Boi-ngo

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Not to be confused with the 1994 album Boingo.
Boi-Ngo
BOI-NGO album.jpg
Studio album by
Oingo Boingo
ReleasedMarch 2, 1987
RecordedAugust–December 1986
Studio
GenreNew wave, pop rock
Length41:00
LabelMCA
ProducerDanny Elfman and Steve Bartek
Oingo Boingo chronology
Dead Man's Party
(1985) 		Boi-Ngo
(1987) 		Boingo Alive
(1988)
Singles from Boi-ngo
  1. "Pain"
    Released: October 1986
  2. "We Close Our Eyes"
    Released: February 1987
  3. "Not My Slave"
    Released: 1987

Boi-Ngo (stylized as BOI-NGO) is the sixth studio album by American new wave band Oingo Boingo, released in 1987.

Production[]

Boi-Ngo was the third Oingo Boingo album to be self-produced by Danny Elfman and Steve Bartek (including So-Lo). The tracks "Pain", "We Close Our Eyes" and "Not My Slave" were released as singles.

Several other songs—"Remember My Name," "Inside", "Mama", "Find You" and "Happy"—were recorded for the album but not included.[1][better source needed] An earlier song, "Cinderella Undercover" (first written for Only a Lad six years earlier), was also recorded but cut from release.[citation needed] "Mama" saw a limited release on a 7-inch vinyl box set edition of Boi-Ngo, included as the album's final track. New recordings of both "Cinderella Undercover" and "Mama" were subsequently featured on the "live in the studio" album Boingo Alive in 1988. "Happy" was released under Danny Elfman's name on the soundtrack for Summer School (1987).

In film and television[]

"Home Again" appears over the end credits of the movies Wisdom (1986) and Home Alone 3 (1997).

"Not My Slave" appears in the film Something Wild (1986), heard briefly on a car radio. The version used in the film (and subsequently included on the soundtrack) is a different mix than the album version.

"We Close Our Eyes" appears in the final scene of the final episode of Psych, "The Break-Up" (2014), and continues through the closing credits.[2]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Danny Elfman.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Home Again"5:12
2."Where Do All My Friends Go"4:28
3."Elevator Man"4:30
4."New Generation"5:14
Side two
No.TitleLength
5."We Close Our Eyes"3:37
6."Not My Slave"4:41
7."My Life"4:34
8."Outrageous"3:44
9."Pain"4:26
Box set bonus track
No.TitleLength
10."Mama"4:22

Charts[]

Chart (1986/87) Position
United States (Billboard 200) 77
Australia (Kent Music Report)[3] 98

Personnel[]

Oingo Boingo

Additional musicians

  • Bruce Fowler – trombone
  • Carmen Twillie – background vocals ("Pain")
  • Maxine Waters – background vocals ("Pain")
  • Michael Vlatkovich – trombone

Technical

  • Danny Elfman – co-producer
  • Steve Bartek – co-producer
  • Bill Jackson – engineer; mixing ("Where Do All My Friends Go", "Elevator Man", "Not My Slave", "Outrageous")
  • Michael Frondelli – mixing ("Home Again", "New Generation", "Pain")
  • Humberto Gatica – mixing ("We Close Our Eyes", "My Life")
  • John Avila – deputy vocal producer
  • Laura Engel – studio production assistant
  • David Knight – second recording engineer
  • Jimmy Preziosi H.R.E. – second recording engineer, second mixing engineer (Sunset Sound)
  • Judy Clapp – second mixing engineer (Capitol)
  • Karen Siegal – second mixing engineer (Lion Share)
  • Wally Traugott – mastering
  • Vartan – art direction
  • Mike Fink – design
  • Aaron Rapoport – photography

Cover versions[]

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QeoXo2GorkI&list=PLZTS6nWd42eJ-YTzrBYdOvkhpdFzd6CGI
  2. ^ "I Watched 'Psych' For 8 Years and All I Got Was This Lackluster Finale". The Daily Beast. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  3. ^ Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 222. ISBN 0-646-11917-6.
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