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So, I'm a new Wilco fan, but I'm very interested in what a Wilco 'greatest hits' album would look like. So, using the same method as the Dave Matthews Band - pick your TWO favorite songs from each of their seven (main) studio albums and lets see what kind of track list we can get.

 

But, if you don't like this method, you can always just post your favorite Wilco songs, or any other songs you feel are worthy of their inevitable "best of" album (whether it be in five years or in 25 years - you know it will happen).

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From AM: Casino Queen/Passenger Side

Being There: Misunderstood/Sunken Treasure

Summerteeth: Pieholden Suite/Via Chicago

YHF: I am trying to break your heart/Ashes of American Flags

A Ghost is Born: At least that's what you said/Spiders

SBS: You are my Face/Impossible Germany

Wilco(TA): One Wing/Sonny Feeling

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AM: box full/too far apart

BT: misunderstood/lonely 1

MM1: one by one/hesitating beauty

ST: via chicago/when you wake up feeling old

MM2: airline/mountain bed

YHF: kamera/pot kettle black

AGIB: hummingbird/theologians

SBS: side with seeds/what light

W(TA): wilco the song/you never know

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A.M.- I Must Be High, Box Full of Letters

Being There- Say you Miss me, Monday

Summerteeth- Summerteeth, When You Wake Up Feeling Old

YHF- Pot Kettle Black, Poor Places

AGIB- Hummingbird, Company in my Back

SBS- You Are my Face, Walken

WTA- One Wing, Deeper Down

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I made it a two disc set. The first disc is 2 from each studio album. The second disc includes 2 from various other releases - Kicking Televsion, downloadable EP's, etc.)

 

Disc 1

 

Box Full Of Letters - AM

Shouldn't Be Ashamed - AM

Misunderstood - BT

Outtasite (Outta Mind) - BT

A Shot In The Arm - ST

Via Chicago - ST

California Stars - MA

One By One - MA

I Am Trying To Break Your Heart - YHF

Pot Kettle Black - YHF

Muzzle Of Bees - AGIB

Handshake Drugs - AGIB

You Are My Face - SBS

Impossible Germany - SBS

One Wing - WTA

Bull Black Nova WTA

 

Disc 2

Remember The Mountain Bed - MA Vol. 2

Airline To Heaven - MA Vol. 2

A Magazine Called Sunset - More Like The Moon EP

Bob Dylan's 49th Beard - More Like The Moon EP

Car's Can't Escape - YHF Demos

Kicking Television - AGIB Tour EP

At Least That's What You Said (Live) - AGIB Tour EP

Ashes Of American Flags - KT Live

Spiders (Kidsmoke) - KT Live

The Thanks I Get - SBS Tour EP

Hate It Here (Live) - SBS Tour EP

Sunken Treasure - Sunken Treasure: Live... Downloads

Laminated Cat - Sunken Treasure: Live... Downloads

Side With The Seeds - Ashes Movie Downloads

Wishful Thinking - Ashes Movie Downloads

 

EDIT added the second disc.

 

I'm pretty happy with this now. It's in my itunes. There are still a lot of other great songs...

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AM - casino queen; passenger side

BT - (2-disc set, so I'll cheat and put 3 on)Monday; Misunderstood; Sunken Treasure

ST - I'm always in love; how to fight lonliness

YHF - (THE classic - so it gets 3) heavy metal drummer; jesus, etc., poor places

AGIB - hummingbird; handshake drugs

KT - I'm the man... (for the opening alone - track #1 on album); comment (closes album)

SBS - you are my face; sky blue sky

W(TA) - one wing; bull black nova

MMA's - mountain bed; one by one; california stars

b-sides/extras - hate it here (ashes version); panthers (agib bonus track); be not so fearful (from the movie); thanks i get (sbs extra); just a kid (spongebob soundtrack - under rated song imho)

 

 

EDIT: even the greatest hits of the songs left off the greatest hits would kick ass!!!!

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I'm a fairly new fan too but I thought I'd weigh in:

 

AM: Casino Queen

Passenger Side

BT: Misunderstood

I Got You (At the End of the Century)

MMA1: California Stars

Hoodoo Voodoo

ST: Shot in the Arm

Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway(again)

MMA2: Airline to Heaven

Remember the Mountain Bed

YHF: the whole album!

War on War

Jesus, Etc.

AGIB: Spiders (Kidsmoke)

Handshake Drugs

SBS: You Are My Face

Impossible Germany

W(TA): Wilco (The Song)

You Never Know

 

Secret track: I found an article here on Via Chicago where Jeff Tweedy said something about "Dancing Queen" being a perfect pop song, and he learned how to play it on the guitar. I would love to hear what Wilco would do with that Swedish disco confection.

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AM- Box Full of Letters, Pick up the Change

BT- Misunderstood, Forget the Flowers

ST- She's A Jar, How to fight Loneliness

YHF- (is a seemless entity from which nothing can be removed but for the sake of cooperation) Kamera, Jesus, etc.

AGIB- ALTWYS, Hummingbird

SBS- Impossible Germany, Side with the Seeds

W(TA)- Country Disappeared, I'll Fight

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A realistic Record Company Release might look like this:

 

Box Full of Letters

Pick of the Change

Monday

Outta Mind (Outta sight)

California Stars

One by One

A Shot in the Arm

I'm Always in Love

Airline to Heaven

Remember the Mountain Bed

War on War

Heavy Metal Drummer

Hummingbirg

Handshake Drugs

Impossible Germany

Hate it Here

 

Kinda blah. The boys have such an interesting cataloge that I can't really imagine any 'best of' compilation that would make any fan happy

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I'll add in The Wilco Book (or as it should be retroactively refereed to, Wilco [The Book]) because there's some really solid stuff in there that problem gets forgotten about.

 

AM: Dash 7, Too Far Apart

Being There: Misunderstood, Hotel Arizona

Mermaid Ave: At My Window Sad and Lonely, Hesitating Beauty

Summerteeth: Via Chicago, Summerteeth

Mermaid Ave 2: Airline To Heaven, Remember the Mountain Bed

The Foxtrot: I Am Trying To Break Your Heart, Poor Places

A Ghost: At Least That's What You Said, Wishful Thinking

The Book: This Is New, Hummingbird (Soma)

Sky Blue Sky: You Are My Face, What Light

The Album: One Wing, You and I

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Many people say that they hope Wilco will never release a best of, but really, there isn't anything wrong with best of's now is there? They give a good example of what the band sounds like and introduces them to music they can transition into. Plus, if a casual listener only likes a few songs, they can buy a best of that (hopefully) only has the songs they like on there (or the ones they know at least).

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Many people say that they hope Wilco will never release a best of, but really, there isn't anything wrong with best of's now is there? They give a good example of what the band sounds like and introduces them to music they can transition into. Plus, if a casual listener only likes a few songs, they can buy a best of that (hopefully) only has the songs they like on there (or the ones they know at least).

 

I would guess a lot of us think "best of's" are a throwback to the bad old days of the sinister marketing ploys of the recording industry, shoving more "marketable product" down the consumer's throat. Wilco has withstood that whole industry regime for so long that doing something like this would feel like a capitulation of sorts.

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US 19-track promotional-only retrospective sampler CD produced to promote the release of 'Sky Blue Sky'. A good one for beginners if you wanna try and get into Wilco, theres a few songs off every album.

 

wilcobeginning.jpg

 

 

1. What Light

2. I Must Be High

3. Passenger Side

4. Box Full Of Letters

5. Monday

6. Outtasite (Outta Mind)

7. Misunderstood

8. California Stars

9. Can't Stand It

10. Shot In The Arm

11. Via Chicago

12. Airline To Heaven

13. Jesus Etc.

14. I Am Trying To Break Your Heart

15. Heavy Metal Drummer

16. Handshake Drugs

17. Theologians

18. I'm A Wheel

19. On And On And On

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