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The Last Days of Oakland

The Last Days of Oakland is the second album by American singer-songwriter Fantastic Negrito. Rayanne Pinna described the album as "an urgent, political record that grapples with the many changes Oakland has seen in recent years."[1] In 2017, it won a Grammy Award for Best Contemporary Blues Album.[2]

The Last Days of Oakland
A drawing of Fantastic Negrito holding a guitar and sitting on a street sign at the corner of San Pablo and 32nd in Oakland
Studio album by
Fantastic Negrito
ReleasedJune 3, 2016 (2016-06-03)
GenreBlues rock
Length50:27
LabelBlackball Universe
ProducerFantastic Negrito
Fantastic Negrito chronology
Fantastic Negrito
(2014) 		The Last Days of Oakland
(2016) 		Please Don't Be Dead
(2018)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic81/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Guardian[5]
The Times[6]
Vice (Expert Witness)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)[7]

Track listing edit

All tracks are written by Fantastic Negrito, except "In the Pines" by Lead Belly

No.TitleLength
1."The Last Days of Oakland (Intro)"0:35
2."Working Poor"4:00
3."About a Bird"3:39
4."Scary Woman"3:10
5."What Would You Do? (Interlude 1)"1:19
6."The Nigga Song"3:16
7."In the Pines"4:19
8."Hump Through the Winter"3:54
9."Lost in a Crowd"5:00
10."El Chileno (Interlude 2)"0:41
11."The Worst"3:51
12."Rant Rushmore"5:01
13."Nothing Without You"4:15
14."Push Back"3:53
15."The Shadows"3:34
Total length:50:27

Mixed By: Matt Winegar

Charts edit

Chart performance for The Last Days of Oakland
Chart (2016) Peak
position
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[8] 19
US Top Blues Albums (Billboard)[9] 4

References edit

  1. ^ Piana, Rayanne (2016-06-21). "Fantastic Negrito is Cautiously Optimistic in 'The Last Days of Oakland'". East Bay Express. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  2. ^ Pereira, Alyssa (12 February 2017). "Fantastic Negrito wins first Grammy for Best Contemporary Blues album". San Francisco Chronicle.
  3. ^ "The Last Days of Oakland". Metacritic. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  4. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "The Last Days of Oakland". AllMusic. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  5. ^ Hann, Michael (2016-06-16). "Fantastic Negrito: The Last Days of Oakland review – a bluesy howl for modern America". The Guardian. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  6. ^ Hodgkinson, Will (2016-06-17). "Fantastic Negrito: The Last Days Of Oakland". The Times. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  7. ^ Christgau, Robert (2017-01-13). "With 'RTJ3,' Run the Jewels Are Funnier, Hookier, Brainier, and More Political". Noisey. Retrieved 2017-01-26.
  8. ^ "Fantastic Negrito Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
  9. ^ "Fantastic Negrito Chart History (Top Blues Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved March 21, 2021.
 

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