The Whole Love
by Wilco
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Wilco bestography
The Whole Love is ranked 6th best out of 23 albums by Wilco on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Wilco is Yankee Hotel Foxtrot which is ranked number 63 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 16,090.
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The Whole Love track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 80 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
The Whole Love rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 17 minutes ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 2601-2700 | 79/100 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Exclaim! Top Pop Rock 2011 | 29/30 | - |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 2011 | 11/20 | 3 |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 46/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | gregthealien | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 55/100 | 9 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 45/100 | 11 |
| 2026 |  teague | Top 31 Music Albums of 2011 | 1/31 | 5 |
| 2026 | Skerns | Top 77 Music Albums of 2011 | 1/77 | 5 |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Ology: Top 15 Indie/Alternative Albums of 2011 | 7/15 | - |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 79 Music Albums of 2011 | 5/79 | 5 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 252 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 912 | |||
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The Whole Love ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/28/2026 20:56 | luukvdschepop | 767 | 75/100 |
| ! | 08/31/2026 12:17 | DrTchock97 | 749 | 76/100 |
| ! | 07/02/2026 18:22 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,991 | 70/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.4/100, a mean average of 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.
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The Whole Love forum mentions
Romanelli 07/16/2026 21:51 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 09/21/2024 17:57 in Albums You Added To Your Collection Today dihansse 12/21/2022 21:27 in My discoveries per yearThe Whole Love comments
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/16/2011 15:52 | #33111 | TOP COMMENT
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In my opinion, Wilco lost its experimenting creative edge and slid a bit towards adult contemporary fare on albums "sky blue sky" and "wilco (the album)". There were a couple songs like "bull black nova" and "impossible germany" that stretched the new, adult wilco sound, but for the most part, they sounded more like a band fine in where it was at, ready to put out solid rock shows and nothing more. i long for "summerteeth", "yankee hotel foxtrot" and "a ghost is born" (despite its overreaching guitar feedback).
Enter "the whole love" which pushes at their current boundaries a little more, and is all the better for it, nicely summed up on opening track "art of almost". Nels Cline brings the shredder too, which augments a bunch of the songs, like on "standing o".
RockyRaccoon TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/18/2013 12:59 | #81825 | TOP COMMENT
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This album is great. The songwriting is excellent, the guitar work is really cool, the arrangements are great, it’s just a great album. There are a couple moments where it isn’t incredible, but it’s still good. It is certainly not a disappointing album and it’s one worth getting.
covecove TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/22/2011 15:47 | #31003 | TOP COMMENT
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Far better than there last two albums sure, but putting it up there with Yankee hotel foxtrot mmmmmmmmm no, maybe with A ghost is born which is trully underrated, they seem far more loose now which helps them to be more eclectic for this although it never looses that rural feeling probably because of Jeff's voice, the first half of the album is particularly delightful with Black Moon being my personal choice probably because it feels intimate. The second half feels far more open and some purists may be able to argue against it, however the closing 3 tracks are among the best in the band's entire catalogue...
This is an excellent album. It is much better than a lot of the albums on the 2011 list. I seriously think this album should be higher. In my opinion it should go Radiohead then Fleet Foxes then Wilco but whatever. The Whole Love is easily the best Wilco album since Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. The Whole Love needs to be listened to again and put up way higher. It's experimental and beautiful.
I had kind of given up on Wilco thinking they had slipped into an Adult Contemporary coma, but this is a wonderful return to form. Loose and carefree, Jeff Tweedy & co have a skip in their step for this one.
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