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| | Nothing to Fear | | | Music Artist : | | Oingo Boingo | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | A&M Super Budget | | Release Date : | | 1990-10-25 | | Store Price : | | $6.98 | | Artistopia's Price: $6.98 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Grey Matter
2. Insects
3. Private Life
4. Wild Sex (In the Working Class)
5. Running on a Treadmill
6. Whole Day Off
7. Nothing to Fear (But Fear Itself)
8. Why'd We Come
9. Islands
10. Reptiles and Samurai
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 nothing to fear but bad music?
Submitted on: 2009-09-02 |
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| out of the three oingo boingo cd's i own, the way i'd rate them, nothing to fear is number two. only a lad is number three and dead man's party is number one. it's a good album, but i just like the songs on dead man's better. |
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 The Most Overlooked Band of the 80's
Submitted on: 2009-01-04 |
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This album is full of creative lyrics powerfully sung by Danny Elfman. His voice is reminiscent of Tim Curry - slightly offkey and frustrated.
The music is constantly punctuated by sounds that smack of industrial metal...so VERY far ahead of its time.
I dare you to sit still (and not sing along) while listening to this album!
A MUST BUY. |
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Love this Album
Submitted on: 2008-06-24 |
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| This was the first rock album I ever bought, on cassette when I was eight years old. Twenty-three years later, I got the longing and picked up this CD. It is as brilliant and relevant today as it was then. Oingo Boingo had some of the most intelligent and entertaining lyrics of any band I've ever heard. Elfman's style of addressing serious subjects with wicked humor shaped my attitudes growing up, opening my mind to other acts such as George Carlin and eventually Southpark and the Simsons. The music influenced whole movements and subgenres. The Ska revival of the 90's probably would have never happened if not for Oingo Boingo. This album along with 'Good for Your Soul' are my undisputed favorites of the post-punk period. Highlights on this recording are "Grey Matter", a song which everybody should hear and think about, as well as the title track "Nothing to Fear", and "Islands". Rock music lost a giant when Danny Elfman got worried about hearing loss and decided to go exclusively with orchestra music. |
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Nothing To Fear And Nothing To Lose
Submitted on: 2007-12-13 |
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| This is Oingo Boingo's second release. And there is a difference here.Danny Elfman's clever songwriting is still as intact as ever except the sound is a lot less guitar oriented then it was on Only a Lad-replaced with more emphasis on the horn section and the then new bass sounds from the DX7 synthezier. So all it really ammounts to is the adaptation of the more techno-informed variety of new wave. There's also a stronger overall sense of the groove on this recorded with the playful "Insects" and the catchy "Running On A Treadmill" containing a lot of funk and a lot of guitar distortion. The best way to hear where all these sound elements came with the title song,an Oingo Boingo favorite with a funky 80's dance piece that,except for the distortion towards the middle is coming close to the sound the band would achieve on their popular hit "Weird Science" from their Dead Man's Party album. What dominates this album is more of Danny's musical luncacy-meaning:each songs stretch and split from one vein into another quicker then you can snap your fingers. "Islands" take the whole affair to a much more traditional "rock haunted house" feel Oingo Boingo are famous for going for. The album closes with the almost Devo-esque "Reptiles And Samurai",which makes sense because Oingo Boing and Devo both come from the same era and share certain things in common-like a fondness for quirkiness. Whatever way you cut it 'Nothing To Fear' is a great album from the 80's and since it's available at a discount price this is more then worth picking up! |
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Still good after twenty-five years.
Submitted on: 2007-06-08 |
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OK. Not all the tunes are stellar hits, but the DO all sound good. Oingo Boingo and Danny Elfman/Richard Elfman virtually invented Ska. Unlike so many other inventors; however, they never stopped exploring and creating.
The engineering on this album is amazing. Very clear, very sharp, beautifully edited and mastered. It's a true joy to listen to.
The only reason I didn't give a five is there are better, if only slightly, Oingo Boingo albums.
Danny. We here in L.A. miss your annual Halloween parties. |
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