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looks like i'm late to the party on this one, but out of boredom, i'll throw my top 20 out there, which isn't very well thought out. not really in a good order, mostly just what i could think of first. maybe it can be used in the next recount down the line....

1. bob dylan - blonde on blonde

2. my morning jacket - at dawn

3. wilco - summerteeth

4. pink floyd - dark side of the moon

5. bob dylan - blood on the tracks

6. pearl jam - no code

7. broken social scene - you forgot it in people

8. radiohead - ok computer

9. bob dylan - highway 61 revisited

10. wilco - being there

11. my morning jacket - z

12. sonic youth - daydream nation

13. neko case - middle cyclone

14. bob dylan - bringing it all back home

15. bright eyes - i'm wide awake it's morning

16. miles davis - kind of blue

17. the who - tommy

18. wilco - a ghost is born

19. wilco - yankee hotel foxtrot

20. my morning jacket - it still moves

21. pearl jam - riot act

22. flaming lips - the soft bulletin

23. queens of the stone age - songs for the deaf

24. oasis - definitely maybe

25. pearl jam - vitalogy

26. the beatles - revolver

27. arcade fire - funeral

28. my morning jacket - the tennessee fire

29. neil young - harvest moon

30. the new pornographers - twin cinema

31. neko case - fox confessor brings the flood

32. neko case - blacklisted

33. broken social scene - broken social scene

34. sonic youth - murray street

35. pearl jam - vs

36. pavement - brighten the corners

37. miles davis - someday my prince will come

38. marvin gaye - what's goin on

39. flaming lips - yoshimi battles the pink robots

40. the beatles - the white album

41. neko case - furnace room lullaby

42. the who - who's next

43. neil young - harvest

44. the pixies - surfa rosa

45. sonic youth - rather ripped

46. kevin drew - spirit if...

47. the beatles - sgt. peppers

48. bob dylan - the freewheelin bob dylan

49. fugees - the score

50. pearl jam - yield

51. the band - the band

52. jimi hendrix - are you experienced

53. rolling stones - exile on main street

54. nick drake - pink moon

55. blind melon - nico

56. radiohead - the bends

57. michael jackson - thriller

58. bob dylan - the times they are a changin

59. dr. dre - the chronic

60. bright eyes - lifted or the story is the soil keep your ear to the ground

61. blind melon - blind melon

62. pearl jam - ten

63. the beatles - rubber soul

64. mgmt - oracular spectacular

65. wilco - sky blue sky

66. drive-by truckers - the dirty south

67. todd rundgren - something anything

68. of montreal - satanic panic in the attic

69. grateful dead - american beauty

70. m. ward - transfiguration of vincent

71. m. ward - post war

72. bob dylan - love and theft

73. janis joplin - pearl

74. pearl jam - binural

74. of montreal - hissing fauna are you the destroyer?

75. the new pornographers - mass romantic

76. phish - story of the ghost

77. the rolling stones - sticky fingers

78. the finn brothers - everyone is here

79. the roots - things fall apart

80. ben harper - diamonds on the inside

81. blind melon - soup

82. bon iver - for emma forever ago

83. yeah yeah yeahs - fever to tell

84. the who - quadrophenia

85. the pixies - doolittle

86. radiohead - in rainbows

87. oasis - what's the story morning glory?

88. the beatles - abbey road

89. john lennon - imagine

90. the cure - galore

91. talking heads - speaking in tongues

92. the clash - londons calling

93. echo and the bunnymen - heaven up here

94. wilco - am

95. the white stripes - elephant

96. the strokes - is this it?

97. joy division - unknown pleasures

98. built to spill - you in reverse

99. bob dylan - desire

100. drive-by truckers - decoration day

the thing is not too many bands have played at the Wilmington venue and I certainly haven't see a band there. So no one knows. I think live played there a few years back but I'm not going next door to see Live play

okay, thanks for the peer pressure people. i just bought tickets for delaware. looks like i'll be going for the brooklyn tickets in 15 minutes. i guess we can officially shut this thread down.

It's up to you, man. Nobody can give you a concrete answer.

 

But if you're assuming Brooklyn won't have an opener just because the opener isn't Conor Oberst, I'd say that's not necessarily the case.

thanks. and i don't mean to pester, i'm not really looking for a concrete answer, i was just hoping maybe someone had been to both venues and could give some insight on the atmosphere of the two venues. also, given my circumstanses that delaware is closer, and that new york, no matter how close, can be a major pain for traveling, which would be the better trip? ya know, maybe new york is worth the pain because the venue is so great. maybe the sound is incredible at delaware and not so much in new york. i don't know, i'm looking for stuff like that. obviously i'm not asking which show is gonna have the better set, no one could know that right now.

Ditto

 

I'm going to my 10th Wilco show June 12th in Cincy in the last 5 years and wish I could attend MORE this summer!

as much as i appreciate the responses. the answer i'm looking for is, which show, if you could only do one would you go to? brooklyn or delaware. like i said before, i spent two of the last three years touring with my morning jacket and pearl jam. it's not like i've never had my face melted. i'm fully aware that i will probably want to go see more than one. i'm a huge wilco fan, but i'm trying to be a little more responsible and go to one show. 2 will turn into 3 and so on.....can i get an answer?

let me add to this....this will be my first wilco show. i'm trying to get the best experience. will one of those venues give a better option over the other?.....i'm sure all of you think i should just go to both, but i'm tryin to chill on the concerts this year. i've spent the past three years touring with pearl jam, my morning jacket, and hitting up multiple festivals. it's getting out of hand, and i'm trying to conserve a little more money this summer.

Why not go to Wilmington by yourself and Brooklyn with your friend?

well, that is an option, although if it came to that i'm sure i'd find someone to go to delaware with as well. i'm just trying to be economical here. let me make this a shorter question. which show would you expect to be better? and do you think wilco will put on a longer show without an opening band in new york, will it be the same, or will they just plug someone else in to open that show?

so originally i was planning on going to the show in brooklyn. my friend that i am going with can only go to a show on a sunday or monday, so it worked out perfect. now i find out that conor oberst is opening for all these east coast shows except that one. i'm a big fan of conor, but i don't want to base my decision of which show based soley on an opening act. anyway, i figured out that the delaware show is actually an hour closer to where i live than brooklyn anyway, sucks for my friend cause it's a friday, but oh well...

so my question is which show should i go to? has anyone been to both venues? i saw a concert dvd of a show at keyspan park, and the venue looked awesome, i'm thinking de is similar although it's not in coney island brooklyn obviously. i just don't want to skip brooklyn and go to delaware if delaware is a notoriously shitty venue and or if brooklyn is a notoriously great venue for wilco. any help would be appreciated.

You can download free audio version of the Sunken Treasure tracks here: http://wilcoworld.net/records/bonus/ (free registration required).

 

The Ruling Class is on the second Loose Fur album (in case you didn't already know).

 

The Owl and Bear has a ton of stuff on it: http://owlandbear.com/wilco-archive

 

There is a forum here for disc trading: http://forums.viachicago.org/index.php?showforum=6

 

and a forum here for torrents (digital downloads): http://forums.viachicago.org/index.php?showforum=29

hey, thanks so much for the info. i didn't know about any of that. i've visited wilcoworld many of times too, not sure how that passed me by.

whats up wilco fans....i just started listening to the band a couple years ago. recently became mildly obsessed. anyway, i own all the albums you can buy in the stores, and the jeff tweedy dvd and i am trying to break your heart. just curious if anyone knows if there is a place i can download some quality unreleased wilco tunes, live wilco, live tweedy etc....

i'm particularly curious about some of the songs on sunken treasure, like the ruling class. anyway, any help would be appreciated.

also, i have no problem paying for any of this stuff if it is available for purchase. my other two favorite bands are pearl jam and my morning jacket, so i guess you could say i've been a little spoiled with bootlegs. it's tough having to settle with kicking television as the only live cd i have of the band.

big pj fan here. seen them 14 times. 2003 was my favorite year for the band because of the riot act tour. since it seems like this thread has turned into a ranking of their albums, i'll throw in my 2 cents....

1. no code

2. vitalogy

3. yield

4. riot act

5. ten

6. vs

7. binural

8. pearl jam

i'd probably throw lost dogs somewhere in the middle there, didn't feel it should be included in the list as it's not a proper album. that list was tough to do and is bound to change. no code will always be my favorite though. black will always be my favorite tune. hopefully self titled will always be my least favorite. it will be unless they put out something worse in the future.

i'll never understand the hate for riot act. if you're a fan of live pj, you gotta admit that riot act translates extremely well in concert.

i'll never understand the love for self titled.