Oaklandazulasylum

1. Ferriswheel

2. Cold Lunch [Albert Brown Mortioury Dumpster Dive Remix]

3. Afterschool Special

4. Our Neighbor's Daughter

5. Little Titanic

6. Weak Moon

7. Early Whitney

8. Dream on Coptelyou

9. Woman Eye, "No"

10. Dirty Glass

11. Shirtless, Sheetless, And

12. Band Entropy

13. Seventeen

14. Ape in Cage With Wire Cutters

Tracks:

Ferriswheel
Cold Lunch
Afterschool America
Our Neighbor's Daughter
A Little Titanic
Weak Moon
Early Whitney
Dream On Cortelyou
Women Eye, 'No'
Dirty Glass
Shirtless, Sheetless And
Bad Entropy
Seventeen
Ape In A Cage With Wire Cutters

Customer Reviews:

There are very few microwaves in the third world........2004-11-01

I didn't think Why? had it in him to be a member of Anticon and then pass for an indie rock artist. But then I would be wrong, because he released an indie rock album and it's actually pretty damn good.

The album starts with "Ferris Wheel", which starts with sparse guitar picking then shortly picks up when Why? begins to sing. Soon thereafter some horns begin playing and you can clearly note the slight inspiration Neutral Milk Hotel had on Why?'s direction. It's one of the better songs on the album. "Cold Lunch ([...] Remix)" is a really good song, but will lead me to my first complaint of this album. A lot of the songs are short (half the songs are less than 2:30 long, which 5 of them are less than 2 minutes long). This song, for example, is 1:36 long. It's a good song that I wish could have been maybe a minute longer, but nevertheless good.

Next is "America Afterschool", which leads me to my second complaint of the album. If one were to question Why?'s lyrics as being trite and meaningless, often times I don't think I could adequately defend Why? because I'm often dumbfounded by what he's expressing. But whatever, it's a good song. Now I'll skip ahead to "Early Whitney", the marvel of the album. This song is beautiful and on constant repeat on my iPod. I would love to hear Why? release more accessible songs like this, which he is supposedly doing on a new album.

"Shirtless, Sheetless, And" and "Women Eye, "No"" are funny songs and add to the album pretty well. "Seventeen" is my second favorite track of the album. It has a really good melody and hip hop beat.

This album is great and I'd highly recommend it. But if you have a chance to see him live, I suggest you also (or instead if you're limited on purchases) to buy his tour only album "Almost Live From Anna's Cabin". It's a live album and it has a lot of the songs from this album that sound better "live" (and some that don't necessarily) plus a few other songs he released prior and afterwards.

WOW!.......2004-03-05

this is definately one of my top 5 favorite albums of all time. everytime i listen i hear something new. this album is insanely good to say the least. just put this in and zone out. the lyrics: it seems like why? doesn't care about them, it seems like a statement against lyrics, like why write exceptional lyrics? what does that matter? just shut up and make amazing music, as why? has done here.

Alright.......2003-09-06

Ok cd. Not my favorite of the Anticon stuff. My only problem really with it is that it seems to be too contrived. Like Why? is trying to hard to be abstract and odd and it's coming off that way. He doesn't have the loose feeling in the songs like it's just coming off of his head. It seems like he's sitting there reading lyrics off the paper. But, it's still worth owning and listening to. Maybe I'm just jaded by past releases from the crew. The packaging is really interesting which to me is just as important as the music, well almost.

Whoa.......2003-09-01

Whoa...
Thats what i first thought when i listened to Why? How can you mix rap and Indie, but still come out listenable.....yeah...i would say that this is one of the better albums this year. Its very different, but in the best way. Listen

Very good lyrics and production.......2003-07-10

the lyrics on this album are amazing, almost comparable to the eels or beck. With a hip-hop style singing crossed with indie guitar reinforcement this band makes the best of both.
best put by the song "bad entropy";