is propelled by brassy hooks and ska-driven tempos. Elfman's vocals--sometimes a maxed-out, pleading whine, other times a ghoulish undercurrent of a whisper--are a pleasing mismatch for the random lyrical subject matter. --Beth Bessmer --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.

Best O' Boingo
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Best O' Boingo
Oingo Boingo
Manufacturer: Mca
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002OIH
Release Date: 1991-09-17

Dead Man's Party
When The Lights Go Out
Gratitude
Skin
Flesh 'n Blood
Not My Slave
Stay
Sweat
No Spill Blood
Out Of Control
Weird Science
No One Lives Forever
Wild Sex (In The Working Class)
Just Another Day
Who Do You Want To Be
Only A Lad
Goodbye-Goodbye

Amazon.com essential recording

Fronted by prolific composer Danny Elfman (The Simpsons, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Batman, Dick Tracy, Edward Scissorhands), Oingo Boingo marry seriously clever songwriting and outright silliness. All the band's best songs are accounted for in Best Of, including "Dead Man's Party" and "Weird Science." The music is propelled by brassy hooks and ska-driven tempos. Elfman's vocals--sometimes a maxed-out, pleading whine, other times a ghoulish undercurrent of a whisper--are a pleasing mismatch for the random lyrical subject matter. --Beth Bessmer

Customer Reviews:

Another Useless Compilation.......2005-06-25

Oingo Boingo had more compilations than any band has a right to and they all suck. Godawful songs like "Wild Sex In The Working Class", "Flesh 'N' Blood", "Goodbye-Goodbye", and "Sweat" make their way on this one. Terrible songs like "Grey Matter", "Little Girls", "Insects", and "Capitalism" ruin others. This is one group where choosing the highlights is easy. OK so you have to choose the overused and rather bland "Dead Man's Party", the fun "Wierd Science", and classics "Who Do You Want To Be?" and "Only A Lad". From there you pick "Nothing Bad Ever Happens To Me", "Winning Side", "Gratitude", "Stay", "Just Another Day", "No One Lives Forever", "Help Me", "Only Makes Me Laugh", "On The Outside", "Wake Up, It's 1984", and "Same Man I Was Before". From the new direction "Where Do All My Friends Go?", "My Life", "New Generation", and "Home Again" from Boi-Ngo and the first 3 songs and maybe some others from Boingo might be OK to fill out the CD. Easy!!!

Fabulous Boingo.......2004-07-30

I only remember Danny Elfman's pathetic comeback attempt in the 90's as Boingo or whatever....However this CD puts him back on the map as a musical genius in my mind. I only recently started hearing some of his 85-91 material which is fabulous. This CD is a winner all the way. As a fan of big hooks, it's not perfect, but pretty damn close. I will be a fan of these guys for a long time. Dead Man's Party is one of the best of all time.

Obviously Awesome.......2002-11-02

Great compilation. All my favorite songs from before they became just Boingo. If "Dead Man's Party" doesn't make you nostalgic, what will?

Standard for any collection..........2002-10-18

"Best O' Boingo" is a basic necessity for any good collection. Songs such as "Not My Slave" and "Wild Sex in the Working Class" showcase Danny Elfman's songwriting talent, and get you moving. No Halloween Party is complete without Boingo on the stereo.

I like........2002-04-28

This CD is a fairly good compilation of Boingo songs. I love this CD, even though it seems to go by too quickly when I listen to it.

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