sbs and am are easily my least favorites, with wilco the album right behind...i have a hard time trying to rank the rest
Re: wilco
Posted: Mon February 13, 2017 9:51 pm
by guestT
a ghost is born
being there
yankee hotel foxtrot
summerteeth
sky blue sky
schmilco
am
wilco the album
the whole love
star wars
Re: wilco
Posted: Mon February 13, 2017 9:53 pm
by Norah
tragabigzanda wrote:A Ghost Is Born
Sky Blue Sky
Star Wars
Schmilco
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco (The Album)
Being There
AM
Summerteeth
The Whole Love
ok lv
Re: wilco
Posted: Mon February 13, 2017 9:54 pm
by Strat
cutuphalfdead wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:A Ghost Is Born
Sky Blue Sky
Star Wars
Schmilco
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Wilco (The Album)
Being There
AM
Summerteeth
The Whole Love
ok lv
burn
Re: wilco
Posted: Mon February 13, 2017 11:48 pm
by Kevin Davis
Unpopular Wilco opinion: "AM" and "Being There" are decent but ultimately average albums that would have faded into the bottomless abyss of Matt Pinfield-endorsed '90's records that no one gives a fuck about had "YHF" not given Wilco a proper cultural moment. They exemplify the phenomenon that records on the ascent toward a peak will almost always be more highly regarded than records on the descent from that same peak, even if the net quality of the two albums is relatively equal, sometimes even if the record on the down-slope is slightly stronger. See also: "The Bends."
Re: wilco
Posted: Mon February 13, 2017 11:51 pm
by LetMeSleep
Not only is Being There my favourite Wilco album, The Bends is my favourite RH album.
Re: wilco
Posted: Mon February 13, 2017 11:52 pm
by tragabigzanda
Re: wilco
Posted: Tue February 14, 2017 12:13 am
by Kevin Davis
I can't help but feel like if Radiohead had disappeared after "The Bends," they'd have been remembered like Blind Melon -- a Time-Life '90's band with a massive hit single from an otherwise forgettable debut album and a less instantly recognizable but arguably artistically superior follow-up who are remembered fondly by '90's teenagers but whose unrealized potential ultimately causes no one sorrow. If they'd quit after "OK Computer," they'd be remembered like Neutral Milk Hotel -- geniuses gone too soon whose lead singer's every voyage outside the house is seen as cause for a Pitchfork op-ed piece. "The Bends" is an okay album, I just think it gets bonus points because we now know what it was pointing toward.
Re: wilco
Posted: Tue February 14, 2017 12:14 am
by LetMeSleep
Kevin Davis wrote:I can't help but feel like if Radiohead had disappeared after "The Bends," they'd have been remembered like Blind Melon -- a Time-Life '90's band with a massive hit single from an otherwise forgettable debut album and a less instantly recognizable but arguably artistically superior follow-up who are remembered fondly by '90's teenagers but whose unrealized potential ultimately causes no one sorrow. If they'd quit after "OK Computer," they'd be remembered like Neutral Milk Hotel -- geniuses gone too soon whose lead singer's every voyage outside the house is seen as cause for a Pitchfork op-ed piece.
Not in the UK or Australia.
Re: wilco
Posted: Tue February 14, 2017 12:19 am
by Kevin Davis
Was "The Bends" as heralded in those places as "OK Computer" was everywhere else?
Wouldn't surprise me, that would have been around the same time that Oasis was selling a zillion records, so there were clearly some baseline defects in the Brits' perception of what constituted groundbreaking rock music in those days.
Re: wilco
Posted: Tue February 14, 2017 12:22 am
by LetMeSleep
Kevin Davis wrote:Was "The Bends" as heralded in those places as "OK Computer" was everywhere else?
Wouldn't surprise me, that would have been around the same time that Oasis was selling a zillion records, so there were clearly some baseline defects in the Brits' perception of what constituted groundbreaking rock music in those days.
Whoa.
The Bends was massive here and in the UK.
Re: wilco
Posted: Tue February 14, 2017 12:31 am
by Kevin Davis
I suppose I'm talking more about a moment that cements a band's long-term relevance. There are a lot of albums that were "massive" that have since been forgotten, or at the very least did nothing to advance the artist's cultural standing. Did "The Bends" achieve that for Radiohead the world over, with only America not catching on until "OK Computer?"'
Re: wilco
Posted: Tue February 14, 2017 12:36 am
by LetMeSleep
Kevin Davis wrote:I suppose I'm talking more about a moment that cements a band's long-term relevance. There are a lot of albums that were "massive" that have since been forgotten. Did "The Bends" achieve that for Radiohead the world over, with only America not catching on until "OK Computer?"'
I think so. If there was nothing else released then they would have still had relevance here. Oasis, Blur, Radiohead, Pulp were huge here in the same way Nirvana, Pearl Jam, Soundgarden, Smashing Pumpkins were, and I'd say that Smashing Pumpkins is a good parallel. The Bends was about the same level of crazy as Mellon Collie.
Re: wilco
Posted: Tue February 14, 2017 12:50 am
by verb_to_trust
YHF
A Ghost Is Born
Summerteeth
Being There
Sky Blue Sky
Schmilco
A.M.
The Whole Love/Wilco
Re: wilco
Posted: Tue February 14, 2017 12:53 am
by tragabigzanda
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
Re: wilco
Posted: Tue February 14, 2017 12:53 am
by verb_to_trust
tragabigzanda wrote:
verb_to_trust wrote:YHF
A Ghost Is Born
Summerteeth
Being There
Sky Blue Sky
Schmilco
A.M.
The Whole Love/Wilco
Star Wars?
Whoops. After A.M. I guess.
Re: wilco
Posted: Tue February 14, 2017 1:46 am
by Chris_H_2
So I'm seeing Jeff Tweedy at the next living room show at the end of April. Any requests or dedications? He does bring his harmonica.
Re: wilco
Posted: Tue February 14, 2017 1:48 am
by LetMeSleep
Chris_H_2 wrote:So I'm seeing Jeff Tweedy at the next living room show at the end of April. Any requests or dedications? He does bring his harmonica.
There'd be a mess on the floor if I saw Say You Miss Me.
Re: wilco
Posted: Tue February 14, 2017 1:49 am
by Chris_H_2
LetMeSleep wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:So I'm seeing Jeff Tweedy at the next living room show at the end of April. Any requests or dedications? He does bring his harmonica.
There'd be a mess on the floor if I saw Say You Miss Me.
Ha! My first one of these shows was in 2006, and that was my request.
