[ Nonesuch Records / CD ]
Release Date: Tuesday 22 May 2007
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Wilco's sixth studio album has hints of early-seventies Southern California folk / rock sweetness in the harmonies. 'Sky Blue Sky' is filled with brash guitar solos that take songs like "You Are My Face" and "Shake It Off" in unexpected directions.
Wilco's sixth studio recording has hints of early-seventies Southern California folk / rock sweetness in the harmonies. 'Sky Blue Sky' is filled with brash guitar solos that take songs like "You Are My Face" and "Shake It Off" in unexpected directions.
Featuring the band that was assembled after the release of the two-time Grammy Award-winning 'A Ghost is Born', this is the first studio album from a lineup that has received overwhelmingly positive critical and popular acclaim for their live shows (as documented on the 2005 double-disc set, 'Kicking Television: Live in Chicago').
" 'Sky Blue Sky' is an astounding demonstration of Wilco's ability to move between soulful acoustic folk, jazzy blues, country skank and pumping rock. Simple and soothing, yet rich and rewarding, this is an album you unknowingly yearn for, like a cool hand on a hot forehead. A great album from a band in their prime.
- 'The Observer (10 essential albums for spring)
"Jeff Tweedy's excellent band return with the warm fuzz of 'Sky Blue Sky'. Great songs, amazing playing.'
- Uncut
"Tweedy and his bandmates have never sounded so at ease with themselves as they do on their sixth album, from the finger-clicking staccato of Shake It Off to the heady, Dylan-esque swirl of "Hate It Here" and the lugubrious country twang of "Leave Me (Like You Found Me)".
- Evening Standard (4 stars)
"An(other) understated triumph"
- Time Out (4 stars)
"An album that reveals hidden depths every time it is played."
- The Times (4 stars)
1. Either Way
2. You Are My Face
3. Impossible Germany
4. Sky Blue Sky
5. Side With The Seeds
6. Shake It Off
7. Please Be Patient With Me
8. Hate It Here
9. Leave Me (Like You Found Me)
10. Walken
11. What Light
12. On And On And On