The Whole Love - Wilco
  • Band Name: Wilco
  • Record Label: Anti
  • Release Date: Sep 27, 2011
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83 out of 100

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8.4 out of 10

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  • Summary: The Chicago alternative rock band releases its eighth studio album on its own label dBom.

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 38 out of 40
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 40
  3. Negative: 0 out of 40
  1. NOW Magazine
    Sep 29, 2011
    100
    Wilco's ace eighth album, the first released on their own label, dBpm, is a real kick in the pants.
  2. Q Magazine
    Nov 8, 2011
    80
    A warm, spirited pop record that holds its own against everything else in their canon. [Nov. 2011, p. 134]
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  3. The Wire
    Dec 6, 2011
    80
    By unplugging the effects and simply playing, they sound re-energized. [Oct 2011, p.61]
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  4. The Observer (UK)
    Sep 26, 2011
    60
    It may not rank among Wilco's boldest works. It could have done with more wig-outs. But it captures the art of the almost with both hands.

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  1. Positive: 20 out of 20
  2. Mixed: 0 out of 20
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  1. j30
    10
    The first great album of the new decade. An album, so diverse, you can't get it out of your head. Each time I listen to the album the more I respect it's musicianship and lyrics. From the muscle flexing "Art of Almost" to the epic beauty of "One Sunday Morning (Song for Jane Smiley's Boyfriend)", it's their most captivating album since Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.… Expand
  2. Superstar
    10
    Excrptional! I must confess that I thought the band's best days were behind them. While "Sky Blue Sky" and "Wilco (The Album)" were reasonably strong, I felt they were not up to the standards set by the previous albums that had me rating them the best and most important band in rock'n roll. Well now they are back and better then ever. The album opens with an instant classic in "Art of Almost" and just keeps going. Equally impressive are some of the rockers like "I Might", "Born Alone" and "Standing O". The album clses with another gem with the sprawling "One Sunday Morning" which punctuates Wilco's finest ever and the best album of 2011!… Expand
  3. Gerton
    10
    Starting with one of the best songs ever heard, this albums overall is also one of the best albums I bought up to now. Sky blue Sky was a little disappointing after Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and A Ghost is Born but after Wilco and this one their back on track!… Expand
  4. Boosemo12
    8
    The first song on the album will make the buy worth it. As a whole, it has some great moments, some average ones, and everything in between.

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