Wilco's Sky Blue Sky album cover

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 3:11 am

interesting. Looks like some ESP Disk album from 60s. Or a Silver Mt. Zion cover. In any event, there it is. Who knows whether this is slipcase or not.

gauchebag · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 8:16 am

i can't wait for this leak...my expectations aren't really that high as it really can't possibly top A Ghost Is Born, which I really think has become my favorite of their albums.

Elvis Fu · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:36 am

Isn't this a famous photograph?

no guru · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:47 am

Two and a half months before release and people are already going "hasn't that been leaked YET?????"

e-stone · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:33 pm

This guy has crack Wrote:

I'm more excited about this than probably any other album in the past decade.

discostu · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:44 pm

Heady brah. Definitely looks like an album cover from Constellation Records.

KPH · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:45 pm

Meldrick Lewis Wrote:

Two and a half months before release and people are already going "hasn't that been leaked YET?????"

AGIB leaked at least 3 months ahead of the release, didn't it?

SBS review copies are out there somewhere, so it's bound to make its way out soon.

I'm cautiously optimistic about the new record. I like what I've heard from the live material, but nothing has blown me away the way a few songs from AGIB, etc. did before their actual release.

discostu · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 1:55 pm

This album is going to be under major scrutiny considering they've gone to great lengths to become "important." Just like with AGIB, people will like Sky Blue Sky and people will hate it because it doesn't sound like A.M.
I have a feeling it's going to sound like a cross between Tweedy's solo stuff, Loose Fur and Summerteeth.

KPH · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:30 pm

Well, AGIB minus Spiders and Less Than You Think would probably have satisfied a lot of the older fans. So long as SBS doesn't have a lot of those moments, I think the AM/BT/ST crowd will be pretty happy with it.

Although, I think the important tag has been around since at least ST. All it took to become a "serious artist" in 1999 was a nod in the direction of or reference to Brian Wilson and Pet Sounds.

FT · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 2:39 pm

KPH Wrote:

Well, AGIB minus Spiders and Less Than You Think would probably have satisfied a lot of the older fans. So long as SBS doesn't have a lot of those moments, I think the AM/BT/ST crowd will be pretty happy with it.

And here I was waiting with baited breath for another 12-minute feedback solo!

haha

Flying Rabbit · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:06 pm

If the album is even half as good as it sounds live, it will no doubt be my number 1. The new songs played live are so amazing. Impossible Germany is probably already one of my favorite Wilco songs.

fuse · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:55 pm

Very eager to hear the new configuration on record. As much as I like Ghost, the new band destroys that material. That record always brings up "what could have been" moments.

Especially when Tweedy goes solo-crazy.

e-stone · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:56 pm

nels is still in the band, yes?

fuse · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 4:59 pm

elephantstone Wrote:

nels is still in the band, yes?

Certainly hope so. They need to get a retainer on that motherfucker.

FT · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:34 pm

fuse Wrote:

elephantstone Wrote:

nels is still in the band, yes?

Certainly hope so. They need to get a retainer on that motherfucker.

[obscure aardman reference]

NO CHICKEN ESCAPES FROM TWEEDY'S FARM!!!

[/obscure aardman reference]

Watermelon Gun · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:52 pm

Oh man, I can't wait for this album. Just saw Cline and Kotsche last night, and they are flat out geniuses. Amazing show.

Timis · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 5:55 pm

yeah i cannot wait for this disc.....like someone posted earlier - if its similar to summerteeth - timis will be a happy camper

FT · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 6:02 pm

Timis Wrote:

if its similar to summerteeth - timis will be a happy camper

So will I, but that would pretty much require Tweedy and Jay Bennett to kiss and make up. We're more likely to see an O'Reilly-Olbermann commitment ceremony before that will ever happen!

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

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if this sounds NOTHING like their last album - I could probably get through the whole thing without wanting to stab Paul Pierce in the face

Sex, Drugs, and Dave · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 9:21 pm

I dunno. This is one of my most anticipated of the year but I really don't care if it sounds anything like the others. I'm a fan of all of them and I really enjoy hearing a band grow and try different things on each record...I'm really more curious to hear where they're gonna take it, especially with the new members (love Nels Cline!)

KPH · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 10:23 pm

According to a thread on VC, it's up on Oink or something...

paladisiac · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:35 pm

KPH Wrote:

According to a thread on VC, it's up on Oink or something...

ooh la la. (too bad i stopped using oink.) so hopefully this means it'll make the regular rounds inside a week.

TheTheory · **Posted:** Wed Feb 28, 2007 11:57 pm

I wouldn't mind if it doesn't sound like any of their past releases. I also wouldn't mind if it sounded like some of their past releases.

As long as it doesn't sound like A Ghost Is Born. I cannot listen to that album without feelling a bit ill, physically. That's not to say there aren't some decent songs... but as a whole the album... it doesn't flow. The production seems to sap a lot of the life from the band. Too many clunker songs.

Anyway, perhaps more on topic with the thread, I love that album cover. And considering it's being released on Nonesuch, that is probably the slipcase.

Cotton · **Joined:** Mon Oct 25, 2004 6:12 pm **Posts:** 17155

nothing on oink.

alongwaltz. · **Posted:** Thu Mar 01, 2007 12:26 am

The cover reminds me of:

[img][440:668]http://www.marvel.com/comics/onsale/covers/0207/NEWAVN027_COV.jpg[/img]

Did we ascertain if it's based on an old painting or anything?

Wilco's Sky Blue Sky album cover

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