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Wilco (The Album)
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Wilco's seventh disc, Wilco (the album), took form shortly in January '09 afterwards 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 together 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), together with the experimentation of A Ghost
Is Born (2004) in a set this 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 together with 'Wilco (the song)' originally unveiled in the group's performance on The Colbert Report last October in which Tweedy & Co. propose 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 excellent, upbeat song professing our love for our fans.' This said, Tweedy's lyrics remain frank and fascinating; Rolling Stone calls them
'sly, insightful and often heartbreaking.' As together with Sky Blue Sky, much of the tracks are concise in form; 'Bull Black Nova,' however, features a spectacularly building arrangement and thrilling guitar crescendo, extra duel than jam. It's followed by the gentler 'You and I,' a duet between Tweedy and Canadian singer- songwriter Feist, and 'You Never Recognize,' a gloriously anthemic track this is the album's first single. The disc culminates together with 'Everlasting Everything' a piano-driven ballad together with delicate sonic nuances this lyrically celebrates love's endurance.

Customer Reviews
Customer rating is 4 of 5  Wilco Is In their Happy Place   2010-03-05
By J. Pratty (Manhattan Beach, CA USA)
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.
Customer rating is 4 of 5  Wilco   2010-03-02
By Bjorn Viberg (European Union)
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.
Customer rating is 3 of 5  Good unless you like melody   2010-01-20
By Cain Knobel (Colorado)
Tweedy has not written a really engaging melody on this record (although You and I comes close), but the band, the arrangements, and everything else that makes sounds like Wilco in top form. But the only difference between most these songs are the arrangements and the lyrics; the chords and melodies are just swapped around leading to a wall of sameness by the time the CD is over. I loved the first four Wilco records, they were filled with songs I could hum and "Sky Blue Sky" had its moments, but here Tweedy appears to be coasting on his laurels.
Customer rating is 2 of 5  Wilco's Blandest Album   2010-01-14
By voomer (San Francisco, CA USA)
I've enjoyed all of Wilco's recent albums, but this one is really quite bland, and their sound has lost its edge. The melodies don't grab, and the lyrics that stand out seem cliched or repetitive of older themes. They seem like genuinely good people, and I hope they can recapture their inspiration.
Customer rating is 3 of 5  Good songs but.....   2010-01-09
By kevin J. Mcnamara (nyc,USA)
Typical good songs but it would have been very interesting to see how this album would have fleshed out if Jay Bennett was still in the band at the time it was recorded. These songs are missing that extra "something". While I understand there were reasons for Jay and the band to part ways, I never realized how important he was to the development of the albums sounds until he was gone. While I can appreciate the contributions and playing of players like Jim O'Rourke,Nels Cline and Pat Sansone, Jay Bennett appears to have been much more important in his contributions than I had previously thought. Like Blue Sky Blue, this record is missing that little bit of something that Jay brought to Being There,Summerteeth and YHF.


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