FLYING THE SKY BLUE SKIES

WILCO - SKY BLUE SKY

HEY, they got chocolate in their peanut butter....so to speak. Wilco has managed to mesh the alt-country sounds of their early albums with the experimental styles of their later albums to create a close to freakin' perfect record.

As I sit here listening to Jeff Tweedy sing on SKY BLUE SKY (SBS), I can feel the sincerity and emotion in his voice. In addition to his awesome vocals, the music of each song intermingles with Jeff's lyrics to create a damn enjoyable listening experience.

"Either Way", "You Are My Face", and "Hate It Here" are going to be the fan favs, and will attract non-Wilco fans to the album. Any of those songs could be a hit on the radio....if there were any stations out there that still played good music instead of the same 20 songs everyone else plays. As for myself, I feel that "Impossible Germany" is the best track on the record. It has good lyrics (This was still new to me/I wouldn't understand/Impossible Germany/Unlikely Japan/This is what love is for/To be out of place/Gorgeous and alone/Face to face), the music wraps itself around these lyrics to bring the whole song together, and then the guitar solo/jam to end the song is out of this freakin world. The boy (my son) digs the guitar work in "Side With The Seeds" it is almost as redonkulous as the one in "Germany". Other highlights are "Shake It Off" "Walken" and "On And On And On".

From top to bottom this is a damn good album. I have enjoyed listening to it over and over again and highly recommend it to anyone who loves listening to good records. This one does not suck.