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Dear Michael,

For many years now, I have not been much of a fan of Wilco's first album, A.M. It's not a horrible album. In fact, it did produce
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so it clearly isn't too horrible. I think what I don't really like about A.M. is that it sounds too much like Uncle Tupelo. Just not quite. What worked so well for Tupelo was the interlplay between Farrar songs and Tweedy songs. Their distinct writing styles matched with their equally distinct voices worked nicely with punktry Tupelo sounds. A.M. sheds much of the punk sound and opts more for the roots rock/country stylings. This works quite well for Tupelo and Son Volt, but I don't think Tweedy's voice and writings work as well solely in the roots-rock sound.

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