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This article is about the Wilco album. For the score for the film Star Wars, see Star Wars (soundtrack).
Star Wars
File:Star Wars Wilco.jpg
Studio album by Wilco
Released July 16, 2015 (2015-07-16)
Genre
Length 33:47
Label dBpm
Producer
Wilco chronology
Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions
(2012)Mermaid Avenue: The Complete Sessions2012		 Star Wars
(2015)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 83/100[4]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars[5]
The A.V. Club B+[6]
Entertainment Weekly A–[7]
The Guardian 4/5 stars[8]
The Independent 5/5 stars[9]
Mojo 4/5 stars[10]
Pitchfork Media 7.7/10[11]
Rolling Stone 4.5/5 stars[12]
Slant Magazine 4/5 stars[13]
Spin 7/10[14]

Star Wars is the ninth studio album by American alternative rock group Wilco. It was self-released for free on July 16, 2015 through wilcoworld.net.[15][16] It is the second Wilco album that was released on their own label dBpm. A CD version of the album was released on August 21 and a vinyl version was released on October 13.[16]

Cover art

In an interview with Rolling Stone, Jeff Tweedy explained the cover art and album title.[17]

It's kind of an extension of the thought process behind, I don't know, staying in touch with some sort of wild energy as much as possible and some sort of an irreverence. But that painting of that cat hangs in the kitchen at the [Wilco] loft, and every day I'd look at it and go, "You know, that should just be the album cover." Then I started thinking about the phrase "Star Wars" recontextualized against that painting — it was beautiful and jarring. The album has nothing to do with Star Wars. It just makes me feel good. It makes me feel limitless and like there's still possibilities and still surprise in the world, you know?

Accolades

Publication Accolade Year Rank
The A.V. Club The 15 Best Albums of 2015 2015
14[18]
FLOOD Magazine FLOOD's Best of 2015 2015
6[19]

Track listing

All songs written by Jeff Tweedy, except for "You Satellite" co-written by Tweedy, Glenn Kotche and Nels Cline, "Taste the Ceiling" by Tweedy and Scott McCaughey, and "Magnetized" by Tweedy and Mikael Jorgensen.[20]

No. Title Length
1. "EKG"   1:15
2. "More..."   2:44
3. "Random Name Generator"   3:49
4. "The Joke Explained"   2:33
5. "You Satellite"   5:16
6. "Taste the Ceiling"   3:15
7. "Pickled Ginger"   2:29
8. "Where Do I Begin"   2:54
9. "Cold Slope"   3:11
10. "King of You"   2:41
11. "Magnetized"   3:40
Total length:
 33:47

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2015) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[21] 60
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[22] 46
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[23] 80
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[24] 14
Irish Albums (IRMA)[25] 69
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[26] 30
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[27] 52
UK Albums (OCC)[28] 83
US Billboard 200[29] 105
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[30] 8
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[31] 10
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[32] 18

References

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  20. ↑ https://www.dropbox.com/s/k70e8t81e334e3i/STAR%20WARS%20PR%20FINAL.docx?dl=0
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  22. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Wilco – Star Wars" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  23. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Wilco – Star Wars" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  24. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Wilco – Star Wars" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  25. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 35, 2015". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  26. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Wilco – Star Wars". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 28, 2015.
  27. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Wilco – Star Wars". Hung Medien. Retrieved September 2, 2015.
  28. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved August 29, 2015.
  29. ↑ "Wilco – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Wilco. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  30. ↑ "Wilco – Chart history" Billboard Independent Albums for Wilco. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  31. ↑ "Wilco – Chart history" Billboard Top Alternative Albums for Wilco. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
  32. ↑ "Wilco – Chart history" Billboard Top Rock Albums for Wilco. Retrieved September 1, 2015.
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