NOLA (album)

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NOLA is Down's first album. It was released on September 19, 1995. The songs on the album were written mainly by Phil Anselmo and Pepper Keenan between 1991 and 1995. NOLA went platinum with 1,000,000 copies sold in America.

The band went on hiatus in 1996 as all members continued their main bands until they reunited in 2001 for their second album, Down II.

The title is the abbreviation for New Orleans (N.O.), Louisiana (La.).

The band has announced that it plans to re-release NOLA, the only Down album with original bassist Todd Strange, in 2008, remastered and re-recorded with current bassist Rex Brown.

Track listing

All songs by Anselmo/Keenan unless stated.

1. "Temptation's Wings" – 4:24
2. "Lifer" – 4:36
3. "Pillars of Eternity" (Anselmo) – 3:57
4. "Rehab" (Anselmo/Keenan/Windstein) – 4:03
5. "Hail the Leaf" (Anselmo) – 3:28
6. "Underneath Everything" – 4:46
7. "Eyes of the South" – 5:13
8. "Jail" (Anselmo/Keenan/Strange/Windstein) – 5:17
9. "Losing All" – 4:21
10. "Stone the Crow" – 4:42
11. "Pray for the Locust" (Anselmo) – 1:07
12. "Swan Song" (Anselmo/Bower/Keenan) – 3:35
13. "Bury Me in Smoke" – 7:04

Line-up

Band members

• Phil Anselmo - vocals, Guitar on "Pray for the Locust"
• Pepper Keenan - Guitar
• Kirk Windstein - Guitar, Bass guitar
• Todd Strange - Bass Guitar (credited)
• Jimmy Bower - drums

Guest musicians

Big Ross Karpelman - Keyboards on "Jail"

• Lil' Daddy and Sid Montz - percussion on "Jail"
• Lil' Daddy - Water pipe solo on "Hail the Leaf"

Artwork

The booklet art is by Jim DeBarros and David Manteau and makes extensive use of vintage photographs by Clarence John Laughlin.

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1995	The Billboard 200	57

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1995	"Stone the Crow"	Mainstream Rock Tracks	40