Red Mosquito

tragabigzanda wrote:

Mike wrote:Whaaat, can you explain why? I can understand not liking The Whole Love (even though I think it's good) but thinking Summerteeth is bad is weird to me.

Yea, I guess I hate the combination of the production, which is too bright and airy, with the songwriting, which is too boring. It's a shiny, happy, boring record.

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:

Mike wrote:Whaaat, can you explain why? I can understand not liking The Whole Love (even though I think it's good) but thinking Summerteeth is bad is weird to me.

Yea, I guess I hate the combination of the production, which is too bright and airy, with the songwriting, which is too boring. It's a shiny, happy, boring record.

summerteeth is shiny and happy? i think you're listening to the wrong record

tragabigzanda wrote:Growing and growing and growing, this album...
It's the rare record that can perfectly accompany a variety of moods, without ever offending a given sensibility. Like, I'll be looking for something to listen to while I make dinner, and my inner monologue goes something like this:

"Nah, not Radiohead, too depressing for where I'm at right now. Not Steve Reich, too ethereal. Not Primus, too weird. Not A Ghost Is Born, too heady...Eureka! Wilco Schmilco will entertain without making me feel anything other than content."

This record has its own place within their discography. Terrific stuff, and not a bad song in the bunch.

tragabigzanda wrote:Growing and growing and growing, this album...
It's the rare record that can perfectly accompany a variety of moods, without ever offending a given sensibility. Like, I'll be looking for something to listen to while I make dinner, and my inner monologue goes something like this:

"Nah, not Radiohead, too depressing for where I'm at right now. Not Steve Reich, too ethereal. Not Primus, too weird. Not A Ghost Is Born, too heady...Eureka! Wilco Schmilco will entertain without making me feel anything other than content."

This record has its own place within their discography. Terrific stuff, and not a bad song in the bunch.

tragabigzanda wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb

I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

guestT wrote:it's my favorite wilco since agib, probably in my top 5 wilco albums. totally washed out the blah taste left by wilco the album, whole love, and sw.

tragabigzanda wrote:

tragabigzanda wrote:Top 10 maybe?
Hello Morning
Close Captioned
The Kill
Place/Position
Do You Like Me?
Latest Disgrace
Recap Modotti
Nightshop
Break
Life & Limb

I'd maybe bump Life & Limb for Epic Problem

tragabigzanda wrote:

lennytheweedwhacker wrote:

guestT wrote:it's my favorite wilco since agib, probably in my top 5 wilco albums. totally washed out the blah taste left by wilco the album, whole love, and sw.

it's definitely my favorite since agib as well...but i really liked the whole love and thought star wars was solid

sbs is my least favorite (despite having two of wilco's best tracks), but i'm one of the few that likes wilco the album slightly more

Wilco (The Album) plays like a greatest hits collection, even thought it's all new material. It's an easy listen if you're a Wilco fan, but every song reminds me of something else already in their catalog.

Star Wars is friggin' awesome, I don't get how a longtime Wilco fan couldn't enjoy that one.