Oingo Boingo - Skeletons in the Closet (12 tracks) +Album Reviews

My least favorite OB compilation

Water Monkey | Santa Clarita, Ca. | 10/25/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"While I love Oingo Boingo (they have been my favorite band for the last 20 years). This is the CD I listen to the least. Don't get me wrong, on its own it is a great CD, but with all the other OB compilations available this one falls short.Part of the problem was the band was splitting from one record label and moving to another. This CD was put out by the former record label in order to fulfill their contract with OB. Plus for any true OB fan this marks the beginning of the end for the band. After the release of "Skeletons" and "Boingo Alive", Danny Elfman (yes Jenna Elfman's uncle) concentrated on his music scores more than he did on the band. Thus releasing fewer new recordings.If you are an avid OB fan and must have everything they own, get this CD. If this was going to be your first OB CD, get their "Anthology" CD. It is more complete."

Great Introduction

Joel Rami | Ontario, Canada | 03/06/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This is the first Boingo CD I ever heard, and I can't wait to get more! (Of course, in Canada, Boingo CDs must be special imported from the US, making them hard to find.) This is a truly brilliant album, with great sweeping lyrics, pulse-pounding music, and a true sense of genuis. Elfman rules!"

Best of the best

Teethfullometal | Antelope Valley, CA | 06/11/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This particular release is amazing! There is not one bad song throughout the entire cd. It is one of those albums that you can listen to over and over again and never get tired of it....now that's what I call a great record.

For those of you who have never heard of Oingo Boingo, I would say they are a band that makes music that is almost impossible to describe. Their music is truly unique and is completely different from anything you've ever heard. Although there are a lot of bands that have their own sound, Oingo Boingo adds to their sound diversity by including the use of wind instruments. So I'll make an attempt and say Oingo Boingo is punk meets pop meets new wave meets brass meets weird, and that's about as close as I can get. So give them a listen, you won't be dissapointed."

THE BEST "BEST OF" OINGO BOINGO...

Jonathan W. Cardwell | Cape Girardeau, MO | 01/13/2004

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Ok, so Oingo Boingo had more than 3 records for one thing for one to pick and choose songs from to make a best of record. I don't think A&M in the end if ever really wanted to put out a collection of fan favorites or get a music expert's opinion of what "the best" of these 3 records had to offer. With each listen it becomes apparant that the studio wanted a collection of songs that blended nicely together and this collection of songs does just that. I mean, each OB album from the early days' had its own appeal. Good For Your Soul had more of a regee feel, Nothing To Fear had more of a punk-pop feel and Only A Lad had more of a ska/new wave feel. So whatever mood you're in, you can find 10 songs that give into that/those desire(s)...but this collection finds a common ground between songs on each of those albums. So...if you're a fan of Oingo Boingo show your support by buying every Oingo Boingo album ever! But if you'd rather have just a solid music collection with no filler, then get this b/c it's a killer collection of songs by a killer band and it even has one of the best album covers ever! Yeah, there's other memorable and stimulating songs by this band, but I'd rather just stick with this record. OTher songs like "Perfect System" and "Running On Treadmill" are kinda lacking in relevance in my opinion. It's as if the band knew they had a cut off of how little they could put on a record so they (or most likely the producers) wrote what they could and chose the ones that had the best chance of "connecting" with the audience. Well, out of the 30 or or songs the producers chose on those albums, these are the the 12 they would have chosen if they would've waited...although that may have not been possible for various complex reasons...but like I said, if you think more is better then go ahead and buy more albums by this band. This collection is perfectly good for newcomers and just as well for those who simply have an astute taste in music."

A great collection of earlier Oingo Boingo songs.

Jonathan W. Cardwell | 07/14/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"I wish it had the hard to find original of Violent Love though. A nice complement to Best O'Boingo."

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