Audio Cassette review:
Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party

Oingo Boingo - Dead Man's Party

Band: Oingo Boingo Title: Dead Man's Party Rating: Release Date: 17 October, 1990 Media: Audio Cassette 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

Editoral Review Actually they weren't so little; in fact, the eight-man band boasted one of rock's finest horn sections in addition to Elfman's devilishly good, often humorous songs. Before he wrote half the soundtracks in the world (Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Batman, The Nightmare Before Christmas) Danny Elfman led himself an eccentric little rock band called Oingo Boingo. Dead Man's Party is Boingo's finest hour, melding their whacked-out mix of XTC, Frank Zappa, and Tower of Power with a genuine pop sensibility. Elfman is in perfect vocal form here, leading the combo through their biggest hit, "Weird Science" (which put Elfman on the soundtrack path) as well as Boingo chestnuts "Fool's Paradise" and the infectious, macabre title track. --Michael Ruby .. You can see a complete list of all Oingo Boingo discography, or go back to the Oingo Boingo tabs