IRememberDBoon Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Consistently ALLSOME!!!!Every song is absolutely terrific. Short and to the fugging point!And if Brian Henneman really played lead on all but one track then he gets my vote in my top 20 of all times guitarists. Every single solo is tight and beautiful.1."I Must Be High" – 2:592."Casino Queen" – 2:453."Box Full of Letters" – 3:054."Shouldn't Be Ashamed" – 3:285."Pick Up the Change" – 2:566."I Thought I Held You" – 3:497."That's Not the Issue" – 3:198."It's Just That Simple" (John Stirratt) – 3:459."Should've Been in Love" – 3:3610."Passenger Side" – 3:3311."Dash 7" – 3:2912."Blue Eyed Soul" – 4:0513."Too Far Apart" – 3:44 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Atticus Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 You misspelled A Ghost Is Born. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bleedorange Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 Nope. Try again. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rhino4evr Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 it's good, but far fom my favorite. I'd argue ALL of their albums are consistent, yet different. Which is why I love them so much. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted November 12, 2014 Share Posted November 12, 2014 My original pressing of A.M. on red vinyl is my most treasured album in my collection. I probably play that more than anything else - vinyl, that is. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smells like flowers Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 I truly love A.M. It is a nearly perfect record to listen to. But later Wilco (ST, YHF, AGIB) burned itself into my heart/soul on a whole different level. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
froggie Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 no surprises on it. most songs (go away dash 7) sound similar and they stick in your head from the first listen. but BT is better Quote Link to post Share on other sites
linclink Posted November 13, 2014 Share Posted November 13, 2014 On the plus side I agree that "A.M." is a great album, truly great. Both "A.M." & "Trace" feel like logical extensions of what was happening in Uncle Tupelo with "Anodyne" (my favorite Uncle Tupelo album). As much as I do dig some Son Volt, in the great first album sweepstakes, while I think "Trace" is certainly a terrific album (either their best, or at least as great an album as they've/he's done.), I'm part of what is apparently a minority, when I say, that I prefer "A.M." without question.Inversely to Son Volt's career trajectory, & with all I just said, I also think that this great debut is also probably my least favorite, & their least realized (Wilco) album. But talking about it, or Uncle Tupelo in relation to what comes after with Wilco is like talking about pre-"Rubber Soul" Beatles greatness compared to post-"Rubber Soul" greatness (I prefer later Beatles, but love that whole catalog too!). I'm a huge booster of this album & think it's their second most underrated/overlooked/misunderstood release after the even greater "Wilco (The Album)". Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I would take AM over the last three records (a good portion of which I enjoyed) any day. There's just something about the rawness and energy that draws me in every time. Brian Henneman's liner notes in the vinyl reissue also offers some terrific perspective that enhances the listening experience. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
smells like flowers Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I would take AM over the last three records (a good portion of which I enjoyed) any day.Ditto that. My first copy of AM was on a cassette tape my then-boyfriend-now-husband made me. I think Freakwater was on the other side. It's sometimes hard for me to separate years of attachment to and familiarity with beloved songs from any objective appraisal of how good they are. The lyrics and notes just settle into my brain so perfectly snug when i hear them, like a favorite sweater on the first cold day. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
worldrecordplayer Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I would not saying anything that could be construed as negative towards A.M., love it and am consistently happy with how well the songs hold up. But, if I had to pick one, Being There remains my favorite and the one I still listen to the most. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Magnetized Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 I seem to remember some long ago interview with Jeff where he described the A.M. songs as "sturdy." That sounds like a good description of why we like that album so much. They are just solid, energetic songs that really hold up. It's also probably why we all still love it and also why most of it don't consider it our favorite, since they ventured out into more precarious, complicated territory in later albums and developed into the adventurous band we love. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
jff Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 Were any (or all?) of the AM somgs written while Jeff was still in Uncle Tupelo? Stuff he was holding back, perhaps, knowing that UT was on borrowed time? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
choo-choo-charlie Posted November 14, 2014 Share Posted November 14, 2014 As prolific as he is, I'd bet on it. Considering "Capitol City" was a tune Wilco first tried during sessions for Being There, I'd say many of Jeff's songs were works-in-progress for a long time before he was ready to record them. I'll bet the seeds of songs on AM and BT were planted in 1993-1994, and he refined those ideas over the following year or two. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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