The Last Days of Oakland

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The Last Days of Oakland
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 3, 2016 (2016-06-03)
Genre Blues rock
Length50:27
Label Blackball Universe
Producer Fantastic Negrito
Fantastic Negrito chronology
Fantastic Negrito
(2014)
The Last Days of Oakland
(2016)
Please Don't Be Dead
(2018)

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]

Contents

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 81/100 [3]
Review scores
SourceRating
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The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [5]
The Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Vice (Expert Witness) Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg Five Pointed Star Solid.svg [7]

Track listing

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

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

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