The Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet | ||||
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Original album artwork by Mark Ryden
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Greatest hits album by Oingo Boingo | ||||
Released | January 10, 1989 | |||
Recorded | 1981-83 | |||
Genre | Alternative rock, new wave, ska | |||
Length | 47:41 | |||
Label | A&M | |||
Producer | Danny Elfman, Steve Bartek | |||
Oingo Boingo chronology | ||||
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The Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet is Oingo Boingo's first compilation album. It features songs recorded during the band's A&M years, from 1981's Only a Lad to 1983's Good for Your Soul.
All tracks written by Danny Elfman.
A music video compilation was also released by A&M Records alongside the album. It contained (in order) music videos for "Stay" and "Just Another Day" from Dead Man's Party, "Gratitude" from So-Lo, "Little Girls" from Only a Lad, "Nothing Bad Ever Happens" from Good for Your Soul, and "Private Life" from Nothing to Fear. The video is long out-of-print.