Comments on: Alt-Country Swan Song: Uncle Tupelo’s Anodyne http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2009/01/09/alt-country-swan-song-uncle-tupelo-anodyne/ Your Life Through Music Fri, 20 Nov 2009 15:12:44 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Keith http://magazine.jamsbio.com/2009/01/09/alt-country-swan-song-uncle-tupelo-anodyne/comment-page-1/#comment-31591 Keith Mon, 12 Jan 2009 23:11:38 +0000 http://magazine.jamsbio.com/?p=9291#comment-31591 The author apparently favors Tweedy over Farrar - the song "Anodyne" is the highpoint of the album, a foreshadowing of what was to come with Son Volt, and well worth more than 2 stars. Tweedy had yet to reach his full potential but Farrar had already hit his stride. And the bottom line is that the album is NOT consistent. It's the sound of a band and a relationship fracturing. The author apparently favors Tweedy over Farrar – the song “Anodyne” is the highpoint of the album, a foreshadowing of what was to come with Son Volt, and well worth more than 2 stars. Tweedy had yet to reach his full potential but Farrar had already hit his stride.

And the bottom line is that the album is NOT consistent. It’s the sound of a band and a relationship fracturing.

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