Uncle TupeloBest Uncle Tupelo Albums Ranked

No Depression (Legacy Edition)

rollingstone

8.0

“Pitched as "Hüsker Dü meets Woody Guthrie," Uncle Tupelo's 1990 debut made the countrypunk notions of the Mekons, the Meat Puppets and others into a raison d'être, furthering a major movement. This expanded reissue adds Not Forever, Just for Now, the 1989 demo tape that got them signed. Its 10 songs, recorded in an attic in Champaign, Illinois, were beefed up on No Depression (and its sister sin”

Uncle Tupelo 89/93: An Anthology

pitchfork

7.8

“Listening to this career retrospective nearly a decade after Uncle Tupelo split up, it's not immediately clear why they were such a big deal at the time, and why their myth continues to occupy the center of the alternative country universe. Well, a lot of it has to do with the two bands that emerged from Uncle Tupelo's wreckage: Son Volt and Wilco. Both bands have displayed moments of near-brillia”

No Depression (Legacy Edition)

pitchfork

6.7

“Uncle Tupelo is typically evoked in discussions of the two outfits it birthed (Wilco and Son Volt), but the band's 1990 debut is a significant record independent of its fallout. Jeff Tweedy and drummer Mike Heidorn were 22 and Jay Farrar was 23 when they arrived at Fort Apache to record No Depression, and the tangling of sensibilities yielded something remarkable: a raw, lonesome clatter, the singular sound of Midwestern kids getting loud and desperate.”