Okonokos

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Okonokos
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Live album by
ReleasedSeptember 26, 2006
RecordedNovember 11–12, 2005 at The Fillmore, San Francisco, California
Genre Rock, Psychedelic rock, Jam band, Country
Length123:49
Label ATO Records
Producer Galea McGregor
My Morning Jacket chronology
Z
(2005)
Okonokos
(2006)
At Dawn/Tennessee Fire Demos Package
(2007)
Professional ratings
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Okonokos is a live album and concert film by the American band My Morning Jacket released on October 31, 2006. The album was recorded during the band's fall 2005 Z Tour, over two nights at The Fillmore in San Francisco, California. This is the first My Morning Jacket album for which frontman Jim James does not receive a production credit; he is credited for "concept/story".

Contents

Album track listing

CD

Disc one

  1. "Wordless Chorus" - 4:14
  2. "It Beats 4 U" - 4:26
  3. "Gideon" - 3:48
  4. "One Big Holiday" - 5:56
  5. "I Will Sing You Songs" - 8:38
  6. "Lowdown" - 4:14
  7. "The Way that He Sings" - 5:08
  8. "What a Wonderful Man" - 2:59
  9. "Off the Record" - 6:54
  10. "Golden" - 4:51
  11. "Lay Low" - 6:20

Disc two

  1. "Dondante" - 11:18
  2. "Run Thru" - 9:35
  3. "At Dawn" - 3:05
  4. "Xmas Curtain" - 5:02
  5. "O Is the One that Is Real" - 3:36
  6. "I Think I'm Going to Hell" - 5:16
  7. "Steam Engine" - 11:07
  8. "Dancefloors" - 5:15
  9. "Anytime" - 4:03
  10. "Mahgeetah" - 7:08

Vinyl box set

Record one

Side A:

  1. "Wordless Chorus"
  2. "It Beats 4 U"
  3. "Gideon"
  4. "One Big Holiday"

Side B:

  1. "I Will Sing You Songs"
  2. "Lowdown"
  3. "The Way that He Sings"

Record two

Side A:

  1. "At Dawn"
  2. "Golden"
  3. "What a Wonderful Man"
  4. "Off the Record"

Side B:

  1. "Lay Low"
  2. "Dondante"

Record three

Side A:

  1. "Run Thru"
  2. "Xmas Curtain"
  3. "O Is the One that Is Real"

Side B:

  1. "Steam Engine"
  2. "Dance Floors"

Record four

Side A:

  1. " I Think I'm Going To Hell
  2. "Anytime"
  3. "Mahgeetah"

Side B (Bonus Tracks):

  1. "Where To Begin
  2. "Sooner
  3. "Strangulation"

Concert film track listing

  1. "The Party"
  2. "Wordless Chorus"
  3. "It Beats 4 U"
  4. "Gideon"
  5. "One Big Holiday"
  6. "I Will Sing You Songs"
  7. "Lowdown"
  8. "The Way that He Sings"
  9. "What a Wonderful Man"
  10. "Off the Record"
  11. "Golden"
  12. "Lay Low"
  13. "Dondante"
  14. "Run Thru"
  15. "Xmas Curtain"
  16. "O Is the One that Is Real"
  17. "Steam Engine"
  18. "Anytime"
  19. "Mahgeetah"
  20. "The Attack"

Acoustic Chorale

Select versions of Okonokos released in 2006 at certain independent record stores included a bonus DVD with video of six tracks. Despite the title, only the first track is acoustic.

  1. "Bermuda Highway"
  2. "At Dawn"
  3. "Sooner"
  4. "Where to Begin"
  5. "I Think I'm Going to Hell"
  6. "Strangulation"

Personnel

My Morning Jacket
Other

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