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]

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]
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
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)

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

References

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