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Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
June 20, 2007 |
 It took a few weeks but I have finally digested enough of Wilco’s Sky Blue Sky to fully understand and appreciate the album. I first have to say that this has grown into one of my favorite albums, ever.  The delicate songwriting and voicing of Jeff Tweedy with the newly acquired guitar playing mastery of their newest member Nels Cline, have combined to produce a sound reminiscent of greater times and legendary bands. The tracks rotate from simple and subtle to sensational. It is one of those albums that shuffles through your head. Your favorite song will rotate. Mine started with You Are My Face. About halfway into You Are My Face the song changes time and tempo, it explodes into a upbeat but still back beat session. The kind of tune that picks you up from your seat and makes your hop yet when you actually pick apart the song you realize that there is not much there. Like the mastery of The Beatles who were able to create a mountain of sound with only a few instruments You Are My Face suceeds in appearing much bigger than it is.
Speaking of The Beatles; Somewhere somehow in the last year Jeff Tweedy became the ghost of John Lennon.  Listening to Walken the tune screams of John Lennon. I can almost see Jeff Tweedy in a white suit dancing about some daisy filled field while singing “The more I think about it the more I know its true” . Its a high praise for a songwriter but I think Tweedy has pulled of a hat trick of sorts. Not only has he and Wilco created a masterpiece they have done it without the ussual fanfare and hyperbole that precedes or follows a band of this caliber. Whether it is the continued lack of real recognition among the masses for their incredible songs or just the fact that Wilco does not appeal to a large popular audience I have been amazed at the lack of praise for this album. Rolling Stone gave in a 4/5 stars. It must be a case of mistaken identity how else could a band producing one of the best Rock albums of the new century be granted the silent and soulless praise of a 4 star review? Well then again it is from the same set of critics that gave The Kings of Leon’s new bore the same 4 star.
Regardless of what others have said about this album it ranks up there for me. I give it a 5 star (out of 5 stars!) review. It has obtained a classic status and sits proudly next to Neil’s Harvest, Petty’s Wildfire, The Beatles Rubber Soul or Revolver, The Beach Boys Pet Sounds, and a few dozen other albums that are on my desert island list. Does it make yours?
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