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Wilco (The Album)

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Wilco (the review)

Wilco is the best band in the whole world and I'll stand on Thom Yorke’s coffee table in my cowboy boots and say that.

This Wasn't Supposed to Surprise You

Wilco (The Album) is a catalogue. It's not progressive. It's nothing new. You've heard it all before. And while that may seem boring compared to Wilco's normally experimental standards, it's a nice breather before, hopefully, some more innovative shenanigans down the road. Personally, A Ghost is Born is my favorite Wilco album. YHF is a close second. This is not as good as either of them, and it's not near close. But it is still a very, very good release. Song By Song Review: 1. Wilco - Great opening song. I feel like Nels is a little under-utilized here, but a solid opener. 8/10. 2. Deeper Down - It takes a while to get used to, but it's a very complex, multi-layered tune that serves as a good build up to the next track. 8/10 3. One Wing - Thought this could have been better (again, use Nels! Use him!), but it is still a great track nonetheless. Probably some of the best harmony of any Wilco song to date. 8/10 4. Bull Black Nova - Haunting. Brilliant. The best song on the album. 10/10 5. You and I - Just un-cheesy enough to register as a good song in my book. Wish we could have heard a bit more Feist, though. 7/10. 6. You Never Know - Strike one for Tweedy. This song is an absolute mess. Too cliched, and without a climax. You get sick of it after a while. 4/10 7. Country Disappeared - Nothing special at all, but worth a listen. 5/10. 8. Solitaire - Lovable song about childhood memories and the general past tense. Could have been more instrumental, but is a good tune. 7/10 9. I'll Fight - It's worse than "On and On and On." 2/10 10. Sonny Feeling - Tom Petty and Kenny Loggins want their song back. An attempt at a change of pace, but a bit too corny for my taste. 5/10. 11. Everlasting Everything - By the end, it's a fantastic song. But as you're listening from the beginning to the middle, you feel like it's missing something. Still, a great wrap-up. 7/10. The primary knock on the album is the lack of instrumental use that made A Ghost is Born such a phenomenal album and made Sky Blue Sky bearable. It's supposed to be an album showcasing the talents of the entire band, and yet, you finish the album wanting more instrumental work. Oh well. 7/10 overall. That roughly translates to 4/5.

A sonic shoulder for you to cry on

On one hand, I agree with reviewers saying there is nothing really new or groundbreaking about this album. You will not find any single note serenades, or extended mix Euro-funk tirades about spiders and tax returns on this one, folks. On the other hand, Wilco (the album) is groundbreaking in a different respect (groundbreaking for Wilco anyway): Clarity and focus. You will definitely hear the influence of those previous sonic experiments on this album. But where their prior efforts contained spasms of extreme brilliance mixed with the meandering, nebulous, and frankly puzzling, this one is focused and approachable the whole way through. I think this album reflects a band whose members have grown up. Their presence here is mature and confident, and the words and music are understatements about things we painfully discovered to be incredibly obvious: yes, the world is full of sadness, and our youth is gone, and the next generation is making the exact same mistakes we did, and everything ends and no one will even know we existed. But at least we're all in it together, and we can take solace in this music and things we love. That's the message that bookends this album. Wilco will love you, baby. So, for long-time Wilco fans, I suppose you can see this album as the period at the end of a run-on sentence. A run-on sentence which could not have been written any other way. Prospective Wilco fans wondering what all the fuss is about, this is a great album to start with but please roll back to their previous works and read the sentence from the beginning.

Biography

Formed: 1994 in Chicago, IL

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s

Wilco rose from the ashes of the seminal roots rock band Uncle Tupelo, which disbanded in 1994. While Jay Farrar, one of the group's two singer/songwriters, went on to form Son Volt, his ex-partner Jeff Tweedy established Wilco along with the remaining members of Tupelo's final incarnation, which included drummer Ken Coomer as well as part-time bandmates John Stirratt (bass) and Max Johnston (mandolin, banjo, fiddle, and lap steel). Guitarist Jay Bennett rounded out the...
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