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)

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]

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

  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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