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Product Details

  • Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
  • Original Release Date: September 26, 1988
  • Number of Discs: 2
  • Format: Live
  • Label: MCA
  • ASIN: B000002O8E
  • Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
  • Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (29 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.com Sales Rank: #9,488 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

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5.0 out of 5 stars All Your Music Collection Needs Right Here, August 10, 2000
By Peter A. Greene (Franklin, PA United States) - See all my reviews
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This is not a true "live" album in the classic sense. The band is in the studio, but they played down the set "live" rather than engineering and layering the heck out of it.

So what you get are the best songs in their book at the time, played tight, hard and with extra bite. Many of the cuts here are head and shoulders above the "original" album cuts (and I loved those). Uptempo, with a nice horn punch and a surprising variety of styles and sounds; there isn't a dog on either disc. Lots of bites, but with more tasty pop hooks than any colection around. If you're considering adding some boingo to your cd colection, this is the perfect place to start.

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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Their first compilation CD and my favorite, October 25, 2000
By Water Monkey "Marc B." (Santa Clarita, Ca.) - See all my reviews
When this CD (actually I bought the tape originally) first came out I was thrilled. OB had done something that most bands won't spend the time doing. They recorded a live CD (as they play the music in concert) in the studio.

So you get the best of both worlds. You get the music the way the band likes to play it, but it is digitally remastered and very crisp.

If however, you like live recordings with all the energy from the fans, get "Fairwell". This is the bands final live concert.

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5.0 out of 5 stars I'm on the Outside, November 9, 2005
By landru141 (Planet Houston) - See all my reviews
Every review says it and its true, this is the best Oingo Boingo collection. It improves on the studio arrangements by infusing a live vibe, while not actually being a live album (in fact, they toured to promote this so-called live album.) However, this is just the best way to hear this band. Each song is not only note perfect and frenetic as a spastic cat, but has the added benefit of elusively evading the worst of the late 80s production "values" (read "follies") of the time.

I have the casette and the CDs ... the casette stays in the car on permenant rotation ... I can't stop listening to this.
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