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Thrillho:
Well, I'll keep an eye out. Cheers for the heads up.
space_oddity:
I must admit...I don't quite understand the feverish adoration many have for Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
Skittish:
--- Quote from: space_oddity ---I must admit...I don't quite understand the feverish adoration many have for Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
--- End quote ---
It's a grower for sure so if you haven't given it a lot of listens, that may be why. It's just perfectly produced and there are really any bad songs on the album. Radio Cure is the one minor blemish on an otherwise perfect album. IATTBYH, Jesus etc. and Poor Places will all end up as classic songs some day. It's just an amazingly solid album that never gets old.
Another recommendation is to give it a listen on headphones. You might finally "get it" then.
Thrillho:
I realise this conversation has taken place on here many times, but I'm going to have it again.
I can simultaneously see why people like and dislike Yankee.
However, I think it's far from perfect. I can't stand 'Reservations' for one.
I also think the version of 'Radio Cure' on Kicking Television is superior, because it really kicks off when the drums come in, whereas on the album it kind of...sighs and goes away again.
I think that both versions of 'Poor Places' have their merits; the one on the album finishes properly (and finishes any Wilco compilation I burn), but the version on Kicking TV, when the glissando guitar riff and drums come in...it just gives me chills.
Skittish:
--- Quote from: DynamiteKid ---I realise this conversation has taken place on here many times, but I'm going to have it again.
I can simultaneously see why people like and dislike Yankee.
However, I think it's far from perfect. I can't stand 'Reservations' for one.
I also think the version of 'Radio Cure' on Kicking Television is superior, because it really kicks off when the drums come in, whereas on the album it kind of...sighs and goes away again.
I think that both versions of 'Poor Places' have their merits; the one on the album finishes properly (and finishes any Wilco compilation I burn), but the version on Kicking TV, when the glissando guitar riff and drums come in...it just gives me chills.
--- End quote ---
One good thing about Wilco is that they're (for the most part) a better live band than they are in studio. But that doesn't necessarily mean it's fair to make comparisons between the two. For example, if they were just a mediocre live band, A Ghost is Born, in my opinion, would be highly thought of because the studio versions would look better to the live counterparts. The way it is, though, it seems as if the studio versions could have been better after listening to the live versions but that's just a compliment to how good of a live band they are. I don't think YHF or AGiB should be discredited just because some of their live counterparts are better than the respective studio versions. Especially when, either way, YHF is better than almost every other album released this decade.
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