MonkeyhHanger

The Fall

John Cooper Clarke

Joy Division

A Certain Ratio

Magazine

Killing Joke

Half Man Half Biscuit

Public Image Ltd

Jesus and Mary Chain

Spacemen 3

Our little trio How to fight loneliness

Got me a custom Montuoro 00 similar to Jeff's on Please Be Patient and i just treated to myself to this for Crimbo which the Mrs won't let me at till the morn:

Gibson J185 Custom 60 th Annivarsary Maple quilt

which he has a 52 vintage of course!

Here is me and my mate doing You and I

http://youtu.be/9cpWNDmPlWk

Great thread by the way.

Long forgotten by many, the Late Great Karen Dalton.

Cheers and thanks for giving it a listen.

Back to the OP.. Either Way for me sits perfect to unfold a great album in Wilco's catalogue and love it or loathe it stirs emotion in people seemingly more so than the others listed. What's best? who cares they're all great thats why you keep buying and listening.

7 posts in and realise why i don't post much on forums..

Good Luck

Ok take a song like 'Please Be Patient With Me'

Could the subject matter have been written on any other album pre SBS? This to me shows signs of development as a writer. Taking life experience and gifting us a beautiful song. For you = Kid Rockers listen to Impossible Germany and hear a band that has developed into World class musicians interjecting noise you love so much with real interplay between every Instrument. Dad Rock rules!

I see where you are coming from but I think you're making a broad assumption that because people like SBS which you feel they are favouring an easier listen than previous albums need to be nurtured into something more extreme. I feel previous Wilco Albums although excellent all of them don't have the songwriting maturity that SBS has and Either Way as an opener is different from all others in it's not loud it is an easy listen but it also sits in perfect flow for the album to develop. For me SBS is the sum of all parts not individual songs.

My fav other band is Sonic Youth

 

 

This is the answer to your question, I believe. If you haven't heard Wilco before and you get SBS you don't have thoughts like "this is a disappointing album compared to YHF" if anything new fans can give it the fairest shake it's going to get. I'm a little more surprised when I find out people who have been around the band for awhile love that one without reservation than hearing that's the one a new fan really got into. If you've never heard to anything like AGIB or YHF, SBS is a good one to give to someone who's only real exposure to anything resembling decent modern rock is an MP3 of Seven Nation Army. There's no drone, there are no noise freakouts, there are no off putting lyrics like on Summerteeth, it's not as all over-the-map electic like Being There.

 

--Mike

Sky Blue Sky was the album that introduced me to Wilco and i'd had it for 2 months before i got to the point were it was played all day every day, so i guess i'm a late comer and slow starter.

For me Either Way sits perfect as the opener to SBS as it entices you in and lets the album build up with each track then leaves you all mellow after the final one.

Driving to work with the sun coming up just kicks my day off with Either Way.

She is a beauty.

Started out around that figure but in the 2 years it took to arrive a few extras were added to bump it up another 2k.

Link now working.

http://soundcloud.com/ian-bartholomew/are-you-leaving-for-the-1

Thought i'd share this with y'all as my first post.

Built by Guitar Svengali and Wilco guitar doctor Frankie Montuoro of Chicago. Based on 0012 fret Maurer guitar made by the Larson Bros also of Chicago.

Here's how it sounds:

http://soundcloud.com/ian-bartholomew/are-you-leaving-for-the-1