Wilco (The Thread)

[wmeugene]

Saw them live last night at Wolf Trap in Virginia. Excellent show and better than I remember the last time I saw them back in 2006. Setlist was great, the newer tunes were integrated well with the older, and the band was tight.

 

[CroutonBoy]

Saw them last night at the Beacon in NY. Like previous comment was a great career spanning setlist and the band seemed to be having a blast. It was the longest Impossible Germany solo I can recall, and got Via Chicago in the encore. Fantastic show!

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!

Every Wilco Album, Ranked - SPIN

Surveying the 16-album discography of mighty American band Wilco, from traditional folk-rock to avant-garde noise freakouts. Surveying the 16-album discography of mighty American band Wilco, from traditional folk-rock to avant-garde noise freakouts.

www.spin.com

 

[Matt M]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!

Every Wilco Album, Ranked - SPIN

Surveying the 16-album discography of mighty American band Wilco, from traditional folk-rock to avant-garde noise freakouts. Surveying the 16-album discography of mighty American band Wilco, from traditional folk-rock to avant-garde noise freakouts.

www.spin.com

Brutal

 

[wmeugene]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!

Every Wilco Album, Ranked - SPIN

Surveying the 16-album discography of mighty American band Wilco, from traditional folk-rock to avant-garde noise freakouts. Surveying the 16-album discography of mighty American band Wilco, from traditional folk-rock to avant-garde noise freakouts.

www.spin.com

Sky Blue Sky #1 is a choice, otherwise I don’t have too many quibbles with the general order

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Sky Blue Sky #1 is a choice, otherwise I don’t have too many quibbles with the general order

I think a Ghost Is Born doesn’t belong anywhere outside of the top 5 (it would be top 3 for me). Also having Wilco (The Album) at the bottom of the list when they have Sky Blue Sky at number 1 seems odd. I agree that SKB is a better album but the two are similar enough in style, SBS, just has better songs; that if the author is ranking SBS #1 then Wilco (the album) I would suspect would be rank quite a bit higher.

There are several other quibbles I have with the bottom portion of the list, also on the decision to include the collaborative albums but not side projects. This list seems designed to stir controversy and I fell into the trap.

 

[wmeugene]

I think a Ghost Is Born doesn’t belong anywhere outside of the top 5 (it would be top 3 for me). Also having Wilco (The Album) at the bottom of the list when they have Sky Blue Sky at number 1 seems odd. I agree that SKB is a better album but the two are similar enough in style, SBS, just has better songs; that if the author is ranking SBS #1 then Wilco (the album) I would suspect would be rank quite a bit higher.

There are several other quibbles I have with the bottom portion of the list, also on the decision to include the collaborative albums but not side projects. This list seems designed to stir controversy and I fell into the trap.

I’d have The Ghost Is Born somewhere between 4 and 6, so it’s not too egregious in my book, but I get it. I agree that having Wilco (the album) near the bottom seemed strange as well.

 

[CrazyDiamond84]

LOLOLOLOLOLOL!!!!!!!!!

Every Wilco Album, Ranked - SPIN

Surveying the 16-album discography of mighty American band Wilco, from traditional folk-rock to avant-garde noise freakouts. Surveying the 16-album discography of mighty American band Wilco, from traditional folk-rock to avant-garde noise freakouts.

www.spin.com

Idk...if 'The Whole Love' and A Ghost is Born' were swapped, I wouldn't have too much of an issue with this list.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

Idk...if 'The Whole Love' and A Ghost is Born' were swapped, I wouldn't have too much of an issue with this list.

Sky Blue Sky is the best Wilco album? I think the album is wonderful but it being at #1 is tough to swallow.

 

[CrazyDiamond84]

Sky Blue Sky is the best Wilco album? I think the album is wonderful but it being at #1 is tough to swallow.

It probably wouldn't be my #1, but those 5 in a row they had are all pretty equally great to me. After that it's a free for all.

 

[TenderLovingKiller®]

It probably wouldn't be my #1, but those 5 in a row they had are all pretty equally great to me. After that it's a free for all.

Sky Blue Sky is a fantastic album but it’s missing the experimentation that made those previous 4 records so special. For me, I YHF is the apex with the two albums on either side sitting on the upslope and downslope positions respectively.

 

[wmeugene]

Sky Blue Sky is a fantastic album but it’s missing the experimentation that made those previous 4 records so special. For me, I YHF is the apex with the two albums on either side sitting on the upslope and downslope positions respectively.

Since no one asked, I have YHF #1, Summerteeth #2, Sky Blue Sky #3

 

[Russ I]

Wilco: Hot Sun Cool Shroud EP

Read Stephen M. Deusner’s review of the album.

pitchfork.com

 

[Viking Dan]

Sounds like the boys finally decided to inject some life into the late era Wilco.

 

[MyWifeHatesTrain]

This is real good y’all.