An excellent return after so much time
I love these guys. It has been some fifteen years since "Are You Okay" and yet this record is as fresh as if they had been together through all those years. The vocals are as usual, just wonderfully over the top and the subject matter is the same crazy stuff. God how I have missed this. With the single exception of "Needle Tooth", every song on this record is lovingly done and fits in the existing catalog like a glove. Even "Needle Tooth" is part of the tradition but it is hardly musical. Never the less I give this five stars without hesitation. This is record I can actually listen too analog, all the way through. There are very few records that I feel that way about. If you're a fan you won't be disappointed. If you're new to this and you like your funk stirred together with influences form jazz, rock, country and a whole host of musical queues, go for it.

Great Fun!
Though a couple songs are curiosities this album is pure Was (Not Was).
If funky Americana is your thing you'll love this disc.

Boo Wahoo!
Boo!
As always, Was Not Was is technically brisk and funky to the core! You've gotta LOVE the screaming sax! Lyrics (if you happen to listen while emphatically dancing around) are eccentric enough to keep you interested on all listening levels.
Sweet Pea Atkinson's vocals are delivered with all the gusto and energy that WNW fans have been missing during the years between 'Then' and 'Now'.
Of course catching these guys in concert has always been an event, but having this cd keeps the energy pumping long after they've left town.
Thank you, Was Not Was, for this come back. This will definitely keep us happy and bring in new listeners... for now...!

What I WAS hoping, unfortunately it NOT WAS to be
Three stars for effort and for hanging in there. Don't get me wrong, this is a decent disc, but for WAS (NOT WAS) I can't help but expect so much more. The first disc, then "Born to Laugh at Tornados," and then "What Up Dog" were all so great and then "Are You Okay" came out and something was missing. "Boo!" is similar to that last album following their long absence. You still get great production, interesting guest vocals, and the quirky inventiveness that enfused all their titles, but it doesn't click as much as it did on those older discs. If you liked their other recordings you'll still find much to like, but not as much.

Just a little extra others forgat
If you are at this page reading and have made it this far, you know what these guys are all about: a cosmic stew of various disparate styles that somehow manage to fit together. This is definitely a "musician's" band with a difference-the difference being that anyone who enjoys a good time will glide through this album with hardly a ruffled feather; yet musicians of virtually any stripe will discover layer after of layer of brilliance. For instance, has anyone noticed the brilliant pedal steel guitar playing discretely slipped into several songs? It's there, and steel is not exactly a front-line funk band instrument under any circumstances.
If you want more, it is here. The other reviews have covered almost all the great songs, but everyone has failed to mention "From the Head to the Heart." This song has the emotional impact that pop music so rarely ever even strives for. As with "Somewhere In America" from What up Dog?, this song takes what could be a trite and cloying "from the streets" preaching topic (Think Presley's "In the Ghetto") and adds a level of nuance and depth that chokes me up just thinking about it. If you want to know what the boys can do beyond the eccentric quirky lyric with the Grand-Canyon-Deep-Funk-Groove-of-Doom, "From the Head to the Heart" is the place to start.