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Home > Complete List of "o" Artists > Oingo Boingo > Item 24
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Good for Your Soul
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by Oingo Boingo
Sales Rank: 568455
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$7.94
At Amazon
on 9-27-2008.
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1. Who Do You Want to Be
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2. Good for Yor Soul
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3. No Spill Blood
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4. Cry of the Vatos
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5. Fill the Void
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6. Sweat
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7. Nothing Bad Ever Happens
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8. Wake Up It's 1984
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9. Dead or Alive
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10. Pictures of You
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11. Little Guns
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I'm surprised this is out of print, because if you ask me it's THE one to get. 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. 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!
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Good for Your Soul
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Price: $7.94
Updated on 9-27-2008.
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