Oakley Hall

Roitan

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 20, 2005)
• Original Release Date: February 20, 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: BULB
• ASIN: B0002534Y2
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #649,689 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Feel This Way

2. Color the Shade

3. Foolish Heart

4. Lookout Below

5. 5 Sided Die

6. End Time Evangelist

7. You Wouldn't Believe What I've Been Up to (since you've been gone)

8. Riding the Dog

9. Tuscaloosa

Editorial Reviews

Review

Not "alt-country", but you're welcome to order another Genesee and stretch out on the chair in the corner. --Pitchfork

Product Description

OAKLEY HALL is the new country-psych outfit from PAPA CRAZEE, formerly of Brooklyn's ONEIDA (Secretly Canadian, Turnbuckle). There. You know that important piece of information but what you may or not know is that PAPA CRAZEE is one of the most sincere artists to date, putting together a hoedown to lift the present day deadened spirits. More than just a regular roots rock record, OAKLEY HALL is a bizarre community of country folks stuck in the middle of the city, bringing real tunes to real people, worthy of a beer in the air and a soiree with some fine friends and a burger.

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great first album, January 26, 2007

By	Art C. Phartsy (Hellameda, CA) - See all my reviews

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I'm so sorry to this now out of print and fetching high collector prices. These guys are now one of THE hottest acts to catch in NYC area. I saw them in S.F in fall of '06 and they melted me through the floor. SO amazing live!
Their Second Guessing album was on many critics BEST OF lists for '06, and the Gymsum Strings album is no slacker either. I've snapped up every thing that I can get my hands by these guys, as I am now a true believer.
Go to [...] site for several free downloads from the Daytrotter Sessions that they did last year and don't miss several videos on the great punkcast.com site. They are convienently called "alt country", but aren't any more country than Neil Young can be called country. One reviewer commented, "imagine if Lou Reed was born in a barn, what the V.U. would have sounded like". They mix up rock, folk, Americana, psych and country into a frothy, heady brew. Lead vocalist Rachel sings like a sweet bar room angel and lead man Pat plays blistering licks on the guitar as well as the farfisa. Great vocals, harmonies, songwriting and playing are all here.