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Album Description: "Sky Blue Sky" has hints of early-seventies Southern California folk-rock sweetness in the harmonies. The album is filled with brash guitar solos that take songs like "You Are My Face" and "Shake It Off" in unexpected directions. Amazon.com: After their wild experimental streak of the past decade, Wilco's sixth studio album might feel like a bit of a comedown. Sky Blue Sky is mellow, moody, and uncharacteristically monotone, opening with a pleasant jangle and Jeff Tweedy singing a simple song: "Maybe the sun will shine today, the clouds will blow away." He doesn't even follow it up with a barbed punchline. Could it be that the restless Chicago band has settled back into its gentle Americana roots--or does this sudden mid-career reappraisal represent Wilco's gutsiest move yet? Mostly written in the studio by the full band, it's certainly the group's most cohesive album in ages, presenting a dense song cycle padded with intricate guitar work, brushed rhythms, and '70s soft-rock accents. In places it sounds like Wings ("Hate It Here"), in others Harry Nilsson ("Walken"), and in the middle it goes a bit Grateful Dead ("Shake It Off"). At the same time, there's a distinct sense of hearing a band finally at ease in its own skin. Sky Blue Sky represents the sound of Wilco finally pulling through its petulant adolescence. --Aidin Vaziri Customer Reviews: Rating: 
Date: 2008-06-14
Just keep getting better
Not being a big fan of Wilco's earlier work I am some what pestimistic when Wilco bring a new release. I have to say that since Foxtrot Hotel they just keep getting better and better. I am not going to name off great tracks on this album or put others down. It's just solid don't cherry pick the songs. Just let them play. I work in a Hair Salon and we play this album alot and every one ask who is this? No matter what age you are or what music you like this album is just good music and it speaks to you. Just buy it Rating:
Date: 2008-06-05
Makes Wilco one of the greatest bands of all time
After listening to Being There nonstop during my senior year at college, I fell in love with Wilco. I didn't know too much about Uncle Tupelo or even Wilco's first album, AM, but Being There was like my soundtrack that year. I saw Wilco as one of the most innovative groups (along with Radiohead and Beck) and they had plenty of good old-fashioned songs as well, which tied everythig tofether well.
When they released Summerteeth, my appreciation doubled. Not only did the album continue their innovation and songwriting mastery, the album was one of the best ever. They got a lot of acclaim and got full of themselves (see the movie, I Am Trying to Break Your Heart) and put out another masterpiece in Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, which was great, but didn't live up to all the hype with the record label ordeal. A Ghost Is Born was not their best, but showed new waves of the same tide that they had started with Summerteeth.
By 2007, they had done it all and seemingly had nowhere to go. And while Sky Blue Sky is not groundbreaking per se, it does open new doors and sits as Wilco's most complete album. With every song, there is cohesion, great melody, and awesome instrumentation highlighted by the solo guitar work. The album provides another summer soundtrack to Wilco's repertory, and the songs provide new anthems for feel-good indie-rock. Rating:
Date: 2008-05-29
So impressed
I feel in love with Sky Blue Sky one song at a time. Over the past year each song has been a favorite at least for a few days. I love this band. The US may never have produced the "great American novel" but we have several "great American song writers". Count Jeff Tweedy among them.
Down with the talkers!! Rating:
Date: 2008-05-09
Gretest Album of All-Time!!
This is with out a doubt the greatest album ever recorded. The lyrics are straight from the heart and the musical arrangements are incredible! I personally feel that this album highlights Jeff Tweedy's writing ability as well as the band's ability to be comfortable "in their own skin". There are songs that are relaxing ("Either Way", "Sky Blue Sky"), songs of dispair ("You are My Face", "Please be Patient With Me"), which are my two favorites, and songs of great hope ("Impossible Germany", "What Light", and "On and On and On"). This album, believe it or not, saved our marriage. Thank you Jeff Tweedy and Wilco for putting out an album with so much heart and a long lasting message. Rating:
Date: 2008-04-21
I want more!!!
This is a great, great album. Why? Because among other things I love John Lennon, the Grateful Dead, Pink Floyd,, 70's fusion, and music in which melody is strong. But this is not apeing. My first Wilco album, this is where I enter the fold. Very accessible and warm, but at the same time challenging, unexpected, sophisticated with moments of frightening dissonance. Fun, easy, and subtle and dark. Great music and movies always spawn controversy; that is one of the measures. Can't wait for another Wilco album with Nels Cline on guitar! Wow. I'm 50, and it is heartening that rock music continues to grow and mature. No end in sight...makes me smile. |
