Wilco (The Album)
by Wilco

Wilco (The Album) by Wilco
Year: 2009
Release date: 2009-06-30
Overall rank: 3,434th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 201 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2009 (49th)
Award Top albums of of the 2000s (585th)
Award Best albums of all time (3,434th)

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Wilco bestography

Wilco (The Album) is ranked 8th best out of 23 albums by Wilco on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Wilco is Yankee Hotel Foxtrot which is ranked number 65 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 15,974.

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Overall rank: 3,434th | 2000s rank: 585th | 2009 rank: 49th  Overall chart history
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“620 WILCO WILCO (THE ALBUM) 2009-NONESUCH Produced By WILCO & JIM SCOTT 1. Wilco (The Song) 2. Deeper Down 3. One Wing 4. Bull Black Nova 5. You And I 6. You Never Know 7. Country Disappeared 8. Solitaire 9. I'll Fight 10. Sonny Feeling 11. Everlasting Everything Once there was an alt-country band…”
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70/100
Wilco still can produce solid albums. "sky blue sky" might've felt generic when compared to the experimentalism of their past, but sky blue sky still presented some interesting guitar textures from new-ish member Nels Cline. "wilco (the album)" has even less experimentalism than sky blue "sky and is saved" by the playful humor of "wilco (the song)", the "trick of the tail"-sounding guitars of "deeper down", the breezy piano offing "you never know" and the old-school-wilco "bull black nova". I'm both attracted to and repelled by the 80s-cheese-duet-sounding "you and I" featuring feist (a throwaway track). The rest is "just good Wilco".
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I started to get this Willie Nelson meets Phish feeling, and then sometimes a George Harrison and John Lennon sound from the keys, vocals, and guitar. But still just ok.
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Wilco's weakest album. Pretty good songs, but far less interesting than any of their previous albums. Fortunately, The Whole Love suggests they're moving back in a more promising direction.
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Wilco's weakest, but still better than most other bands. This is their least memorable, but One Wing and I'll Fight are fantastic.
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I generally consider Wilco an overrated band that never recaptures the musical joy and richness of YHF. This is the closest they have come (imho) with Bull Black Nova, You Never Know, I'll Fight and the beautiful duet You and I all very worthwhile songs.
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