Album
Good For Your Soul
1983 · Rock
18 collectors on Gatefold own this
Good For Your Soul is an Electronic album by Oingo Boingo, originally released in 1983. On Gatefold: 28 pressings tracked, owned by 18 collectors.
About
The last album to feature the original Oingo Boingo lineup, <i>Good for Your Soul</i> is marked by darker themes—a conscious reaction to critics pigeonholing Danny Elfman as the perpetual ringleader of a chaotic house party. Then again, the album does boast some of the band’s best madcap dance tunes, including “Sweat,” “Little Guns,” and the punk-inflected “Who Do You Want to Be.” The foreboding undertone is epitomized by “Wake Up (It’s 1984),” in which Elfman moans: “Whole world is watching, observing every move/Is it beginning or the end?” He keeps brooding on “Good for Your Soul” and “Pictures of You,” a pair of eerie, ambiguous love songs in which his elastic yelp is tamed in favor of a midnight croon. The album’s slow tribal feel is ratified on “No Spill Blood,” a jungle chant based on the 1932 tropical horror film <i>Island of Lost Souls</i>. The spooky equatorial vibe extends to the smoldering reggae of “Fill the Void” and “Cry of the Vatos”; the latter is a dub-infused instrumental that stands as one of the album’s highlights.
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Who Do You Want To Be3:33
- A2Good For Your Soul3:15
- A3No Spill Blood3:42
- A4Cry Of The Vatos2:20
- A5Fill The Void3:44
- A6Sweat4:51
Side B
- B1Nothing Bad Ever Happens3:42
- B2Wake Up (It's 1984)4:44
- B3Dead Or Alive4:05
- B4Pictures Of You4:05
- B5Little Guns3:42
Sound DNA
- Electronic
- Synth-Pop / New Wave
- brittle
- playful
- art school
Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.
Printed inner sleeve with photos, credits, thanks, and lyrics.
This version is a label variant ("R" to the left of the A&M logo) pressed by.
Some copies of this release have a sticker applied over the spine catalog number, bearing a new catalog number (SP-3252) listed here: Good For Your Soul (US 1983) (opens in a new tab). All other details are exactly the same.
Runouts are etched with 'Λ I' stamped.
[sleeve:]
Recorded at Baby O Recorders
Additional recording at Crystal Industries
Mixed at Kendun Recorders—Studio D
Mastered […] at Precision Lacquer
For Fan Club information, write:
Oingo Boingo
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Dale TurnerHORNS HORNS, SOLOIST PERFORMER , TRUMPET, TROMBONE
- Danny ElfmanLEAD VOCALS, RHYTHM GUITAR LEAD VOCALS, RHYTHM GUITAR, BAND PERFORMER , LEAD VOCALS, RHYTHM GUITAR
- Johnny "Vatos" HernandezDRUMS DRUMS, BAND PERFORMER , DRUMS
- Kerry HatchBASS, SYNTHESIZER BASS, SYNTHESIZER , BAND PERFORMER , BASS, SYNTHESIZER
- Leon SchneidermanBARITONE SAXOPHONE, ALTO SAXOPHONE BARITONE SAXOPHONE, ALTO SAXOPHONE, BAND PERFORMER , BARITONE SAXOPHONE , ALTO SAXOPHONE
- Richard GibbsKEYBOARDS KEYBOARDS, BAND PERFORMER , KEYBOARDS
- Sam PhippsHORNS PERFORMER , TENOR SAXOPHONE , CLARINET TENOR SAXOPHONE , CLARINET, BAND
- SluggoHORNS, SOLOIST
- Steve BartekARRANGED BY LEAD GUITAR LEAD GUITAR, BAND
- Jimmie WoodHARMONICA
- Mario GuarneriHORN HORNS
- Marko BabineauBACKING VOCALS
- Mike GormleyBACKING VOCALS
- Miles AndersonHORN HORNS
18 collectors on Gatefold own this · 28 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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