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Thrillho:
Broke this out for the first time since a couple weeks after I bought it; didn't really appreciate its charms apart from Misunderstood, Sunken Treasure and Dreamer In My Dreams.

However, yesterday I went back to it, and...

Fuck me, it's the best album Wilco made. No wonder Tweedy kept it at 19 songs long, this is the most wonderfully arranged, eclectic work they've ever done. And there isn't the pretention and kitchen-sink attitude of YHF or AGIB (which admittedly I do love, those two albums are wonderful) just...they're like a rock 'n' roll band with a few quirky interludes rather than an experimental group.

It's magnificent, and - in places - adorably boneheaded. Plus, it has the thunderous snare drum sound I've come to associate with country music, which is always a good thing.

Anyone else reckon this is Wilco's best?

Skittish:
It's incredibly overrated. I mean, it has some classic Wilco songs (Misunderstood, Sunken Treasure, Kingpin, Forget the Flowers) but it just has too much filler.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is Wilco's masterpiece by far and I think that's been established. A Ghost is Born, however, is criminally underrated and their second best album, in my opinion. Being There is probably third right above the overrated Summerteeth.

Thrillho:
I think Ghost is underrated too. Especially the live versions on Kicking Television, of Handshake Drugs, Kidsmoke, At Least That's What You Said and Muzzle Of Bees, all of which are brilliant. Plus the two bonus tracks they omitted (which really should have replaced Less Than You think)

Skittish:

--- Quote from: DynamiteKid ---I think Ghost is underrated too. Especially the live versions on Kicking Television, of Handshake Drugs, Kidsmoke, At Least That's What You Said and Muzzle Of Bees, all of which are brilliant. Plus the two bonus tracks they omitted (which really should have replaced Less Than You think)
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Yeah, and At Least That's What You Said is a fantastic opener. I have to say Handshake Drugs and Spiders (Kidsmoke) are two of my absolute favorite Wilco songs though.

After I Am Trying To Break Your Heart and Pot Kettle Black, of course.

Thrillho:
..Break Your Heart is my favourite Wilco song ever. It's utterly magnificent.

Ghost has so many of my favourites on it, probably because it was my first Wilco album. I love 'At Least...' on headphones especially because you can hear everything. I do think the live version is superior, however, because after a while you have two guitarists playing at once, falling in and out of harmony. It's breathtaking, like the entirety of that double disc.

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