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Sky Blue Sky (Wilco, 2007)
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Title: Sky Blue Sky
Artist: Wilco
Record Label: Nonesuch
Release Year: 2007
EAN: 0075597998191
Genre: Rock/Pop
Product ID: EPID59443430
Description: Three years on from their bravely experimental and widely acclaimed 'A Ghost Is Born', Jeff Tweedy's revered alt. country rockers return with their sixth studio album. Stepping backwards towards a more traditional sound without discardin...
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Safe-ish and Very SoundReview created: 21/06/07
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Sky Blue Sky’, Wilco’s sixth album, once again shows Jeff Tweedy’s willingness to change the band’s style which makes his band so interesting. Virtually gone is the experimentalism in sound which was so prominent on ‘Yankee Hotel Foxtrot’ and ‘A Ghost Is Born’, instead Wilco deliver a set of laid-back, mellow alt.country/rock songs which exude an atmosphere of contentment.
As we have come to expect from Wilco the standard of musicianship is extremely high. There is a loose, free sound to the record, for example on ‘Impossible Germany’ with its extended guitar workout. On that song and others, notably ‘Please Be Patient With Me’, which reminded me of a cut from Lou Reeds ‘Coney Island Baby’ the guitar sound is very 70s but it works well.
There is satisfying variety too. “Sky Blue Sky’ is a mellow number which would not be out of place on ‘Being There’, whilst the final track builds superbly from a keyboard backing to a great finale.
For me the most interesting song is ‘Side With the Seeds’ which starts with gentle piano then develops with an intricate and insistent electric guitar pattern backed with strings and Hammond organ and finishes with a furious guitar climax. This track recalls some of the experimental spirit of the last two releases.
I gather Tweedy has overcome personal problems and this record certainly sounds like that of a contended man. ‘Maybe you love me/Maybe you don’t’ he sings on the opening track and it sounds like he is not bothered either way.
‘Sky Blue Sky’ is a supremely accomplished rock record, mellow and retro-sounding in places, which confirms Wilco as one of the world’s best bands. If you like their previous edgy approach you may find this record a little safe and cosy, but no-one can deny the quality of the music in display here.
As we have come to expect from Wilco the standard of musicianship is extremely high. There is a loose, free sound to the record, for example on ‘Impossible Germany’ with its extended guitar workout. On that song and others, notably ‘Please Be Patient With Me’, which reminded me of a cut from Lou Reeds ‘Coney Island Baby’ the guitar sound is very 70s but it works well.
There is satisfying variety too. “Sky Blue Sky’ is a mellow number which would not be out of place on ‘Being There’, whilst the final track builds superbly from a keyboard backing to a great finale.
For me the most interesting song is ‘Side With the Seeds’ which starts with gentle piano then develops with an intricate and insistent electric guitar pattern backed with strings and Hammond organ and finishes with a furious guitar climax. This track recalls some of the experimental spirit of the last two releases.
I gather Tweedy has overcome personal problems and this record certainly sounds like that of a contended man. ‘Maybe you love me/Maybe you don’t’ he sings on the opening track and it sounds like he is not bothered either way.
‘Sky Blue Sky’ is a supremely accomplished rock record, mellow and retro-sounding in places, which confirms Wilco as one of the world’s best bands. If you like their previous edgy approach you may find this record a little safe and cosy, but no-one can deny the quality of the music in display here.
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Genius return!!!Review created: 13/08/07
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To put it simply...a masterpiece! No where near as intense as the beautifully crafted “A Ghost Is Born” or “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot”, yet there are peaks and troths aplenty on this album, joyous tunes and sad melodies (sometimes interlayered), making it hard to pick out any standout tracks as, to put it simply, they truly are all standout tracks!
They could easilly have dissapointed the waiting fans and become shark food for the critics, after sky high expectations from having to follow up these landmark albums, but they seem to have managed it effortlessly and whilst still gaining momentum and moving to new areas!
“Walken”, “Hate It Here” and “Impossible Germany” are sure to be fan favourites for a long time and tracks like “Either Way”, “What Light”, “You Are My Face” and “Sky Blue Sky” will draw in and comfort new fans without effort!
Songwriter Jeff Tweedy wanted to apparently write and simpler more direct set of songs for this album and whilst the album does have a more relaxed feel to it with songs like “Leave Me (Like You Found Me)” and “Please Be Patient With Me”, make no mistake…this is a band at the absolute peak of creativity and musicianship with an almost gluttonously talented band line up!
There isn’t specific time or a place for this album; you can listen to it anytime, anywhere. It’s fun, it’s sad, it rocks, it’s sincere, it’s tongue in cheek!
With a band that perhaps is only currently competing with itself (can you think of many albums that can seriously match “A Ghost Is Born” or “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot”?) it would be a hard and bold statement to say “Sky Blue Sky” is a better or worse album than it recent predecessors, but to even have to think hard about that tells you more than words could!
Die hard fans will love it, fans of “AM” and “Being There” will feel like there has been a slight return to what they loved and new fans will drawn in wondering how they had never got into this band before!
Andy Unsworth
They could easilly have dissapointed the waiting fans and become shark food for the critics, after sky high expectations from having to follow up these landmark albums, but they seem to have managed it effortlessly and whilst still gaining momentum and moving to new areas!
“Walken”, “Hate It Here” and “Impossible Germany” are sure to be fan favourites for a long time and tracks like “Either Way”, “What Light”, “You Are My Face” and “Sky Blue Sky” will draw in and comfort new fans without effort!
Songwriter Jeff Tweedy wanted to apparently write and simpler more direct set of songs for this album and whilst the album does have a more relaxed feel to it with songs like “Leave Me (Like You Found Me)” and “Please Be Patient With Me”, make no mistake…this is a band at the absolute peak of creativity and musicianship with an almost gluttonously talented band line up!
There isn’t specific time or a place for this album; you can listen to it anytime, anywhere. It’s fun, it’s sad, it rocks, it’s sincere, it’s tongue in cheek!
With a band that perhaps is only currently competing with itself (can you think of many albums that can seriously match “A Ghost Is Born” or “Yankee Hotel Foxtrot”?) it would be a hard and bold statement to say “Sky Blue Sky” is a better or worse album than it recent predecessors, but to even have to think hard about that tells you more than words could!
Die hard fans will love it, fans of “AM” and “Being There” will feel like there has been a slight return to what they loved and new fans will drawn in wondering how they had never got into this band before!
Andy Unsworth
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