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Wilco is an American rock band formed in 1994 in the wake of the breakup of the very influential alternative country band Uncle Tupelo, with the two main songwriters going on to form separate bands, Jay Farrar formed Son Volt and Jeff Tweedy went on to form one of the greatest bands of the last 15 years, Wilco.
After they recorded their first album, Jeff Tweedy quickly found another guitarist and Jay Bennett joined the band right during the tour for the first album.
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Their first album A.M. is is pretty much straightforward country-rock, and Jeff Tweedy calls it the bastard album of the Wilco catalogue, and says it's basically Uncle Tupelo's fourth record since the songs are in a similar style and many of the players from UT followed Tweedy after the band's breakup. It's still a solid album, and loved by some of the older fans of the band.
After the recording of A.M. and the tour, Wilco was eager two record a plethera of new material, recording two more albums, Being There and Summerteeth, the first of which being the first great Wilco album. They recorded so much material for Being There that they wanted to release it as a double album, but wanted to charge the same price as a regular album. The record company was unwilling to do so, so the band agreed to give up their royalties for that album so it would be released as the same price as a normal LP.
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot:
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This album is usually regarded as their greatest, and is their best selling to date. During the recording of the album they fired their drummer, and recruited Jim o'Rourke to do the production for the album. The result was as very noisy album with lots of sonic soundscapes and a very roots sound which their record company would not let them sell it the way it was without some major changes. The band was unwilling, and quickly signed with new label, the result was a huge amount of media attention and their best selling record to date.
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My favorite Wilco record. Pretty different than Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, but it was produced by O'Rourke. It features some killer guitar, and definitely requires more listens to fully appreciate, but it is by far their most rewarding album. Don't know what else to say about it except if you get any two Wilco albums, get YHF and this one.
Sky Blue Sky and Wilco (the album)
Their next two albums weren't met with the same critical acclaim as their previous two, but they were still solid records, SBS being my favorite of the two. Right after the recording of A Ghost is Born, Tweedy recruited avant-grade jazz guitarist Nels Cline, and Sky Blue Sky was his first studio appearance with the band, and he contributed some pretty amazing guitar. Wilco (the album) was not as strong, about half of the songs were fillers, but the other have was pretty solid.
Now for some songs:
Handshake Drugs:
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Impossible Germany:
[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kmI7SiLe4Vw[/MEDIA]
A Muzzle of Bees:
[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iGHtVWWXIdU[/MEDIA]
Kamera:
[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eS4HQxP0kQ0[/MEDIA]
A Shot in The Arm:
[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8bFk0SW_tPQ[/MEDIA]
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart:
[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zlxH9-TYseY[/MEDIA]
Monday:
[MEDIA]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uyGLLipZYQ8[/MEDIA]
Never really here these guys get talked about here but, they deserve some attention.
Not too bad.
I have Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and Being There. I love Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, haven't really listened to the other one. Is Summerteeth worth checking out?
[QUOTE=pie_is_good;21802545]I have Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and Being There. I love Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, haven't really listened to the other one. Is Summerteeth worth checking out?[/QUOTE]
Definitely. There's some really sweet 60's style pop songs on there and it's the precursor to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. So yeah, I would definitely get it.
The song the Engineer plays in Meet The Engineer is Someone Else's Song by Wilco.
That's all I know about them, really.
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