Wilco question

pearljam0000
pearljam0000 Posts: 450
edited March 2007 in Other Music
I'm not very familiar with Wilco but I want to pick up some of their albums. What would you suggest I start with? Thanks.
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  • Dick Jones
    Dick Jones Posts: 777
    Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
    A Ghost Is Born

    Or the documentary DVD: I Am Trying To Break Your Heart [Making of YHF]

    Or Kicking Television: Live In Chicago [2 LP Live Album]
    Are you too good to tango with the poor poor boys?
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Dick Jones wrote:
    Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
    A Ghost Is Born

    Or the documentary DVD: I Am Trying To Break Your Heart [Making of YHF]

    Or Kicking Television: Live In Chicago [2 LP Live Album]

    i dont know if id recommend starting with a ghost is born. it's kind of a spacey album. yankee hotel foxtrot is what got me hooked. otherwise, id recommend 'being there.' it's a more straightforward album that still has their wild eclecticism. great album.
  • Dick Jones
    Dick Jones Posts: 777
    soulsinging wrote:
    i dont know if id recommend starting with a ghost is born. it's kind of a spacey album. yankee hotel foxtrot is what got me hooked. otherwise, id recommend 'being there.' it's a more straightforward album that still has their wild eclecticism. great album.

    I find alot of the early albums pretty boring. Nothing to challenge you with. A Ghost Is Born is full of beautiful songs man. Great melodies, piano, great singing. I like it more than YHF.
    Are you too good to tango with the poor poor boys?
  • Tek Money
    Tek Money Posts: 642
    soulsinging wrote:
    i dont know if id recommend starting with a ghost is born. it's kind of a spacey album. yankee hotel foxtrot is what got me hooked. otherwise, id recommend 'being there.' it's a more straightforward album that still has their wild eclecticism. great album.
    I would recommend A Ghost is Born. It's a brilliant album... it just takes a few listens. So do a lot of my favorite albums.
    Cock Fight.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Dick Jones wrote:
    I find alot of the early albums pretty boring. Nothing to challenge you with. A Ghost Is Born is full of beautiful songs man. Great melodies, piano, great singing. I like it more than YHF.

    i love a ghost is born. im just thinking somebody who's never heard wilco might listen to that and go "i dont get it." there's nothing as immediately accessible as monday or dreamer in my dreams. you have to listen to ghost is born a few times to really get the album. for somebody who just wants to see if wilco is their thing, that might not be the best one to start with. i would never recommend no code for a curious pj fan, even though i think it's their best album. same deal here.
  • AvocadoLady
    AvocadoLady Posts: 680
    If you got the whole back catalog, you wouldn't regret it.

    I'd also recommend starting with A Ghost is Born, but add that you shouldn't feel bad if you skip Spiders (Kidsmoke) every time you listen to it ;)

    Also, I haven't heard the whole thing yet, but I think the new one's going to be a winner too. Poppy and accessible.
    "What happens when so many people agree on something? Can we take this beyond the parking lot when we leave tonight?" -EV, Iconoclasts
  • Dick Jones
    Dick Jones Posts: 777
    I don't get why it's not accessible? It's got some great catchy Wilco tunes on it.

    Theologians
    The Late Greats
    Handshake Drugs
    Hummingbird
    Muzzle of Bees
    Company In My Back
    Hell Is Chrome

    Then you have:

    Atleast That's What You Said
    Spiders [Kidsmoke]

    I think those songs are all pretty accessible. The last two are longer and a little different, still amazing. This was my intro to them. But I can't take away from YHF it's great too. So pick em both up.
    Are you too good to tango with the poor poor boys?
  • Tek Money
    Tek Money Posts: 642
    Spiders (kidsmoke) is one of my favorites. I mean it's long... but I love it.

    I agree with Dick. (I like saying that)
    Cock Fight.
  • soulsinging
    soulsinging Posts: 13,202
    Dick Jones wrote:
    I don't get why it's not accessible? It's got some great catchy Wilco tunes on it.

    Theologians
    The Late Greats
    Handshake Drugs
    Hummingbird
    Muzzle of Bees
    Company In My Back
    Hell Is Chrome

    Then you have:

    Atleast That's What You Said
    Spiders [Kidsmoke]

    I think those songs are all pretty accessible. The last two are longer and a little different, still amazing. This was my intro to them. But I can't take away from YHF it's great too. So pick em both up.

    i dunno, it's just really mellow. it kinda puts me in mind of sufjan stevens' art pop. i think if id heard that to start, i wouldn't have kept listening. wheraas yankee hotel with its dark drama was one of the most mind-blowing things i ever heard. i guess it's a matter of taste. i like ghost is born, but i think if id heard it first i wouldnt have gotten the hype.
  • cc10106
    cc10106 Posts: 385
    People tend to forget how much this band has evolved along the way. I think hearing some earlier and newer stuff is the best way to appreciate them for where they've been and where they will go.

    I recommend:
    Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (their 'masterpiece', so to speak, tho every one is great)
    Being There or Summerteeth (BT is a longer affair, with more rock/country sound, with Summer having a poppier/less Americana feel to it)
  • direwolf74
    direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    Tek Money wrote:
    Spiders (kidsmoke) is one of my favorites. I mean it's long... but I love it.

    I'm not overly fond of the album version, but that song is absolutely mind-blowing when they play it live.
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • Dick Jones
    Dick Jones Posts: 777
    soulsinging wrote:
    i dunno, it's just really mellow. it kinda puts me in mind of sufjan stevens' art pop. i think if id heard that to start, i wouldn't have kept listening. wheraas yankee hotel with its dark drama was one of the most mind-blowing things i ever heard. i guess it's a matter of taste. i like ghost is born, but i think if id heard it first i wouldnt have gotten the hype.

    Ugh, Sufjan. I don't see that.
    Are you too good to tango with the poor poor boys?
  • AvocadoLady
    AvocadoLady Posts: 680
    I had no idea there were people out there who actually like Spiders (Kidsmoke) ;) Kidding, kidding.

    You're right though, it's definitely better live.
    "What happens when so many people agree on something? Can we take this beyond the parking lot when we leave tonight?" -EV, Iconoclasts
  • Dick Jones
    Dick Jones Posts: 777
    That part toward the end is awesome, when it starts really rocking. Love it.
    Are you too good to tango with the poor poor boys?
  • letsongsprotest
    letsongsprotest Novi, MI Posts: 552
    Start with Summerteeth. Some great tunes on there and is very easy to get into.

    "She's a jar" is my personal favorite Wilco tune. "Via Chicago" is close behind
    There's a trapdoor in the sun.
  • Todd76
    Todd76 Posts: 1,469
    AvocadoLady wrote:
    I had no idea there were people out there who actually like Spiders (Kidsmoke) ;) Kidding, kidding.

    You're right though, it's definitely better live.

    Actually thats probably my favourite song on the album....Wilco does Krautrock, i've always thought of that song as their homage to CAN

    ....anyone else who likes that song - check out the band CAN (pretty incredible experimental "krautrock" band from the 70's)
    In my world everyone is a pony,
    and they all eat rainbows and pooh butterflies!
  • Dick Jones
    Dick Jones Posts: 777
    letsongsprotest wrote:
    Start with Summerteeth. Some great tunes on there and is very easy to get into.

    "She's a jar" is my personal favorite Wilco tune. "Via Chicago" is close behind

    I love Via Chicago, and I'm Always In Love.
    Are you too good to tango with the poor poor boys?
  • Tek Money
    Tek Money Posts: 642
    Pieholden Suite... sigh.

    I can't wait to see them at Bonnaroo. I don't care.
    Cock Fight.
  • wickedmonkeyz
    wickedmonkeyz Posts: 489
    Tek Money wrote:
    Pieholden Suite... sigh.

    I can't wait to see them at Bonnaroo. I don't care.


    Sunday at bonnaroo is going to rock!

    wilco...the white stripes...wolfmother...widespread panic
    looking for 2 to Columbia...

    ***GOT EM***
  • AvocadoLady
    AvocadoLady Posts: 680
    They better play Lolla again...that's all I have to say.
    "What happens when so many people agree on something? Can we take this beyond the parking lot when we leave tonight?" -EV, Iconoclasts

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