Reviews (page 10 of 12)
Outoa musaa. Saattaa alkaa normi pop-rock biisinä ja yhtäkkiä lähtee tangentin suunnassa lentoon.
I'm generally not a fan of depressing sounding music, and this was super depressing.
It had some moments, but overall, too long, too slow, too dull.
This isn't my thing. It's kinda boring and repetitive, but I know people love this stuff. For me, I think it would be more fun to write and record this type of music then to actually listen to it.
Did absolutely nothing for me at all. Just a full album of nothingness really. Sounded like the worst of the Eels trying to do the worst of Radiohead. Not for me unfortunately.
Pleasant enough, pretty boring though. Something you’d hear on Gilmore Girls.
Nothing memorable.
I always lumped Wilco in with Radiohead: bands beloved by the so-called cognoscenti, but which were never really popular. This album is just ok, with a couple songs that were somewhat interesting, but that’s about it. Nothing I would recommend.
I applaud the production risk, but it really doesn't feel like it works. It feels like a bunch of disparate parts that are not coming together as a sum. I'm just sensing indie rock mediocrity. While they might come together with more listens, I am not going to have the patience to get there. I don't know how they managed to make what appears from the lyrics to be a potentially fun song in "Heavy Metal Drummer" and somehow managed to sink it into the land of beige. Not a fan of any of the lyrics. Doesn't strike me as an essential album. Although I can see how people coming to this album directly after 9/11 could make comparisons that weren't correct. Least annoying: "Poor Places" and "Reservations"
Creo que, esperaba más y tiene como 3 rolas buenas, overrated af in my opinion
I like the adventure time vibe that this album has to it but it's just really boring.
This album isn’t bad. It’s just…boring? Idk a lot of the tracks sound similar and tbh it creates grey clouds in my head. Just bleh.
Ei lähtenyt. Liian hentosta.
something like radiohead, i dunno
Mike echo hotel
dull. i did this with all lowercase letters too because it's that dull.
Boring!
Good album.
This was not as bad as I feared it would be… still not really for me but didn’t mind it
I have never got on with this, nice enough but I prefer Uncle Tupelo. Two stars. Tom.
kinda boring
I found myself wanting less talk-singing, fewer effects, and more music, melodies, and singing.
What's up with this Wilco band? This list recommends 3 albums made by them, but frankly I don't understand why. Overdubbed Instrumentation parts sometimes reach the lounge sophistication of AIR, but what it lacks are memorable songs, and the basic arrangements by the core band are very barebone, like your typical sunday morning christian folk rock band. When the singer doesn't armonize with the rest of the band, it's quite clear that he doesn't know how to sing in tune by himself, and his tone is very shrieky, nasal and unpleasant. Thom Yorke he ain't. After the first couple of songs, all started to merge together as a sonic homogenized insipid baby food full of nursery rhymes. Ironically the only song that stood out for me was "Jesus, etc". They really should become a catechism band, if they aren't already. I score it a 2, just because of the beautiful studio overdubs (pity they underscore a pretty lackluster band) and the few songs that are not ruined by bad singing. But really, I would advise to avoid it and listen to Radiohead, or even (yuck) Coldplay instead. The Wilco's label was right not to publish this album, imho.
I went back and forth on this one. Some songs were really enjoyable for the first 95% and then they would just ruin it with some weird atonal shit at the end. First half of the album was hot trash in my mind but there were some redeeming songs later on Fave songs: Jesus, Etc., Heavy Meatal Drummer
It's boring AND annoying all at once. Wow.
Not a fan of the heavy high frequencies.
Didn't engage me, and the 'tape hiss' sound effects were annoying. I got through three songs then lost interest.
Not really interested in this The last two minutes were the best bit of the whole album
fav songs: i'm the man who loves you boring, dull, loose 40/100
Not my cup of tea. Too slow, too mediocre, not interesting
ni fu ni fa
Somewhat cool on the headphone rig, but there wasn't much that stood out for me here.
Only had one play thru, not real sure I would listen again..to give it another chance. Being fair I would give a 2.5 but since 1/2 stars aren’t available a 2 it is…perhaps I will be back
maybe it's my mistake for choosing to listen to this at the gym instead of something i knew i already liked or maybe it's fundamental opposition to the idea that early 2000s indie art rock is essential to one's appreciation of the history of music in the anglosphere, but this was dreadfully boring. for starters, jeff tweedy's vocals are awful. listening to a man whine and moan off-key should constitute a violation of my 8th amendment. there's halfway decent instrumentation especially on tracks like "jesus, etc" (that violin plus pedal steel guitar, yum) that makes this tolerable to meet the baseline threshold of "i enjoy listening to music". it doesn't help either that i listened to two easy five-star albums yesterday that i was still thinking about, king gizzard and the lizard wizard's "nonagon infinity" and frozen soul's "glacial domination", which of course neither find themselves on this list. the latter too recent, but still. rough!
I listened to this whilst deathly ill with norovirus and maybe that's not the best way to listen to it. Will relisten when better
Kind of sounds like Beck, but whinier and worse. Like Beck when he's at his most depressing. Through in a bunch of 2000s high treble indie rock songs and there you go. It's not terrible, just boring.
they made a song for the spongebob movie
Started out thinking this was going to be a bit of drudgery but I ended up quite liking the last two tracks, so maybe I'll have to run it back to see if I missed something. A 2 for now but might switch it up if it's a grower...
I kinda get it... but I kinda don't
An album to fall asleep too.
eh
This album made me sad and not in a hot sexy depressed girlfriend,, will-she-won't-she-kill-herself kind of way
The kind of music someone puts on in the car just to turn it down have a conversation over it
I’m pretty sure that “meh” became more popular around the time this album was released.
I don't get why this is viewed as Wilco's best.
The instrumentals were great, but those wannabe Elliott Smith vocals were rough to listen to.
“There is something wrong with me” - yeah bro, you can’t sing a shit. And there’s something wrong with this album, it’s so freaking one-dimensional it hurts. Even sound effects are one-dimensional.
1.9/5 Nothing interesting about this for me.
I’ve never understood the appeal of this album and Wilco in general. It just sounds boring and I have never been able to get past that.
This one didn’t hit.
to experimental for me
This album is the BEST… at being boring. Man even the highest highs of this album was at best a small hill. Jesus, Etc. is alright
Fängt ganz okay an, wird aber mit der Zeit immer nerviger ich mag grundätzlich keine nervigen Alben
no me gustó mucho, no e smi onda
Dreadfully boring.
I wish this guy would shut up.
Not a bad album, but there was nothing catching me, the first song I got excited about was when a Neil young song came on aftger the album played through
Gosh didn't enjoy as much as I remember, few great tracks but kinda a little uninspiring this time.
Wilco back my friends, to the list that never ends. I’m so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside. Sounding rather weedy, is a fellow named Jeff Tweedy. He’s wearing his mankini, look away, look away. Come inside the album’s about to start. Guaranteed to bland your world apart. Rest assured you’ll get your moneys worth. Check it out on YouTube free henceforth.
Just ok
Fave song I’m the man who lost you Jesus ect Heavy metal drummer Back half of the album is much stronger than front
Ruhig und tragisch zugleich Anstrengendes Rauschen / Verzerrt Das Cover gefällt mir Was für eine Art Musik soll das sein? Stimme an sich gefällt mir Jesus, etc fand ich schön. Hab’s nicht geschafft es ganz fertig zu hören…
Bei jedem Hörversuch bin ich abgedriftet und ich weiß nicht wie sehr das für das Album spricht. Ist halt irgendwie Hintergrundmusik. Heavy Metal Drummer mochte ich weil da mal was passiert. Nicht super viel aber zumindest etwas. Also ist weit weg von schlecht aber muss nicht.
Schwieriger Einstieg so ab dem 3./4. Track kamen aber 20 gute Minuten. Ist mir teilweise zu experimentell. In manchen Tracks aus dem Nichts Störgeräusche. Fav: Heavy Metal Drummer
Wilco's one of those supposedly-great bands I checked out in my early 20's and immediately disliked. Almost 20 years later, still feel the exact same.
Mother fucking Wilco n shit
The album was a little too sleepy for my ears when I listened to it. I'll give it a second try since people find value in the album (Hannah told me that this was the only CD in the lab truck she drove for her MS research).
"I am... inevitable" - Wilco, probably
no notes its ok
1. Now I know how people who don't like Thom Yorke's voice feel. 2. The mixing and sound design. Too mushy and, and peppered with various types of noises that don't add anything except signal "we are a cool indie band". 3. The tempo. Most songs are a bit too slow and have a slight tempo drag that makes the music feel drag itself along to nowhere. I think the band tried to grasp farther than their reach with this album. The vocalist can't carry the tunes, the songs can't carry the ambition, and the sound design are shots in the dark to be edgy.
Fine, I guess, but boring. 2.5 rounded down.
Stolid
It's very boring and pretentious.
Wilco never seems to grab me. They have the makings of a band I should love. Most of my favorite bands are from the early 2000s, incorporate cool little guitar frills, have a smooth guitar presence, and a singer who stands out but isn't a show off. Wilco fits all of this for me but they have never been a band where I remembered they existed once it was done. I have yet to find any Wilco songs that inspire me or get stuck in my head and I need to hear again. That's being said I didn't hate this and didn't wanna skip any of the songs. I just think they are a background band and this album was no different. Lyrically they hit the low hanging fruit almost every time. It's so predictable.
Medio aburrido la verdad
Not my thing, but I understand how someone else might appreciate it. It´s very laid back when it comes to melody and composition, with the exception of a few "weird" noises and synthesizers here and there. Not an amazing vocal perfomance but it´s alright, as I said, it´s just not my thing.
Good vibes overall. Nice sound. Not much did it for me in particular.
Another album that falls in the bucket of similar sounding boring, passive, energy draining navel gazing. Sorry Wilco, if I hadn't listened to what feels like 40 hours of this type of stuff in the past two weeks you might have gotten a more positive review.
Eh.
Dishwater
I have seen this album cover before. I’ve never heard a song of theirs and I’ve never heard of the band either. I am trying to break your heart: 6.5/10 I like this guys voice. Good song. It’s like a rocky type song but it has so many extra instruments on it. Very original sounding. The ending is a mess. Kamera: 5/10 Not very interesting. Radio Cure: 5.5/10 Im starting to think this band are trying to be Radiohead. War on War: 5/10 Sounds like a Fleetwood Mac song from the start. Hate that opening vocal style. These guys are trying to do too many things at once and aren’t doing any of them particularly well. Jesus Etc.: 4/10 Fairly boring. Stupid song. Ashes of American Flags: 5/10 Unoriginal, not catchy. Heavy Metal Drummer: 5.5/10 Lyrics are just dumb. Song isn’t that bad otherwise. Im the man who loves you: 5/10 The guitar in the intro is tragic. I think hes trying to play like Neil young but this guy just sucks. Pot Kettle Black: 6.5/10 Not bad. Probably the best song of the album. Poor Places: 5.5/10 Not too bad. Reservations: 6/10 Long outro.
Listening to that album invoked less emotion than watching someone removing their belly button fluff.
free domain music lecąca w kawiarni XD
Pretty boring and forgettable
Boring…..
A slightly maudlin take on the recent folk revival trend. Bluegrass instruments mixed with rock, found sound and electronica. Not very interesting
..
feel like I would have appreciated it more if I listened to it about ten years earlier. I missed the train. Jesus, etc. is a great track though!
Liked some of the instrumentation of several tracks. Some of the lyrics were interesting. Hated the voice. ⭐⭐
Needs Billy Bragg.
Utterly unremarkable
its alright. nothing special for my ears. more background music than anything else. singer's voice is meh, instrumentals are basic. its fine. 5/10
pretty boring album. nothing really stood out.
Overhyped and dull
whiny vocals and some songs had bad instrumentals
its okay but abit too boring for me
Apple Music described this album as the point where the band became the Rust Belt Radiohead. I wholeheartedly agree. Unfortunately for Wilco, I hate Radiohead with a passion. I hated this album too. It's long, Tweedy's voice is uber boring and whiny, and the album is entirely unremarkable and boring the whole time. If you're a hipster you probably love this.
nah. too much angsty vocals, discordant sounds.
Boring. Long songs. I knew Jesus, Etc.
4/10 - Not particularly my think, tries too hard to be Radiohead.
not bad but not really my thing.
This album is ok. 2.5
You're telling me this album came out one week after 9/11 and it has two towers depicted on it.. and that's the only interesting thing about it???
Dreadful album. There I can appreciate when an album uses certain techniques, such as dissonance, in interesting ways that help you get into the music or create tension, but here it just feels like bad songwriting. I hated every second of this, which might have been the goal. Can we also mention how crazy this album cover is for an album that was released a week after 9/11?
This is insanely boring. There are really no redeeming qualities to it. It's not bad, just boring. Nothing is wrong about this album, but 51 minutes is far too many.
not really for me
27.01.2026 ~ Nachmittags ~ Im Literaturcafé an der Feuerbachstraße, auf dem Weg ins Kino - in der S-Bahn Richtung Wannsee.
Mittwoch, 28.01.2026 Abends nach dem Kino in der Ringbahn auf dem Weg nach Hause, beim spazieren auf der Uhlandstraße
🥇war on war 🥈i’m the man who loves you 🥉pot kettle black HM: heavy metal drummer
Ein Sound, der nach einiger Zeit anstrengend wird.
not a wilco guy i think…
Wasn't too consequential for me. It could be playing in a dentist office and probably not bother too many people.
10-1-2026
This hurts but I can’t love it.
ehh
Don't understand the critical praise. Maybe I'm missing something. 2/5.
Solid but not my taste. I bit too slow and grungy for me
Didn’t enjoy
Indie that is trying too hard. I enjoyed the previous Travis album more.
I did like Reservations. but unsure why it was seven something minutes.
This is my first time listening to Wilco, and before this I always wondered if I was missing out on something. It turns out I was not. This album gives big "my parents just dont get me" vibes. The only reason it's not a 1 is bc of "Jesus, etc" and the album cover.
Faded into the background a bit
What a boring album again! The songs become very repetitive and uninteresting by the first minute and, honestly, there is nothing that can be a little interesting in here. The songs feel like copies of other artists with that indie touch (which seems to be the synonym of music for boring people who like a little of acoustic and repetitiveness to call good music, nothing very challenging or "loud", for sure). But I can't get what can be considered good here. It's just a pastiche of different sounds and instruments with no real sense but to sound "more interesting". Well, some songs aren't that bad, some instrumentals are beautiful, but Jeff Tweedy... well, his voice is many times annoying, actually. The rest, very monotonous, which means, again, boring. And it doesn't get better.
This album was so lauded upon release that I fell for the hype and bought it without hearing a single note of it. Almost immediate regret as I listened to opener "I am Trying to Break Your Heart" Was this meta-commentary about breaking my heart by spending money on such a lethargic boring record? And I tried with this record I really did. Second song is okay right? "Heavy Metal Drummer" is slightly amusing right? I shouldn't regret this purchase right? Even listening to this today decades later I remember these songs. So I know I didn't just spin it once and move on. I tried again with the secret hope that with age and wisdom I could appreciate it. Or find something anything to cling to. But I can't. I just can't. This album bores me. And because it's hype I feel extra mad at it for being so boring.
Generic white dude chill rock music. Reminds me of the shins
Oh good lord more pretentious art rock, the pride at the wildly out of tune guitar noise, please stop.
The instrumental parts are good Not great, not outstanding, but good. The singer? Who told this guy he could sing? His voice is weak, lazy, off key, and unlistenable. 3 for the instruments. 0 for the singing. 1.5 rounded to a generous Boxing day 2
A bit bland for me. But not unlistenable
Just a bit bland for me, not awful but would not choose to listen to
I've never understood the fascination critics have with the boring music of Wilco. Saw them open for REM not long after this release and was less than impressed, right along with the rest of the crowd. His voice is so average and forgettable. 7 minute opening song (with Charlie Brown piano work) that keeps the same pace from start to finish and descends into a static-y mess is not the way to set the table and make a listener want to continue. It's like 11 scoops of vanilla that you need to eat in one sitting, can't you give me a little chocolate or maybe some mint, anything to change things up?! Decent listener counts with every song having at least 4M listens or more. "Jesus, Etc" has 134M listens, respectable, especially for such a dull song. Funny they have a song called "Heavy Metal Drummer" (35M) as they are anything but. "Ashes Of American Flags" (7M) made me want to jump overboard. I don't get them, they continue the melody no matter what and never deviate. "I'm The Man Who Loves You" (10M) was the only song I thought had any draw. I was underwhelmed, and I see no reason to have listened to this before I die. Dreary. Weak boring vocal delivery. Repetitive songs. 2 stars.
I thought Being There was a decent album, but Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is mostly a snooze. Very well produced, and some of the musical choices are interesting, but the vibe is very contemplative and introspective, and I don't need that in my music! I have a child-brain and it wants to be stimulated with excitement!
Loved the noises & background sounds they used but not my vibe!
god this is horrendous
Klasična dosada od albuma, baš ništa zanimljivo. Možda kao pozadina za rezati povrće za francusku jer su ti ruke uprljane pa ne možeš stisnuti next. 2/5, 3/10
Absolutely forgettable.
First half of the album was a real chore to listen to, very average songs with nothing to distinguish themselves. Fortunately it picked up about halfway through and it was a lot better after that. Still, its all relative - I wouldn't care to listen to this album again. Not that it's bad, just that it sank into the sea of mediocrity.
Not as compelling as I thought this would be... I think they made a bigger impact with later albums.
Meio morto esse álbum... nem a mais famosa me animou. Sem paciência, não entendi o álbum. Vai 2 por que tem coisa muito ruim que pode vir, como já conhecemos.
Nei takk
It’s good. I listened. It’s a mid2000s rock record. Probably a good show. Maybe you leave early. I didn’t skip all the tracks. But I also didn’t listen closely to all of them. “ I know Wilco” Is what I’ll say at parties. But I couldn’t name a track. Ever.
I guess it'd put me to sleep
After listening to Radiohead, this album was more enjoyable…barely. Jesus, etc. was my favorite, followed by Pot Kettle Black. Obviously I prefer their more “upbeat” songs. Even added those two to my library.
Incredible skill, not my jam.
нудятина
Made it through 2.5 songs before stopping, fine but not for me.
Missed this completely when it came out, even though I was all over music at the time. Rather forgettable. Fine
Felt like I was in the soundtrack for a Wes Anderson movie
Eh whiny men isn't my vibe idk
S'ok I suppose. A little too downbeat for me but at least it's not fake
like a sensible sounding (and more broring) Ween,
4/10
Not my vibe.
Too mellow for my taste.
Whiny, boring, and monotonous. I'm sick of albums like this already
This album just didn't grab me
I listened to it on a plane. Not sure if the engine noise made it better or worse
Listening to this, I felt like it hovered between two and three stars. Sometimes the beeps and boops were annoying, sometimes they were all that kept me going. It hit a good spot halfway through, but then dragged a bit towards the end. I feel that this is truly a 2.5 star album, but I'm rounding down, as I rounded up the last Wilko album I had.
Hvorfor må man høre på dette??? Ikke er det rock, ikke er det pop, ikke er det alternativt, ikke er det originalt...
Yawn ...
Lite gulligt, men väldigt gnälligt album. Blä. 1,5 rundat upp.
Didn't like this one as much as their previous album I had (Being There). It had a few decent songs and a few duds. There's way too much random noise in the tracks, seems like they're just trying add it to be "artsy" or whatever, but it just sounds noisy. Kamera was pretty nice, as was War On War. Jesus, Etc. and Heavy Metal Drummer were pretty good, chill vibes. Poor Places gets back to what I was hearing in the previous album, where they get a slightly country sound (I'm ignoring the ending where they have someone just repeating "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" over and over with an annoying loud screech in the background). The album as a whole doesn't show it as much as the previous one, but I still think they'd be better as a country band. Best song: Kamera
Not bad but couldn’t wait to finish.
Well I listened to it, not a bad album, I didn't like the "warbling", but that could just be due to it being a sign that something isn't right when setting up audio circuits.
Lwk struggling to not sleep. 2/5
I tried, Pat. But there’s something about Wilco I’ve never been able to connect with. Partly I think there’s a gap between what I’m looking for and what they are actually trying to do. Because he has a folksy delivery and vaguely folksy style, I keep thinking the lyrics are going to be direct and confessional. But tweedy is impressionistic in a way that makes what he is saying hard to follow, the images rarely make sense, so I find myself unable to grab hold of whatever he’s going for, and it’s more frustrating than interesting. The chorus of Jesus etc for example. Sounds like he’s saying something sincere, with this wounded honesty tone, but wtf is ‘voices shake singing sad songs tuned to chords strum down your cheeks bitter Melodie’s turning your orbit around.’ There are like three metaphors in there that don’t make sense with each other. I find myself fixating on that rather than the music. Maybe because the music isn’t that interesting. So maybe it’s that. But actually I think it’s just a difference in vibes. Sean and I went to see Wilco a few years ago and tweedy seemed really annoyed by someone in the front row talking during a song and then he made fun of the guy because he was drinking a bud light, with the implication being he is low brow and should have been drinking an IPA. And I just thought, this guy is not my kind of guy.
I’ve tried so many times to like Wilco. I like the idea of them for some reason. But I really don’t like this music, and this is supposed to be their best album I think? A lot of it feels intentionally shitty. Maybe I just can’t get over the lead singer’s voice. This really doesn’t do it for me
Heard them described as white people music......its apt.
Wilco is boring.
Boring and forgettable
It's a okay album I guess but I really looked forward to it ending. That said, there were no bad songs on it. I'm not sure why the critical loved it.
nah
This sounds like one of those free music albums that would just be left on brand new computers, because that's the only way they could make any money on the music...
Instantly forgettable
Rock dar indie
That first half is pretty rough to get through, Jesus, Etc is a nice palate cleanser.
Rather boring; not bad, not good, utterly forgettable
It's okaaaaay —————————————— Liked: — War on War — Jesus, Etc.
listening to this made me think a lot about being a teenage girl in the 00s and all the very serious indie boys i used to hang out with and the serious music conversations we used to have and all the very serious reading of music magazines that i used to do. i think a big part of my growing up involved realising that it's actually ok to like pop music and also a lot of those boys were extremely annoying! there were parts of this album that almost became interesting, but didn't.
Raske kuulamine, mõned minu jaoks meeldivad lood on ka siin, aga üldiselt pigem ei fänna.
I feel that this album would have more potential if they'd have put some more energy into it.
It's easy to listen to, but in my view nothing special.
Eh. There are nice moments here but it just kind of goes on. A band I find quite boring.
I listened to this album a few days ago and can't remember a thing about it.
“mom can we have American radiohead?” “no sweetie we have American radiohead at home” the American radiohead at home:
Reminiscent of Death Cab for Cutie, but Death Cab does it better.
Ugh. All I’ve ever heard is effusive praise for the band Wilco and the album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and at least through the first 3 songs of the album, I wondered if I was taking crazy pills. I have never been more disappointed in an album on the 1,001 list thus far. I was excited about hearing this album because of all the accolades and praise it's gotten since it came out. Then I finally hear it, and it was just a lot of noise and a depressed dude throwing his lamentations out into the ether. Am I just not getting it? By track 4, War on War, it at least sounded kind of like what I know a song might sound like, but it had a machine making weird noises throughout, so it kind of was a good song mixed with nails on a chalkboard. I’m legit shook. What have people been talking about all these years? I thought Wilco was kind of a country/rock indie band. They sound more like a Japanese noise rock band to me. Track 5 is Jesus Etc. and it sounds great. What happened in the first 4 songs? Just start the album here and let’s have a good time. Oh, I see it’s being described as art rock in Wikipedia, which means people who think they’re smart will talk about how much they like the album while regular lunkheads like me will be like, “No, it’s crap.” Why am I so angry? It’s almost funny how angry I am at this moment. I can see now why their record label at the time didn’t want to release the album. But, Wilco bought back the album and changed labels, put it out, and the album, according to wikipedia, “is widely regarded as one of the greatest albums of the 2000s and of all time.” As we go further into the album, it sounds less like a group of children trying to learn music on the fly and instead, there are actual songs here. I think if they’d spread out the experimental crap throughout the album, it might have been better. You know the old adage, a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down? This was like a spoonful of crap will make the medicine taste like crap. The rest of the album was alright, if not depressing. However, the first four songs really infuriated me. I attempted to listen to the album again last night, but football was on and even a crappy, and I mean crappy, NFL game was still better than this album. If this is your favorite album, don’t pay any attention to what I’ve said, because maybe I’m an idiot. I can see why it’s on the 1,001 albums to hear before you die list, just to find out what all the praise and love for this album was all about. If you find out, let me know.
This should have been a lay up. This is my music. It wasn’t and it’s not. Boring as hell. Uninspired. Glad it’s over. 2/5
its a bit sad for me the lasts songs that have a bit more positive vybes are for me i think
Good background music
Overall, not my jam
aren’t wilco for like dads with receding hairlines and shit? thank god i am neither. 2/5
Not my vibes
I love indie electronica but this one didn't do it for me.
I worked with a guy that loved them. He was a nice enough guy but had shit taste in music. This album is boring. Seriously his voice is the same for every song. It's downbeat musically. So it's like, "Yes this is music."
Not my thing but fun.
Not much here for me. Nothing special.
I wanted to like it, I tried to like it, but the ambivalence is overwhelming. In parts you know it might be really good, but the singer just sounds bored, the sound effects are irritating, and its all sort of dull
It’s kind of okay but totally unmemorable.
Meh, I still don’t get why these guys are such a big deal.
Groupe inconnu. Rock mou, pas désagréable mais pas très intéressant, à part peut-être la batterie. En plus le chant n'est pas terrible, et les morceaux (et l'album) s'étirent en longueur pour pas grand chose. Ah si, ils génèrent chez moi un ennui profond. Pas de seconde écoute envisagée ... =>2/5
This one felt very 2001 to me. It was fine. I didn't have much of an opinion on it.
Thought id enjoy this more
Monotonously dull. It's not unpleasant, at times it even meanders into tuneful, but it remains uninspiring and failed to grab my attention. Lobby music. 2/5.
Not a fan of Wilco. It's like if beige had a sound.
Couple of good songs but gets a bit monotonous.
Their fourth album. Indie Rock. On the one hand I like the quirky instrumentation. However, on the other hand the album's pacing and the tone of the vocals are so dour it leads to being Bravo. Oscar. Romeo. Echo. Delta.
Dull Indie schlock
boring and not my jam, man
Jesus etc
The biggest lesson I'm learning from this project is that I seem to really dislike the sound of acoustic guitars.
I listened to the Expanded Edition of this project. I liked "War on War (2022 Remaster)" and "I'm the Man Who Loves You (2022 Remaster)," but I have to agree with the other reviews on here; so much of this dragged on and I felt like I was waiting for it to be over the entirety of the project. Seems to be artsy for artsy's sake without actually being an enjoyable project to listen to.
I've never given Wilco a go. Not sure why. I was certain that I'd like them but something held me back. This album has not convinced me. The songs aren't memorable. The performances are all decent, but it doesn't speak to me. I don't like the noisy ending to a few songs - it doesn't have the effect it thinks it does.
I don't understand the whole fuss about this record. Never heard a single track of this, or if I have, I've totally forgotten about it. Why? I just listened to this record, and I can't remember any details other than that the singer's voice was slightly annoying.
Eh…it’s good but just background music. Nothing stood out to me
So. Boring. The only guy I knew that liked this band refused to take his shirt off while pleasuring his wife and they eventually divorced. Make of that what you will.
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is many things, except straightforward. I Am Trying To Break Your heart is disorienting but melodic. Kamera was likely interesting at the time but sounds as standard indie fare nowadays. Radio Cure ironically reminds the listener of something Radiohead would produce. Jesus Etc, the album's best known song, manages to be dreamy but earthy. Ashes of American Flags was surely poignant in the direct aftermath of 9/11. Heavy Metal Drummer is fine. I'm the Man Who Loves You might be the albums hidden gem, emotive but laidback. Pot Kettle Back might be the least memorable one. So boring that Poor Places and Reservations melted together. This is an album you can listen to in the background, but it doesn't stick.
Not bad
It was fine
Rating: 5/10 Meh.
Piach, po angielsku sand
Nothing particularly engaging about this at all for me, I'm afraid.
When the tempo picks up a bit in the last half of the album, I'm more on board, but the opening half felt a bit drab. It seems to be doing roughly what The Shins do, but with less spirit and enjoyment.
A bit dull and/or grim, isn’t it?
Me recuerda a Weezer, pero más experimental. Varias rolas agradables al oído, otras no tanto.
Music of this type really needs a dynamic, engaging, and dare I say it, singer with real talent. Tweedy should hire a front man or woman with a great voice. He is dragging this whole production down. I'm not terribly into the music as I prefer my weird with a little more edge and imagination. Bleep-bloops and feedback don't make songs more interesting. But the lead vocals are so bland and it's the thing I hate most here. Album art is very cool. Recognize those towers anywhere.
Quite a boring indie album. Not fond of the vocals
Absolute hate that singing style but the composition was quite lovely
Hugely overrated wow
A bit Radiohead like. Some interesting parts, but mostly a bit too into itself.
I like Wilco and Jeff Tweedy but I find this album to be mostly background noise. I am not sure what the band is attempting to pull off, and the music is not very good when on a long drive, as overall it becomes increasingly dull as the songs wind on.
Bit too whiny for me. Heavy metal drummer was most likeable to me but struggled with most loly
I felt like a manic pixie dream girl in an early 00s independent film. Unsettling but not disagreeable
Couple of good songs in the middle, but it was otherwise very samey and dull
Its ok , one of the most boring albums on the list tho
Meh. 2 stars
I've heard "Jesus, Etc." before. I liked it. The overall feel of the album is soft, synthy, padded percussion. It's not memorable for me but it was good background music while I was working.
alright
Vähän tylsä/ yksipuolinen. Hyvää taustamusiikkia
2’5
Instrumentals are alright, but the guy sounds bored
It was fine but didn’t hold my attention.
Love Wilco as a general rule, but this odd album I’m no fan. No flow, no rhythm, and a whole lot of oddity. Of course the critics say “masterpiece!” Weirdos.
I enjoyed this album, it definitely gave a London kinda vibe. That in mind, its not really for me, serving as more of background noise then anything.
2.5
Went into it with high hopes, despite not enjoying the last Wilco record on here. There's some fun noises and creativity but couldn't really get into any of the songs.
I'm never in the right mood for Wilco. A little to boring for me
pretty boring. some cool guitar effects but otherwise pretty boring indie
Dosadna muzika (za bljutave ljude).
This album is like putting on your most weathered op-shop skinny jeans, a tight-fitting threadbare white t-shirt and your most rustic woollen sweater vest to go out to a log cabin in the forest to get away from the corporate drones for a weekend. The only problem is your fixed-gear bicycle isn’t suitable for the gravel road, so you have to hitchhike. Nobody wants to pick you up cos you have the look of a person who uses “natural” deodorant, so you are just standing around waiting on the side of the road on a hot afternoon for about 6 hours.
not bad but just ok
Weird
Utterly dull. Sorry, don’t really know what else to say. (1.5 stars)
They say don't judge an album by its cover. I looked at this album and thought 'gee, this looks like a boring slow indie acoustic waffle'. Yeah, so it turns out you should judge an album by its cover sometimes. The good reviews of this album genuinely make me wonder what I'm missing though. It all sounds sooo same same to me, how was it so highly rated at the time?
Not for me
Meh
Due canzoni e stavo per dormire... No grazie
Really not sure about this one, maybe give it a few more listens. Voice was a bit annoying and the industrial noises a bit distracting but there might be some good tunes in there somewhere!
"I'm The Man Who Loves You" was interesting, with a unique guitar part. If only the rest of the album was. I'm starting to think "indie" is a label that just means the music isn't very good.
Chill vibes that are easy to tune out. Tracks to Track: Jesus, Etc.
A couple good tracks
Annoying 2*, here, because there are little flashes of cool here. Reservations, and that american flag on were pretty cool, but that's the only replayability here, for me.
My disdain for 00s indie knows no bounds. Dischordant, whiny, boring, and at times just plain dumb, this album was honestly made all the worse by the couple of songs that showed promise just to become crapfests before moving onto the next audio misadventure.
Es más interesante ver cómo se seca la pared que escuchar este disco
American Art-Rock / Indie-Rock which is not necessarily a bad thing, but in places this album is morose, pretentious, and dissonant, but it's not all bad, with a mesmerising quality to it.
The vocalist is wildly out of key at times, and the music is mostly basic and unimpressive, apart from a few transitional synth parts. The problem with a lot of these indie rock albums is that they always sound like the band phoned them in - partly because the music isn't challenging at all, and partly because the style demands simplicity. Nevertheless, if the album is short enough and takes a few chances, indie rock can indeed be interesting. However, while Wilco does take some chances musically, the album is also almost a full hour in length, and each song is stretched at least 2 minutes past where it should've ended. 1.5/5.0: Bad
this was a tough listen. there are two or three songs that were listenable which keep this from getting a one
Really didn't like it. It's not bad music on its own, it's just not for me. There weren't any stand out songs, I didn't care for the lyrics or the presentation, and I couldn't stop thinking this was for someone that just wanted to turn their brain off and not really listen.
Album art:5
I can remember anything about it. It sort of went on a passed me by. So boring.
Chill album, nice to listen to. Nothing I would listen to again I think.
Slow, plodding, whiny nasally vocals interjected with random sci-fi noises is no way to get me to like an album. A few songs were up tempo enough to be ok, but I don't see the fascination with these guys.
Kinda depressing
Music for people who needs to be told what to like.
I just can't put my finger on why this band is so popular and well respected. The songs are well made (thanks to Jim O' Rourke?), but they're still so generic and not creative to the very core. I don't know, maybe I'm the problem for not getting it.
nie moje klimaty
Dreamy music that doesn't stick
too much background noise, borderline annoying
loveeee jesus ect and a couple of the others, but tbh this album doesn't stand out to me especially considering some of wilcos other work that i love
Boring and safe, with nothing risked. It sounds like the hardest and most interesting life experience for this band was that time they came in 3rd at the county fair Battle of the Bands, only because the mayor's son was in the band that won and his friend was in the band that placed second. Boring music for boring people.
For et rot! Sure toner og bare surr. Par ålreite innimellom..
Likte det instrumentale, men resten ble trasigt og uinterresant. Mulig flere lytt må til.
There's lots of instruments and samples layered all over these songs, but the underlying structure is just basic and boring. This is a gilded turd, designed to appeal to people that like shiny things.
The purposefully discordent music is a bit jarring. 2,5/5
it wasn’t bad, but it wasn’t really good either. Nothing really stood out — no hooks, no moments that grabbed me. It all kind of blended together into the same sound, track after track. Just felt a bit flat overall, like there was nothing to hold on to.
Yet another bland pop record. I've heard of Wilco, I've heard friends sings it's praise, but I've still no idea why that is? Does nothing to me. This is not rock music, not art nor indie or otherwise, a few licks with a distortion pedal doesn't turn pop music into rock.
Heard of this album but never listened to it. Worst kind of indie, after just 3 songs it felt like an hour. It did have one or two ok songs though 2/5
2.0 - Weak
not my jam
Pretty monotone music, some mediocre lyrics and not-so-great vocals.
The singer sounds like he’s trying to be chris martin from coldplay, but this guy just can’t sing very well. His slower songs really show how much he can’t sing but the more fast paced songs were better. I liked war on war. 2.8/5
Found it pretty boring. Not much to say.
solid for bawling my eyes out staring at the ceiling, but i’m trying to move past that
It was nice background music for my train journey but not for me. Think it would be good music to soundtrack a film tho
En oikeen oo ikinä ymmärtäny näitä tämän tyylin orkestereja. Mitäänsanomatonta. Ei oikein melodiat iske ja tempo vielä vähemmän. No sivistyin
Just not something I’d go back to
Yawn. Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz.
Meh
I like indie stuff but this did nothing for me. Didn't hate it, but nothing really cought me or stood out
I think the album has great moments and a lot of atmosphere. However, it's a bit low energy for me with some exceptions.
Rock, 2001 -> 2