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1994

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Not to be confused with the 1987 album Boi-ngo.

Boingo is the eighth and final studio album by American new wave band Oingo Boingo. It was the band's only album recorded for their new label, Giant Records, as well as the only album to be released by the band's 1994–95 line-up.

Background

After 1990's Dark at the End of the Tunnel, frontman Danny Elfman felt he was again "starting to get bored" with the band's musical direction and that a change was necessary to stay active.[2] In 1994, he decided to reshuffle the band's line-up without a horn section or keyboards and add second guitarist Warren Fitzgerald. However, horn players Sam Phipps, Leon Schneiderman and Dale Turner, as well as keyboardist Marc Mann, are credited in the album's liner notes.[3]

Boingo was a dramatic departure from the band's previous album releases, featuring an emphasis on guitar-heavy alternative rock and elements of progressive rock and funk, as well as longer song structures and orchestral flourishes.[4][5][6] Orchestral arrangements were devised and conducted by lead guitarist and arranger Steve Bartek.[3]

Recording

Recording for Boingo commenced in February 1993 prior to the change of line-up, but was postponed when Elfman was commissioned to score Tim Burton's The Nightmare Before Christmas.[7] Elfman claimed that much of the earlier recordings were abandoned, although the since-departed members were credited on the final release.[2][3]

The album was the first time the band had improvised some material in the studio, most notably "Pedestrian Wolves" and the long instrumental passage to "Change".[7] The cover of the Beatles' "I Am the Walrus" was purportedly a jam recorded in one take, simply "to use up the rest of the [tape] reel", but was included on the album as an afterthought.[2]

A number of songs recorded between 1993 and 1994 went unreleased, including "Water" and "Vultures".[2][8] "Lost Like This" had originally been written and demo-recorded in 1983 for the album Good for Your Soul before resurfacing live in 1993 with a new arrangement.

Upon its release, Elfman stated that Boingo was "the most challenging, fun, and difficult record we've ever done. It felt like a cold bucket of water splashed in our faces", and that he "expected" long-term fans might be put off by the new sound.[9]

Release

Giant Records wanted to heavily promote the album as a relaunch of the band. The songs "Hey!" and "Insanity" were released as singles, with an accompanying sinister, stop-motion music video for the latter.[10] Giant also hoped to produce a music video for the single "Hey!", but it never came to fruition.[9] "Hey!" peaked at No. 23 on the Billboard Alternative Songs chart in July 1994.[11]

A limited edition package of the album, designed by Deborah Norcross, was issued in a foldout digipak, packaged with an embossed hardcover booklet containing lyrics and additional photography by Anthony Artiaga and Melodie McDaniel.[12] The European and Australian CD editions, as well as the American and Indonesian cassette versions, featured an additional song, "Helpless", which had previously only appeared as the B-side of the "Insanity" CD single.

After the album's release in 1994, the band made numerous television appearances sporting new "skater" looks, with long unkempt hair and loose T-shirts.[13] Despite the recent reshuffle, Oingo Boingo announced their decision to disband in 1995, making Boingo the only studio album produced by this line-up.

Boingo was not issued on vinyl until 2023, when Music on Vinyl released a limited 180 gram colored LP edition via Record Store Day on February 24,[14] followed by a black LP edition on May 5.[15]

Reception

Mark Jenkins of The Washington Post observed that the band had "found a more comfortable niche: bombastic early-'70s-style prog-rock", and while he praised several of the songs' "appealing melodic moments", he ultimately concluded that the band was "too busy showing off to let them be."[4] Steve Hochman of Los Angeles Times felt the album was the group's best since the early '80s, praising Elfman's "more down-to-earth presence" and the band's new "pared-down, guitar-rock attack."[5]

In retrospective reviews, Peter Fawthrop of AllMusic bemoaned the absence of "the plucky instrumentals on past efforts", concluding that the band had "made an unquestionable, 100 percent crossover into grim alternative." Fawthrop also praised the cassette-only "Helpless" as the stand-out track, noting Elfman's "Jack Skellington-mode" vocals, and felt the song "nearly parodies the grieving found on the rest of the album."[6] Sputnikmusic called the album "one of their most experimental releases ... strongly influenced by the uprising of alternative rock", adding that it was "the perfect antidote to the hordes of humorless suburbanites that have been dominating the airwaves lately, a dark album with effective humorous undertones."[16]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Danny Elfman, except for "I Am the Walrus" by John Lennon and Paul McCartney

No.TitleLength
1."Insanity"7:58
2."Hey!"7:43
3."Mary"6:28
4."Can't See (Useless)"4:35
5."Pedestrian Wolves"9:21
6."Lost Like This"4:54
7."Spider"5:27
8."War Again"5:53
9."I Am the Walrus"4:09
10."Tender Lumplings"0:37
11."Change"15:58
Total length:73:03
Bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."Helpless" (Exclusive to US/IDN cassette and EU/AUS CD releases)3:36
Total length:76:39

Personnel

Oingo Boingo

Additional personnel

  • Rich Sumner – additional percussion
  • Katurah Clarke – additional percussion
  • Carl Graves – backing vocals ("Lost Like This")
  • Cameron Graves – backing vocals ("Insanity")
  • Taylor Graves – backing vocals ("Insanity")
  • Maxine Waters – backing vocals ("Pedestrian Wolves")
  • Julia Waters – backing vocals ("Pedestrian Wolves")
  • Fred Seykora – solo cello ("Mary")

Technical

  • Danny Elfman – co-producer, orchestral arrangements
  • Steve Bartek – co-producer, orchestral conductor, orchestrator
  • John Avila – co-producer
  • Shawn Murphey – orchestral engineer
  • Bruce Dukov – orchestral concertmaster
  • Patti Zimitti – orchestral contractor
  • Bill Jackson – engineer
  • Mike Piersante – second engineer
  • Marty Horenburg – second engineer
  • Steve Thompson – co-mixer
  • Michael Barbiero – co-mixer, additional recording
  • Mike Baumgartner – second engineer (mixing)
  • Chad Munsey – second engineer (mixing)
  • Jimmy "King" Amson – studio tech
  • Tim Durfey – studio tech
  • Nick Jeen – studio tech
  • Bruce Jacoby – studio tech
  • Matt Luneau – studio tech (Drum Doctors)
  • George Marino – mastering
  • Deborah Norcross – art direction, design
  • Anthony Artiaga – photography
  • Melodie McDaniel – band photos
  • Mike Diehl – ideoque typeface design

References

  1. ^ "Oingo Boingo - Boingo". AllMusic. Retrieved September 18, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d Poggi, Alison (July 1994). "The Elfman Cometh". SLAMM, San Diego's Lifestyle and Music Magazine via Flickr. Retrieved 2017-07-05.
  3. ^ a b c Boingo (CD liner notes). Burbank, California: Giant Records. 1994. p. 1. 9 24555-2.
  4. ^ a b Jenkins, Mark (September 16, 1994). "DANNY ELFMAN'S OVERBLOWN 'BOINGO'". The Washington Post. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Hochman, Steve (May 15, 1994). "ALBUM REVIEW (***):BOINGO, "Boingo" (Giant)". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Fawthrop, Peter. "Boingo, Oingo Boingo - Boingo Album Reviews, Songs & More". AllMusic. Retrieved November 17, 2023.
  7. ^ a b Snyder, Michael (June 12, 1994). "Q and A with Danny Elfman". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on April 3, 2016. Retrieved March 24, 2012.
  8. ^ "Vultures - Boingo - YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2016-06-30. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  9. ^ a b "Billboard article". Archived from the original on 2016-04-02. Retrieved 2012-03-24.
  10. ^ "Insanity (Music Video) - Oingo Boingo - YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  11. ^ "Oingo Boingo". Billboard.
  12. ^ "Boingo Limited-Edition Special Compact Disk Package". AIGA Design Archives. Archived from the original on 2007-08-24. Retrieved 2008-12-15.
  13. ^ "YouTube". YouTube. Archived from the original on 2016-04-17. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  14. ^ "Boingo - Boingo [Colored Vinyl] [Limited Edition] [180 Gram] (Smok) (Hol)". Record Store Day. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  15. ^ "BOINGO - BOINGO - Music On Vinyl". Music on Vinyl. Retrieved November 18, 2023.
  16. ^ oingyboingy7 (August 25, 2008). "Oingo Boingo - Boingo (album review)". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved November 17, 2023.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
Quelle: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boingo_(album)

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Oingo Boingo waren eine amerikanische New-Wave-Band aus Los Angeles, die von 1978 bis 1995 existierte. Gründer und Leiter der Band war der heutige Filmkomponist Danny Elfman.

Bandbiografie

Oingo Boingo hatten ihren Ursprung in der Avantgarde-Musikertruppe The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo, welche 1972 von Danny Elfmans älterem Bruder Richard gegründet wurde. Die Mystic Knights waren ein bis zu 20-köpfiges Ensemble mit einer verrückten Liveshow, in der die Mitglieder bizarr geschminkt und kostümiert auftraten. Die Truppe spielte hauptsächlich Kammermusik und alte Jazzklassiker aus den 1920er und 1930er Jahren wie beispielsweise von Cab Calloway, aber auch einige Eigenkompositionen. Ein weiteres Markenzeichen der Band waren auch die von Saxophonist Leon Schneiderman selbst konstruierten Percussion-Instrumente. In den späten Siebzigern begann Richard Elfman sich mehr für Regiearbeit zu interessieren und übergab Danny die Leitung der Band. Für Richard Elfmans No-Budget-Kultfilm Forbidden Zone spielten die Mystic Knights den Original-Soundtrack ein.

Danny hatte von der komplizierten Aufgabe, die riesige Band mitsamt ihrer pompösen Show zu leiten, bald genug, und formte mit einigen anderen langjährigen Mystic-Knights-Mitgliedern wie Steve Bartek und Leon Schneiderman eine achtköpfige Rockband, die er in Anlehnung an ihre Vorgängerband einfach nur Oingo Boingo nannte. 1980 veröffentlichten Oingo Boingo ihre Demo EP und ein Jahr später ihr erstes Album Only a Lad. In den folgenden Jahren erschienen viele weitere Alben, und die Band tauchte auf diversen Film-Soundtracks auf, am bekanntesten hierbei ist ihr 1985er Titelsong für den Spielfilm und die Fernsehserie L.I.S.A. – Der helle Wahnsinn („Weird Science“). Zur Tradition wurden außerdem die jährlichen Halloween-Konzerte, die die Band im Irvine Meadows Amphitheater in Hollywood gab.

Anfang der 1990er wurde es etwas ruhiger um die Band, da Elfmans zweite Karriere als Filmkomponist immer größer wurde. Das 1990 erschienene Album Dark at the End of the Tunnel zeigte die Band von einer ungewöhnlich ruhigen und ernsten Seite. 1994 verkürzte Elfman den Namen der Band erneut auf Boingo, und die Band brachte ein extrem gitarrenlastiges und rockiges Album heraus, welches den Einsatz von Keyboards und Bläsersatz extrem minimierte.

1995 beschloss Elfman, die Band aufzulösen, weil es „der richtige Zeitpunkt dafür war“. Die Band, wieder zu ihrem ursprünglichen Namen Oingo Boingo zurückgekehrt, verabschiedete sich nach einer letzten Tournee mit einem vierstündigen Abschiedskonzert im Irvine Meadows Amphitheater.

Seit 2005 treffen sich die Boingo-Mitglieder Steve Bartek, John Avila, Sam Phipps und Carl Graves unter Leitung von Schlagzeuger Johnny Hernandez jedes Halloween wieder in Los Angeles, um dort für Boingo-Fans die alten Klassiker zu spielen und die Tradition der Halloween-Konzerte fortzusetzen. Anfänglich unter dem Namen "Johnny Vatos' Boingo Dance Party", treten sie mittlerweile als "Oingo Boingo Former Members" gemeinsam auf. Die übrigen Boingo-Mitglieder werden hierbei von anderen Musikern ersetzt; auch Danny Elfman, der aufgrund eines Hörschadens nicht mehr auftreten möchte.

Besetzung

John Avila
  • Danny Elfman – Lead Vocals, Rhythmus-Gitarre, Percussion *
  • Steve Bartek – Lead-Gitarre, Background Vocals *
  • Kerry Hatch – Bass, Background Vocals (1978 bis 1984) *
  • John Avila – Bass, Background Vocals (ab 1984)
  • Johnny „Vatos“ Hernandez – Schlagzeug *
  • Richard "Ribbs" Gibbs – Keyboards (1980 bis 1984)
  • Mike Bacich – Keyboards (1985 bis 1987)
  • Carl Graves – Keyboards, Background Vocals (1987 bis 1993)
  • Leon Schneiderman – Alt- und Bariton-Saxophon, Percussion *
  • Sam "Sluggo" Phipps – Sopran- und Tenor-Saxophon, Klarinette *
  • Dale Turner – Trompete, Posaune *
  • Warren Fitzgerald – Rhythmus-Gitarre, Lead-Gitarre (1993 bis 1995)

* Ebenfalls Mitglied der Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo

Inoffizielle Mitglieder:

  • Bruce Fowler – Posaune (1985 bis 1994) (nur als Studiomusiker)
  • Marc Mann – Keyboards (1993 bis 1995)
  • Doug Lacy – Akkordeon, Percussion (1993 bis 1995)
  • Katurah Clarke – Percussion (1993 bis 1995) (nur Live)

Diskografie

Studioalben

JahrTitelHöchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, AuszeichnungChartsChartplatzierungen[1][2]
(Jahr, Titel, Plat­zie­rungen, Wo­chen, Aus­zeich­nungen, Anmer­kungen)		Anmerkungen
 US
1980Oingo BoingoUS163
(5 Wo.)US
EP
1981Only a LadUS172
(5 Wo.)US
1982Nothing To FearUS148
(9 Wo.)US
1983Good For Your SoulUS144
(7 Wo.)US
1985Dead Man’s PartyUS98
Gold
Gold

(16 Wo.)US
1987Boi-ngoUS77
(16 Wo.)US
1990Dark at The End of the TunnelUS72
(14 Wo.)US
1994BoingoUS71
(3 Wo.)US

Weitere Studioalben

  • So-Lo (1984) (Von Oingo Boingo aufgenommen, wurde aber auf Drängen der neuen Plattenfirma MCA als Danny Elfman-Soloalbum veröffentlicht)

Livealben

JahrTitelHöchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, AuszeichnungChartsChartplatzierungen[1]
(Jahr, Titel, Plat­zie­rungen, Wo­chen, Aus­zeich­nungen, Anmer­kungen)		Anmerkungen
 US
1988Boingo AliveUS90
(11 Wo.)US
1995FarewellUS188
(1 Wo.)US

Kompilationen

JahrTitelHöchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, AuszeichnungChartsChartplatzierungen[1]
(Jahr, Titel, Plat­zie­rungen, Wo­chen, Aus­zeich­nungen, Anmer­kungen)		Anmerkungen
 US
1980Skeletons in the Closet: The Best of Oingo BoingoUS150
(6 Wo.)US
Best-of-Album

Weitere Kompilationen

  • Best o’ Boingo (1992)

Singles (Auswahl)

JahrTitel
Album		Höchstplatzierung, Gesamtwochen, AuszeichnungChartsChartplatzierungen[1]
(Jahr, Titel, Album, Plat­zie­rungen, Wo­chen, Aus­zeich­nungen, Anmer­kungen)		Anmerkungen
 US
1985Weird Science
Dead Man’s Party		US45
(12 Wo.)US
Split-Single mit Ira & the Geeks
1986Just Another Day
Dead Man’s Party		US85
(4 Wo.)US

Weitere Singles

  • Only a Lad/Ain’t This the Life (1981)
  • Private Life/Wild Sex (1982)

Literatur

  • Stambler, Irwin: The Encyclopedia Of Pop, Rock And Soul. 3. überarbeitete Auflage, New York City, New York: St. Martin’s Press, 1989, ISBN 0-312-02573-4, S. 495–497.

Weblinks

Quellen

  1. ↑ a b c d Chartquellen: US
  2. ↑ Auszeichnungen für Musikverkäufe: US
Quelle: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oingo_Boingo

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