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Kicking Television: Live in Chicago
by Wilco
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Overall Rating:
3.2512
Avg. Critic Score:
3.1945
Kicking Television: Live in Chicago Rank 3 Reviews
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PitchforkSo this is what A Ghost Is Born is supposed to sound like. ...more
Dot Music"Kicking Television" documents a band on fire and a frontman in clarion clear voice. ...more
InsidePulseThey show that this band is ready to have fun and show a softer side, too. The futures looking pretty bright for Wilco fans. ...more
BBC MusicKicking Television is glorious. ...more
All Music GuideKicking Television is the best sort of live album -- a recording that doesn't merely retread a band's back catalog, but puts their songs in a new perspective. ...more
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ShakingThrough.netIf you love guitar histrionics, Live in Chicago is a white-hot keeper. ...more
Stylus MagazineKicking Television is consistent, professional, and unapologetically inclusive. It’s also a uniformly strong testament from one of rock’s most endearing acts, capable of producing both heady noise jams and shameless lighter-wavers. ...more
StylusMagazineThe live Wilco is a rock band and nothing more. ...more
PrefixMagAfter the wave of praise and goodwill that followed the release ofYankee Hotel Foxtrot, it was almost inevitable that Wilco's follow-up would suffer from heightened expectations. Indeed, whenA Ghost Is Bornwas released in 2004, the reception was a ...more
Drowned In SoundWhen the band truly comes together, there's a lightness of touch and a winning intimacy. ...more
PopMattersWith smart sequencing and good production, the album documents one of rock's most engaging acts in the manner they deserve. ...more
Rolling StoneStretching nearly two hours and twenty-three cuts,Kicking Televisionis both a love letter to Wilco's dedicated fans and a definitive live statement from America's foremost rock impressionists. Nearly two-thirds of the material -- which was recorded ...more
liveDailyLuckily, "Kicking Television: Live in Chicago," Wilco (music)s foray into the live-album universe, doesnt feature any drum solos. Instead the group simply concentrates on fierce performances--and, usually, thats enough. ...more
RollingStoneStretching nearly two hours and twenty-three cuts, Kicking Television is both a love letter to Wilcos dedicated fans and a definitive live statement from Americas foremost rock impressionists. ...more
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