Wilco - Wilco (The Album)

Wilco (The Album)

by Wilco

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Released
29/06/2009
Music Genre
Pop
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Though many fans suspected that Wilco's self-titled seventh studio album would mark a return to the wild cut-and-paste experimentalism of YANKEE FOXTROT HOTEL, the record was in fact more of a piece with its traditional-sounding 2007 predecessor, SKY BLUE SKY. Heavily influenced by `60s and `70s pop music, songs like "Sunny Feeling" and "You Never Know" sounded as if the band might have been finally attempting to score the elusive hit single. Beginning with a powerful riff reminiscent of the Kinks' "Picture Book," the disc is all strummy guitars, tinkling keyboards, big choruses, George Harrison-style slide guitar, and stacked harmony vocals, conjuring aural images of bands such as Love, Wings, and Badfinger. Throughout, the songwriting is tight and focused, making WILCO one of the most instantly accessible albums in the Chicago-based group's catalog.

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Product Details

Artist
Wilco
Recording Environment
Studio
Label / Studio
WEA/ATLANTIC/NONESUCH
CD WOW! Sales Rank
#956
Media Content Format
Album
Original year of release
2009
Media Format
Audio CD
Year of release
2009
Number of Discs
1
CD 30days Sales Rank
#787
Cast & Crew
Wilco (Music Performer)
Jim Scott (Producer)
Wilco (Producer)
Jason Tobias (Sound Engineer)
Jordan St (Sound Engineer)
TJ Doherty (Sound Engineer)

Press Reviews

It's an album in the classic sense of The Band and Nevermind, beautifully conceived to reflect misgivings about its changing era, and executed with the kind of intelligence that can fool one into thinking it's instinctive The Independent

Chicago's veteran alt-rockers haven't sounded this much fun in ages, their seventh album balancing their easy-going and experimental sides The Observer

Calling the album WILCO suggests they might consider this is a definitive work - they wouldn't be wrong The Times

Tracklisting

Disc 1:

  1. Wilco (The Song)
  2. Deeper Down
  3. One Wing
  4. Bull Black Nova
  5. You and I
  6. You Never Know
  7. Country Disappeared
  8. Solitaire
  9. I'll Fight
  10. Sonny Feeling
  11. Everlasting Everything

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23/6/2010
 
4.0

It is still good ol' Wilco

By cviewrest

from Singapore

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Pros

  • Can Listen Over And Over
  • Engaging
  • Original

Cons

  • Lacks Hit Songs

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Comments about WEA/ATLANTIC/NONESUCH Wilco - Wilco (The Album):

This album came out a year ago, and it took me this long to get into it. Having collected Wilco from "Yankee" to "Sky", this was initially a letdown. I've to say, the "camel" cover really had me put off too ! Further samplings brought my senses back, and it is still the good ol' Wilco. Intimate, down-to-earth, melancholy and tuneful, that's their signature. Although not as experimental as "Yankee" nor as ghostly beautiful as "Ghost" nor soothing as "Sky", it is still worth having.

Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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26/1/2010
 
5.0

Best ff 2009

By Tommi

from Finland

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Pros

  • Can Listen Over And Over

Cons

    Best Uses

    • At Home

    Comments about WEA/ATLANTIC/NONESUCH Wilco - Wilco (The Album):

    Best album of 2009

    Bottom Line Yes, I would recommend this to a friend

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