Oaklandazulasylum

Oaklandazulasylum
Studio album by Why?
Released	June 16, 2003
Genre	Indie rock, alternative hip hop
Length	38:30
Label	Anticon
Producer	Why?
Why? chronology
Miss Ohio's Nameless (2001) Oaklandazulasylum (2003) Early Whitney (2003)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	(70/100)[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Pitchfork Media	(8.1/10)[3]
Stylus Magazine	(A-)[4]

Oaklandazulasylum is the second solo album from alternative hip hop artist Why?. It was released by Anticon in the United States on June 16, 2003. The album was recorded over a period of two years.

The track "Early Whitney" also appeared on the Early Whitney EP that was released shortly after Oaklandazulasylum.

Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Oaklandazulasylum received an average score of 70% based on 8 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Ferriswheel"	Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf	Why?, Jel	2:24
2.	"Cold Lunch (Albert Brown Mortuary Dumpster Dive Remix)"	Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf	Why?	1:36
3.	"Afterschool America"	Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf	Why?	1:19
4.	"Our Neighbor's Daughter"	Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf, Jel	Why?, Jel	1:44
5.	"A Little Titanic"	Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf	Why?	3:32
6.	"Weak Moon"	Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf	Why?	2:14
7.	"Early Whitney"	Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf	Why?	4:03
8.	"Dream on Cortelyou"	Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf	Why?	2:55
9.	"Women Eye, 'No.'"	Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf	Why?	1:32
10.	"Dirty Glass"	Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf	Why?	3:27
11.	"Shirtless, Sheetless, And..."	Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf	Why?	1:59
12.	"Bad Entropy"	Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf	Why?	5:02
13.	"Seventeen"	Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf	Why?	2:33
14.	"Ape in Cage with Wire Cutters"	Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf	Why?	4:08

Personnel

• Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf
• Josiah Wolf – bass on "Dirty Glass"
• Odd Nosdam – samples on "Dirty Glass"
• Doug McDiarmid – guitar on "Shirtless, Sheetless, And..."
• Alex Kort – cello on "Seventeen"
• Jel – drums on "Seventeen"

References

1. "Oaklandazulasylum - Why?". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
2. Kellman, Andy. "Why? - Oaklandazulasylum". AllMusic. Retrieved March 13, 2015.
3. Dahlen, Chris (July 3, 2003). "WHY? - Oaklandazulasylum". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved January 26, 2012.
4. Boeckel, Gentry (September 1, 2003). "Why? - Oaklandazulasylum". Stylus Magazine. Retrieved March 13, 2015.

External links

• Oaklandazulasylum at Discogs (list of releases)