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intereact!Wilco
Retail Price (not our price): $24.98
Release Date: 2005-11-15
Manufacturer: Nonesuch
Format: Audio CD
Discs: 2
Track List
Now here, for your listening pleasure, the tracks...
| Disc 1 | ||||
| 1. | Misunderstood | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 2. | Company in My Back | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 3. | The Late Greats | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 4. | Hell Is Chrome | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 5. | Handshake Drugs | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 6. | I Am Trying to Break Your Heart | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 7. | Shot in the Arm | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 8. | At Least Thats What You Said | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 9. | Wishful Thinking | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 10. | Jesus, Etc. | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 11. | Im the Man Who Loves You | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 12. | Kicking Television | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| Disc 2 | ||||
| 1. | Via Chicago | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 2. | Hummingbird | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 3. | Muzzle of Bees | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 4. | One by One | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 5. | Airline to Heaven | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 6. | Radio Cure | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 7. | Ashes of American Flags | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 8. | Heavy Metal Drummer | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 9. | Poor Places | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 10. | Spiders (Kidsmoke) | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
| 11. | Comment | style="font-size: 10px;" valign="top">1 | ||
Editorial Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
1) Amazon.com
Recorded over four-nights in front of a sold-out hometown crowd at Chicago's historic Vic Theatre in 2005, Kicking Television: Live In Chicago is the first official live release from Wilco. It's remarkable to think that a band so well known for for its richly varied, inspiring live sets waited so long to get one these things out. At the same time, it's a little foreign hearing songs that once felt like personal treasures, plus a set-closing cover of Charles Wright's "Comment," handed over to the masses - the quietly disturbing "Misunderstood" is transformed into an audience sing-along, "Handshake Drugs" becomes a communal jig, and "Heavy Metal Drummer" a certifiable party anthem. Luckily, the whoops and clinking cocktail glasses can't take away from Jeff Tweedy's compelling laments or the band's full-throttle charge, particularly on a knuckle-gripping reworkings of "A Shot In The Arm" and "Ashes of American Flags." --Aidin Vaziri2) Album Description
Kicking Television-Live in Chicago, recorded over four nights in May at The Vic Theatre. "It's really the best it's ever felt," said Jeff Tweedy to the Detroit Free Press earlier this year. "I would say at this point, I don't think I've ever been in a band that's felt this connected and unified with this collective vision." To document that collective vision that band called upon veteran mixing engineer Jim Scott (Tom Petty, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Dave Matthews, Johnny Cash) to capture the energy, excitement, clarity and musicality that has earned Wilco continued praise for their live shows around the world.
Customer Reviews (supplied by Amazon.com):
Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5
1) What am I missing? [Rating: 2 out of 5]
I really can't remember why I picked up this CD. Maybe I read all the great reviews here. Maybe I'm just always searching out GOOD music that I haven't heard before. I do know that in my quest for great CD's (some of which are obscure, some of which are well known), occasionally I pick one up one in which I think to myself, "huh, what was I thinking?". Don't get me wrong, I tried to like this CD. I've listened to it several times, and while its OK in places it just doesn't do anything for me. The sound of the vocals tend to be annoying to me. Hmmm, well, to each his own. I guess those that find this CD "amazing", and it seems there are many, are listening to something different than I am.2) Second only to live Wilco, this is their best work, period. [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I have little to add to the points made by other reviewers here but to emphasize that Wilco is at their best live, and this record is at the top of my list of great live albums. Every track on this double CD is a fresh, and to my mind superior, version of the original studio recordings. "Kicking Television" spent six months in steady rotation on my vehicle's audio system and I still find it great road food. Highly recommended for adventurous rock fans who appreciate an innovative band that isn't afraid to experiment or draw on diverse influences and make them their own.3) Great Live Act [Rating: 5 out of 5]
I put off buying this cd for a long time. I saw Wilco play at the Aronoff Center in Cincinnati,June07. It was one of the best shows I've seen. I couln't resist buying the cd after the live show experience. It is a great cd. I have listened to this 2 disc live recording many times. No regrets about this purchase.4) Burns like a Sparkler! [Rating: 4 out of 5]
Disc #1 ******Disc #2 **There is always pressure on great "live" bands to release that one live album. Loyal fans of course will scream 'till they are blue in the face that they will never be able to capture that feel from actually being there and seeing it live. I think that is generally because the people that have actually seen the band live like to separate themselves from the masses, you know, feel special and all. Well, after listening to the first disc of this album you are ready to tell those prima donnas, hey, they are doing it! The first disc is magic. There are three songs on it that I might not have chosen, but overall, tremendous, shines bright. However, the second disc sees the band go into a lot slower numbers that could cause one to scratch their head. It's not that they are bad songs, just that they are not anywhere close to being rockers, which is kind of what I am looking for at a concert. The Sparkler starts to burn out a bit. Although, "Poor Places" and "Airline to Heaven" really do shine bright. Of course, how a song like "I'm Always in Love" does not make it on this release is a mystery to me, arguably Wilco's biggest crowd pleaser. Overall, the release is solid, showing excellent musicianship, but disc 1 proves quite superior to disc 2. So, if you were to rip a disc for your car stereo, you might want to lean on that more.5) Incredible [Rating: 5 out of 5]
Better than studio albums. Really good song flow. Can't believe i missed going to see them when they came to town. dumb dumb dumb dumb dumb