No no no... not finding YHF to be Wilco's best is VERY very wrong. Like premarital sex wrong. Just don't do it.

ACaribouPixie is right. If you prefer A ghost is born, you'll become Birdo, that female dinosaur from Nintento

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Originally posted by mark f:
You must be feeling super bad-ass right now.

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Originally posted by eggtweedyegg:
If you prefer A ghost is born, you'll become Birdo, that female dinosaur from Nintento

Indeed, I hope I find my Birdo, I shall be her Yoshi.

Wow, two emoticons in one post by me! I must be really feeling bad-ass.

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If you prefer A ghost is born, you'll become Birdo, that female dinosaur from Nintento

Indeed, I hope I find my Birdo, I shall be her Yoshi. Cool

I don't think Birdo and Yoshi can be friends
Birdo is a boss level in super mario 2, and yoshi is Mario's friend. Can you just be Bowser?

Yoshi's into trannies. Birdo was originally a boy dinosaur who wanted to be a girl dinosaur, but Nintendo retconned that into saying Birdo was always a girl dinosaur. And now that Birdo plays tennis with all the other Mario characters, she and Yoshi are a couple apparently.

But yeah. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot simply doesn't have a bad track. Even the songs that people have listed as the "lows" of that album are among the best written in the past 10 years.

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Originally posted by Chamberk:
Yoshi's into trannies. Birdo was originally a boy dinosaur who wanted to be a girl dinosaur, but Nintendo retconned that into saying Birdo was always a girl dinosaur. And now that Birdo plays tennis with all the other Mario characters, she and Yoshi are a couple apparently.

But yeah. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot simply doesn't have a bad track. Even the songs that people have listed as the "lows" of that album are among the best written in the past 10 years.

I can dig that.

Then again, Yoshi's gender identity is kind of questionable too... a dude dinosaur who lays eggs? Maybe all dinosaur-esque creatures in the Mario universe are hermaphroditic...

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Originally posted by Chamberk:
But yeah. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot simply doesn't have a bad track. Even the songs that people have listed as the "lows" of that album are among the best written in the past 10 years.

I think YHF got a pass when it came out because they got such a raw deal from their label. The album then took on mythic proportions due to the championing of certain, high profile critics. It's a good album, nothing more.

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Originally posted by Maximum Jack:

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Originally posted by Chamberk:
But yeah. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot simply doesn't have a bad track. Even the songs that people have listed as the "lows" of that album are among the best written in the past 10 years.

I think YHF got a pass when it came out because they got such a raw deal from their label. The album then took on mythic proportions due to the championing of certain, high profile critics. It's a good album, nothing more.

I may have been exaggerating a tiiiiny bit. But I still don't think there are any low points, and it's a far more interesting album than any other that Wilco's put out.

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Originally posted by Chamberk:

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Originally posted by Maximum Jack:

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Originally posted by Chamberk:
But yeah. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot simply doesn't have a bad track. Even the songs that people have listed as the "lows" of that album are among the best written in the past 10 years.

I think YHF got a pass when it came out because they got such a raw deal from their label. The album then took on mythic proportions due to the championing of certain, high profile critics. It's a good album, nothing more.

I may have been exaggerating a tiiiiny bit. But I still don't think there are any low points, and it's a far more interesting album than any other that Wilco's put out.

True. Except for the two that came before it.

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Originally posted by Chamberk:
Then again, Yoshi's gender identity is kind of questionable too... a dude dinosaur who lays eggs? Maybe all dinosaur-esque creatures in the Mario universe are hermaphroditic...

Jurassic Park style...

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Originally posted by ACaribouPixie:

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Originally posted by Chamberk:
Then again, Yoshi's gender identity is kind of questionable too... a dude dinosaur who lays eggs? Maybe all dinosaur-esque creatures in the Mario universe are hermaphroditic...

Jurassic Park style...

Life will find a way...

I am just starting to get into Wilco so this thread has been particularly helpful in narrowing down which album to start with

YHF got a free ride bullshit... Its their best album and thats that.

Maximum Jack AM better then yankee hotel foxtrot seriously? Even Wilco considers AM a bit of a disappointment..

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Originally posted by Liberalkid:
Maximum Jack AM better then yankee hotel foxtrot seriously?

He said that Being There and Summerteeth are better than YHF, not AM.

Not that it should make any difference, since either way it's just his opinion.

good point forgot about summerteeth always gets overlooked.

My ranking:

1. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2. Summerteeth
3. Being There
4. A Ghost Is Born
5. Sky Blue Sky
6. AM

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My ranking:

1. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2. Summerteeth
3. Being There
4. A Ghost Is Born
5. Sky Blue Sky
6. AM

the usual ranking by most people.

I'm finally getting around to purchasing my missing Wilco studio albums and have picked up the last 3 lately. The only one that I have given a proper listen to is A.M. Even though it is a guitar riff or two from being straight up country, I really like it. It is a really refreshing change from The New Pornographers/Spoon/Of Montreal sound that has dominated what I have been currently listening to.

Getting tired of the 2008 music craze, I've been listening to this band a lot lately and I just feel like asking, have you guys heard A Ghost is Born? Damn, that is a masterpiece. Every single song on it is a winner and the way Tweedy is able to channel Neil Young, Brian Wilson et al into one beast of an album is remarkable. I wonder, had it been released in 2002, if it be the rightfully regarded best album. Either way, I have been a huge fan of this band since I was some loser kid in middle school jamming out to "Misunderstood." I'd rank their albums something like this:

A Ghost is Born = Summerteeth > Being There = Kicking Television: Live in Chicago > Yankee Hotel Foxtrot > A.M. = Sky Blue Sky (or something like that)

I realize that I am cheating with so many "ties" but they are all so good. Also, I decided to leave off the Minus 5, Billy Bragg collaborations and Loose Fur albums because they aren't solely Wilco albums. I hold a special place in my heart for everything they have done and they are arguably the best American band currently making music. I just hope their next album is great.