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AmericanFlagAsh
June 2nd 2022


13689 Comments


This is way too long for me to care about listening to it

DocSportello
June 2nd 2022


3683 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

“Tired of Taking it Out on You” may be my favorite here, and lowkey one of my all time Wilco tracks. Huh.

butt.
June 2nd 2022


11427 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Didn’t care for their last one too much but really loving this!

DocSportello
June 2nd 2022


3683 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah this is honestly the first Wilco that’s resonated with me from start to finish since Yankee, tbh. Everything else is good but kinda scattershot imo

tectactoe
June 2nd 2022


9228 Comments

Album Rating: 3.0

Really good but too long.

Sunnyvale
Emeritus
June 2nd 2022


6510 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

That guitar solo in Many Worlds is so good, conveys a lot of emotion

theBoneyKing
June 2nd 2022


24890 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Yeah that one’s great (though admittedly it scratches a kind of similar itch to older Wilco epics such as “Impossible Germany” and doesn’t reach the same heights).

DoofDoof
June 3rd 2022


17285 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Officially their 4th best album



As always I’m a sucker for double albums



Unless they’re by Beach House

juiceviaorange
June 4th 2022


1128 Comments

Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound Off

Yess, so glad you did a review for this. I was contemplating do one myself - looking forward to reading. Really great album. I love Wilco but was genuinely impressed with how much I'm enjoying this. A big, warm blanket with some thorns in it.

Sunnyvale
Emeritus
June 4th 2022


6510 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Cheers, hope you enjoy the review! Yeah, not sure where I'd rank this in Wilco's discography yet but it's hitting the spot quite well.

grannypantys
June 4th 2022


2597 Comments


“best Wilco release since Yankee Hotel Foxtrot”

A Ghost is Born easily has that title

but this album is surprisingly good for latter day Wilco

DoofDoof
June 4th 2022


17285 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

This is way more consistent than ‘Ghost’

HelloJoe
June 4th 2022


1097 Comments


I prefer A Ghost is Born, personally. Actually, there are a number of post-Yankee albums I like more than this one.

theBoneyKing
June 4th 2022


24890 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

I’ll always defend mid-period Wilco. I do like this more than Star Wars and Ode to Joy though.

DoofDoof
June 4th 2022


17285 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

This is like two albums at least equally good to any mid period Wilco for me



Side B of ‘Ghost’ is a little less good and ‘Hummingbird’ I’m not in love with either



‘Ode to Joy’ was great, I dunno a lot of mid period feels like half a good album of material (Wilco the Album, Sky Blue Sky, etc)

theBoneyKing
June 4th 2022


24890 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

Ghost side B definitely lags (aside from “Theologians”) but side A is one of their strongest stretches. Sky Blue Sky and self titled are both uniformly excellent for me but I get many disagree with that. The Whole Love is near classic, though elevated a lot by its bookends.

Spec
June 4th 2022


41416 Comments


Haven’t really loved anything since The Whole Love. This is okay.

HelloJoe
June 4th 2022


1097 Comments


Their music is always enjoyable for me. Can never go wrong with a bit of Wilco.

DoofDoof
June 5th 2022


17285 Comments

Album Rating: 4.0

listen more

Feather
June 6th 2022


11463 Comments


This was pleasant and I enjoyed it but nothing necessarily really grabbed me and I dont feel that I will revisit much outside of the next couple weeks. Lets see if that changes though.

Really appreciate the final paragraph of this review highlighting some of the high points, made it easy to revisit the best moments.



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