''Boi-Ngo'' (stylized as ''BOI-NGO'') is the sixth studio album by American new wave band

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, released in 1987.

Production

''Boi-Ngo'' was the third Oingo Boingo album to be self-produced by

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and Steve Bartek (including ''

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''). The tracks "Pain", "We Close Our Eyes" and "Not My Slave" were released as singles. Several other songs, "Remember My Name," "Inside", "Mama" and "Find You", were recorded for the album but not included. An earlier song, "Cinderella Undercover", first performed in 1981, was also recorded but cut from release. "Mama" saw a limited release on a 7-inch vinyl box set edition of ''Boi-Ngo'' as the album's final track. New recordings of both "Cinderella Undercover" and "Mama" were subsequently featured on the "live in the studio" album ''

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'' in 1988. The song "Happy" was also recorded in the album sessions for release on the '' Summer School'' soundtrack, under Danny Elfman's name.

In film and television

"Home Again" appears over the end credits of the movies ''

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'' (1986) and ''

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'' (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 ''

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'', "The Break-Up" (2014), and continues through the closing credits.

Reissue

In 2022, Rubellan Remasters announced that they would be issuing a remastered version of ''Boi-Ngo'' on both colored vinyl and CD, the latter as an expanded edition with six bonus tracks.

Track listing

Personnel

Oingo Boingo *

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– bass guitar, vocals * Steve Bartek – guitars * Mike Bacich – keyboards *

– vocals, rhythm guitar * Johnny (Vatos) Hernandez – drums, percussion *

Sam Phipps Sam "Sluggo" Phipps (born 1953) is an American saxophone player, best known for being a member of the new wave band Oingo Boingo. Early life Sam Phipps was born in Los Angeles, California. He played piano and trombone from an early age, but an ...

– tenor saxophone * Leon Schneiderman – baritone saxophone *

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– trumpet Additional musicians *

Bruce Fowler Bruce Lambourne Fowler (born July 10, 1947) is an American trombonist and composer. He played trombone on many Frank Zappa records, as well as with Captain Beefheart and in the Fowler Brothers Band. He composes and arranges music for movies, an ...

– trombone * Carmen Twillie – background vocals ("Pain") *

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– 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 Humberto Gatica is a Chilean-born American recording engineer, mixing engineer and record producer, best known for his work with Celine Dion, Chicago, Michael Jackson, Barbra Streisand, Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban and Michael Bublé. Gatica's inter ...

– 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 (

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) * Karen Siegal – second mixing engineer (Lion Share) * Wally Traugott – mastering * Vartan – art direction * Mike Fink – design *

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– photography

Charts

References

{{Authority control Oingo Boingo albums 1987 albums Albums produced by Danny Elfman Albums produced by Steve Bartek MCA Records albums