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Post subject: Re: Self-conscious "return to form" albums
Posted: Tue February 09, 2021 8:23 pm
Production Police
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Anders wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
What form do you guys think they’re returning to on that album? The deconstructionist experimentalism of YHF/AGIB? Or the alt-country vibes of AM/BT? Because apart from a few specific songs, I don’t find any of that stuff to be overwhelmingly present on TWL.
Aren’t we talking less about the result, and more about the marketing?
I thought we were talking about the artistic intentions when making the album, but I may be mistaken.
Anders wrote:
Sky Blue Sky is the better album.
If you're comparing it to TWL, then yes, by a humongous margin!
Post subject: Re: Self-conscious "return to form" albums
Posted: Tue February 09, 2021 8:49 pm
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tragabigzanda wrote:
What form do you guys think they’re returning to on that album? The deconstructionist experimentalism of YHF/AGIB? Or the alt-country vibes of AM/BT? Because apart from a few specific songs, I don’t find any of that stuff to be overwhelmingly present on TWL.
I'm hesitant to defend my original call here because as I've already admitted I barely listened to The Whole Love (or any Wilco in the last 10 years). But I can give you an idea of what I had in mind and maybe Wilco fans can tell me if I'm wrong.
My recollection is that there was a growing sense of displeasure among Wilco fans about how their career was going after A Ghost is Born. Their next releases, Sky Blue Sky and Wilco (the Album), were seen as too safe, bland and dad-rocky. Wilco had established themselves as this experimental pop-rock band over the last several albums, and then those two seemed to be mostly staid and conventional. I distinctly remember conversations (probably even here) about how weird it was that they recruited this avant garde jazz guitarist guy and then proceeded to make some of the most boring and straightforward music of their career.
In this context, I remember The Whole Love coming out and the fanbase blowing a collective load about how "they're back!" and how cool it was that they opened with a weirdo glitched-out song like "Art of Almost". That is about as much as I got into the album, so I don't know if the rest of it follows in this spirit. I feel completely unconfident about everything I am writing in this post.
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Post subject: Re: Self-conscious "return to form" albums
Posted: Tue February 09, 2021 8:53 pm
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Post subject: Re: Self-conscious "return to form" albums
Posted: Tue February 09, 2021 9:37 pm
Production Police
Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 47034 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
Jorge wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
What form do you guys think they’re returning to on that album? The deconstructionist experimentalism of YHF/AGIB? Or the alt-country vibes of AM/BT? Because apart from a few specific songs, I don’t find any of that stuff to be overwhelmingly present on TWL.
I'm hesitant to defend my original call here because as I've already admitted I barely listened to The Whole Love (or any Wilco in the last 10 years). But I can give you an idea of what I had in mind and maybe Wilco fans can tell me if I'm wrong.
My recollection is that there was a growing sense of displeasure among Wilco fans about how their career was going after A Ghost is Born. Their next releases, Sky Blue Sky and Wilco (the Album), were seen as too safe, bland and dad-rocky. Wilco had established themselves as this experimental pop-rock band over the last several albums, and then those two seemed to be mostly staid and conventional. I distinctly remember conversations (probably even here) about how weird it was that they recruited this avant garde jazz guitarist guy and then proceeded to make some of the most boring and straightforward music of their career.
In this context, I remember The Whole Love coming out and the fanbase blowing a collective load about how "they're back!" and how cool it was that they opened with a weirdo glitched-out song like "Art of Almost". That is about as much as I got into the album, so I don't know if the rest of it follows in this spirit. I feel completely unconfident about everything I am writing in this post.
hey, you know what? You've convinced me I was wrong.
Post subject: Re: Self-conscious "return to form" albums
Posted: Tue February 09, 2021 11:09 pm
Looks Like a Cat
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 9:55 pm Posts: 13819 Location: An office full of assholes
what people forget about wilco is that the arrival of nels cline coincided with jeff tweady taking full reins of the songwriting process (whereas before it was shared with jay bennett up until YHF, and with jim o'rourke on both YHF and AGIB). the direction that the band took after that is all jeff tweady.
Post subject: Re: Self-conscious "return to form" albums
Posted: Tue February 09, 2021 11:19 pm
Production Police
Joined: Tue September 24, 2013 5:56 pm Posts: 47034 Location: In the oatmeal aisle wearing a Shellac shirt
Chris_H_2 wrote:
what people forget about wilco is that the arrival of nels cline coincided with jeff tweady taking full reins of the songwriting process (whereas before it was shared with jay bennett up until YHF, and with jim o'rourke on both YHF and AGIB). the direction that the band took after that is all jeff tweady.
so i blame jeff tweady.
you know the guy and you can't spell his name right?
In all seriousness, does O'Rourke actually get songwriting credit for those albums? Wasn't it just production and mixing?
Post subject: Re: Self-conscious "return to form" albums
Posted: Tue February 09, 2021 11:31 pm
Looks Like a Cat
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 9:55 pm Posts: 13819 Location: An office full of assholes
tragabigzanda wrote:
Chris_H_2 wrote:
what people forget about wilco is that the arrival of nels cline coincided with jeff tweady taking full reins of the songwriting process (whereas before it was shared with jay bennett up until YHF, and with jim o'rourke on both YHF and AGIB). the direction that the band took after that is all jeff tweady.
so i blame jeff tweady.
you know the guy and you can't spell his name right?
In all seriousness, does O'Rourke actually get songwriting credit for those albums? Wasn't it just production and mixing?
Spellcheck
He definitely helped rearrange Spiders, Muzzle of Bees, Less Than You Think, and At Least That’s What You Said, but I think he only got compositional credit for LTYT.
I can’t wait for the next Loose Fur album. Tweedy said they’re still writing it.
Post subject: Re: Self-conscious "return to form" albums
Posted: Fri February 12, 2021 1:16 pm
Future Drummer
Joined: Tue January 01, 2013 3:07 pm Posts: 3368
Dave Matthews Band's Away from the World definitely falls into this category, even going so far as to work with the original producer that was at the helm of their big three releases.
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what people forget about wilco is that the arrival of nels cline coincided with jeff tweady taking full reins of the songwriting process (whereas before it was shared with jay bennett up until YHF, and with jim o'rourke on both YHF and AGIB). the direction that the band took after that is all jeff tweady.
so i blame jeff tweady.
you know the guy and you can't spell his name right?
In all seriousness, does O'Rourke actually get songwriting credit for those albums? Wasn't it just production and mixing?
Spellcheck
He definitely helped rearrange Spiders, Muzzle of Bees, Less Than You Think, and At Least That’s What You Said, but I think he only got compositional credit for LTYT.
I can’t wait for the next Loose Fur album. Tweedy said they’re still writing it.
Is it going to be a zoom album though? Loose Fur by email has me a little concerned.
Post subject: Re: Self-conscious "return to form" albums
Posted: Wed February 09, 2022 10:17 am
Future Drummer
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 4:57 am Posts: 2819
verb_to_trust wrote:
tragabigzanda wrote:
Jorge wrote:
Also, wasn't Wilco's The Whole Love kind of this? I didn't get into it too much but I vaguely remember track 1 "Art of Almost" feeling kind of like the band going "don't worry guys -- we can still get weird!"
Hard disagree. I don't know that they've ever made a return to form album, because each album is its own animal. Only Wilco (The Album) feels like an attempt at crowd pleasing, but it fell in their discography more as a collection of everything they'd done before rather than an attempt to gain back lost fans.
Pretty sure strat is the only Wilco fan who's been disappointed since Nels joines.
Jay Bennett over Nels any day and twice on leap year
jim orouke over them all
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Jorge wrote:
I remember I was in Miami when it happened. I was posting from the balcony of my apartment overlooking the beach. And I was having an argument with Adamdude.
Post subject: Re: Self-conscious "return to form" albums
Posted: Wed February 09, 2022 10:17 am
Future Drummer
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 4:57 am Posts: 2819
Gaucho
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Jorge wrote:
I remember I was in Miami when it happened. I was posting from the balcony of my apartment overlooking the beach. And I was having an argument with Adamdude.
Post subject: Re: Self-conscious "return to form" albums
Posted: Wed February 09, 2022 10:18 am
Future Drummer
Joined: Wed January 02, 2013 4:57 am Posts: 2819
wait, no Katy Lied
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Jorge wrote:
I remember I was in Miami when it happened. I was posting from the balcony of my apartment overlooking the beach. And I was having an argument with Adamdude.
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