>exactly, lots are.
>
>and not one of them would I think of while in discussion and
>say 'you know they might be the best rock band ever'.

BUT - that's not what we're talking about, is it? We're talking about best discography (not best band overall) in the last twenty-five years (not the entire history of rock). I'm gonna take a pretty non-controversial stance and say that the only reason Wilco is a factor in the conversation is that rock isn't what it used to be. Which isn't to lessen Wilco or any of their peers, really, but the overall inspiration in the genre has waned. There's never gonna be another Rolling Stones. Never.

>Chris Robinson bests Tweedy as a vocalist fairly easily, the
>Crowes have a better live show (I've seen both five or six
>times over the years so feel qualified to speak on it), their
>ten or so best cuts would be better than Wilco's & despite
>them sort of drifting into that High Times Magazine ether
>around album 3/4 they're still a harder ticket on tour than
>Wilco.

Almost none of that has to do with discography, or it's tangential at best.