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]

The Last Days of Oakland
Studio album by Fantastic Negrito
Released	June 3, 2016 (2016-06-03)
Genre	Blues rock
Length	50:27
Label	Blackball Universe
Producer	Fantastic Negrito
Fantastic Negrito chronology
Fantastic Negrito (2014) The Last Days of Oakland (2016) Please Don't Be Dead (2018)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	81/100^[3]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[4]
The Guardian	^[5]
The Times	^[6]
Vice (Expert Witness)	^[7]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Fantastic Negrito, except "In the Pines" by Lead Belly

No.	Title	Length
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.