Ode to Joy

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AlbumOct 04 / 201911 songs, 42m 35s
Indie Rock
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Ode to Joy, Wilco's 11th studio album features 11 songs and will be available worldwide October 4, 2019

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7.8 / 10

Wilco’s 11th album is direct and spacious, centering on the beauty of quiet revelation.

8 / 10

Ode to Joy is mandatory listening for anyone interested in the enduring creative potential of rock music

This 11th record sees the veteran alt-rockers subtly reboot their sound, and proves joy can come from the small stuff in life

Lead singer Jeff Tweedy recently claimed the world doesn’t need another Wilco album but Ode to Joy will leave you disagreeing with him.

7.5 / 10

The group’s 11th LP, their best in years, is a beautiful exercise in downhearted uplift.

Wilco create an undercurrent of foreboding on an album informed by today’s global political climate, while Mika’s first album in four years has its own profound moments

Not long after releasing the dark and contemplative Schmilco in 2016, Wilco went on hiatus, and as the members involved themselves in various projects, leader Jeff Tweedy released his first two proper solo albums, 2018's Warm and its 2019 sibling Warmer.

8 / 10

"Did you think everything would be okay?" Jeff Tweedy asks incredulously during "Hold Me Anyway," and the line from one of his most Randy Ne...

Ode To Joy is the 11th album from ever-present rockers Wilco who have tinkered with country, folk and even the odd turn into pop during a career which has spanned over 14 years.

7.5 / 10

Considering the cryptic nature of now-legendary Chicago band Wilco and the enigmatic charm of its leader Jeff Tweedy, "Ode to Joy" may at first seem an overt kind of title—a rage against the dying of the light; a reminder, in a time of sorrow, that ther

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8 / 10

Wilco say no to a comfy decline into familiarity with their eleventh album Ode To Joy – one made by a band with an apparently renewed purpose.

The band’s 11th album doesn’t break the mold, though its sound is a bit more pared down.

6 / 10

Over the first half of their career, Wilco slowly got stranger, moving from their alt-country roots through more experimental indie rock while embracing...

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'Ode to Joy' by Wilco, album review by Adam Fink. The full-length drops on October 4th, via dBpm Records and various streaming services

Stripped back it may be, but Wilco’s 11th album combines expressive lyrics about change with big singalong choruses <br><br><br><br>

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4.2 / 5

Wilco - Ode to Joy review: Understated beauty.

Love in the time of Trump. New music review by Nick Hasted

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