chances of success on radio. Wilco began touring before the album was released. Their live debut was on November 27, 1994, at Cicero's Basement Bar in St. Louis, a venue where Uncle Tupelo had first received significant media attention. The band was billed for that concert as Black Shampoo, a reference to a 1970s B movie, and the show sold out. Wilco continued to tour for two hundred shows, culminating in a show at the South by Southwest Music Conference in Austin, Texas, in March 1995. A.M. was released on Reprise Records on March 28, 1995. Commercial and critical reception A.M. received modest reviews from critics. Holly George-Warren of Rolling Stone called the album "one hell of a country-guts debut", praising the influence of Gram Parsons and Neil Young on the music. However, the album still received a moderate three-and-a-half star rating. Robert Christgau of The Village Voice gave the album a three-star honorable mention, but called it "realist defiance grinding sadly down into realist bathos." The Village Voice placed the album at position 34 on the 1995 Pazz & Jop critics poll. The band was disappointed by the critical reception, since Trace was met with better reviews. According to Henneman: A.M. hit number 27 on Billboard'''s Top Heatseekers chart, whereas Trace peaked at number 116 on the Billboard 200; by 1997, Trace had outsold A.M.'' two-to-one. Wilco released "Box Full of Letters" as a single, but it received little airplay. For the only time in Wilco's career, ticket sales failed to meet expectations. As of 2003, the album had sold about 150,000 copies. Track listing All songs written by Jeff Tweedy unless otherwise noted. "I Must Be High" – 2:59 "Casino Queen" – 2:45 "Box Full of Letters" – 3:05 "Shouldn't Be Ashamed" – 3:28 "Pick Up the Change" – 2:56 "I Thought I Held You" – 3:49 "That's Not the Issue" – 3:19 "It's Just That Simple" (John Stirratt) – 3:45 "Should've Been in Love" – 3:36 "Passenger Side" – 3:33 "Dash 7" – 3:29 "Blue Eyed Soul" – 4:05 "Too Far Apart" – 3:44 Personnel Jeff Tweedy - vocals (1-7,9-13), guitar (1,3,13), acoustic guitar (2,4-7,9-12), bass (8) John Stirratt – bass (1-7,9,10,12,13), vocals (2,3,6,8), piano (6), acoustic guitar (8), organ (13) Ken Coomer – drums (1-10,12,13), vocals (2) Max Johnston – dobro (1,3,9,13), fiddle (2,10), vocals (2), mandolin (4,8,10,12), banjo (5-7) Brian Henneman – guitar (1-9,12,13), vocals