Pitchfork

Rocketing out of their precociously pioneering phase, Wilco find themselves right back where they started. Sure, "Is That the Thanks I Get" would have fit well enough on a warmer A Ghost Is Born, but really this belongs on an artier A.M.. It's a modest country-soul number-- a breeze of a pop song-- but they play it like they've realized that pushing the envelope just isn't all that much fun. They sound professional, Jeff Tweedy still writes notes he can't hit, and the real surprise comes at the end: The band that once thanked its audience for "nothing, nothing, NOTHING" now wants to lead them in a singalong. Audience participation is the new Jim O'Rourke."