>I hear you - and I know why you are saying that but I don't
>agree. Even if they are not fucking with pre 86 spear they
>are fuckign with Wilco. Lol.

HA! Good point.

>Exactly and when his years were bad in the studio they were
>always great on stage.

Without a doubt, although that doesn't influence this particular conversation, which is strictly from a discographical point of view. (Spellcheck tells me that discographical isn't a word, but it also tells me Spellcheck isn't a word... hmmm.)

>I think what's interesting about him is most of his work will
>have a place in my life... there are only a few out of the
>dozens of albums that I'm not partial to.

I feel you. I have certain artists that I know I rate more highly than anybody else - they just mean too much to me to look at them even semi-objectively. To an extent, Wilco is even one of those, mostly because I was playing "Summerteeth" non-stop the year I separated from my wife. That album in particular brings back some feelings.

>Then I recommend you revisit.

It's on my agenda. :)