Skeletons in the Closet (Oingo Boingo album)

The Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet
Original album artwork by Mark Ryden
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
Boingo Alive (1988) The Best of Oingo Boingo: Skeletons in the Closet (1989) Dark at the End of the Tunnel (1990)

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.

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Track listing

All songs written and composed by Danny Elfman. 

Notes

• Tracks 1, 3, 4, and 6 are taken from Only a Lad.
• Tracks 2, 5 and 8-10 are taken from Nothing to Fear.
• Tracks 7, 11 and 12 are taken from Good for Your Soul.

• Although the version of "Private Life" contained on this album is labeled as being edited, it is actually the very same version that is contained on all CD and cassette versions of Nothing to Fear, as well as re-issues of the LP. Only the original pressings of the LP contained an extended cut of the song.

• The album cover done by Los Angeles artist Mark Ryden is notable for the fact that it is the very first professional piece of art done by Ryden.

Video

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.