Dead Man's Party (album)

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Dead Man's Party is the fourth album by Oingo Boingo, released in 1985. It is considered by some to be their breakthrough, due to the inclusion of songs from this album in two movies. The title track was used in the film Back to School (wherein Boingo performs the song at a party), and includes the song "Weird Science" which was written for the John Hughes film of the same name.

The album has since been certified Gold by the RIAA.

Both "Weird Science" and "Stay" were hits in Australia, charting at #39 and #30 respectively.

Cover Art: Jayme Odgers

Track listing

1. "Just Another Day"
2. "Dead Man's Party"
3. "Heard Somebody Cry"
4. "No One Lives Forever"
5. "Stay"
6. "Fool's Paradise"
7. "Help Me"
8. "Same Man I Was Before"
9. "Weird Science"

Oingo Boingo:

• Danny Elfman - lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Steve Bartek - lead guitar
• John Avila - bass guitar, backing vocals
• Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez - drums, percussion
• Mike Bacich - keyboards
• Sam Phipps - tenor saxophone
• Leon Schneiderman - baritone saxophone, alto saxophone
• Dale Turner - trumpet, trombone