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i love it with all my heart as well and have from the very first. i'm pretty sure it's my favorite Wilco album. -justin

whatever. i agree with this one: http://www.popmatters.com/pm/music/reviews...o-sky-blue-sky/ -justin

is the only Wilco album that i don't own, b/c i really don't care for it. sorry guys! -justin

you can PM me your e-mail address. -justin

LGNCA was an iTunes bonus download and the b-side to the "What Light" 7". the live "Theologians" and "One True Vine" were on a promo disc that indie record stores were giving out during the week of the album's release. -justin

that's all well and good, but you'd be doing yourself a disservice if you didn't explore this catalogue: http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Hank-Willia...1255&sr=8-4 -justin

i shall rank them: "Let's Not Get Carried Away" - 3/5 "The Thanks I Get" - 4 1/2 /5 "One True Vine" - 2/5 "Theologians" [Live] - 5/5 - i actually heard LNGCA on vinyl last night and it does't sound anywhere nearly as neutered as my .mp3 version, but i still as if it isn't a fully realized song. - took TTIG a while to grow on me (from the live versions), but i eventually came to love it and so the studio version is a fav. of mine. that live version on Conan? Letterman? from last year is fantastic. - "One True Vine" is alright, but nothing special - live "Theologians" should have been on K

got it in 2002, but it took me until 2004 to come fully around to it and fall in love with it (and the band). now, it's one of my favorite albums and Wilco is probably my secnod favorite musical artist. after all this time, the only thing that has changed is that i really don't like "Heavy Metal Drummer." every other songs stirs my soul, but that one does nothing for me... -justin

>i don't like country sucks for you. country can be great. -justin

tapmyglass/nodmychin, you have an awesome user name. -justin

>Weren't they rumored to put out a new album in fairly short order? With all the touring (I think they said midwest in the late fall), they'll be busy for quite awhile. that was the word. i think it was at least half done already too... -justin

i think we'll see some shows in the southeast. hopefully, they'll then finish the other half of the second album?? -justin

my ex really had the hots for him. she's early 20s... -justin

>I agree, and I think SBS will be regarded as a forgettable footnote in an otherwise brilliant career. except for the fact that it isn't as throwaway as everyone thinks. musically, it's pretty complex. Jeff's writing is fine too. it sounds the way they want it to sound and i think it will hold up along with all the others down the road. that being said, i'd still love to hear that O'Rourke mix of the record! -justin

>I don't think people who don't like SBS are wrong. And I dont think Jeff thinks that either. like i said, this is where we part ways. i was hanging out with Jeff last night and i told him about this thread. we went to the computer together and perused the web site. here is a partial transcript of the conversation: Jeff: aw man, the person who wrote this article is a d-bag. me: OMG! i know! i'm not just saying this because i'm your friend Jeff, but SBS is a great, great record. i listen to it at least once a day. i love it! Jeff: at least some people "get" what we're doing toda

>EDIT: Dont lump me in with notdarkyet's posts. okay, maybe we aren't on the same page Matt. i'll never introduce you to Jeff Tweedy. as you can see from my signature, Jeff and i are the best of friends. he thinks SBS is great and so do the other band members. and so do i. and so do you Matt, but this is where we part ways, due to what you just said. -justin

>If a critic simply said, "This is a gorgeous album and everyone should listen to it," would you say that they're lazy and that they should stop trotting out cliches? i know you aren't talking to me, but since MattZ and i share a somewhat similiar viewpoint, i would say: "spot on! brilliant!" i'm sure that these reviews wouldn't be "lazy," but would actually go into detail about why they think it is "gorgeous" and why "everyone should listen to it." i mean, if you feel that strongly about something, you're gonna explain yourself, and being as how this is the right answer to the quest

>EDIT: I am not suggesting that everyone should like this album. Or that the people who >don't, aren't listening to it properly. I am just asking professional rock critics to do a >better job explaining why they don't like it. Especially if they are going to criticize it. you don't have to explain yourself. people who don't like the album are wrong. it's pretty simple. as far as the critics go, most of them are saying good things. with a 73 percent rating (generally favorable) on metacritic. http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/wi...bluesky?q=wilco these recycled garbag

spot on MattZ. the funny thing is, a lot of the critics love the album. what you have are actual fans repeating the same tired old criticisms. for an excellent review, check out popmatters.com. they gave it 9/10 and the reviewer is a big enough fan to cite the reasons you list above, in reference to what was going on around the message boards (i bet he was talking a lot about VC) prior to the album's actual release. the reviewer himself almost fell into the little trap. glad he saw the light, because i knew i was going to love the thing just from the listening to the genesis of the new

>It's possible that they are Wilco fans who don't like that particular song. which makes sense of course. but a whole group in the bathroom chanting about it? that's kinda bizzare... -justin

>5. All the energy they built with those songs was quickly sucked dry when the droning chords to

>But those are in FLAC format. umm...yeah, which is even better. you can listen to it in uncompressed quality and not even eBay the Australian edition. pretty cool, huh? -justin

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awesome request. an underappreciated gem to be sure. -justin

>Hey I bought the last Jimmy Eat World album twice cause the second edition released about six months after had a full disc of the demos with the band explaining why they went with the changes they made on the finished product. i'm not even quite sure why you bought it the first time around... -justin