Down with Wilco
Studio album by the Minus 5
Released	February 25, 2003
Studio	SOMA
Genre	Rock
Label	Yep Roc
The Minus 5 chronology
I Don't Know Who I Am (Let the War Against Music Begin Vol. 2) (2003) Down with Wilco (2003) In Rock (2004)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	7.3/10[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]

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

All songs written byScott McCaughey, except as indicated.

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

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

• Jessy Greene – violin, cello (1, 8, 9)
• Rebecca Gates – backing vocals (3, 5)
• Charlie Francis – mellotron (5), backing vocals (7)
• Sean O'Hagan – banjo, acoustic guitar (3)
• Christy McWilson – backing vocals (6)
• Brian Paulson – "yakbox" (8)

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