Should critics be more critical of Wilco's new album?
Ted Cogswell writes:
That's the question asked by Kevin Moreau in Creative Loafing Atlanta. "Rock critics are heaping praise -- a little more than is warranted -- on the band's latest album, A Ghost Is Born," he writes, "music press tastemakers can't simply shrug off Ghost as an occasionally diverting record and call it a day -- not after having elevated Foxtrot into one of the decade's landmark achievements."
3 Comments:
Come on, now. Foxtrot was a hit because of the back story and the fact that it is a really great record. It's also a lot more 'accesssible' than AGIB.
Don't get me wrong, the 'highs' on AGIB are incredible. Spiders, Hell is Chrome...those are just as good as anything on YHF.
All this talk of 'Foxtrot' is making my head spin. Hasn't the Giant Hogweed arrived yet already? Carry on.
scott
It's always been this way. The big build up is followed by the tear down. YHF was a damn fine record, but the hype factor was over the top. Ghost contains some amazing gems, but also has me scratching my head and hitting the skip button sometimes. The article was pretty fair and Jeff Tweedy understands what is happening. From a recent JT interview:
"You make stuff to make yourself happy, and then you put it out into the world and the world makes what it wants out of it. For the past two records, the reaction has been weird, though. Before, if you didn't like it you just ignored it, but now it feels like you have to convince the world it's not worth anything. I find that invigorating."
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