Uncle Tupelo - Anodyne Poll

somehow never seen this thread

i'm a Jeff over Jay guy 100 times out of 100, but this thread underrates Straightaways, imo. lots of good songs on that one, as well as Wide Swing Tremolo.

agree that it's steeply downhill after that, tho. the "country" record he made (Honky Tonk) wasn't bad. and the New Multitudes record he made with Jim James, Will Johnson and Anders Parker was pretty good.

looking back, it's crazy that he agreed to make a record where he worked with other musicians to put unused Woody Guthrie lyrics a decade after Jeff did the same thing.

anyway, i just wrote a review of Cruel Country and it's not bad ... Jeff is still cool ... but holy moly, his output from 1991 to 2001 was pretty untouchable.

I remember the Melody Maker review of 16-20 1992. I used to adore Farrar's vocals and saw him as the natural "star".

Jeff kinda looking/grinning like Kim Deal in that Conan clip, imo.

Might be the best album of the 90s tbh

“Looking back, it's crazy that he agreed to make a record where he worked with other musicians to put unused Woody Guthrie lyrics a decade after Jeff did the same thing.”

Always thought the same thing. What a weird love. There’s a video on YouTube wherein he goes through a bunch of guitars he put up for sale on Reverb. So interesting to hear him talk for once. Dude is a mystery.