I wanted to hold out from the webcasts and streamings to hear the album for the first time in tact. Just listened to the first 5 songs in my car coming into work...and felt emotion welling up inside of me as I listened, starting off with Either Way. I don't know if its Jeff's voice, the anticipation of waiting for the album to come out, the melodies, the beautiful instrumentation and arrangements, the maturing of the band, or the feel of music that I listened to when I was alot younger...but I am so thankful to have Wilco around in my life.