Summerteeth

by Wilco

Overview

One of the many cryptic lines on Wilco's excellent new SUMMER TEETH goes, "Speakers speaking in code." It's more meaningful than one might think. Wilco, the brainchild of ex-Uncle Tupelo bassist Jeff Tweedy, is an alt-country band whose music presents a tough code to crack -- blurring the boundaries around rock, punk, country, alternative pop, and psychedelia so brilliantly that many fans don't consider the band alt-country at all. Tweedy is a grainy, gorgeous singer who writes great songs that seem channeled in from some car-radio Valhalla. Wilco's groundbreaking 1996 album, BEING THERE, saw him take roots-rock to stylistically experimental places it had never gone before, and SUMMER TEETH continues to homestead this uncharted territory. "Pieholden Suite" is a soft, gentle shuffle that morphs into a horn-drenched, string-soaked elegy to a first kiss that can only be described as cocktail country, while "Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway(again)" is pure, potent AM pop, hand claps and all. Still, should songs like "I'm Always in Love," an up-tempo rocker hooked around a spacey synthesizer, start to befuddle alt-country purists, the rugged, disconsolate acoustic guitar on "Via Chicago" will have 'em crying in their beer. Jeff Tweedy is a rare talent, an artist who has perfected and redefined a particular style of music with graceful ease, and SUMMER TEETH is a fantastic example of how talented he is.

Product Details

Release Date:	11/06/2020
Label:	Rhino
UPC:	0603497846061
catalogNumber:	643503
Rank:	4616

Tracks

Disc 1

1. Can't Stand It
2. She's a Jar
3. A Shot in the Arm
4. We're Just Friends
5. I'm Always in Love
6. Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again)
7. Pieholden Suite
8. How to Fight Loneliness
9. Via Chicago
10. ELT
11. My Darling
12. When You Wake Up Feeling Old
13. Summer Teeth
14. In a Future Age
15. 23 Seconds of Silence
16. Candyfloss
17. A Shot in the Arm

Disc 2

1. Tried and True
2. I'm Always in Love
3. All I Need
4. I'll Sing It
5. Two Guitars
6. Candyfloss
7. In a Future Age
8. No Hurry
9. She's a Jar
10. Can't Locator It
11. Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again)
12. Summer Teeth
13. Pieholden Suite
14. I'm Always in Love (Early Run Through)
15. My Darling
16. Tried and True
17. She's a Jar
18. Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again)
19. Candy Floss (Intro)
20. Every Little Thing
21. Viking Dan (Outtake)
22. We're Just Friends/Yee Haw
23. Summer Teeth
24. In a Future Age

Disc 3

1. Via Chicago
2. Candy Floss
3. Summer Teeth
4. I'm Always in Love
5. I Must Be High [Liv
6. How to Fight Loneliness [Live at the Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO, 11/1
7. Hotel Arizona [Live
8. Red-Eyed and Blue [
9. I Got You (At the End of the Century) [Live at the Boulder Theater, Bou
10. Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again) [Live at the Boulder Theater, Bo
11. She's a Jar
12. A Shot in the Arm [Li
13. We're Just Friends
14. Misunderstood [Live

Disc 4

1. Hesitating Beauty [
2. Christ for President [Live at the Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO, 11/1/99
3. Passenger Side [Liv
4. Can't Stand It [Liv
5. Forget the Flowers
6. New Madrid
7. California Stars [L
8. Kingpin
9. Casino Queen
10. Outta Mind (Outta Sight) [Live at the Boulder Theater, Boulder, CO, 11/
11. Hoodoo Voodoo [Live
12. Monday

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Wilco   Primary Artist
Jay Bennett   Group Member
Ken Coomer   Group Member
Cheryl Pawelski   Compield
John Stirratt   Group Member
Jeff Tweedy   Compield,Group Member
Tom Schick   Compield

Technical Credits

Woody Guthrie   Composer
Billy Bragg   Composer
Jay Bennett   Composer
Ken Coomer   Composer
Mitch Easter   Engineer
Larry Greenhill   Engineer
Cheryl Pawelski   Producer
John Stirratt   Composer
Jeff Tweedy   Composer,Producer
Wilco   Producer
Russ Long   Engineer
Corey Harris   Composer
Mike Hagler   Engineer
Tom Schick   Producer
Lawrence Azerrad   Art Direction
Chris Grainger   Engineer
John Mulvey   Liner Notes
Adam Roehike   Engineer
Dave Trumfio   Engineer