Dead Man's Party [LP]

by Oingo Boingo

Overview

Returning after a two-year recording hiatus (during which bandleader Danny Elfman recorded a solo album), Oingo Boingo forsook the excesses of smart-aleck humor and quirky production that had led critics almost universally to dismiss the band's first four albums. The sound is still maybe just a bit too uptight and over-determined, but the horn charts are more focused and sophisticated, and Elfman has matured considerably as a lyricist. Alongside such typically oddball fare as the title track and a surprise hit song called "Weird Science" are the faintly paranoid "Just Another Day" and the frankly romantic "Stay," as well as a glorious Motown tribute called "Help Me." But "Weird Science" is what really brings things to a close with a bang -- though it reverts somewhat to the band's earlier indulgence in wacka-wacka sound effects and willfully crazy production technique, it's also one of Boingo's most satisfying pop songs ever. Overall, this is perhaps the first Oingo Boingo album to hang together really well as a whole. Recommended. ~ Rick Anderson

Product Details

Release Date:	10/02/2015
Label:	Geffen
UPC:	0602547344373
Rank:	2838

Tracks

1. Just Another Day
2. Dead Man's Party
3. Heard Somebody Cry
4. No One Lives Forever
5. Stay
6. Fool's Paradise
7. Help Me
8. Same Man I Was Before
9. Weird Science

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Oingo Boingo   Primary Artist
Dale Turner   Trumpet,Trombone,Percussion
Richard Gibbs   Vocals,Trombone,Keyboards,Synthesizer
Danny Elfman   Guitar,Vocals,Guitar (Rhythm)
Steve Bartek   Guitar,Vocals
John Avila   Vocals,Guitar (Bass)
Johnny Hernandez   Drums,Percussion
Kerry Hatch   Bass,Vocals,Keyboards
Mike Batch   Keyboards
John Avtla   Vocals,Guitar (Bass)
Mike Bacich   Keyboards
Leon Schneiderman   Saxophone,Sax (Alto),Sax (Baritone)
Sam Phipps   Saxophone,Sax (Tenor)

Technical Credits

Bill Jackson   Engineer
David Leonard   Mixing,Engineer
Sam Cooke   Composer
Judy Clapp   Assistant Engineer
Michael Frondelli   Mixing
Danny Elfman   Composer,Producer
Steve Bartek   Producer
Mike Kloster   Assistant Engineer
Larry Vigon   Design,Art Direction
Laura Engel   Studio Production Assistant
Paul Levy   Assistant Engineer