Wilco / Ode To Joy
| Album: | Ode To Joy | Collection: | General | |
| Artist: | Wilco | Added: | Jan 2020 | |
| Label: | Dbpm | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2020-01-22 | Pull Date: | 2020-05-06 |
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| Week Ending: | Mar 15 | Mar 8 | Mar 1 | Feb 23 | Feb 16 | Feb 9 | Feb 2 | Jan 26 |
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| Airplays: | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Apr 22, 2023: | Music Casserole
Quiet Amplifier |
4. | Nov 01, 2021: | Hanging in the bone yard
Love Is Everywhere (Beware) |
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| 2. | Nov 08, 2021: | Down in the Basement (rebroadcast from Nov 4, 2021)
Love Is Everywhere (Beware) |
5. | Oct 23, 2021: | suzi_emanuele-Manbrck_DEMO
Everyone Hides |
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| 3. | Nov 04, 2021: | Down in the Basement
Love Is Everywhere (Beware) |
6. | Jan 01, 2021: | Nathan Kim DEMO
Bright Leaves |
Album Review
Francis D
Reviewed 2020-01-20
Reviewed 2020-01-20
“Ode To Joy” Wilco
The Chicago-based indie rock band is back with its 11th studio album. The tone is introspective and languid through many of the tracks, reflecting on our fractured national mood. To tell his stories, lead singer-songwriter, Jeff Tweedy, employs a wide range of styles: bold folk-rock, pop, psychedelia, and even a dash of experimental noise rock. Many of the arrangements have an informal feeling — under-produced and casual reminiscent of The Beatles’ “White Album.” A solid release from the revered band.
— Francis
Recommended: 9, 5, 6, 3, 4, 11, 7. FCC on Track 10.
1. (4:12) Bright Leaves — Measured beat. Draggy lead vocals. Indistinct keyboards and some warped guitar. Soft, church-like background vocals.
2. (3:23) Before Us — Another rather bleak, languorous tune — featuring picked guitar, some psych elements, and deliberate bass and drums.
3. (3:44) One And A Half Stars — Strummy and more up-tempo. Slapping beat. Some piano. But still sad and depressing lyrics. ***
4. (5:50) Quiet Amplifier — Slow fade in. Shuffling, mesmerizing train-like rhythm by drummer Glenn Kotche. Pulsing bass. Murmured lyrics. Synths filling in. Gets noisy toward the end. ***
5. (3:01) Everyone Hides — Spirited, toe-tappin’ Americana-flavored pop rock. Bumping bass. Noodling guitar. Some distant pedal steel guitar. ****
6. (3:13) White Wooden Cross — Mid-tempo. Piano and guitar, woven together in an easy-going folk-rock ballad. Nice George Harrison-like guitar in lead breaks. ***
7. (3:03) Citizens — Chugging folk rock with a stop-and-go rhythm. Some nice strings flowing under. ***
8. (4:58) We Were Lucky — Plodding march with Tweedy singing in falsetto. Faint guitar under the verses — becoming intricate electric solos by Nels Cline in the lead breaks.
9. (3:34) Love Is Everywhere (Beware) — Starts as a rolling waltz. Soon employs a swaying rhythm and captivating, chiming guitar triplets. Lofty, lilting vocals. The single. ****
10. (3:59) Hold Me Anyway — FCC: “F-ck” Strummy and spare. Simple rapping rhythm. Piano. Fuzz guitar in lead break.
11. (3:49) An Empty Corner — Slow, swinging closer. Thudding rhythm. Tinkling keys. Some noise like a distant jackhammer — all layered along with Tweedy’s crooning vocals. ***
The Chicago-based indie rock band is back with its 11th studio album. The tone is introspective and languid through many of the tracks, reflecting on our fractured national mood. To tell his stories, lead singer-songwriter, Jeff Tweedy, employs a wide range of styles: bold folk-rock, pop, psychedelia, and even a dash of experimental noise rock. Many of the arrangements have an informal feeling — under-produced and casual reminiscent of The Beatles’ “White Album.” A solid release from the revered band.
— Francis
Recommended: 9, 5, 6, 3, 4, 11, 7. FCC on Track 10.
1. (4:12) Bright Leaves — Measured beat. Draggy lead vocals. Indistinct keyboards and some warped guitar. Soft, church-like background vocals.
2. (3:23) Before Us — Another rather bleak, languorous tune — featuring picked guitar, some psych elements, and deliberate bass and drums.
3. (3:44) One And A Half Stars — Strummy and more up-tempo. Slapping beat. Some piano. But still sad and depressing lyrics. ***
4. (5:50) Quiet Amplifier — Slow fade in. Shuffling, mesmerizing train-like rhythm by drummer Glenn Kotche. Pulsing bass. Murmured lyrics. Synths filling in. Gets noisy toward the end. ***
5. (3:01) Everyone Hides — Spirited, toe-tappin’ Americana-flavored pop rock. Bumping bass. Noodling guitar. Some distant pedal steel guitar. ****
6. (3:13) White Wooden Cross — Mid-tempo. Piano and guitar, woven together in an easy-going folk-rock ballad. Nice George Harrison-like guitar in lead breaks. ***
7. (3:03) Citizens — Chugging folk rock with a stop-and-go rhythm. Some nice strings flowing under. ***
8. (4:58) We Were Lucky — Plodding march with Tweedy singing in falsetto. Faint guitar under the verses — becoming intricate electric solos by Nels Cline in the lead breaks.
9. (3:34) Love Is Everywhere (Beware) — Starts as a rolling waltz. Soon employs a swaying rhythm and captivating, chiming guitar triplets. Lofty, lilting vocals. The single. ****
10. (3:59) Hold Me Anyway — FCC: “F-ck” Strummy and spare. Simple rapping rhythm. Piano. Fuzz guitar in lead break.
11. (3:49) An Empty Corner — Slow, swinging closer. Thudding rhythm. Tinkling keys. Some noise like a distant jackhammer — all layered along with Tweedy’s crooning vocals. ***
Track Listing
| 1. | Bright Leaves | 6. | White Wooden Cross | |||
| 2. | Before Us | 7. | Citizens | |||
| 3. | One And A Half Stars | 8. | We Were Lucky | |||
| 4. | Quiet Amplifier | 9. | Love Is Everywhere (Beware) | |||
| 5. | Everyone Hides | 10. | Hold Me Anyway | |||
| 11. | An Empty Corner | |||||