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[seanface]

nearly 2 years since I started this thread. Slagging RSJ, jumpers for goalposts. Innocent times...

 

[Anarcho Munk]

Where does Sky Blue Sky fit in with all this? Tha's the only Wilco album I have. Should I be listening to a different one or summat?

 

[Moods For Mallards]

Where does Sky Blue Sky fit in with all this? Tha's the only Wilco album I have. Should I be listening to a different one or summat?

Deffo. Listen to all the other albums and sell Sky Blue Sky on boards.ie.

 

[coast to coast]

Booo. Boo that last opinion. The only one to sell is... none of them.

 

[Thebeard]

After listening to Being There i wouldn't rate it as highly as Yankee Hotel Foxtrot or Sky Blue Sky for that matter although it is only my first listening. I don't have any of the other albums.

Both loose Fur albums are brilliant on a slightly off Wilco subject.

 

[coast to coast]

Being There, though I love it, is still flawed. A bit too much rock n roll mythologising on it, a bit too much Replacements-aping on it .... though that said when they broke out Outta Mind (Outta Sight) at the end of the first Wilco gig a year ago, I was totally loving it. Did they also play Red Eyed And Blue?

 

[Mix Tape Public]

Being There is a classic, but they've completely changed their sound a million times over since then. Some of those songs on Being There are brilliant for their live encores, loud and perfectly rockin.

I don't think I could recommend any Wilco album over another. Buy them all.

 

[coast to coast]

Both loose Fur albums are brilliant on a slightly off Wilco subject.

Never really loved the Loose Fur albums like a Wilco album though. Born Again In The USA has some great moments on it, especially Answers the really bitter Jim O'Rourke song and Laminated Cats from the first one also.

Have you heard A Ghost Is Born? Sometimes thats my favourite Wilco. The guitars on it are fucking awesome, much better than the jazz Nels Cline stuff. Bonkers skronky Jeff Tweedy solos all over the shop. Also love the last track being hidden after that 15 minutes drone and beginning with the line "The greatest lost track of all time..."

 

[Deleted member 3435]

Being There is a classic, but they've completely changed their sound a million times over since then. Some of those songs on Being There are brilliant for their live encores, loud and perfectly rockin.

Totally. And don't forget about the lonely one.

 

[Jim Daniels]

Totally. And don't forget about the lonely one.

I love Someone Else's Song, where his vocals bizarrely remind me of Shane Macgowans.

Also love the Beach Boy-esque version of Outta Mind (Outta Sight).

 

[Deleted member 3435]

I love Someone Else's Song, where his vocals bizarrely remind me of Shane Macgowans.

Also love the Beach Boy-esque version of Outta Mind (Outta Sight).

Ha! the one that sounds like the sesame street theme. I like that too.

 

[Thebeard]

So which album should i get next?

• A.M. (March 28, 1995)
• Summerteeth (March 9, 1999)
• A Ghost Is Born (June 22, 2004)
• Kicking Television: Live in Chicago (November 15, 2005)

 

[snakybus]

Kicking Television

 

[Mix Tape Public]

Yeah good call with Kicking Television, you get to sample a range of their songs, as well as get a piece of live action.

 

[snakybus]

Plus they're a great live band.

 

[coast to coast]

So which album should i get next?

• A.M. (March 28, 1995)
• Summerteeth (March 9, 1999)
• A Ghost Is Born (June 22, 2004)
• Kicking Television: Live in Chicago (November 15, 2005)

Don't bother with AM just yet, its really not that good and only has fleeting moments of class if ya ask me, and I generally love this band. I'd recommend Kicking Television next to give you a good overview as the guys have said and also it rocks the house for the most part and if you go see em live it'll be along those lines.

 

[Thebeard]

Cool, sounds like the way forward alright. Wish i saw them like alright especially the Tweedy gig in Vicar Street. Ah well next time i suppose.

 

[seanface]

that Jeff Tweedy gig was an exceptional night alright, ably supported as he was by Groom .|..|

Finished with 'Acuff Rose' if memory serves. Amazing stuff.

Speaking of which, how do ye feel about Uncle Tupelo?

 

[sweetoblivion]

they're fab live. The first album I got by them was Summerteeth, my uncle gave me a copy on tape with Lucinda Williams' 'Hot Wheels...' on the other side - pure class! Kicking Television is a good place to start alright as you get a good overview of their best songs.

 

[Thebeard]

Never heard the Tupelo stuff. What you reckon yerself?