Originally Posted by Tig
Hey Tig....that is a season of a career. It's relevant....but it's the exception not the rule. One of the appealing things about Wilco is that they are not determined to stick to a formula, but to evolve and bring you along for the ride. Of course, that means there may be some things that don't appeal to everyone.
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot was a watershed moment for them, musically unlike anything before or since, destroyed the band, personnel wise, got them tossed from there label, then went on to be the most commercially succesful album to date, in large part because everyone wanted to know what all the scandal and strife was all about. They put out another very different album, then that tour. Kicking television encompassed alot of the noise stuff from YHF, and also was the coming out party of a new lineup. They were trying to figure a lot out at that point.
Not sure why that (KT) was what you elected to immerse yourself in first, but ask 8 fans for which album, you'll likely get 8 different answers. My vote, if you had to pick one for an intro, would be for Being There. AM is great, much closer to the Alt Country booze infused raucous of Uncle Tupelo, but Being There I think is when Tweedy really started to show what he was capable of. Their latest (Wilco - the album) is nothing like any of the others. This makes for a great live show, by the way, and the best way to see what people love about them.