8.2
Avg Score
2
Opinions
#7,247
All Time
1
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“Pitched as "Hüsker Dü meets Woody Guthrie," Uncle Tupelo's 1990 debut made the countrypunk notions of the Mekons, the Meat Puppets and others into a raison d'être, furthering a major movement. This expanded reissue adds Not Forever, Just for Now, the 1989 demo tape that got them signed. Its 10 songs, recorded in an attic in Champaign, Illinois, were beefed up on No Depression (and its sister sin”
“Uncle Tupelo is typically evoked in discussions of the two outfits it birthed (Wilco and Son Volt), but the band's 1990 debut is a significant record independent of its fallout. Jeff Tweedy and drummer Mike Heidorn were 22 and Jay Farrar was 23 when they arrived at Fort Apache to record No Depression, and the tangling of sensibilities yielded something remarkable: a raw, lonesome clatter, the singular sound of Midwestern kids getting loud and desperate.”
