| Artist appears on Oingo Boingo Boi-Ngo CD (1987)
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$5.79 BOI-NGO--no relation to leader Danny Elfman's solo record SO-LO--is one of Oingo Boingo's quirkiest and least immediately engaging records. A couple of careful listens, however, show it to be one of the group's most satisfying and durable efforts.
At the time,
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| Artist appears on Oingo Boingo Anthology CDs (1999)
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$24.79 Recorded in 1980 through 1996. Includes liner notes by Bob Garcia.
Digitally remastered by Dave Collins (A&M Mastering Studios, Hollywood, California).
One of the positive effects of the Seagrams/Polygram merger is that several bands who had recorded for different labels--A&M and MCA
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| Artist appears on Oingo Boingo Dead Man's Party CD (1985)
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$6.49 By the mid-'80s, new wave was long dead and gone, yet somehow this didn't stop Oingo Boingo from continuing their quirky horn-rock stylings with the minimum accommodation made to commercial realities. 1985's DEAD MAN'S PARTY sounds no different from their
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| Artist appears on Specials Greatest Hits CD (2006)
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$7.29 Who ever heard of a Specials Greatest Hits collection that didn't include "Concrete Jungle" or "Rat Race"? It's not like the music that is here isn't wonderful -- it is, and the choices made are righteous insofar as they go.
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| Artist appears on Steve Vai Fire Garden CD (1996)
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$5.95 All of it is really just a showcase for Vai's prodigious talent, and his desire keep the basic sound of the heavy-metal guitar intact while branching out into more ambitious directions. "The Crying Machine" is typical: Vai defines a simple
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| Artist appears on Oingo Boingo Best Of CD (2002) Remastered
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$7.79 Recorded between 1982 & 1990. Includes liner notes by Scott Shinder.
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Oingo Boingo gathers 11 of Danny Elfman's quirky new wave group's definitive tracks, including "Weird Science," "Dead Man's Party," "Wild
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| Artist appears on Steve Vai Original Album Classics CDs (2008) Box Set
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$46.59 Sony BMG repackaged and re-released five of Steve Vai's LPs on Epic -- Flex-Able, Passion and Warfare, Sex & Religion, Alien Love Secrets, and Fire Garden --
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| Artist appears on Mariachi El Bronx Mariachi El Bronx CD (2009)
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| Artist appears on Jonathan Richman Vampire Girl: Essential Recordings CD (2009)
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| Artist appears on Oingo Boingo Dark At The End Of The Tunnel CD (1990)
John Avila discography
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