subject: Wilco Tickets - The Best Of The Best [print this page] As the year (and decade) winds down, Wilco is gearing up for next year's tour as they congratulate themselves with '09 album praises. The group's synonymous set was deemed the third best rock set of the year, just behind Animal Collection and Franco, thanks to the watershed material created by Jeff Tweedy. Instead of deeming the album a dark collective of coffeehouse tracks written for the controlling poetic, the set combines the right mainstream fusion to make the album one of the best from the group so far.
Wilco seems to agree; "Most of us are feeling that this record, this lineup, epitomizes Wilco," drummer Glenn Kotche told LiveDaily. "This is the longest it's ever been a steady lineup in Wilco. We're on our five years with this membership, which the other lineups hadn't even come close to that." The group is holding steady to their connection as they set up 2010 dates through March.
The fifteen city event will jaunt through the Pacific Northwest - adding even a Winter Olympics related festival Feb. 13 in Vancouver - before finishing steady in Canada. If you want to enjoy Wilco: the Album, the best album to come from the group thus far, get Wilco tickets online.
The album from June 2009 was a "reintroduction" of sorts to the decade-plus group who had constantly wish-washed through musical genres, influences and spurts during their career. Thanks to the self-titled release the group has gotten back on track, leading 2009 lists all over. The group reached the 12th spot on Amazon.com's "Best 100 Albums of 2009," the Independent gave them "Album of the Year," NPR All Songs Considered garnered Wilco (The Album) 7th for "Listener's Pick of the Year" and Spin Magazine deemed it 39th of their "40 Best Albums of 2009."
Just as impressive was the list that came in recognizing the group's effort for the decade - Rolling Stone named Yankee Hotel Foxtrot third for "Best Album of the Decade" and Sky Blue Sky as 97; Paste - readers ranked Yankee Hotel Foxtrot from 2002 as their number one pick, with Paste - critics ranking it second.
The group formed following the broken roots of Uncle Tupelo featuring singer Jeff Tweedy, Ken Coomer, John Stirratt, Max Johnston and Jay Bennett.
The group released their debut A.M., an effort that was followed in Tweedy's previous work, followed by 1996's Being There. The latter was hailed as one of the decade's best as it fused psychedelic, power pop and soul into Wilco's former country rock tunes. Eventually, the group lost Johnston and replaced him with Bob Egan for the Billy Bragg collaboration Mermaid Avenue.
Following the release of Mermaid Avenue, Vol. 2, Coomer parted ways with Wilco and was replaced by Glenn Kotche. The fourth set appeared just as Jay Bennett left and label tensions started colliding with the bands. The next album, which was getting produced without their former label Warner/Reprise, was eventually leaked and forced the guys to put together an impromptu concert in support of the album.
The set, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, was released with critical and commercial acclaim as they toured behind that and their next effort, 2003's A Ghost Is Born. The group saw another swing of member turnaround as Leroy Bach left and the group's drug problems were revealed in the biography Wilco: Learning How to Die. Following Tweedy's stint in drug rehab the group returned with 2007's Sky Blue Sky and Wilco (The Album).
