Nothing to Fear

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Nothing to Fear
Studio album by Oingo Boingo
Released	June 22, 1982
Recorded	1981–1982
Genre	New Wave
Length	41:34
Label	A&M
Producer	Oingo Boingo, Joe Chiccarelli
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Oingo Boingo chronology
Only a Lad (1981) Nothing to Fear (1982) Good for Your Soul (1983)

Nothing to Fear is the second album by Oingo Boingo, released in 1982 on A&M Records.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks written by Danny Elfman and published by Little Maestro Music (BMI).

1. "Grey Matter" – 5:50
2. "Insects" – 3:02
3. "Private Life" – 3:45
4. "Wild Sex (in the Working Class)" – 4:06
5. "Running on a Treadmill" – 3:20
6. "Whole Day Off" – 3:54
7. "Nothing to Fear (But Fear Itself)" – 3:52
8. "Why'd We Come" – 3:57
9. "Islands" – 4:40
10. "Reptiles and Samurai" – 5:23

[edit] Personnel

• Danny Elfman – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
• Steve Bartek – lead guitar, rhythm vocals
• Kerry Hatch – bass guitar, key rhythm vocals
• Johnny "Vatos" Hernandez – lead drums, rhythm drums, bass drums
• Richard Gibbs – keyboards, synthesizer, bass vocals
• Sam "Sluggo" Phipps – tenor saxophone, soprano saxophone
• Dale Turner – trumpet, trombone

The liner notes from Nothing to Fear also state that: "All the boys bang things: Rumba-phones, original instruments designed and built by LEON SCHNEIDERMAN"

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