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1. Just Another Day

2. Dead Man's Party

3. Heard Somebody Cry

4. No One Lives Forever

5. Stay

6. Fool's Paradise

7. Help Me

8. Same Man I Was Before

9. Weird Science

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Before he wrote half the soundtracks in the world (Pee Wee's Big Adventure, Batman, The Nightmare Before Christmas) Danny Elfman led himself an eccentric little rock band called Oingo Boingo. Actually they weren't so little; in fact, the eight-man band boasted one of rock's finest horn sections in addition to Elfman's devilishly good, often humorous songs. Dead Man's Party is Boingo's finest hour, melding their whacked-out mix of XTC, Frank Zappa, and Tower of Power with a genuine pop sensibility. Elfman is in perfect vocal form here, leading the combo through their biggest hit, "Weird Science" (which put Elfman on the soundtrack path) as well as Boingo chestnuts "Fool's Paradise" and the infectious, macabre title track. --Michael Ruby

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5.0 out of 5 stars Great album!, April 7 2004

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Billy "Mr. Tex" (Celeste, TX USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Dead Mans Party (Audio CD)

A great listen from Oingo Boingo.

Just Another Day - 7 out of 10

Dead Man's Party - 10 out of 10 - I absolutely love this song. It has a great sound to it.

Heard Somebody Cry - 8 out of 10

No One Lives Forever - 10 out of 10 - My favorite on the album. There's really no words to describe how much I love this song.

Stay - 10 out of 10 - A great ballad-type song.

Fool's Paradise - 7 out of 10

Help Me - 9 out of 10

Same Man I Was Before - 8 out of 10

Weird Science - 10 out of 10 - This song has great parody potential. ;)

Yet another great album released by Oingo Boingo.

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5.0 out of 5 stars oingo's most definative effort, Nov 30 2003

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M. Tefer "matt" (MN, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Dead Mans Party (Audio CD)

This probably one of my favorite mid 80's albums. Perhaps a close second to Peter Gabriel's So album in 86.

To me, Oingo Boingo is a weird / funny name. In fact I think there was a pair of jeans of the same name in the 80's.

Arguably, this is one of their best. In fact, I believe there may be some kind of underlying theme here. I think this is more of a focused / concept type of album (though only Danny Elfman probably knows what the specifics are to this theme). Many of the tracks don't necessarily deal with a dead man's party, but they do include mentions of ghosts, souls, and death. The lyrics are morbid / mordant. Songs like the title track, "no one lives forever", "same man i was before", and "heard somebody cry" all deal with similar anthems. Not that this initially would seem like fun material, but lead singer Elfman seems to poke fun at himself in the process, which lightens the sometimes errie tones.

If Oingo's morbid lyrics aren't appealing though, DMP keeps itself interesting for a plethora of other reasons. Sounds of trumpets, bells, xylophones, and synthesizers create a noisy and strange atmosphere, yet they're set with ingenious juxtapositions with some funky rythyms. It's a driving album and perhaps Oingo did accomplish more with Only a Lad, but from a commercial perspective, this was the peak of their success.

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4.0 out of 5 stars Also Consider THE CRAZY 8's!, Nov 21 2003

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M. J. WALLACE "Snow Junkie" (California) - See all my reviews
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I'm a big fan of Oingo Boingo, and I really like this album. However, I just realized that another favorite band, The CRAZY 8'S (now defunct) would be popular with Boingers. If you like OINGO BOINGO and FISHBONE, you'll LOVE The Crazy 8's! (...especially "Big Live Nut Pack!")

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5.0 out of 5 stars dead man's party
oingo boing was the best band of the 80's...it's the perfect 80's sound.
my favorite songs are "dead man's party" and "stay"

i love danny elfman's voice... Read more

Published on Nov 3 2003 by statstudent

5.0 out of 5 stars Long time fan's opinion
Dead Man's Party is indeed their finest hour, too bad it comes in rather short. Even the non-album B-side 'Mama' should be sought after. Read more