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A double album with a sustained passion for the lineage of American music, with a deep belief in rock'n'roll's redeeming grace. It features whistling solos, Stax horns, coughing attacks, some honky tonk, and choruses that go, "oooh-oooh". It's almost entirely wonderful.
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There are some duds here. And Wilco have a long way to go from being musical geniuses, but they've sure got the melody thing down flat.
Majority of this was just the same alt-country stuff that they were rockin' before, but then the last few songs just blew me away. The live versions of "Misunderstood" are also far superior to this studio one, so I suggest checking those out. Overall, solid experience.
Favourite tracks: Misunderstood, Sunken Treasure, Kingpin, (Was I) In Your Dreams, ★ The Lonely 1, Dreamer In My Dreams
Tweedy Soothes
Being There is the audio equivalent of taking comfort in a kind of familiar sadness. It’s steeped in the kind of boring, day-to-day depression that so much of Wilco’a music embodies, but there’s also this undeniable human warmth that anchors everything to my heart. The way Tweedy’s desire to do right by his loved ones in spite of his career and his inability to do right by himself bleeds through every song is heartbreaking, sure, but also endearing and oh ... read more
I´m almost lost for words.
This record is a masterpiece of American music and songwriting. A long journey that feels like a short trip on an emotional roller coaster. I don´t know how I could have missed out on that record because for me it´s a benchmark from now on.
(benchmark for: production - soulful singing - unchained musicanship - classic songwriting)
Sunken Treasure is a good example to show the whole quality of a moment in music-history close to perfection. ... read more
Just a solid folks country album. Wilco occupy a weird place being too indie for the country scene and too country for the indie scene but when they have the tunes they're really solid
yeah its good, i'm just imagining the band closing a set with jeff tweedy screaming "THANKS FOR NOTHING!" at the audience.
Majority of this was just the same alt-country stuff that they were rockin' before, but then the last few songs just blew me away. The live versions of "Misunderstood" are also far superior to this studio one, so I suggest checking those out. Overall, solid experience.
Favourite tracks: Misunderstood, Sunken Treasure, Kingpin, (Was I) In Your Dreams, ★ The Lonely 1, Dreamer In My Dreams
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Track List
| 1 | Misunderstood 6:28 | 95 |
| 2 | Far, Far Away 3:20 | 94 |
| 3 | Monday 3:33 | 88 |
| 4 | Outtasite (Outta Mind) 2:34 | 95 |
| 5 | Forget the Flowers 2:47 | 94 |
| 6 | Red-Eyed and Blue 2:45 | 94 |
| 7 | I Got You (At the End of the Century) 3:57 | 91 |
| 8 | What's the World Got In Store 3:09 | 89 |
| 9 | Hotel Arizona 3:37 | 91 |
| 10 | Say You Miss Me 4:07 | 92 |
| 11 | Sunken Treasure 6:51 | 95 |
| 12 | Someday Soon 2:33 | 91 |
| 13 | Outta Mind (Outta Sight) 3:21 | 87 |
| 14 | Someone Else's Song 3:21 | 89 |
| 15 | Kingpin 5:17 | 86 |
| 16 | (Was I) In Your Dreams 3:30 | 90 |
| 17 | Why Would You Wanna Live 4:16 | 89 |
| 18 | The Lonely 1 4:48 | 90 |
| 19 | Dreamer In My Dreams 6:43 | 94 |
Total Length: 1 hour, 17 minutes
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