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WILCO - Sky Blue Sky
| Entertainment Weekly |
| Jeff Tweedy has had a lot on his shoulders lately: addiction, rehab, and the lofty expectations that come with each Wilco album. It's no surprise then that he and the band have gone back to basics on Sky Blue Sky, ditching the sonic tinsel of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and the minimalism of A Ghost Is Born for the haunting beauty of a slide guitar. His voice is the star, though. In ''Either Way'' and ''Impossible Germany,'' he sounds like a bicentennial-era Don Henley — raspy, rich, and right in the happy zone. This may be the best Eagles album the Eagles never made....full text |
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| Popmatters |
| There is already considerable opinion and criticism in print and on the internet regarding Wilco’s sixth studio album. I’m writing this review approximately one month after the band streamed Sky Blue Sky in its entirety via its website (and the subsequent file-sharing leak of massive proportions) and one month before the album’s official release on aluminum poly-whatever. ...full text |
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| AbsolutePunk |
| When speaking of bands that have had tumultuous histories, Wilco has to be one of the first names thrown into the conversation. Along with Jeff Tweedy, who already garners rock gossip fame for his legendary tiff with Jay Farrar and their now defunked band Uncle Tupelo, John Stiratt is the only member of Wilco that has recorded on all of the band's proper studio albums. Other than those two, the cast on any one of Wilco's cd's is a functioning revolving door of session players. This is largely due to Tweedy's writing style; create the songs/lyrics myself, let the band play it and add some stuff in later....full text |
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