Wilco - Sky Blue Sky
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Free Music Notes for Sky Blue Sky
Free Music Review: Impossibly genuine.....
Hit: 5 Stars
I've read many reviews for this album, and some of them were downright aggressively angry and bitter. This is a beguiling album, another chapter in a band that is probably the most underrated, underappreciated band working today. While grunge exploded in the 1990's and was being thrust in our faces, these guys were making really amazing music completely under the radar, and while the grunge bands have either splintered or are just former fragments of what they used to be, Wilco is still standing, getting better with each album. I find this album charming, etheral, and solidly Wilcoish. It's really beautiful, especially the single What Light and Either Way. Nels Cline's guitar work really gives this album a unique sound. Jeff Tweedy is a great band leader as well as a great songwriter/musician. He chooses his musicians with the same great care he writes his songs. I don't understand why so-called longtime fans of Wilco hate this so much. It's not Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, A Ghost is Born, A.M., Mermaid Avenue, Being There, Summerteeth, etc., etc., it's Sky Blue Sky.
Free Music Review: A Letdown
Hit: 3 Stars
Wilco seems like a band that is lost. I was eagerly anticipating this release, especially after the surprisingly good "Live In Chicago", but it seems to lack the wit and energy of their previous releases. I am probably one of the few who really liked "A Ghost Is Born" (it's like a fine wine- it gets better with age!), which had some very energetic and creative tunes ("Handshake Drugs", "Hummingbirds"), something that is sorely lacking in "Sky Blue Sky". Sadly, SBS actually put me to sleep! All the songs sound similar; none really stands out. That being said, I gave it three stars because: it's Wilco, and even a bad Wilco release is better than most everything else that is out there; the instrumentation is just wonderful, these guys actually know how to play their instruments; there are flashes of new sounds and styles, as the tone was more bluesish and jazzish. Here's hoping that this is is just an anomaly and not an indication that Wilco has slipped into mediocrity. Free Music Review: Melodic Country Twang
Hit: 4 Stars
Plenty of good listening on this CD, with heart and melodies that keep playing in your head. Though definitely rock, this has an appealing country twang to each ballad and song. Free Music Review: GREAT
Hit: 5 Stars
Fantastic coordination of musical themes with the melding of old school southern rock and alternative....LOVED IT!!!Free Music Review: Relaxing
Hit: 4 Stars
Wilco is another one of those bands that seems to be critically acclaimed and commercially ignored at the same time. At any rate, Jeff Tweedy and the rest of the band continue to deliver great stuff with Sky Blue Sky.
Standouts include smooth tracks like "What Light", "Either Way" and the title track. The band also does well with funkier songs, as evidenced by "Shake It Off" (although it's not the most accessible). And while some listeners might say that "On and On and On" is aptly titled, I think it closes the album quite nicely.
The only real misstep is "Hate It Here", which made me say just that. But Sky Blue Sky is still comforting music worth adding to your collection.
Anthony Rupert