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Old 04.06.2017, 07:16 AM   #48601
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Old 04.06.2017, 08:22 AM   #48602
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My second favorite Wilco album after A Ghost is Born.
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Old 04.06.2017, 08:24 AM   #48603
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Milk Music has a cool sound and can come up with cool riffs, but like so many, many, many, many, many in this genre, the songwriting isn't quite up to snuff. (And the singer's occasional spot-on impression of the Violent Femmes singer is, um, distracting.) But not bad. But not great.
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Old 04.06.2017, 03:45 PM   #48605
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Old 04.06.2017, 03:47 PM   #48606
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at random, or was there some reason why you?

Anyway, I really do think AM is slept on. I feel like it has a reputation for being "just good" but there's some really great stuff on that album.
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At RANDOM?! Hell no, man, it was specifically for yours truly. It wasn't even on the setlist for that night, but I made it happen.

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Anyway, I really do think AM is slept on. I feel like it has a reputation for being "just good" but there's some really great stuff on that album.

As John Hiatt told Jeff and the late Jay Bennett when he interviewed them for Wilco's Sessions At West 54th performance, AM is full of hits!
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Old 04.06.2017, 04:15 PM   #48608
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At RANDOM?! Hell no, man, it was specifically for yours truly. It wasn't even on the setlist for that night, but I made it happen.

this feels like a story... that you're not telling.


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Was that that live TV thing that they did that also had SY? I had that taped on VHS back in the day, but no idea whatever happened to that tape.
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Old 04.06.2017, 04:22 PM   #48609
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Was that that live TV thing that they did that also had SY? I had that taped on VHS back in the day, but no idea whatever happened to that tape.

No, the one you mention is PBS' Soundstage:

 
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Old 04.06.2017, 05:18 PM   #48610
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Milk Music has a cool sound and can come up with cool riffs, but like so many, many, many, many, many in this genre, the songwriting isn't quite up to snuff. (And the singer's occasional spot-on impression of the Violent Femmes singer is, um, distracting.) But not bad. But not great.

I think their entire sound, from vocals to song dynamics, is based directly on Meat Puppets' "New Gods."

Which is ok, because that's one of my favorite songs of all time, and it kicks unholy ass, and not that many bands have gone for that mixture of thrash and twang.

But seriously... Milk Music is way more "New Gods" than they are Violent Femmes.

Check: https://youtu.be/Wm1owFVDELc
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Old 04.06.2017, 05:20 PM   #48611
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Haha. Wilco.

AM is great, but who among us listens to it as much as their later albums? Not I, that's for damn sure.
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Old 04.06.2017, 06:08 PM   #48612
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Old 04.06.2017, 07:46 PM   #48613
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Haha. Wilco.

AM is great, but who among us listens to it as much as their later albums? Not I, that's for damn sure.

Not as much no. But I have been on an early Wilco kick this week to switch it up.
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Old 04.07.2017, 08:50 AM   #48614
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Not as much no. But I have been on an early Wilco kick this week to switch it up.

It's a damn good album, no question. I think I prefer it to Sky Blue Sky and I definitely prefer it to The Whole Love (really "Art of Almost" is kinda the only song I return to on that album). A.M. is certainly quite widely underappreciated. Iit was eclipsed in the pop culture world by Being There, and then even mores by Summerteeth, and by Yankee Hotel Foxtrot it was off to the fucking races, and most new Wilco listeners from that period probably didn't even fuck with A.M. (or Uncle Tupelo, for that matter).

Their loss. Wankers.
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Guided By Voices - August By Cake

Robert Pollards 100th album, and its a double lp with 32 tracks. Gone is the "classic lineup" from the recent reunion, but Doug Gillard is back in the fold and this album is as good as anything Pollard has released.

Regarding Wilco...Schmilco is quiet, understated...but my favorite since A Ghost is Born. Such a great live band.
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Robert Pollards 100th album, and its a double lp with 32 tracks. Gone is the "classic lineup" from the recent reunion, but Doug Gillard is back in the fold and this album is as good as anything Pollard has released.

Regarding Wilco...Schmilco is quiet, understated...but my favorite since A Ghost is Born. Such a great live band.

I got a ton of shit for suggesting that Schmilco was a more satisfying listen than the most recent Dinosaur Jr. album. Probably from guest, who loves to push my buttons.
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I'm on a pretty huge Wilco trip right now so I'll prob go through every album chronologically and let you know my thoughts then.

So...

AM - I think it's a really solid debut. Honestly, I liked Uncle Tupelo but I wasn't a huge huge fan. For me, their 'greatest hits' package was enough. But I think that AM is an awesome way for the band to start. There's some truly interesting ideas here. "I Must Be High" is a pretty obvious namecheck, and great fucking song. No doubt. But "Should've Been In Love" is probably my favorite song on here. Ugh. Gut-wrenching and so great. As a side note, it's maybe not a surprise I dig this album so much being a big Whiskeytown fan. This is pretty straight-ahead "alternative country" right? Just to note, I didn't hear this album until years after I got into Wilco (I first heard Summerteeth and Murmaid Ave, then Being There in somewhat rapid succession when Summerteeth hit).

Being There - is fucking fantastic. This album really grabbed me when I first heard it. I loved that it was a double album. Ballsy for a sophomore effort - no? Anyone else ever notice that "Misunderstood" resembles Beck's "Steve Threw up"? Anyway, great fucking album. It's a huge huge huge jump up from AM, which is often how Wilco albums work right? "Outta Sight" fucking rocks so hard. That's the first track I heard from this album (of course) but it stuck to me quickly. So much good stuff here, "Red-Eyed And Blue," "Sunken Treasure," "Someone Else's Song,"... this is really just a great album.

I'll keep going as I progress w/ each album. Spoiler: I'm super trite. My favorite Wilco album is Yankee Hotel Foxtrot even if that's obvious. Summerteeth and Being There are close behind. For nostalgia. But like I said, I'll fill you in as I venture my way through their discography again. This is fun.

Also do you guys consider Down With Wilco to be a Wilco album? I've never actually heard that one. I mean... does it sound like a real collaboration or just like Wilco is a backing band like The Cardinals on Willy Nelson's Songbird album

btw I'm a weird place where I've only been listening to Wilco and Ween lately. Two totally different bands...haha.
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