New Album Review: Sky Blue Sky by Wilco

Wilco is a great band, they play an interesting brand of rock and roll. Their best album, "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" remains one of my favourites. Even after they changed their lineup a little they released another great album, "A Ghost Is Born". This sets the standards pretty high for "Sky Blue Sky" and the enjoyment level of this album suffers because of it. It lacks something their last two releases didn't. Perhaps having long tracks (7 to 15 minute songs are absent here). Maybe it's the lack of strange sound effects or even, as surprised as I am to say this, it's because there is no clear-cut poppy radio friendly song. Whether its all, one or none of these things, there is something missing, but that doesn't keep it from being a solid addition to a music collection. I went song by song, and individually, I have no complaints. Each song ranges from good to very good, no skipable tracks but no masterpieces either (something their past CDs had). Overall, this is a pretty good album that seems to have the potential to continue growing on me. Any fan of rock and roll should probably check out Wilco and "Sky Blue Sky" is not a bad place to start.