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Length
  
55:40

Release date
  
27 September 2011

Producers
  
Jeff Tweedy, Pat Sansone

Artist
  
Wilco

Label
  
dBpm Records

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Released
  
September 27, 2011 (2011-09-27)

The Whole Love (2011)
  
Mermaid Avenue The Complete Sessions (2012) (with Billy Bragg)

Genres
  
Alternative rock, Indie rock, Folk music, Experimental rock

Similar
  
Wilco albums, Folk music albums

Wilco the whole love full album bonus disc


The Whole Love is the eighth album by American alternative rock group Wilco, released on September 27, 2011. It is the first Wilco album that was released on their own label dBpm. Attendees at Wilco's 2011 Solid Sound Festival at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art from June 24 to 26 could purchase the first single from the album, "I Might". The entire album was streamed live on Wilco's official website for 24 hours between September 3 and 4, 2011, and later streamed on National Public Radio. The album packaging and cover art are pieces by Joanne Greenbaum. On November 30, 2011, the album received a nomination in the 54th Grammy Awards for Best Rock Album.

Contents

Wilco art of almost


Reception

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 83, based on 40 reviews, which indicates "universal acclaim".

Uncut placed the album at number 15 on its list of "Top 50 albums of 2011". Rolling Stone magazine rated it as the 8th best album of 2011. Mojo placed the album at number 29 on its list of "Top 50 albums of 2011."

Compact Disc

All tracks written by Jeff Tweedy, except where noted.

Vinyl

Side A
  1. "Art of Almost"
  2. "I Might"
  3. "Sunloathe"
Side B
  1. "Dawned on Me"
  2. "Black Moon"
  3. "Born Alone"
  4. "Open Mind"
Side C
  1. "Whole Love"
  2. "Capitol City"
  3. "Standing O"
  4. "Rising Red Lung"
Side D
  1. "One Sunday Morning (Song for Jane Smiley's Boyfriend)"
  2. "Sometimes It Happens" (Patten/Westbrook)

Personnel

Wilco
  • Nels Cline – electric guitar (1, 6, 8, 11, 12), loops (1, 3, 7, 11), slide guitar (2, 6, 8), electric 6 and 12 string guitars (3, 4, 9, 10), lap steel (3, 5, 7), dobro (3), ukulele (9, 10)
  • Glenn Kotche – drums (1–12), percussion (1–5, 7–12), cimbalom (1), siren (4), field recordings (8), kaossilator (11)
  • Mikael Jorgensen – synthesizers (1–11), keyboards (1–3, 5–7, 9–11), programming (1), vocal processing (3), piano (4, 6), "ah" sample (5), Guzheng samples (7), Wurlitzer (8), wavetable scrubbing (12)
  • Patrick Sansone – Mellotron (1, 4, 8), acoustic guitar (1, 12), electric guitar (1, 4–7, 9–11), tambourine (1), piano (2, 3, 7, 8), glockenspiel (2, 4, 8, 11), music stand (2), vocals (2–11), percussion (4–6, 9–11), ukulele (4), string arrangement (5), organ (8), vibraphone (12)
  • John Stirratt – bass guitar (1–12), piano (2), vocals (2–4, 6–8)
  • Jeff Tweedy – vocals (1–12), acoustic guitar (1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9–12), electric guitar (3, 6, 8, 11), bass guitar (4)
    • Additional musicians
  • Matt Albert – violin (5), viola (5)
  • Nick Photinos – cello (5)

    • Songs

    1Art of Almost7:16
    2I Might4:01
    3Sunloathe3:19

    References

    The Whole Love Wikipedia
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