terrfish Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 i bought used from Wazoo records in 1995. It is stamped "not for sale. Promotional copy only". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
aricandover Posted August 21, 2007 Share Posted August 21, 2007 i bought used from Wazoo records in 1995. It is stamped "not for sale. Promotional copy only". OMG Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Shakey Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 the record I said, "I'm surprised Jeff Tweedy put out a far superior record than Jay Farrar (Trace)" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
badger Posted August 24, 2007 Share Posted August 24, 2007 I am totally with Lulu on this one. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
W(TF) Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Same here....love this record to death. But no one answered my question. ^ ^ ^ Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 Just wondered why they don't play it more. Or does John have stage fright? something about a circle having only one centre Quote Link to post Share on other sites
MunkyKayse Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 ...I bought last (before SBS was released, obviously) ...contains my favorite* Wilco tune, Should've been in Love ...makes me feel like going on a long road trip. *I have no number-one favorite, but whenever this song comes up on my iPod, I never skip it. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 "Too Far Apart" just came up on my shuffle. This album rules. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Gobias Industries Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 ...makes me want to gamble and drive drunk on the highway. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
thejokeexplained Posted August 27, 2007 Share Posted August 27, 2007 is the album that preceeds a row of six great ones The history of Wilco is just as important as the future... Quote Link to post Share on other sites
entropy Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 something about a circle having only one centre Don't worry, I read that one. And laughed. Out loud. Alone. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Basil II Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 ...makes me want to gamble and drive drunk on the highway. screaming the lyrics to "Passenger Side"............done that. -Robert. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Three dollars and 63 cents Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 ...I bought last (before SBS was released, obviously) Me too. It's also the Wilco album I listen to the least, I'll confess. It's got a few songs on it I love, but I don't play the whole thing much. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
c53x12 Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 was the only Wilco record I owned until about 2003. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Smokestack Joe Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 if this is the first wilco record you heard, its a lot better then if you started with ABIG or SBS Quote Link to post Share on other sites
FlametopFred Posted August 28, 2007 Share Posted August 28, 2007 I got into Wilco backwards. Had been hotly involved in the mid-80s following bands that lead to what would become "alt.country" ... at the time this included Jason & the Scorchers, Rainmakers, Lone Justice, Longriders and a whole lot of other bands. Which lead me into Uncle Tupelo of course. Then the great breakup came and all money was on Jay Farrar to be the One To Watch. So I went with Son Volt. In passing, I heard A.M. at a friend's party but it didn't click. At the time, in the context of when it came out, it just sounded like all the other albums in that genre. Nothing special. Passenger Side was good. Somehow I thought Wilco would be okay, but seemed to be headed off into predicable territory. So I sort of lost track of Wilco briefly. Then I got turned on to Golden Smog and through both Down by the Mainstream and especially Weird Tales, really got turned on to Jeff Tweedy's voice and songwriting. From that moment on it just clicked. At that time Summerteeth came out. From then on I was a Wilco addict and bought both AM and Being There immediately. Being There remains one of my favorite "band" albums of all times. The playing is tremendous. Summerteeth has better songs and production, but Being There is a much better "band-firing-on-all-cylinders" type of album ... which, in a way, coming full circle is what Sky Blue Sky is all about. Yankee Hotel was good. A great album by many standards, but was missing something. Ghost .... well, there were a few good songs but so much got lost in a haze of misdirection. Now we know why. Also picked up the Mermaid Avenue albums. And the additional Golden Smog work. Weird Tales was a peak, and still one of my all-time-favorite, desert-island albums. Who can argue with Jody Stephens ? Doesn't get any better than that, doesn't get any closer to the Big Star flame than that. The only person missing from that was Alex himself. Wouldn't that have been amazing? Chilton with Golden Smog? Chilton with Tweedy? One can only imagine. Along with many hear, my hopes are that this latest band configuration sticks around intact for at least a few more albums. They are hot, and everything a great band should be. Hope it lasts. They all sound like they are having fun too. But I digress. I always hated the term "alt.country" . . . . . Wilco just plays American Music via Chicago tinted gold by Canadian autumn winds across the Great Lakes. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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