Audio Cassette review:
Oingo Boingo - Good for Your Soul

Oingo Boingo - Good for Your Soul

Band: Oingo Boingo Title: Good for Your Soul Rating: Release Date: 17 October, 1990 Media: Audio Cassette Tracks: 1: Who Do You Want to Be 2: Good for Yor Soul 3: No Spill Blood 4: Cry of the Vatos 5: Fill the Void 6: Sweat 7: Nothing Bad Ever Happens 8: Wake Up (It's 1984) 9: Dead or Alive 10: Pictures of You 11: Little Guns

Customer Reviews Evil genius at work I'd like to know who has their head planted firmly up their nether regions when it comes to the fact that this CD is out of print. There hasn't ever been anybody that sounds like Oingo Boingo, and this is by and far Oingo Boingo at their creative peak. That is a huge disservice to all of us. Oingo Boingo released an EP around 1980 that was followed up by "Only A Lad" in 1981. I haven't heard the EP, but Only A Lad is a fantastic sophomore effort. Oingo Boingo really hit their peak, though, with 1982's Nothing To Fear. Good For Your Soul continued in the same tradition with the fast, almost manic toe-tapping rhythms and sinister lyrics. If you liked their more familiar radio hits like Dead Man's Party, you've now touched the tip of the iceberg. Run, don't walk, and pick up Nothing To Fear. If you can get a hold of Good For Your Soul for a decent price, do it. The vinyl is readily available for a great price, too, if that meets your needs. If you're not at all familiar with Oingo Boingo, I'd be hard pressed to come up with some comparisons. There simply isn't anybody like these guys. All I can say is that if you're a fan of '80s music at all, you need Oingo Boingo. Check out Fill The Void, No Spill Blood and Little Guns from this release. You won't be disappointed. My Favorite Oingo Boingo Album Not only is it their moost spooky-fun record (forget Dead Man's Party) but it's also their most intelligent, shot right through with literary themes. I'm surprised this is out of print, because if you ask me it's THE one to get. No Spill Blood is based on The Island of Dr. Moreau and Animal Farm, and Wake Up (it's 1984) is based on George Orwell's "1984". I also suspect that "Pictures of You" is loosely based on Edgar Allan Poe's "The Oval Portrait" although I could be wrong (if I am though, I have no clue what it's about. ). However, I think what I like most about it is that sense of frantic paranoia which runs through the entire record, and is largely absent from later releases. This feeling is embodied perfectly in Swead and Dead or Alive (the best song about zombies ever). Now I know what you're thinking. "I can get most of these songs on the Boingo Alive compilation, so why bother hunting this down?" I love the Boingo Alive collection, but if there's one album the rerecords failed to capture, this is it. It's just not the same, folks. I can't conclude this review without mentioning the album's closer "Little Guns. " This is probably one of the weirdest songs they ever recorded and no Boingo collection is complete without it. It rocks. Also, great saxophone solos throughout. I bought my copy used on vinyl and ripped it to cd, but there are obviously bettter ways to go about it. So get thee to a record shop, consumer!. The darkest of them. " The best of this album is definitely "Nothing Bad Ever Happens. "Good for Your Soul" goes darker than Danny Elfman had ever done before it - with the purely vile sound and delicate human ideas in "Pictures of You" to the sardonism in "Who Do You Want to Be" and "Nothing Bad Ever Happens. " Something about it is really true, really dark, and really cleverly told. Also of note is the absoutely enjoyable "Dead or Alive. " Hearken to "Skin" on "Dark at the End of the Tunnel" for some sort of similarity in idea or feel, if your really like the ideas. Although "Skin" is not as fun as it is dark and searching. "Good For Your Soul" is out of print, as you may have noticed. Let me tell you, there is good reason, and if you can get your hands on it, do so!. . You can see a complete list of all Oingo Boingo discography, or go back to the Oingo Boingo tabs