10 Best Albums Resulting From the Uncle Tupelo Break-Up

dcarter · Post by **dcarter** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:08 am

I'm with you, G. AM rocks. I love that album. I was happy to see the current lineup rip Too Far Apart, Passenger Side, It's Just That Simple, Casino Queen, Pick Up The Change and Box Full Of Letters all in the past few months. "Loose, fun and free" that is a perfect description.

calexico · Post by **calexico** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 5:02 am

What the hell is wrong with A.M. !

That is a great album. Completely enjoyable and without guile or artifice or the guff surrounding Wilco as "an experimental band".

gdavis5446 · Post by **gdavis5446** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 4:47 am

I must be the only person on the face of the earth that likes AM anymore. Funny, at one point it was all people talked about. There is something about that album that is loose, fun and free. Plus it just plain rocks. Casino Queen, Passenger Side, I Must Be High, Box Full Of Letters...I could keep going.

MrOctober · Post by **MrOctober** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:13 pm

10. The Slaughter Rule (soundtrack)
9. THe Search
8. Okemah and the Melody of Riot
7. Sebastopol
6. Stone, Steel, Bright Lights
5. Death Songs for the Living
4. Terroir Blues
3. Wide Swing Tremolo
2. Trace
1. Straightaways

farrarfan1 · Post by **farrarfan1** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:25 am

dcarter wrote: "Gimmee that old time repostin', it's good enough for me"

Sometimes the classics just work.

Texas Tom · Post by **Texas Tom** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:25 am

Lawrence Fan wrote:
Hoops wrote:
saratoga jay wrote:Trace
Straightaways
Being There
Wide Swing Tremolo
Sebastopol
Mermaid Ave 1
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
A.M.
Terroir Blues
Weird Tales...
Take off AM and you have a list. A.M. is one of the worst albums I own. And I own some doozies....
10-4. Hell, Okemah is better than AM.

I agree with that. AM has a couple of good tunes, but as a whole album its so so. Its prob my least favorite Wilco album.

Lawrence Fan · Post by **Lawrence Fan** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 10:02 am

Hoops wrote:
saratoga jay wrote:Trace
Straightaways
Being There
Wide Swing Tremolo
Sebastopol
Mermaid Ave 1
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
A.M.
Terroir Blues
Weird Tales...
Take off AM and you have a list. A.M. is one of the worst albums I own. And I own some doozies....

10-4. Hell, Okemah is better than AM.

dcarter · Post by **dcarter** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 9:25 am

"Gimmee that old time repostin', it's good enough for me"

farrarfan1 · Post by **farrarfan1** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 8:53 am

Hoops wrote: Take off AM and you have a list. A.M. is one of the worst albums I own. And I own some doozies....

We know you do.

hardwood floor · Post by **hardwood floor** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:53 am

Hoops wrote:
saratoga jay wrote:Trace
Straightaways
Being There
Wide Swing Tremolo
Sebastopol
Mermaid Ave 1
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
A.M.
Terroir Blues
Weird Tales...
Take off AM and you have a list. A.M. is one of the worst albums I own. And I own some doozies....

wow, never heard that before from anybody

i love AM

Hoops · Post by **Hoops** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:35 am

saratoga jay wrote:Trace
Straightaways
Being There
Wide Swing Tremolo
Sebastopol
Mermaid Ave 1
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
A.M.
Terroir Blues
Weird Tales...

Take off AM and you have a list. A.M. is one of the worst albums I own. And I own some doozies....

saratoga jay · Post by **saratoga jay** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 4:00 pm

Trace
Straightaways
Being There
Wide Swing Tremolo
Sebastopol
Mermaid Ave 1
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
A.M.
Terroir Blues
Weird Tales...

Tokyo Fan · Post by **Tokyo Fan** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 11:48 am

I agree that this is a nice exercise for a thread topic. Not a bad list at all, though I do have issues with both entries to Son Volt starting off by first referencing Tweedy. I do note that the Tweedy stuff doesn't mention Jay Farrar at all...and then it may be noted that the blurb about Mermaid Avenue doesn't reference Jay Bennet at all (California Stars...forgot about that one, perhaps?) And again as to Mr. Bennett, YHF is his "profound artistic statement" as well (though I would say that Tweedy's is Being There).

And as others have mentioned, or implied, it looks like Jay's solo work may have been overlooked entirely.

I've never heard The Gourds or the Loose Fur...so no comment. I do have The Coming Grass (Ken Coomer) and am glad to see that THAT album didn't make the list!

But a nice thread.

Lawrence Fan · Post by **Lawrence Fan** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 2:32 pm

Texas Tom · Post by **Texas Tom** » Wed Sep 17, 2008 12:41 pm