Jesusetc84

Positive: Wilco (The Album) Negative: Having to wait for the EP/ first single to hear "Dark Neon"

It's not that I want to downplay Wilco as a band who's expirements are frequently rewarding. But they're more experimental in the sense that The Beatles experimented; their experiments are all in the service of the melody and the lyric. What's interesting to me is people talking about the highs and lows on this album. No song on this album makes my top 10 Wilco songs, but I love every single one. I truly believe this is the most consistent Wilco record, even if it's not the most overtly brilliant, profoundly artistic or sonically daring. I'm not saying the bottom songs on other Wilco albums

Wilco maybe the only band that rock critics are nicer too than their own fans.

I think writing this album off for not being experimental enough is sort of distorting what Wilco has always really been; They're not Trout Mask Replica era Beefheart. They're a pop band. Even at their weirdest, they've been a pop band. There's probably 10 minutes of noise to 40 minutes of pure pop on YHF. It's funny to me, because when I hear say, Being There, I hear all of the things you all are complaining about for W(TA). To me there's no song on W(TA) that's as cheesy as "What's The World Got in Store?". Everything you all have complained about with this album, that it's not inventi

How does it have no melody? I've had that melody stuck in my head since they debuted it live.

I'm not seeing this whole "inconsistency" argument. I think this might be the most solid front to back record Wilco's made. I'm not saying it's the highest reaching or most artistically inspired, but past records that might reach higher highs like AGIB and Being There, also have lower lows. There's nothing on here that I hate. Summerteeth was my first Wilco album. It probably felt the most in line with what I was listening to at the time I bought it. Wilco (The Album) reminds me of a Summerteeth by a man and band who have accepted their lot in life. This to me is Tweedy looking back on S

Given almost everyone who remembers the alternative explosion is old enough to have kids, shouldn't we call the 70s rock radio sound "grandpa rock"?

No shit. No one was saying that they were. The Beatles are obviously unassailable. The Analogy works really; Sgt Pepper and YHF are both sonic creations, some of the finest studio work of their respective eras, and hugely innovative. Wilco the Album and Abbey Road, while not pushing their respective bands into new directions, are both winningly melodic and consistent.

Yeah man. Phenomenal soundtrack. The Joanna scene was so creepy.

This isn't out and about, but I was watching some slasher flick, and this guy put on a 7" single, and inexplicably my ears were filled with the Tweedy solo demo version of "At My Window Sad and Lonely".

Thank you for putting out a great album.

1) Jesus, Etc 2) She's a Jar 3) Wishful Thinking

It's a great melody, great chord progression, great lyric, great performance. I don't know what's not to love.

Anyone who went into this thinking they were going to top Foxtrot is a little out of touch. That being said, I think this album stands up next to A Ghost is Born and Being There, and maybe even Summerteeth.

This maybe heresy, but it's the ONLY Wilco album where there isn't a single song I'm kind of meh about. There's probably nothing that blows me away as much as "Misunderstood", but there's nothing as groan worthy as "Was I In Your Dreams?". It's a really solid album.

Ooooooooooooh yeah. A.M., most of Being There, AGIB, and SBS all sound better to me live. If the current lineup rerecorded A.M., I'd probably listen to it like 5 times as much. Summerteeth and YHF I think I tend more towards the studio versions, but still love the live versions.

I disagree...the amount of Wilco in each album is this: A.M. Being There Summerteeth Yankee Hotel Foxtrot A Ghost is Born Sky Blue Sky Wilco (The Album) which means W(TA) has very little Wilco.

Yeah...this is a band that's been putting noisey break down songs next to sweet ballads for 10 years now. It's a little silly for it to suddenly bother you.

WHATTTT!?!!?!?!?! To me Wilco is great live, but I mean come on. 99% of the reason I love Wilco is that their records blow me away. I really don't care about live shows that much. My favorite band is The Beatles who were mediocre live. One of my top 5 artists is David Bowie, who sucked live. Wilco's studio work is amazing. Even if they were a terrible live band, it wouldn't ruin the records for me.

Well I mean we need someone to compact the trash right?

I love "Bull Black Nova". It's sort of like Wilco's "Death Valley 69".

This thread baffles me. This album to is a Phoenix; the rebirth of Wilco. I had thought Wilco was pretty much washed up after SBS. This proved me oh so wrong. This album ranks with the best stuff they did with Jay for me.