{"product_id":"603497824595","title":"Wilco - Summerteeth - Import Opaque Electric Blue Vinyl 2 LP Record","description":"\u003cp\u003eCredits:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilco\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDescription:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWilco evolved at remarkable speed after forming in 1994, almost immediately after the breakup of Uncle Tupelo. Their debut album, 1995s A.M., was an upbeat set of alt-country that bore few, if any surprises, but 1996s Being There was a major creative departure that moved far beyond the boundaries of roots music. 1999s Summerteeth was initially controversial among fans because it marked the spot where Wilco almost entirely abandoned the country influences that had once been the core of Jeff Tweedys music. Instead, Tweedy and Jay Bennett, who had gone from being the groups guitarist to manning a massive bank of keyboards and becoming Tweedys primary collaborator in the studio, concocted a stunning set of off-kilter pop, suggesting a Midwestern fusion of peak-era Brian Wilson and Big Stars 3rd. (Pieholden Suite in particular is a lovely homage to the Beach Boys Smile, then still circulating only in bootleg form.) At the same time, this brilliantly constructed pop music was also pop with a dark and troubling center; the violence at the heart of Shes a Jar and Via Chicago is too blunt to avoid, and even the brightest moments (Cant Stand It, A Shot in the Arm, and When You Wake Up Feeling Old) sound and feel emotionally out of balance, giving this a complicated emotional push-and-pull that reinforces the resonance of the performances. (The albums most lovable pop tune, Candyfloss, significantly comes near the end of the set, bookended after a 20-second burst of silence.) While Wilco was inarguably Jeff Tweedys band at this point, Summerteeth was the apex of his collaboration with Jay Bennett, even more so than 2002s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, and while John Stirratt and Ken Coomer were their strong, reliable selves as a rhythm section, its Bennetts keyboards and production smarts that give life to a set of great, uncompromising songs. If Being There was the album where Jeff Tweedy embraced all that was possible with Wilco, Summerteeth was where he closed the door on the past and boldly stepped into a very different future. ~ Mark Deming\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTracklisting:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.Can't Stand It\u003cbr\u003e2.She's a Jar\u003cbr\u003e3.A Shot in the Arm\u003cbr\u003e4.We're Just Friends\u003cbr\u003e5.I'm Always in Love\u003cbr\u003e6.Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (Again)\u003cbr\u003e7.Pieholden Suite\u003cbr\u003e8.How to Fight Loneliness\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rhino \/ Warner Records","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50438866174241,"sku":"603497824595","price":7890.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0568\/8482\/2076\/files\/603497824595.jpg?v=1728568623","url":"https:\/\/cdsvinyljapan.com\/products\/603497824595","provider":"CDs Vinyl Japan Store","version":"1.0","type":"link"}