Good for Your Soul (1983)

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Oct 27, 2024

Title: Good for Your Soul
Artist: Oingo Boingo
Genre: No Genre Specified
Released: 1983

Tracks:
1 - Who Do You Want to Be - 3:34
2 - Good for Your Soul - 3:16
3 - No Spill Blood - 3:42
4 - Cry of the Vatos - 2:21
5 - Fill the Void - 3:42
6 - Sweat - 4:49
7 - Nothing Bad Ever Happens - 3:43
8 - Wake Up (It's 1984) - 4:42
9 - Dead or Alive - 4:04
10 - Pictures of You - 4:03
11 - Little Guns - 3:41

Overview:

Not as highly regarded as Only a Lad or Dead Man's Party, Good for Your Soul may have been underrated in the Boingo canon. While there are moments where Elfman and company are straining a little ("Wake Up (It's 1984)"), there are other moments where the band is in full flight and at the top of their form -- "What Do You Want to Be?" gets the album off to a roaring start, "Cry of the Vatos" is a very warped anthem, and "No Spill Blood," inspired by The Island of Dr. Moreau, is a chilling, thundering commentary. Inconsistency is the sole problem here.

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