Kicking Television: Live in Chicago

by Wilco

Kicking Television: Live in Chicago cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 15 November 2005
  • Label: Nonesuch
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:58:28
  • Community rating: 4.25/5 from 6 ratings

Artists on this release: John Stirratt, Mikael Jorgensen, Pat Sansone, Richard Parenti, Nick Broste, Patrick Newbery, Glenn Kotche, Jeff Tweedy

Album Notes & Community Reviews

Documenting a stunning four-night residency in their hometown, this live set showcases the band's formidable, newly minted lineup transforming complex, noise-inflected studio tracks into fierce, guitar-driven triumphs. Nels Cline's staggering avant-garde guitar solos breathe fiery new life into Tweedy's increasingly introspective songwriting.

Genres

Descriptors: live, improvisation, jamming, expansive, communal

Tracklist

  1. Misunderstood (6:08)
  2. Company in My Back (3:44)
  3. The Late Greats (2:40)
  4. Hell Is Chrome (4:56)
  5. Handshake Drugs (6:23)
  6. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (6:03)
  7. Shot in the Arm (4:51)
  8. At Least That's What You Said (5:18)
  9. Wishful Thinking (4:26)
  10. Jesus, Etc. (4:00)
  11. I'm the Man Who Loves You (3:58)
  12. Kicking Television (3:03)
  13. Via Chicago (5:14)
  14. Hummingbird (3:19)
  15. Muzzle of Bees (4:49)
  16. One by One (3:25)
  17. Airline to Heaven (4:41)
  18. Radio Cure (4:42)
  19. Ashes of American Flags (6:03)
  20. Heavy Metal Drummer (3:21)
  21. Poor Places (5:31)
  22. Spiders (Kidsmoke) (11:17)
  23. Comment (If All Men Are Truly Brothers) (6:13)
  24. Monday (4:11)

Credits

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