 | Wilco The Whole Love
3.8
excellent
| Ranking: #139 for 2011 | |
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| 5.0 classic | sklart | September 14th 11 |
2nd best Wilco album...more than 15 years into their career. Name another band that released a classic this late.
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| 4.0 excellent | dominics | September 5th 11 |
After a first listen, very impressed. The last song, however minimal it appears to sound (at first), is one of their best ever.
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| 0.0 | DocSportello | September 5th 11 |
Wilco finally get the whole "American Radiohead" thing kinda right.
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| 3.4 great | Erwann S. EMERITUS | August 26th 24 |
The Whole Love is a great slab of the typical Wilco indie alt-country - voila
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| 1.5 very poor | mrpotatochap | February 2nd 22 |
Best Songs: I Love My Label
Worst Songs: Speak Into The Rose, Capitol City, Standing O, One Sunday Morning, Message From Mid-Bar, Born Alone
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| 4.5 superb | sarcasgnostic | November 3rd 13 |
More pleasantness in a single album than most artists can fit into an entire discography. Almost rivals Yankee Hotel Foxtrot for me.
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| 2.5 average | wireforawire | March 20th 13 |
Thisi album requires a lot of patience; patience I just don't have.
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| 3.0 good | zillah | October 29th 11 |
This is for me, by a reasonable margin, the best Wilco record since Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (which I recently listened to again to remind myself why I keep buying Wilco records). It's certainly a massive improvement on 2009's dreadful self titled record whose cover camel seemed to offer a telling pair of middle humps to fans. Having managed to maintain the same line up for three straight albums now, it's not surprising that Wilco sound tighter and more cohesive than on previous recent releases. In particular, Nels Cline sounds less like a guest star busting out on the occassional guitar solo, and more like a supporting actor who reads and emphasizes Jeff Tweedy's moods and ideas. Easily the worst thing here is first single "I Might", another installment of boring been-done-better-before Tweedy faux-edginess squatting on a perfectly conventional alt-country-pop song. But, except on the impossibly dull "Sunloathe", this time Wilco don't spend the rest of the album overcompensating with subdued mush and mealy Feist duets. On "Standing O" Wilco actually rock out, and rock out quite well. The twee-est number, "Capitol City" is genuinely sweet. And while experimental opener "Art of Almost" doesn't hold a candle to "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart", it's still a good song. And hopefully a signal of a permanent return to form.
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| 4.0 excellent | patrickfannon | October 4th 11 |
A cool, restrospective-feeling record that encompasses many of the disparate styles and sonic textures of Wilco over the years. The Whole Love also harkens back to A Ghost Is Born in its freak out guitar solos and eclectic, roiling instrumentation and experimentation. Jeff Tweedy delivers, yet again.
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| 0.0 | iamDIBBS | September 26th 11 |
awesome wilco album a must have far any wilco fan r5/5
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| 5.0 classic | NavajoJ | September 16th 11 |
"The Whole Love" begins with the fiery rampage "Art of Almost", works its way through matured pop tunes and quiet laments and eventually sneaks directly into your heart. Ever since the critically acclaimed "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" we've been waiting for Wilco to deliver another classic; here it is.
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| 4.0 excellent | doofy | January 7th 24 |
| 4.0 excellent | cbohlen | March 21st 23 |
| 3.5 great | Grungil | February 27th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jerbzz | February 14th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Josh | January 18th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | Oobaloo | January 6th 21 |
| 4.0 excellent | bloaf38 | December 12th 20 |
| 3.5 great | Sowing STAFF | June 17th 20 |
| 5.0 classic | kb3984 | October 24th 19 |
| 3.5 great | tef | October 7th 19 |
| 3.5 great | fog | August 20th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Mathias EMERITUS | December 8th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | wham49 | September 17th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | FelkFg | August 7th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | bSmith | May 16th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Gueero | February 9th 18 |
| 3.0 good | solrage | September 26th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | YayoG1 | September 15th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Jan555 | July 5th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Alexxx | June 21st 17 |
| 4.5 superb | mttgry | February 20th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Luisito | January 15th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | Juanpa | January 13th 17 |
| 4.0 excellent | El Olam | December 11th 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | PaabL | October 25th 16 |
| 3.5 great | nofx88 | June 23rd 16 |
| 4.0 excellent | Smelty | June 22nd 16 |
| 3.5 great | daFigz | November 22nd 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | KidA17 | November 14th 15 |
| 3.5 great | Jade | October 17th 15 |
| 4.0 excellent | jode | April 18th 15 |
| 4.5 superb | Jiag | February 3rd 15 |
| 3.5 great | behappy | September 11th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | rien333 | September 1st 14 |
| 4.5 superb | foxxxy | January 14th 14 |
| 4.0 excellent | elry2k | December 2nd 13 |
| 4.5 superb | Samus27 | November 20th 13 |
| 3.5 great | kelano | September 17th 13 |
| 4.5 superb | ADM20 | June 16th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | matteok | April 4th 13 |
| 3.5 great | Velcro | March 26th 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | tuk | March 6th 13 |
| 3.5 great | tnd | February 16th 13 |
| 3.5 great | SMK | February 3rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | Aruji | February 3rd 13 |
| 4.0 excellent | robkore | December 18th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | Fleeba | November 22nd 12 |
| 3.5 great | dwejkk | November 20th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | taco8888 | November 13th 12 |
| 5.0 classic | gnombyX | October 19th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | mikem83 | October 6th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Zephir | August 6th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | BrianE | June 13th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | foxxxy | April 27th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | peaks40 | April 12th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | c0ffee | March 8th 12 |
| 3.5 great | Opaque | February 24th 12 |
| 4.5 superb | irkalla | February 10th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | blabony | January 4th 12 |
| 4.0 excellent | Kiran EMERITUS | December 31st 11 |
| 3.5 great | doqtor | December 28th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Schulle | December 28th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | vivapo | December 27th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Snubbs | December 21st 11 |
| 3.5 great | Tupik | December 4th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | 4Train | November 28th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | jg777 | November 26th 11 |
| 3.0 good | Iai EMERITUS | November 20th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | F177 | November 3rd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | BigTuna | October 17th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Spec | October 4th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | JWT155 | October 2nd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | mallen- | October 2nd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | nnnope | October 2nd 11 |
| 4.5 superb | mx STAFF | September 28th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | Matski | September 26th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | AliW1993 | September 25th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Guigss | September 24th 11 |
| 4.5 superb | Rudy K. EMERITUS | September 21st 11 |
| 3.0 good | lobby | September 10th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | tom79 | September 5th 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | sehguh | September 3rd 11 |
| 4.0 excellent | ti0n | September 3rd 11 |
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