Wilco - A.M.

This was the band's debut, and it sees them solidly working an upbeat, catchy country-rock groove - guitar-bass-drums and banjo, mandolin and pedal steel as appropriate. It's not as expansive and great as what was to come (which for me basically means Summerteeth, as I'm still not sold on YHF, and haven't yet listened to their other records), but it nonetheless has a charm of its own, and there are hints of the wonderful, sprawling-yet-tight, joyful-melancholic vibe that the band was later to perfect. Diggin' it.