Rating: 75.00
I'm still struggling to decide if I really like this album, or if I love it. Every time I listen to it I like it more. I think if I waited a few more weeks, it might climb into the top 10.Wilco, formed in 1994 by Jeff Tweedy, after the break-up of Uncle Tupelo, has released their 10th studio album. I think this is the best thing they've done since 2004’s A Ghost Is Born and it's brought me back into the fold of Wilco fans.
Tweedy has never shied away from the influences of the 70's and they're here in abundance: hints of John Lennon and George Harrison, Gram Parsons, Pink Floyd, Simon and Garfunkel, Randy Numan, and any of a number of 70's power pop bands.
Check out the poppy I Might or the spacey Art of Almost. (click the song titles for a link to live versions of the the full songs from Letterman on youtube)
As a side note, and it should not be held against the album, The Whole Love has been nominated (announced November 30) for the 2012 Best Rock Album Grammy.
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