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Yeah see the problem with that is good bands grow while *also* writing memorable songs. Becoming a better musican over time is great if you want to be a session guy. But without the songs, it's actually a decline.

The White Stripes albums have become clearly worse with each new release. I haven't seen a loss of ideas and songwriting skills this fast since Adore to Machina II. I have no expectations for the new one.

The White Stripes? Lol.

Pretty cool. They have some sweet lasers now too. I'd love for the new album to go off on the Pompeii tangent.

Agreed. Mystic Theater was awful. Political Manifest was OK. He was just going through the motions. Thankfully he no longer has Victoria in the band.

He wants to be the Grateful Dead so bad. She tours with Mark Olson now - a much better songwriter.

Why do people think Radiohead invented art rock, prog and eletronica?

Metacritic's biased interpretations of non-point awarded reviews doesn't constitute "univeral luke warm reviews".

00s Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots The Sophtware Slump 90s Hollywood Town Hall The Soft Bulletin 80s Freedom Joshua Tree 70s Dark Side of the Moon IV 60s Rubber Soul Piper At the Gates of Dawn

Atom Heart Mother Pillow Of Winds Great Gig In the Sky When The Levee Breaks Battle of Evermore The Song Remains The Same The Spark That Bled In The Morning of the Magicians Lightning Strikes the Postman The Abandoned Hospital Ship

Save for three songs on AGIB, Wilco hasn't been good since he left. Shame.

That's the best song on ABAAC.

It's called sincere conversation with a frame of reference. Try it some time.

Agreed. Very generic sounding. I guess it just shows how great Cooley and Patterson are. I think they bring the edge to the Truckers that's missing from these new Isbell tracks. I'm a *huge* DBT fan(and especially Isbells DBT songs), but based on these Myspace tracks I probably won't be buying the album.

The Doors - The Doors Piper At The Gates of Dawn - Pink Floyd In the Court of the Crimson King - King Crimson I - Led Zeppelin Ten - Pearl Jam Blue Album - Weezer Boston - Boston Funeral - Arcade Fire Trace - Son Volt Are You Experienced - Jimi Hendrix

Bad record.

Being angry won't make you right.

Writing 50% of the music for Wilco's best two albums doesn't make Bennet a chief songwriter? lol. Put down the crack pipe, son.

Good list save for the Kenny G, Twain, and Linkoln Park entries.

Woah son, put down the crack pipe..... Summerteeth credits: "Can't Stand It" (Tweedy/Bennett)

That's not my point. My point is Jay has more logical right to keeping the Son Volt name than Tweedy does the Wilco name since Farrar owns all the writing credits for Son Volt, whereas Wilco's best records were crafted 40-50% by a chief songwriter who is no longer with the band.

That means nothing. What does mean something is writing credits. Jay has always had the Son Volt writing credits soley to himself. It was always truly his act. Wilco had another chief songwriter involved in the bands best two albums who is no longer with the band.

Actually, Farrar has more right keeping the Son Volt name than Tweedy does the Wilco name.

You'r not suggesting that SBS is a more exciting album than Led Zeppelin's work, are you? As for the "who has Zep influenced" comments, how about pretty much everyone that made albums after them? Sure, you'll get some pussy band like Radiohead saying that "we only like the obscure artists from the 70's", but they are fucking liars and cowards, trying to look hip. Zeppelin owns them. Every single modern act owes something to the RIFF MONSTER that is known as Jimmy PAge. Every single fucking one.