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Description
Wilco's seventh disc, Wilco (the album), took shape quickly in January '09 after the band traveled to Auckland, New Zealand to participate in an Oxfam International benefit project. The band began cutting tracks for the new album, producing it themselves with the help of engineer Jim Scott. The sextet completed the disc at its Chicago studio and performed some of the new material in April at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival; where the Times-Picayune praised the band's 'thrilling, nuanced set.' Wilco (the album) combines the intimacy of its previous studio disc, Sky Blue Sky (2007), with the experimentation of A Ghost Is Born (2004) in a set that boasts strong melodies and gorgeous, often unabashedly pop arrangements. Wilco has clearly laid out the welcome mat to admirers of all aspects of its career; in fact, the disc opens with 'Wilco (the song)' originally unveiled in the group's performance on The Colbert Report last October in which Tweedy & Co. offer their fans 'a sonic shoulder to cry on,' promising,'Wilco will love you, baby.' Talking to a Rolling Stone reporter, drummer Glenn Kotche calls it 'a great, upbeat song professing our love for our fans.' That said, Tweedy's lyrics remain frank and fascinating; Rolling Stone calls them 'sly, insightful and often heartbreaking.' As with Sky Blue Sky, most of the tracks are concise in shape; 'Bull Black Nova,' however, features a dramatically building arrangement and thrilling guitar crescendo, more duel than jam. It's followed by the gentler 'You and I,' a duet between Tweedy and Canadian singer- songwriter Feist, and 'You Never Know,' a gloriously anthemic track that is the album's first single. The disc culminates with 'Everlasting Everything' a piano-driven ballad with delicate sonic nuances that lyrically celebrates love's endurance.
Product Details
Audio CD Release Date:
June 30, 2009
Studio:
Nonesuch
Number Of Discs:
1
Average Customer Rating:
based on 68 reviews
Track Listing
1.
Wilco (the song)
2.
Deeper Down
3.
One Wing
4.
Bull Black Nova
5.
You And I
6.
You Never Know (single)
7.
Country Disappeared
8.
Solitaire
9.
I'll Fight
10.
Sonny Feeling
11.
Everlasting Everything
Customer Reviews
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Best? No. Good? It'll do... May 19, 2010 Falling somewhere between the airy and relaxed SKY BLUE SKY, and the experimental cacophony named A GHOST IS BORN, is WILCO (THE ALBUM). This album features some of Wilco's very best songs, including "Wilco (The Song)", "Bull Black Nova", and "You Never Know", with the last song feeling like it could make Christine McVie jealous for having not written it.
The other eight songs are absolute filler. If they're not generic anthems of love ("You And I", "I'll Fight") or quirky to the point of killing the song ("Deeper Down", "One Wing"), then they're retreads of earlier songs ("Sonny Feeling") or are so aimless that they float away ("Country Disappeared", "Solataire", "Everlasting Everything"). Had the bad taken another three years to produce this album, it might have been a little more focused. Unfortunately, it seems like Tweedy's new-found confidence has churned out a half-assed product this time around.
2 of 4 found the following review helpful:
Easy listnin' pop pap May 06, 2010 This used to be a good band. They've progressively gotten lamer and lamer. This is elevator muzak for the 21st century. Please, somebody, take the quaaludes away from these guys!
1 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Aimless Droning Apr 28, 2010 Without a doubt the most unlistenable Wilco album ever. Eminently forgettable tunes flow like water down a river of insomnia. If this is Americana maturing, I'll pass. Wilco the album, is Wilco the flop.
Wilco Is In their Happy Place Mar 05, 2010 Alt-country rockers Wilco have been together for a while now, but they still know how to cut a record. The addition of Nels Cline since Sky Blue Sky has added such a beautiful dimension to their music, and the joy and understanding that comes through on this record is nearly palpable. Starting from the eponymous opening track, where Jeff Tweedy asserts that through thick and thin "Wilco will love you, baby", the band enters into relational territory with the fan that few bands care to explore. Another highlight is "Bull Black Nova" which steadily builds with a noisy, consuming crescendo reminiscent of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. "You and I" is a gentle, couple's song that shows off Tweedy's softer side and songwriting ability of being able to do so much with so little. My favorite is "I'll Fight" with its messianic imagery and sacrificial message above a jaunting, spiky accompaniment. Though definitely not as ambitious as some of their earlier releases, Wilco (The Album) displays the band perfecting what they do best and leaves the listener all the better for it.
0 of 3 found the following review helpful:
Wilco Mar 02, 2010 Wilco being Wilco's 2009 release and 7th studio album is an alternative rock release and sounds like REM. The album was a hit in Sweden and Finland. It also did well among the critics. Allmusic, Rolling Stone and Robert Christgau all gave the album good grades in their reviews. All the lyrics are included in the booklet along with photographs of the band. 4/5.
based on 68 reviews
Best? No. Good? It'll do... May 19, 2010
Easy listnin' pop pap May 06, 2010
