Wilco [Vinyl]

Wilco | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl (June 30, 2009)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Label: Nonesuch
• ASIN: B0029358HG
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #136,544 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Vinyl LP pressing includes bonus CD version. 2009 album from the American Roots rockers led by singer/songwriter Jeff Tweedy. Though many fans suspected that Wilco's self-titled seventh studio album would mark a return to the wild cut-and-paste experimentalism of Yankee Foxtrot Hotel, the record is in fact more of a piece with its traditional-sounding 2007 predecessor, Sky Blue Sky. Heavily influenced by `60s and `70s pop music, songs like 'Sunny Feeling' and 'You Never Know' sound as if the band might finally be attempting to score the elusive hit single. The album is all strummy guitars, tinkling keyboards, big choruses, George Harrison-style slide guitar, and stacked harmony vocals, conjuring aural images of bands such as Love, Wings, and Badfinger. Throughout, the songwriting is tight and focused, making Wilco (The Album) one of the most instantly accessible albums in the Chicago-based group's catalog.

Customer Reviews

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For the vinyl..., July 9, 2009

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Starhead "starhead" (El Granada, CA USA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Wilco [Vinyl] (Vinyl)

Wow, what a great package. Nice, thick sleeve with lyrics inside. "Collector" high quality LP sleeve plus a printed paper sleeve both included as is the CD in a cardboard sleeve.

It's been a long time since I picked up a new release on vinyl and it was so great to sit and read the lyrics and liner notes and check out the artwork. If you are a collector or a vinyl junkie you will love this. As a reminder of how getting a new album on vinyl used to mean a lot more than it is ever possible for a download to mean this is spectacular. I'm digging it.

One note though... this is a single LP. Amazon shows it as a 2 LP plus CD set. I'm going to write to them next, maybe it will have been corrected by the time you read this.

As far as the music goes I'm sure there are already a million reviews for this in the CD section...

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Wilco (the Review), July 31, 2009

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Will Shepard "Will" (Cedar Rapids, IA USA) - See all my reviews

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Another home run from the Chicago-based, alt-rockers. If you are an old fan or a new listener, this album is for you!

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Wilco Throwback, July 17, 2009

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BKX (California) - See all my reviews

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This cd is interesting, but maybe a bit too plain instead of the very cool experimental albums that they have been putting out. The first song is very catchy, but singing a song about how Wilco is going to save you is a bit corny. It is kind of like stating that you are cool to everyone in the room. One of my favorite songs is "You and I" featuring Feist. I guess I am jonesing for a new Wilco album that doesn't feel like it is creeping into the adult contemporary genre.