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Wilco (The Album)

Wilco (The Album) is the seventh studio album by American alternative rock group Wilco which was released June 30, 2009. Prior to release, Wilco streamed the album on their website. The album was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Americana Album.

Wilco (The Album)

June 30, 2009

January 2009

Roundhead studios in Auckland, New Zealand and The Wilco Loft, Irving Park, Chicago, Illinois

42:52

Nonesuch

Wilco, Jim Scott

Promotion[edit]

Wilco appeared on The Colbert Report to play "Wilco (the song)" and promote 2008 presidential candidate Barack Obama.[15] Wilco embarked on a 21-show tour to promote the album starting on June 12, 2009. The tour concluded with a performance at the 10,000 Lakes Festival in Detroit Lakes, Minnesota.[13]


The song "You Never Know" was released as the first single. They performed the song on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien on June 24, 2009. The song reached the #1 spot on the Billboard Triple A Chart[16]


The song "You and I" was performed on the Late Show with David Letterman on July 14, 2009.

 – electric guitar, lap steel, electric "shorty" 12-string, loops, electric 12-string guitar, slide guitar

Nels Cline

 – piano, bowed piano, synthesizer, Hammond organ, background vocals

Mikael Jorgensen

 – drums, percussion, chimes, cimbalom, gunpowder

Glenn Kotche

 – Wurlitzer electric piano, harpsichord, Fender Rhodes, Mellotron, dulcimer, celeste, acoustic guitar, electric guitar, banjo, piano, field organ, Hammond organ, tambourine, pump organ, Optigan organ, background vocals

Pat Sansone

 – bass guitar, electric guitar, background vocals

John Stirratt

 – vocals, electric guitar, acoustic guitar, 12-string acoustic guitar, 12-string electric guitar

Jeff Tweedy