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
Review scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork Media	8.1/10
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Oaklandazulasylum is the first full-length album from indie hip hop band WHY?. It was released by anticon. in the United States on June 16, 2003. The album was recorded over a period of two years by Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf, who used Why? as a solo project until 2005's Elephant Eyelash when he enlisted his brother Josiah Wolf and Doug McDiarmid to join the band. The track "Early Whitney" also appeared on an EP of the same name that was released shortly after Oaklandazulasylum.

Track listing

All tracks written by Jonathan "Yoni" Wolf, except as noted.

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

Jel co-produced "Ferriswheel" and "Our Neighbor's Daughter".

Personnel

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

External links

• Why? on Myspace
• anticon.com