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Good album with a few exceptions

Frankie Castro | Salida, CA | 07/14/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Every cover is good. Some better than others obviously with the highlight being Suburband Legends' "On the Outside" cover. They really bring a fun youthful edge to the song. The "Little Girls" cover by the Rock Raccoons isn't scary enough to drive the sarcastic point home like Oingo Boingo did.



The lowest point though is the Matches/Zebrahead cover of "Violent Love" which isn't even an Oingo Boingo song. It's actually a Willie Dixon cover that appeared on Oingo Boingo's debute EP. I find it very odd that the booklet credited every song to Danny Elfman when the cover of a cover should give credit to Dixon. This is really the only fact that keeps me from giving the album 5 stars.



Aside from that everything is great, but like any tribute album it mostly just makes me want to listen to the originals again.



Oh yeh, and also what album is "Better Luck Next Time" from? I downloaded the original song, but can't find out anything about where it came from. It's a great song though and a pretty decent cover."

Pretty good for a tribute album.

Aaron J. Lewis | mountain view, ca | 07/08/2005

(4 out of 5 stars)

"This album is good for a tribute. The performers stuck to the styles of the songs they did, those that were not right on, were at least clever. I really like this cd, only thing I would say is that Reel Big Fish should have done a song that has horns in it, rather then the sappy version of We Close Our Eyes. I like that song, but they have a good horn section which would be better suited for other Boingo Songs. I especially think this cd was good, considering I only knew 2 of the bands."

Good to Hear Others Interpretation of Oingo Boingo

Steve Ochry | Minneapolis, MN USA | 03/07/2006

(4 out of 5 stars)

"I found this tribute refreshing. This tribute album put a new twist on the Boingo classics. True, a few of them, namely "Little Girls", "Grey Matter", and "Weird Science", don't stray far enough away from the original. However, the covers of "Not My Slave", "When the Lights Go Out", and "Dead Man's Party" more than make up for those cuts. Don't get me wrong, I would much rather hear new Boingo tracks. Seeing how the chances of that happening are next to nil, this was a fun alternative."