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Still Feel Gone

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While I think Anodyne is their best album, Still Feel Gone is also a very, very good album. Of UT's 4 recordings, Still Feel Gone is the most similar to their debut album, the album that started it all, No Depression. However Still Feel Gone more than picks up where No Depression left off, it surpasses it. Still Feel Gone will appeal to those with more rock sensibilities than folk or country, as Ferrar & Tweedy seem to pay homage to the great punk bands of the 80's by getting drunk off whiskey in a midwestern small-town bar and going cow-tipping. Then throwing up.

Still Feel Gone is the only Uncle Tupelo album without any covers (well the bonus material has a cover) and it truly shows the talents of a great pioneer band.

There is less "twang" in this CD compared to their first album "No Depression" but the same basic music formula stands true, country roots with punk and folk influence.

When listening to this CD no song really jumps out at you like Screen Door and No Depression did on the first album, but Still Feel Gone does not have any musical let downs either.

I was glad to see Sauget Wind make the bonus material; it is one of my favorite Farrar-penned songs Uncle Tupelo ever recorded. The acoustic demo of "Looking For a Way Out" gives a great contrast of sound to the plugged in version on the album proper. It also gives the listen an idea of what Uncle Tupelo will do in their third album; the acoustic "March 16-20".

Overall, this disk warrants more than the two stars that Rolling Stone gave it. It stands the test of time along with all the Uncle Tupelo albums.

Yup, I think their debut - No Depression - is more solid front and back. But this is still a classic album in my book.

From the grungy abrasive opening of "Gun" that magically melts into a simply terrific power pop tune, to the lyrical masterpiece that is "Still Be Around" ("When your bible is the bottle/And the hardwood floor is home/Morning comes twice a day/Or not at all...")

The split between Farrar's more traditional bend and Tweedy's poppier style first surfaces here. Although I only realized this in retrospect. But still an amazingly cohesive album that looses just a touch of steam toward the end.

Stylistically, much more in line with No Depression than Anodyne, and by no means a disapointment.

What a shame that this group never got their due while they were together. The first song "Gun" is the closest to pop that they ever got. It should have been a hit single. I used to hate country music but after hearing UT I realize what I really hated was and is the glossy gutless country music of today. This cd has some country elements on it without the gloss and it rocks like hell also. I would give it 10 stars if I could. Pull out the credit card and buy it!

at first listen to this remastered disc I was amazed.
thrown back at how well the songs work and feel.
this is by far the most consistent album of all the UT releases.
I highly recommend this one!

A period of transition, as one reviewer says, Not quite!
These boys wanted it and they got it. The musicianship is all there. You can't miss it!
It really shows just how well practiced these songs were and they come across that way.

I've heard these tracks in different ways and they all work just the way great songs should.

A universal arsenal of classic alt-country with a touch of sin.........

This Uncle Tupelo's re-released re-master of Still Feel Gone is monumental and essential for anyone who wants valid alternitive country tunes in their CD collection. The infusion of acoustic country riffs, that can suddenly be switched over to electric overdrive sonic bliss at any moment during a song, is just a small part of the crafty down home folk, punk, country rock and roll tunes that Still Feel Gone delivers. Jeff Tweedy and Jay Farrar and company are true American music Heroes, and are the centered example of the heartbeat of alt.country rock and roll reality. The carriers of the original Alt.Country flag that will stand the traditional test of time. They are true classics. Bottled Fermented Rock? THAT is an understatment...
d.s. owen.

Simply put, this album is a masterpiece. The greatest album from one of the greatest bands of their day, Uncle Tupelo fulfilled the promise of their debut record with "Still Feel Gone." As the recognized inventors of so-called "alternative country," Uncle Tupelo's unique blend of anger and sorrow sung to the strains punk-inspired riffs within the framework of a country song is unmistakable genius. This album will not disappoint. From the musical metaphor that is "Gun" to the pathos of "Fall Down Easy" to the spot-on "True to Life," "Still Feel Gone" is one of the best albums I have ever heard in my life.

a month or so ago, a buddy burned me a copy of some UT bootleg from the mid 90s (it's unofficially called 'Last Call') and though i had most of the songs, it came across as a revelation. the only missing cd i had was 'still feel gone' (i got into the band just as they were breaking up), and now i have it. the buddy who burned me the live cd said 'y'know, that band never should have broken up. those two guys brought out the best in each other, and while there are some good wilco and son volt songs, those first three albums were the high water mark.' alas, after listening to this, and going into the back catalogue to hear anodyne and march 17-21, 1992, i sadly must agree. these guys were BEYOND great; the best thing that american music produced since Gram's Flying Burrito Brothers... what fine, fine music...

I agree with the other reviews here, the music is stellar and a unique mix of punk, rock and counry. But this trio really hits home with its lyrics. I grew up in the town UT is from and saw firsthand their lyrics come to life in friends, family and strangers. "What has 50 years in a town done for you except earn your name and place on a bar stool.?" Or "When the bible is a bottle and a hardwood floor is home." Haunting, moving and erie lyrics like these are missing from today's music.

This is the Uncle Tupelo album i've been looking for, just like i heard them live in '91. Not too much country twang, but a nice blend of the talents of Tweedy and Farrar that makes a combustible, pre-"alternative" sound. Fresh like early REM and REPLACEMENTS, but w/ a country handle and a garage band thunder. This is the authentic, molten stuff.