Skeletons in the Closet (Oingo Boingo album)

Infobox Album | Name = The Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet
Type = Greatest Hits
Artist = Oingo Boingo


Released = 1989
Recorded = 1981-1983
Genre = Alternative rock, New Wave, Ska
Length = 47:41
Label = A&M Records
Producer = Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:30d4vwbta9yk~T1 link]
Last album = "Boingo Alive" (1988)
This album = "The Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet" (1989)
Next album = "Dark at the End of the Tunnel" (1990) |

The Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet is Oingo Boingo's first compilation album. It features songs recorded during the band's A&M years, from 1981's Only A Lad to 1983's Good For Your Soul.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Danny Elfman.Tracklist
title1 = Little Girls
length1 = 3:45
title2 = Private Life
note2 = edited
length2 = 3:19
title3 = On the Outside
length3 = 3:53
title4 = Nasty Habits
length4 = 4:08
title5 = Grey Matter
length5 =
title6 = Only a Lad
length6 = 4:00
title7 = Wake Up! (It's 1984)
length7 = 4:44
title8 = Insects
length8 = 3:04
title9 = Whole Day Off
length9 = 3:58
title10 = Nothing to Fear (But Fear Itself)
length10 = 3:55
title11 = Nothing Bad Ever Happens To Me
length11 = 3:45
title12 = Who Do You Want to Be
length12 = 3:33

Notes

*Tracks 1, 3, 4, and 6 are taken from the album, "Only a Lad".
*Tracks 2, 5, 8, 9, and 10 are taken from the album, "Nothing to Fear".
*Tracks 7, 11, and 12 are taken from the album, "Good for Your Soul".

*Although the version of "Private Life" contained on this album is labeled as being edited, it is actually the very same version that is contained on all CD and cassette versions of Nothing To Fear (1982), as well as re-issues of the LP. Only the original pressings of the LP contained an extended cut of the song.

Video

A music video compilation was also released by A&M Records alongside the album. The video contained - in order - music videos for "Stay" and "Just Another Day" from Dead Man's Party (1985), "Gratitude" from So-Lo (1984), "Little Girls" from Only A Lad (1981), "Nothing Bad Ever Happens" from Good For Your Soul (1983), and "Private Life" from Nothing To Fear (1982). The video is long out-of-print.