Oaklandazulasylum
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Oaklandazulasylum | ||||
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Studio album by Why? | ||||
Released | June 16, 2003 | |||
Genre | Indie rock, alternative hip hop | |||
Length | 38:30 | |||
Label | Anticon | |||
Producer | Why? | |||
Why? chronology | ||||
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Aggregate scores | |
Source | Rating |
Metacritic | (70/100)[1] |
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Pitchfork Media | (8.1/10)[3] |
Stylus Magazine | (A-)[4] |
Oaklandazulasylum is the second solo album from alternative hip hop artist Why?. It was released by Anticon in the United States on June 16, 2003. The album was recorded over a period of two years.
The track "Early Whitney" also appeared on the Early Whitney EP that was released shortly after Oaklandazulasylum.
Reception
At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Oaklandazulasylum received an average score of 70% based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[1]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Ferriswheel" | Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf | Why?, Jel | 2:24 |
2. | "Cold Lunch (Albert Brown Mortuary Dumpster Dive Remix)" | Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf | Why? | 1:36 |
3. | "Afterschool America" | Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf | Why? | 1:19 |
4. | "Our Neighbor's Daughter" | Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf, Jel | Why?, Jel | 1:44 |
5. | "A Little Titanic" | Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf | Why? | 3:32 |
6. | "Weak Moon" | Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf | Why? | 2:14 |
7. | "Early Whitney" | Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf | Why? | 4:03 |
8. | "Dream on Cortelyou" | Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf | Why? | 2:55 |
9. | "Women Eye, 'No.'" | Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf | Why? | 1:32 |
10. | "Dirty Glass" | Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf | Why? | 3:27 |
11. | "Shirtless, Sheetless, And..." | Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf | Why? | 1:59 |
12. | "Bad Entropy" | Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf | Why? | 5:02 |
13. | "Seventeen" | Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf | Why? | 2:33 |
14. | "Ape in Cage with Wire Cutters" | Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf | Why? | 4:08 |
Personnel
- Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf
- Josiah Wolf – bass on "Dirty Glass"
- Odd Nosdam – samples on "Dirty Glass"
- Doug McDiarmid – guitar on "Shirtless, Sheetless, And..."
- Alex Kort – cello on "Seventeen"
- Jel – drums on "Seventeen"
References
External links
- Oaklandazulasylum at Discogs (list of releases)