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1. YHF.

2. Mermaid Avenue i/II

3. Ghost

4. Wilco the Album

5. The Whole Love

6. Summerteeth

7. Being There

8a. AM

8b. Star Wars

10. SBS

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Not going to include Star Wars, way too early for that, but I definitely like it more than AM and Wilco selftitle.

 

1. YHF

2. Being There

3. A Ghost Is Born

4. The Whole Love

5. Summerteeth

6. Sky Blue Sky

7. A.M.

8. Wilco

 

Screw it. List to include all of Jeff's major endeavors post Uncle Tupelo:

 

1. YHF

2. Being There

3. A Ghost Is Born

4. Loose Fur: Born Again In the USA

5. The Whole Love

6. Mermaid Ave Vol. 1

7. Summerteeth

8. Star Wars

9.  Mermaid Ave Vol. 2

10. Loose Fur

11. Sky Blue Sky

12. Tweedy

13. A.M.

14. Wilco

15. Mermaid Ave Vol. 3

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I can't believe how many people are ranking Star Wars above Being There. Wow.

 

I almost posted the same thing. But I haven't been able to give Star Wars enough listens, so I was giving everyone the benefit of the doubt. :lol

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1. Summerteeth 
2. Being There
3. Mermaid Avenue 1 & 2 (kind of cheating to include both)
4. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
 
(Can’t decide how to rank the next 3)

 

- Sky Blue Sky (a beautiful record that coulda been even more beautiful with One True Vine and without Shake it Off, Walken and the wonky part of Hate It Here)
 
- A Ghost Is Born (maybe a top 3 Wilco record, but the versions of some of the songs aren’t my personal favorite. Hummingbird is done creatively, but I love the more mysterious-sounding acoustic version. Same with Spiders, though I DO like the kraut-rock-like version on the record. Handshake Drugs, Theologians and The Late Greats…all songs I like live...for whatever reason, sound flat or uninspired on the record.)
 
- Star Wars (still warming up to it. Musically, very fresh and impressive. Only some lyrics grabbing me. Love the 34-minute length.)
 
8. A.M.
9. Wilco (The Album)
10. The Whole Love
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1. A Ghost is Born

2. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot/Sky Blue Sky

3. Summerteeth/Being There

4. The Whole Love/Star Wars

5. A.M./Wilco (The Album)

Edit: If forced to play my hand and actually choose, they are in order.

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3. Mermaid Avenue 1 & 2 (kind of cheating to include both)

 

 

Not really. Weren't all those songs recorded at the same time? it's essentially a double album they spread out over two releases. On that note, a compilation of songs recorded for but not included on YHF (side B on my maxell cassette copy of the album) would actually be "1b" if YHF is my "1a", if counted seperately.

 

Rob

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That's a great song! All of Bragg's songs on Mermaid 1 are excellent.

 

Uhhhhhhhhh.... are you not counting Birds and Ships as a Bragg song?? 

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1. Summerteeth

2. Being There

3. Mermaid Avenue 1 & 2 (kind of cheating to include both)

4. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

(Can’t decide how to rank the next 3)

- Sky Blue Sky (a beautiful record that coulda been even more beautiful with One True Vine and without Shake it Off, Walken and the wonky part of Hate It Here)

- A Ghost Is Born (maybe a top 3 Wilco record, but the versions of some of the songs aren’t my personal favorite. Hummingbird is done creatively, but I love the more mysterious-sounding acoustic version. Same with Spiders, though I DO like the kraut-rock-like version on the record. Handshake Drugs, Theologians and The Late Greats…all songs I like live...for whatever reason, sound flat or uninspired on the record.)

- Star Wars (still warming up to it. Musically, very fresh and impressive. Only some lyrics grabbing me. Love the 34-minute length.)

8. A.M.

9. Wilco (The Album)

10. The Whole Love

Sorry, off topic:

Is anyone else seeing this as the most massive font on their screen?

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I almost posted the same thing. But I haven't been able to give Star Wars enough listens, so I was giving everyone the benefit of the doubt. :lol

Outside of maybe someone's top 1 or 2, I'd bet everyone's list changes day to day, week to week, etc.

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I'm noticing that The Whole Love is ranking really low here.

 

I know I ranked it at the bottom (I really do think it's their weakest album) but perhaps its low ranking has something to to with to the relative contrast between it and Star Wars?

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