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NOLA
Studio album by Down
Released	September 19, 1995
Recorded	August 29 1994 - January 22 1995
Length	56:33
Label	Elektra
Producer	Down Matt Thomas
Professional reviews
Allmusic link
Down chronology
Demo Collection 1992 - 1993 (1992/3) NOLA (1995) Down II: A Bustle in Your Hedgerow (2002)

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 recently went gold with 500,000 copies sold in America.

The band went on hiatus as of 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.^[1]

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
• Todd Strange - Bass Guitar
• Rex Brown - Bass Guitar (2008 remastered edition)
• 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)

Singles - Billboard (North America)

References