Down_with_Wilco Knowpia

Down with Wilco
Down with Wilco
Studio album by The Minus 5
Released	25 February 2003
Genre	Rock
Label	Yep Roc
The Minus 5 chronology

Down with Wilco is the fifth album by American rock band The Minus 5. Produced by Scott McCaughey and Jeff Tweedy, it is a collaboration between McCaughey and Wilco, recorded at SOMA Studios Chicago in September and December 2001. Released on Yep Roc in 2003, it also features contributions from Peter Buck of R.E.M., Ken Stringfellow of The Posies, Sean O'Hagan of The High Llamas, with Jessy Greene providing strings. The double-vinyl version adds five songs not included on the CD.

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Pitchfork Media	(7.3/10)^[2]
Rolling Stone	^[3]

Track listing edit

All songs written by Scott McCaughey, except as indicated.

"The Days of Wine and Booze" – 3:42
"Retrieval of You" (McCaughey/Jeff Tweedy) – 3:51
"That's Not the Way That It's Done" – 3:29
"The Town That Lost Its Groove Supply" (McCaughey/Tweedy) – 2:35
"Daggers Drawn" – 2:47
"Where Will You Go?" – 3:17
"Life Left Him There" – 3:00
"The Family Gardener" (McCaughey/Tweedy) – 2:44
"The Old Plantation" – 3:40
"What I Don't Believe" – 2:29
"View from Below" – 3:17
"I'm Not Bitter" (Tad Hutchison/McCaughey) – 2:58
"Dear Employer (The Reason I Quit)" – 4:13

Personnel edit

The Minus 5

Scott McCaughey – vocals, piano, acoustic guitar, keyboards, pedal steel, trumpet, bass harmonica, strings, ocarina, percussion, kalimba
Jeff Tweedy – guitar, backing vocals, synth, orchestron, marimba, piano
Glenn Kotche – drums, percussion
Peter Buck – 12-string guitar, e-bow guitar, mandolin, six-string bass, slide guitar, electronic tanpura, electric guitar
John Stiratt – bass, backing vocals
Leroy Bach – acoustic guitar, synth, piano, electric guitar, Wurlitzer, baritone sax, marimba
Ken Stringfellow – backing vocals, organ, banjo, baritone guitar, Moroccan horn

Additional musicians