Track Listing
Click tracks with speaker icon to listen| 1 | Either Way | 3:06 |
| 2 | You Are My Face | 4:37 |
| 3 | Impossible Germany | 5:57 |
| 4 | Sky Blue Sky | 3:22 |
| 5 | Side with the Seeds | 4:15 |
| 6 | Shake It Off | 5:40 |
| 7 | Please Be Patient With Me | 3:17 |
| 8 | Hate It Here | 4:30 |
| 9 | Leave Me (Like You Found Me) | 4:09 |
| 10 | Walken (listen to full-length track) | 4:26 |
| 11 | What Light | 3:35 |
| 12 | On and On and On | 4:01 |
News & Reviews
- Monday, December 8, 2008
Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Wilco's First-Ever Rochester Show "As Spectacular a Show as We've Seen This Year"
Following his sold-out concert at Carnegie Hall with Kronos Quartet on Friday night, Glenn Kotche joined his Wilco bandmates for a sold-out show of their own at the Auditorium Theater in Rochester, New York. It was their first-ever performance in the city, leading Rochester Democrat and Chronicle to exclaim: "It was worth the wait ... as spectacular a show as we've seen this year."
- Monday, November 24, 2008
Jeff Tweedy Talks Chicago with NY Times; Wilco Nominated for Four Chicago Music Awards
With the election of Chicago favorite son Barack Obama to the Presidency, a considerable amount of outside attention has been paid of late to the city. The New York Times recently talked to another of the city's favorite sons, Jeff Tweedy, a longtime supporter of the President-elect, about changing perceptions of Chicago. Wilco tops the list of nominees for the 28th annual Chicago Music Awards: Songwriter of the Year for Jeff, plus Pop Entertainer of the Year, Best Rock Entertainer, and Most Outstanding Band or Group for Wilco.
About this Album
"A great album from a band in their prime.” —Observer (UK)
“Hands down, this has been the easiest Wilco record to make, so naturally I’m in love with it,” Wilco front man Jeff Tweedy recently told Harp magazine about the 2007 release Sky Blue Sky, the band's first studio record since the two-time Grammy Award-winning A ghost is born. “From the very first session when we sat down to work on the material, everybody has been pointed in the same direction...and that made the whole experience a lot of fun.”
Featuring the band that was assembled after the release of A ghost is born (2004), Sky Blue Sky is the first studio album from a lineup that has received overwhelmingly positive critical and popular acclaim for its nearly three years of live shows, documented on the 2005 live double-disc Kicking Television: Live in Chicago. Rolling Stone called that recording “a definitive live statement from America’s foremost rock impressionists.”
Sky Blue Sky features guitarist, singer, and principal songwriter Jeff Tweedy; longtime Tweedy band mate bassist John Stirratt; percussionist Glenn Kotche; keyboardist Mikael Jorgensen; multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansone; and avant-jazz guitarist Nels Cline (recently named one of the Top 20 "New Guitar Gods" by Rolling Stone).
The 12 new songs on Sky Blue Sky were recorded at the band’s Chicago studio, The Loft. The album was produced by Wilco, recorded by TJ Doherty (Sonic Youth, The Hold Steady), and mixed by Jim Scott (The Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Dixie Chicks, The Rolling Stones).
Credits
MUSICIANS
Wilco:
Jeff Tweedy, vocals (1-11), guitars (1-11)
John Stirratt, bass (1-12), vocals (2), background vocals (11)
Glenn Kotche, drums (1-6, 8-12), percussion (3, 6, 9, 11, 12), glockenspiel (7)
Mikael Jorgensen, piano (1-5, 7-10), Hammond A100 organ (3, 11, 12), Wurlitzer (6), Hammond B3 organ (10)
Nels Cline, lead electric guitar (1, 3, 5), lead electric 12-string (2), lap steel (4, 10, 11), electric guitar (8, 9, 11), loops (9), electric 12-string (12)
Pat Sansone, Hammond A100 organ (1, 2, 5), vocals (2), acoustic guitar (2, 7), electric guitar (3, 6, 10), Chamberlin (4), Mellotron (5, 9), Wurlitzer (8), harpsichord (9), piano (11, 12)
with
Karen Waltuch, viola, violin (1, 12)
Jim O’Rourke, feedback (2), percussion (8), acoustic guitar (11)
PRODUCTION CREDITS
Produced by Wilco
Recorded by TJ Doherty at the Loft, Chicago
Mixed by Jim Scott at PLYRZ Studios, Santa Clarita, CA
Assistant Engineers: Jason Tobias, Tom Gloady, and Kevin Dean
Mastered by Robert C. Ludwig at Gateway Mastering & DVD, Portland, ME
String arrangements by Jim O’Rourke
Strings recorded at Sear Sound, NYC
All songs written by Jeff Tweedy except tracks 2 also by Cline; 3, 8, 10, 12 also by Wilco; 5 also by Jorgensen
Design by Jeff Tweedy and Lawrence Azerrad, at LADdesign, Los Angeles
Cover: Sky Chase by Manuel Presti
