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The camel on the cover is in fact not a camel but a dromedary! http://beta.wilcoworld.net/roadcase/milwaukee.php. In this show Jeff talks about shooting the album cover a bit.

This isn't trash, its just nothing to get excited about. Nothing moves me like I thought that they still could do; its a bit sad. You always expect something from the artists that have touched on perfection. Sky Blue Sky was a bit of a letdown as well, just to give context: following A Ghost Is Born was tough, but at least it still had "You Are My Face" and "Either Way" and the guitar solo on "Side With the Seeds" and (arguably) a very cool slide guitar solo on "Impossible Germany." However, when combined with several shitty B-side cuts, the album sort of dragged its feet and finished with

They are too comfortable and the music suffers. It's their choice to make music that sounds good to them as they age, and I won't fight them for it. I will even respect them a lot for disregarding the critics views of Sky Blue Sky and continuing down (more or less) the same path. Though the music is only 'good.'