Probably spent more time with this one than I should have, as a couple of buddies of mine classify this as an absolute masterpiece… I made it a point to run through the album 4 times before rendering an opinion… In regards to the reviews, I have seen everything from this Wilco album being a masterpiece – and the American version of “Radiohead”, to this album “…Was boring AF…”. Pretty sure the answer is somewhere definitely in between… Wasn’t sure what to expect, as I really hadn’t listened to Wilco before – so from that perspective, the album was better than I was expecting… I do like the sections of dissonance that have been integrated into this album, and the atmospherics that run throughout it, also work fairly well for me – as I am a prog guy… Vocals sound like the singer from Car Seat Headrest – or rather that dude sounds like Wilco, but it works for the music to be sure… Strongest songs on the album were “I’m Trying Top Break Your Heart”, “Kamera” (i.e. which sounds like Car Seat Headrest meets the Smashing Pumpkins song…), “Pot Kettle Black” – which has a twinge of The Cure in it, and “Poor Places” – especially the Phish-like instrumental section over the last half of the song… Most of the others are “just there” for me, as core hook in “Jesus” sounds like an old ELO song, and I really don’t get why “Heavy Metal Drummer” has garnered as much love as it apparently has, as after 4 or 5 run-throughs to see if I was missing something, I concluded with certainty that at least I wasn’t missing a thing… So a long way from being a masterpiece in my book – but way better than I was expecting… Again wish we had some incremental ratings opportunity, as I would give this a solid 3.5 – but since it’s NOT a 4 in my book, I gotta give it a 3… C’est la vie…