Wilco - The Whole Love
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I was also really disenchanted with Sky Blue Sky and, especially, Wilco (the album)...but I must say, I've given this one a few spins, and I really like it. I disagree with Sturg and Tokyo about "One Sunday Morning". The hook never gets repetitive for me, and the lyrics are extremely personal and affecting. The rest of the album pays a lot of debts to both Being There and Summerteeth, while "Art of Almost" could almost be seen as a leftover from the YHF sessions. In my opinion, it could stand up against Miles Davis' "Kind of Blue", Beatles "White Album", the best of Django Reinhardt, Son Volt's "Trace", etc. (That last sentence was thrown in just for laughs.)
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I just listened to One Sunday Morning, courtesy of sturgeon's posted link, and can't see what all the excitement is about this particular track. Every single song on Being There, imho, leaves this one in the dust. I listened to the tune all the way to the end in some half crazed fantasy that there would be more to it than the initially pleasant repetitiveness of the opening hook.
After being pleasantly surprised by the Letterman mini-concert now I find myself disappointed.
After being pleasantly surprised by the Letterman mini-concert now I find myself disappointed.
I have a record buying rule that's always done me solid: fool me once, shame on you - fool me twice, shame on me. In other words, any good band can put out a bad album, but once they've put out two bad albums in a row I don't go back a third time.
Wilco has reached this point after their last two lp's (Sky - bad - Wilco (the album) - awful). And yet.......it's frickin' Wilco! So I extended my rule for them - to 3 strikes and you're out.
It brings me no pleasure to declare them 'out.'
Wilco has reached this point after their last two lp's (Sky - bad - Wilco (the album) - awful). And yet.......it's frickin' Wilco! So I extended my rule for them - to 3 strikes and you're out.
It brings me no pleasure to declare them 'out.'
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2nd day that I have had the album and I can offically say I have never repeated a song over and over as much as this one.turpentim wrote:Absolutely 100% agreed. Once again, I'm really disappointed by a new Wilco record, but 'One Sunday Morning' ranks above (or at least in a tie with) the best Jeff has ever written. Phenomenal.countryfeedback wrote:The entire album does very little for me....That is until the last track...One Sunday Morning might be the greatest song Jeff has ever written...Pure genius.
Tim in Chapel Hill
Absolutely 100% agreed. Once again, I'm really disappointed by a new Wilco record, but 'One Sunday Morning' ranks above (or at least in a tie with) the best Jeff has ever written. Phenomenal.countryfeedback wrote:The entire album does very little for me....That is until the last track...One Sunday Morning might be the greatest song Jeff has ever written...Pure genius.
Tim in Chapel Hill
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Just walked in from seeing Wilco play outside of DC tonight. A lot of older songs and a heavy dose off the new album. The album closer, "One Sunday Morning", was perhaps the finest thing played this evening. It is a long, winding acoustic tune that really stood out. The 6 song encore wasn't bad either.