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Sky Blue Sky
Sky Blue Sky cover
Studio album by Wilco
Released May 14, 2007 (UK)
May 15, 2007 (U.S.)
Recorded Portland, Maine
Genre Alternative rock
Alternative country
Length 50:56
Label Nonesuch
Producer(s) Wilco
Jim O'Rourke
Wilco chronology
Kicking Television: Live in Chicago
(2005)		 Sky Blue Sky
(2007)


Sky Blue Sky is the sixth studio album by Chicago-based rock band Wilco. It will be released on May 15, 2007 by Nonesuch Records. Frontman Jeff Tweedy announced the title of the album on January 17, 2007 at a show in Nashville.

Contents

[edit] History

On May 8, 2006, Glenn Kotche said that the band was in the process writing and playing demos for the new record, and that four or five of those songs had made it in to the band's recent live sets. Kotche also said that some of the new songs had been written spontaneously in the studio by the entire band, as opposed to Jeff Tweedy fleshing out the songs on his own and presenting them to the rest of the band.[citation needed] In a June 2006 interview, guitarist Nels Cline revealed that the band would be writing and demoing new songs in August, followed by recording sessions in November.[1] The album's title and release date was announced by Jeff Tweedy on January 17, 2007 at a show in Nashville.[2]

“ I think people may have an idea in their head about what it will sound like, but it's going to be different than that. Jeff had a lot of creative fire. And also, the way we recorded was so cool because a lot of the arrangements just grew right there with everybody sitting around. I'm over the moon about it. I think it will be a really beautiful record. It's a great time to be in Wilco. ”

—Bassist John Stirratt, in a Billboard interview.

On March 3, 2007, Wilco's official website hosted a Sky Blue Sky "listening party", where they streamed the new album in its entirety.[3] Two days later, the track "What Light" was made available for download on the band's website and its MySpace page. On March 11, 2007, the official website again streamed the album in its entirety.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Either Way" – 3:05
  2. "You Are My Face" – 4:38
  3. "Impossible Germany" – 5:57
  4. "Sky Blue Sky" – 3:23
  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" – 4:31
  9. "Leave Me (Like You Found Me)" – 4:09
  10. "Walken" – 4:26
  11. "What Light" – 3:35
  12. "On and On and On" – 4:00
  • The final track list for Sky Blue Sky was narrowed down from 18 recorded songs.[4][5]
  • Most of the album's tracks, with the exception of "You Are My Face," "Hate It Here," and "Leave Me (Like You Found Me)" had been available as live bootlegs several months before the record's release. Many fans were surprised by the exclusion of "The Thanks I Get", which had become a concert staple for Jeff Tweedy's live shows. [6][7]

[edit] Personnel

Sky Blue Sky will be the first record to feature all the members of Wilco's touring band as heard on Kicking Television. The newest members, guitarist Nels Cline and multi-instrumentalist Pat Sansone, will be making their Wilco studio album debut with Sky Blue Sky, having joined the group after A Ghost Is Born had already been completed.

[edit] References

  1. ^ Straight.com Vancouver Music: A tale of two ditties. Accessed March 12, 2007
  2. ^ http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/news/40574/Tweedy_Reveals_Wilco_LP_Title_Release_Date
  3. ^ http://smartley3.wilcoworld.net/sbs/
  4. ^ http://www.harpmagazine.com/news/detail.cfm?article=10831
  5. ^ http://www.thespacelab.tv/spaceLAB/2007/01January/MusicNews-40-Wilco.htm
  6. ^ http://www.eachnotesecure.com/wilco-tour-dates-sky-blue-sky-tracklist-and-some-rare-mp3s/
  7. ^ http://blogsarefordogs.com/?p=347
Wilco
Jeff Tweedy | John Stirratt | Nels Cline | Glenn Kotche | Pat Sansone | Mikael Jorgensen
Ken Coomer | Max Johnston | Jay Bennett | Leroy Bach | Jim O'Rourke
Discography
Albums and extended plays: A.M. | Being There | Mermaid Avenue | Summerteeth | Mermaid Avenue Vol. II | Yankee Hotel Foxtrot | More Like the Moon | A Ghost Is Born | Kicking Television: Live in Chicago | Sky Blue Sky
Singles: Box Full of Letters | Outtasite (Outta Mind) | Can't Stand It | A Shot in the Arm | War on War
DVDs: Man in the Sand | I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
Related articles
Uncle Tupelo | Billy Bragg | The Wilco Book | Loose Fur | Down with Wilco | Sunken Treasure: Live in the Pacific Northwest | Golden Smog | Jeff Tweedy discography
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