>>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.
>
I know this, I also know that 'discography' in this thread felt like an end-around to a bigger statement.

>>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.

I was already talking about my overall band point by then, though despite the lack of critical love they get here I'd say that any of the Crowes first two minimum but probably three can hang with any of Wilco's three best but I'm sure that's considered blasphemous amongst this generation of 'rock fans' who fellate Radiohead here daily & listen to Sufjan Stevens.