Muzzle of Dan Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Just read Rolling Stone's 100 Greatest Albums of the Decade - Wilco landed at number 97 for SBS and number 3 for YHF. My biggest shock is that A Ghost Is Born is no where to be found on this list. Don't get me wrong, I love to listen to SBS - but if that's gonna be on the list than I think AGIB should have joined the discussion as well. Kid A grabbed the #1 spot. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sparky speaks Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Good choices IMO for listen-ability reasons. Can't listen to AGIB without skipping several songs. I can take some of them live but not the album version. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
uncool2pillow Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 SBS is great, but AGIB > SBS. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Terrapin Ben Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 SOOOOO many good songs on AGIB. It is kinda strange that RS put SBS ahead of AGIB. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Dude Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 Also in RS's 100 Best Songs of the Decade: 67 | Wilco — "Jesus, Etc."68 | Coldplay — "Viva La Vida"69 | Santigold — "L.E.S. Artistes"70 | Arctic Monkeys — "I Bet You Look Good on the Dance Floor"71 | Justice — "D.A.N.C.E."72 | Kings of Leon — "Use Somebody"73 | Queens of the Stone Age — "No One Knows"74 | TV on the Radio — "Wolf Like Me"75 | Arcade Fire — "Rebellion (Lies)" Nice that it improbably outranked Rebellion (Lies) and Viva la Vida. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
auctioneer69 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 This whole list sucked. Rolling Stones sycophancy towards U2 knows no bounds (likewise Springsteen). "All That You Can't Leave Behind" made it into the top twenty albums of the decade. Incredible. Even more astounding was making "Moment of Surrender" song of the year for 2009. 7 + minutes of the most boring music U2 have ever done. I was also blown away that the Fleet Foxes eponymous debut didn't make it at least to the top twenty albums. A far better and more original album than many that made that level. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
So Long Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 A Ghost is Born is better than both of their choices. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
auctioneer69 Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 A Ghost is Born is better than both of their choices. But the decreasingly relevant Rolling Stone need to keep their head up U2's arse as far as they can in the vain hope that yet another magazine cover for the Dublin has-beens will sell a few more copies of their magazine. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Sweet Papa Crimbo Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 But the decreasingly relevant Rolling Stone need to keep their head up U2's arse as far as they can in the vain hope that yet another magazine cover for the Dublin has-beens will sell a few more copies of their magazine. I trust Brian Eno's opinion Yet for all the millions who line up to feel that Irish embrace, U2 - and in particular Bono- also attract a lot of vilification. Why does he think this is? "Snobbery, primarily," he says, smiling to reveal a solid gold incisor worthy of a rap star. "It's most pronounced in England. There's a tendency for people who are in the business of art - critics, writers, people who consider themselves insiders - to distrust anything that is easy to like. There's an assumption underlying this that people are quite stupid, and if a lot of them like something then it too must be quite stupid. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 I'm not sure I've listened to 100 new albums this decade, but I'm sure if I listened to enough of them, I'd like at least 100 better than either A Ghost is Born or Sky Blue Sky. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
TCP Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 I'd put AGIB and W(TA) far ahead of SBS. I wouldn't even think twice about it (I know!). Quote Link to post Share on other sites
auctioneer69 Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 I trust Brian Eno's opinion Brian Eno - good person to trust? Someone whose income has been tied to his contribution's to U2's work for 25 + years now. More now than at any time since he actually gets writing credits on this album. I am someone who loves "The Joshua Tree" and "Achtung Baby", whose first gig was seeing U2 in 1983. I think "All That You Can't Leave Behind" is a decent album easily the best of the three they have released this decade. But #13 this decade? And I am always baffled by this notion that U2 are given a hard time by the music press or critics. Certainly not be the Rolling Stone or their British equivalents Q, Uncut or MOJO. It's amazing to me that few if any mainstream music journalists have taken on U2 for creating a carbon monstrosity of a tour (360 degrees) when the very people who will be affected most dangerously by climate change are the people in Africa that Bono has done such a valiant job campaigning for. It would seem that in the clash of money vs principles that commerce won out in the case of this tour. I know that the band has most likely bought carbon offsets but on a symbolic level this is all wrong. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cryptique Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 If I were to put two Wilco albums on my list of best albums of the decade, YHF and SBS would be the two. AGIB would NOT make it. So at least Rolling Stone got that part right. However, Kid A wouldn't have even made my list. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
anthony Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Wow, Dylan with the #8 & #11 spot. Springsteen's Magic at 24?!? Uggggghhhh Way too much Kanye West on that list. Nice to see Gillian (#64) and Fiona (#49). Two slots for DRA (#38 & #81)- and well deserved. I, too, am surprised of SBS over AGiB. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ThisIsNowhere Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Shameful. AGIB should have at least made the list. I guess you can't really argue with YHF being up at number 3 though. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
chriscolbert Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Good choices IMO for listen-ability reasons. Can't listen to AGIB without skipping several songs. I can take some of them live but not the album version. This. AGIB is WAY too hit or miss to be on this type of list. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rwilson580 Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 I wonder what all these AGIB misses are that some of you refer to. I sure can't find them. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
caliber66 Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 You're clearly not listening correctly. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
HungryHippo Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 AGIB may not pack a big enough initial punch for RS to have put it on their list. when I first heard it, I thought it was wayyyyy too quiet and didn't like it at all. I remember flicking through the tracks at Barnes and Noble and finally getting to The Late Greats and being pleased. def. didn't think the album was worth it's price tag so I downloaded it. needless to say, it wasn't until a couple of months later that the album hit me and worked it's crazy magic. since then, I have bought the album twice on CD and twice on vinyl, lol. YHF and SBS seem to be good, safe starting places for Wilco n00bs. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Good choices IMO for listen-ability reasons. Can't listen to AGIB without skipping several songs. I can take some of them live but not the album version. me too. i dont like the production on AGIB Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tongue-tied Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 didn't AGIB win a grammy? doesn't that count for something? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jmacomber68w Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 I Rolling Stone frequented this board, obviously they would go... YHFAGIBSBSW(TA) Quote Link to post Share on other sites
redpillbox Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Just a point of clarification: The lists were complied from a vote, taken by (optionally) secret ballot, from artists (Mr. Tweedy among them), industry folks, and writers/critics (Fricke and yes, other Rolling Stone editors included). What is very clear is that the Rolling Stone editors are some big Wilco Fans--see the following: http://www.rollingstone.com/photos/gallery/31219787 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
mountain bed Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 Shameful. AGIB should have at least made the list. I guess you can't really argue with YHF being up at number 3 though.My only argument would be that YHF should be #1. Hell, I would argue that YHF is one of the 20 best rock records ever made. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bjorn_skurj Posted December 10, 2009 Share Posted December 10, 2009 I like SBS, but it is just wrong that it came in ahead of AGIB. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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