Boingo (album)

Infobox Album | Name = Boingo
Type = Album
Artist = Boingo


Released = May 17, 1994
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 73:09
Label = Giant Records
Producer = Danny Elfman, Steve Bartek, John Avila
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|2.5|5 [http://wm03.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:d9fpxqyhldae~T1 link]
Chronology = Oingo Boingo
Last album = "Best O' Boingo"
(1991)
This album = "Boingo"
(1994)
Next album = "Farewell"
(1996)
Misc = Singles
Name = Boingo
Type = studio
single 1 = Hey!
single 1 date = 1994

"Boingo" is the last studio album by Oingo Boingo. For this release, the name was shortened to simply "Boingo". It was released in 1994.

The band saw some personnel changes for its first studio recording in four years. The three-man horn section and keyboard player were far less featured than on previous albums, and Warren Fitzgerald of The Vandals joined the group, providing an additional guitar.

The album contains the longest songs in the Oingo Boingo catalog, with eight of the tracks over five minutes. Many incorporate string and brass arrangements reminiscent of Elfman's film scores. At sixteen minutes, "Change" is the longest song the band ever recorded, with layers of production expanding the track from its original 3 1/2 minute arrangement.

Track listing

*All songs written by Danny Elfman, except "I Am the Walrus", wrtitten by John Lennon.Tracklist
title1 = Insanity
length1 = 7:58
title2 = Hey!
length2 = 7:43
title3 = Mary
length3 = 6:28
title4 = Can't See (Useless)
length4 = 4:35
title5 = Pedestrian Wolves
length5 = 9:21
title6 = Lost Like This
length6 = 4:54
title7 = Spider
length7 = 5:27
title8 = War Again
length8 = 5:53
title9 = I Am the Walrus
length9 = 4:09
title10 = Tender Lumplings
length10 = 0:37
title11 = Change
length11 = 15:58

When the album was released on audio cassette, it contained an additional track, "Helpless". [cite web |url=http://wc10.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:d9fpxqyhldae~T1 |title=Review of "Boingo" |accessdate=2007-12-25 |last=Fawthrop |first=Peter |coauthors= |date= |work= |publisher=Allmusic]

Personnel

* Boingo:
** Danny Elfman - vocals
** Steve Bartek - guitar
** John Avila - bass, vocals
** Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez - drums, percussion
** Warren Fitzgerald - guitar
** Sam Phipps - tenor and soprano saxophones
** Leon Schneiderman - baritone saxophone
** Dale Turner - trumpet
** Marc Mann - keyboards
** Doug Lacy - accordion

References