Oaklandazulasylum

Oaklandazulasylum Artist: Why?
Label: Anticon
Category: Music


Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 655035502922
EAN: 0655035502922
ASIN: B0000996HW


Release Date: 2003-06-24

Oaklandazulasylum


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Tracks:

  1. Ferriswheel
  2. Cold Lunch
  3. Afterschool America
  4. Our Neighbor's Daughter
  5. A Little Titanic
  6. Weak Moon
  7. Early Whitney
  8. Dream On Cortelyou
  9. Women Eye, 'No'
  10. Dirty Glass
  11. Shirtless, Sheetless And
  12. Bad Entropy
  13. Seventeen
  14. Ape In A Cage With Wire Cutters

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Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars There are very few microwaves in the third world........2004-11-01

I didn't think Why? had it in him to be a member of Anticon and then pass for an indie rock artist. But then I would be wrong, because he released an indie rock album and it's actually pretty damn good.

The album starts with "Ferris Wheel", which starts with sparse guitar picking then shortly picks up when Why? begins to sing. Soon thereafter some horns begin playing and you can clearly note the slight inspiration Neutral Milk Hotel had on Why?'s direction. It's one of the better songs on the album. "Cold Lunch ([...] Remix)" is a really good song, but will lead me to my first complaint of this album. A lot of the songs are short (half the songs are less than 2:30 long, which 5 of them are less than 2 minutes long). This song, for example, is 1:36 long. It's a good song that I wish could have been maybe a minute longer, but nevertheless good.

Next is "America Afterschool", which leads me to my second complaint of the album. If one were to question Why?'s lyrics as being trite and meaningless, often times I don't think I could adequately defend Why? because I'm often dumbfounded by what he's expressing. But whatever, it's a good song. Now I'll skip ahead to "Early Whitney", the marvel of the album. This song is beautiful and on constant repeat on my iPod. I would love to hear Why? release more accessible songs like this, which he is supposedly doing on a new album.

"Shirtless, Sheetless, And" and "Women Eye, "No"" are funny songs and add to the album pretty well. "Seventeen" is my second favorite track of the album. It has a really good melody and hip hop beat.

This album is great and I'd highly recommend it. But if you have a chance to see him live, I suggest you also (or instead if you're limited on purchases) to buy his tour only album "Almost Live From Anna's Cabin". It's a live album and it has a lot of the songs from this album that sound better "live" (and some that don't necessarily) plus a few other songs he released prior and afterwards.

5 out of 5 stars WOW!.......2004-03-05

this is definately one of my top 5 favorite albums of all time. everytime i listen i hear something new. this album is insanely good to say the least. just put this in and zone out. the lyrics: it seems like why? doesn't care about them, it seems like a statement against lyrics, like why write exceptional lyrics? what does that matter? just shut up and make amazing music, as why? has done here.

4 out of 5 stars Alright.......2003-09-06

Ok cd. Not my favorite of the Anticon stuff. My only problem really with it is that it seems to be too contrived. Like Why? is trying to hard to be abstract and odd and it's coming off that way. He doesn't have the loose feeling in the songs like it's just coming off of his head. It seems like he's sitting there reading lyrics off the paper. But, it's still worth owning and listening to. Maybe I'm just jaded by past releases from the crew. The packaging is really interesting which to me is just as important as the music, well almost.

4 out of 5 stars Whoa.......2003-09-01

Whoa...
Thats what i first thought when i listened to Why? How can you mix rap and Indie, but still come out listenable.....yeah...i would say that this is one of the better albums this year. Its very different, but in the best way. Listen

4 out of 5 stars Very good lyrics and production.......2003-07-10

the lyrics on this album are amazing, almost comparable to the eels or beck. With a hip-hop style singing crossed with indie guitar reinforcement this band makes the best of both.
best put by the song "bad entropy";

these are songs to listen to after im dead;
when old women start wearing their hair grey;
these are songs to help an ant to find its shadow;
songs to bump in your cruser 2016, top down,
hair blowing in the absence of air.

Music Album:

  1. Real Ting ~ Mad Lion
  2. Deep Down & Dirty ~ Stereo MC's
  3. Forever Hustlin' ~ Ray Luv
  4. Cash Money Greatest Hits 1 ~ Various Artists
  5. Sports Weekend: As Nasty as They Wanna Be, Pt. 2 ~ 2 Live Crew
  6. They Open the Bawn ~ Low Down , Gyrl Blo , Nites , Sassy , Thick & Thin , and Picasso
  7. Shut 'Em Down ~ Onyx
  8. 10 [Bonus Track] ~ LL Cool J
  9. We Make the Rules in the Streets ~ Slim Thug & Boyz-N-Blue
  10. Sky's the Limit ~ Magic

Music Album

Music Album

Music CD

Tecnicas Para Olvidar ~ Pedro Suarez-Vertiz

Redux 1978 ~ Hal Galper

Algo Nuestro (Our Thing) ~ Charlie Sepulveda

KHIH 95.7: Smooth Jazz Colorado Style, Vol. III ~ Various Artists

Best of Marcus Miller ~ Marcus Miller

Jazz Moments ~ George Shearing Trio

Exitos De ~ Yuri

La Derecha ~ La Derecha

Muriendo de Frio ~ Guardianes del Amor

Frente a Frente ~ Banda Torera, Banda Pirinola