Audio CD review:
Oingo Boingo - Anthology

Oingo Boingo - Anthology

Band: Oingo Boingo Title: Anthology Rating: Release Date: 02 November, 1999 Media: Audio CD Tracks: 1: Intro-Tender Lumplings (Live) 2: Ain't This The Life 3: Nasty Habits 4: On The Outside 5: Only A Lad 6: Little Girls 7: Grey Matter 8: Wild Sex (In The Working Class) 9: Private Life 10: No Spill Blood 11: Nothing Bad Ever Happens To Me 12: Sweat 13: Who Do You Want To Be 14: Gratitude 15: It Only Makes Me Laugh 16: Everybody Needs 17: Dead Man's Party 18: Weird Science 19: Just Another Day 20: Stay 21: Not My Slave 22: Where Do All My Friends Go 23: Mama 24: Cinderella Undercover 25: Flesh 'N' Blood 26: When The Lights Go Out 27: Out Of Control 28: Insanity (Medium Version) 29: Mary 30: We Close Our Eyes (Live) 31: Whole Day Off (Live) 32: Piggies (Live) 33: Insects (Live) 34: Goodbye, Goodbye

Customer Reviews Boingo Anthology Outstanding! I just wish it had 'Capitalism' 'Controller' and 'Imposter' on it! I still have to go back to Only a Lad for those tracks. Some time before I die, please???? 27 years since something goes out of print is TOO LONG to have to wait. I don't own this or any Oingo Boingo compilation, and I won't until they finally put the original 10" EP (in its ENTIRETY) on something. Are you listening, Universal? Probably not. Record companies bite. Dollars and (common) cents. My apologies to the Oingo Boingo fans, but to all others: don't buy this CD. I'm going to rate this CD based on a $1 per song cost to total cost for the entire CD (Apple and Rhapsody charge $1 per song). It's just a lot of noise from beginning to end. The songs don't evoke any emotion and are void of any sort of catchy rhythm/ tempo. Danny Elfman can't sing. I think he's tone deaf. The songs don't make you want to sing along, tap your foot, play air guitar, bang your head, shake your hips, shed a tear, etc. (like any great song would). I've had a huge exposure to all sorts of music, yet I know not one song on this 'greatest hits' anthology. I know, you'll probably tell me that Oingo was an underground band who didn't give into the commercialism of the music industry in order to get air time on the radio and make huge amounts of money. I mean, Danny Elfman can write great soundtracks for movies, and I like the Simpsons' gingle, but when he tries to put lyrics to his music, he fails miserably. In my 'opinion', the CD is worth $0, but Amazon is charging you $27. You'd be better off spending $1 at your local dollar store to get a pack of beer coasters (cause that is what you'll end up doing with this CD) and keep the other $26 in your wallet for something good. Amazon doesn't allow a no-star rating. Hope this helps. Darium June 2007. . You can see a complete list of all Oingo Boingo discography, or go back to the Oingo Boingo tabs