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Original dashboard confessional, but with some pop 90s influences actual rating 3.5/5
Kinda slow. Liked the next Wilco album more.
I came to Wilco later on in their career, and although I enjoy certain songs in their earlier catalogue, I struggle with the lethargic mood of much of it. It brings me down, I find it depressing and exhausting. "Sunken Treasure" is a good example of that. I like "Outtasite". Some really soft and beautiful songs too, like "The Lonely 1." They can get really heavy too (in a good way) like on "Misunderstood" which I think is a solid opening track. Overall a good album but not one I will likely come back to.
Good.
Decent album. Not much more to say.
Need to re-listen and try more wilco
Dramatico, meio genérico, mas as músicas são variadas.
Not bad, better than I thought
correct genre , a few decent songs . many slow songs tho
I liked more than I expected relaxed and folky a bit country but not bad.
Not a huge fan but I do like this and a couple their other albums.
Good. Not my thing. But still good.
Aight, very general appeal but nothing mind blowing inside
3.5, too long
Is this closer to country or indie rock? Should anyone care at all? Clearly the product of some talented musicians. The double album length is unnecessary, though the fact that it's over an hour long is masked by the steady forward energy of the songs. I don't see any magic in this particular project, but it's clear that Wilco has it. The Lonely 1, in particular, has a perfect country sound which I have not identified before: A combination of guitar strings evoking the wooden box of the instrument and the pedal steel suggesting infinite space. In other words, singing songs around a campfire with constellations bright above. The fact that I've ignored them to this point, unaware of the sonic breadth on offer, is a mark against me.
Kind of a long album. I liked the more upbeat tracks significantly more than the down tempo ones.
Ass
Country-influenced rock? Makes me think of Don McLean or Bob Seger, but with less musical talent. Sort of like a band that might be playing at an art fair and you hear them and think, "Wow, they are much better than I expected." You sit down and listen for a while and all is good, but you never even think about looking for one of their albums...
What am I supposed to be getting out of this? Over an hour of Jeff Tweedys whinging, great - love it. I don't get the hype.
SO LONG. It's inoffensive for the most part, but bro let's fucking WRAP IT UP
Ok dude. Why are we in the hunger games. What are we doing. What is this. Lots of distortion. Kinda emo as hell actually. It was going so well then it wasn't. Wow. Ok lets hear this then. Wait hold on I can rock with this. He's got me. I appreciate it. Okay now we're singing me a lullaby?? Thanks ig. A little unsettling maybe. Hotel in Arizona. There are many I'm sure. Hmm I don't like this. Why are we suddenly getting ballads? I don't particularly miss u unfortunately. This is just truly unremarkable. It has very little direction and cohesion, it's just songs and music slapped together into an album. Why, I don't know. Why do I have to listen to it, I know even less. I wanna be your kingpin living in pekin?? Really?? Holy shit I don't care. My god. Favourite: Far, Far Away Least favourite: Sunken Treasure
I mean, it's certainly music. And I'm sure it is someone's taste, but its not mine. Which is odd the more I think about it, because I can hear plenty of similarities to artists I regularly listen to. I'm not sure why Wilco doesn't do it for me. Something to ponder, I guess. Final decision, its certainly not bad music, it just doesn't keep my attention in the slightest.
Praying for my brother Luke.
Not great. Not bad. Just kind of there.
I mean its pleasant, i guess it is important to someone.
I do enjoy some of Wilco's material, especially beginning on their Indie Rock classic Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. So, their earlier, more Americana-infused work do not appeal to me that much. This album is very long, and its main problem is explained perfectly by its title. Nothing really jumps out at me. The album only exceeds at "being there". Key tracks: Misunderstood Monday Hotel Arizona
I kept forgetting it was playing.
This was not the strongest Wilco album. It felt like a bit of a weak tea compared to other offerings. I didn't dislike it but the tracks felt like they lacked a range even within the track.
[2/5] country alt rock. i got excited when i saw the name of a brilliant former british retailer. i should really like this and there are some good moments, but then those moments turn into minutes and what feels like hours. far too long for what i got out of it. disc 1 was manageable but disc 2 was a great challenge to my attention span. mysterious lyrics; the audience are not privy to any detail or substance, which detracts from the experience in the case of this album. 2.5 // saved by the ending. track notes: 1. sawing into a guitar followed by sulking 2. yearning and thirsting for the chicago tonguepunch 3. giving mr burns casino but out in the sticks 4. feels too short for a song where i want to hear him out 5. twango ice blast 6. stoned in the antarctic or something 7. feels like an old school beatles song. pranked like catbells 8. nice melody but lowkey sounds like a manipulator 9. spooky vampire tune 10. soppy slow one, rhymes hard with hard, languagemaxxing 11. autumn energy but sentimental. trying to destroy mountains 12. average british conversation 13. another bouncy old school feeling 14. vague and mysterious lyrics, time for bro to own up and give us a single crumb of detail 15. wobbly life 16. idk were you? just talk to her 17. folk march plus a nice banjo 18. deep and sensitive, quite enjoyable 19. why couldn’t you let it loose like this earlier!!
bleh
Boring, unimaginative, droll
Never listened to a lot of Wilco. I honestly couldn't tell you what songs were theirs or not. Still can't after listening to this. Maybe I'm not in the mindset, maybe it really is just a boring album, maybe, just maybe, I'm not depressed enough to enjoy it or I'm of the wrong generation to "get" it. Some songs were fine, I could see myself enjoying them at a music festival afternoon set. It's just overly long. If they put all the man and guitar songs to one album kept all the full band stuff I think it would be stronger. The tunes that brought in the band and you could tell they had a good time recording it I enjoyed. Also the Outta Mind intro was stolen from Sesame Street. Sometimes a double album should be two separate albums! Just because they were recorded at the same time doesn't mean they belong together!
boring and long. dont care about the hipster lore
Está bueno, pero es de fondo
boring
Too much country in here for my taste. 2
No better than average, but no worse either. Two stars…
As beige as the cover
I have very similar, but stronger, feelings towards this album as I did for the last Wilco album. For example, I didn’t really care for the vocals, like he doesn’t have a bad voice, it just does nothing for me. And much like the last Wilco album I really appreciated the quality of the instrumentals and production. But again I didn’t really love this album. I felt like it went further in the direction I didn’t care for, but I can acknowledge that this does have a good amount of variety on the album. But I just didn’t love or hate this album. This will be one of the first few albums I’ll forget when this list is said and done. Hopefully there will be more Wilco in the future, but also hopefully something I can connect with more.
Fine
Boring af
4/10
Ikkje så fælt som frykta, men likte da ikkje heller. For langt
DNF. Too long to be this homogenous.
some good tracks but I don’t see the overall vision
Way too long. Not even good, just L O O O O N G.
Dull. Not just because it's long, but because it's really, really dull. Just occasionally a track threatens to break out into a good rock tune, but then it reverts to monotonous, or at best pedestrian. As I type this, I'm listening to Kingpin, which absolutely exemplifies my point. It's not a surprise that by far the most played track is one that harks back to the country genesis of many of the performers.
See album jäi mulle kaugeks. Ta on jube keskpärane, selline mittemidagiütlev. Selline, et kui keegi oma laulaks lõkke ääres oleks kodune, aga spotifyst kuulama ei hakka. Kuulasin kudumise taustaks ühel mõtlikul reedel.
Favorite songs from CD1: Misunderstood; Far,Far Away & Say You Miss Me Favorite songs from CD2: Sunken Treasure, The Lonely 1 2.5
banque el country, no me volvió loco
Still don't get it. Just some Country record, nothing special to it.
Im just not sure that I like Wilco that much. This album is too long. I was listening to it while running and had to change it with 3 songs left. It's just kinda boring.
Wilco's a fine enough band n all but i'm so fucking sick of hearing people go "hey, there's good country music out there! like Wilco!" Being There is like eating wings without ranch/bleu cheese. fine enough if you don't know any better, but missing a key part. the further Tweedy drifts towards indie rock, the less flavorful the music gets. that doesn't necessarily make it bad, but this really didn't do a ton for me already and it's like 76 minutes. deserves to be one of the 1001? tee bee aitch you could take this one off, but i do want to note that it's more deserving than the one with Billy Bragg
Boring
Americna folk that’s well played and his voice is quite good . It’s just a little too dull for 2 songs Let alone 20. “I was mamed by This album “ Will certainly offer value for money with 3 or more different sounds in just the first 4 songs … it’s just a pity none of them are overly interesting
Wilco’s alt country album Being There doesn’t quite make it there. Lead writer seems like he brooding, sullen, and lonely. Top track is Monday which shows up early. Musically the album is well played, but it runs long and the songs get very similar by the hour and a quarter finish. I appreciate the double album at the going rate of a standard LP, but I think it’s why this one makes The 1001 Must Hear List. (2.25*s) Still a little too country for me…
Being There is alright. Little boring but a good finish with the last 5 songs. Wilco may be a better listen on headphones cause I wrapped the album up after my commute in the office with them on. The album was a bit too laid back and folky. Band members are good on their instruments though with nice banjo/bongo accompaniments throughout. Decent listen but not a must in my book...2.3 stars.
Never heard of album or band. Indie ish cover so again low expectations. 1 hour 20, I’m bailing after 40 if it sucks. Cool opening. Really cool what he’s doing w the guitar. Good piano and singing but this is very sad boy. It’s not horrible just way too slow for me. I like it a lot more when it kicks up in the back half. More whiny indie nonsense on far far away. It’s well written just agin not what I’m looking for. I like the western vibes though that shows some range. Another cool change of pace in Monday. Still some county aspects but much more rock poppy. Fun song. Outtasite is fine. Another generic 90s pop rock song. Nothing special so far and I’ve made it through both singles. Not good. Back to country with forget the flowers. Weird back and forth going on. Good writing on this one. Fun song but still not moving the needle. Anddd back to sad boy indie on red eyed and blue. Don’t like it. Too slow. Mid production. Good musical solo. And now 80s rock vibe with I got you. You have to respect the range and variety of songs so far. Still tho, no bangers. Hate the clapping in I got you. And right back to country with what’s the world. Forgettable song aside from the awesome organ solo. Not really a fan of either hotel Arizona or say you miss me. Both too whiny and indie for me. Good piano on Miss me though. I can tell you now this album isn’t getting a high score, but part of me doesn’t want to quit cuz I actually really like how it jumps between styles. The issue is none of the songs are very good. Meeting break. But quick comment. Maybe if their albums didn’t suck indie bands wouldn’t be independent? I’ve been told their indie to “stick it to the man” but to me it seems like they just weren’t talented enough to get a record deal, but just narcissistic enough to still think their album is good enough to release. Unless you’re one of like 5 bands, it ain’t. Keep it to yourselves and your friends who will say anything you release is good. With all that being said, obviously it doesn’t really apply to Wilco as eventually they did get a real record deal. Style of music still isn’t that good. It should’ve stayed in the 90s/early 2000s. Ok back to the album. Sunken treasure is pretty cool I guess. Good production, nothing special with vocals or lyrics. Didn’t need 6 mins of that. Back to country with someday soon. I like the country songs much better which says something because I don’t like country. Really nice guitar on this one. Outta mind sucks. Way too indie alt. Just the exact type of song I hate. And more whiny alt music with someone else’s song. Country sadness. Still doesn’t hit. I’m done, I’ve made it about an hour and it’s just not getting any better. Again, I respect the range but it’s two genres I don’t really like. JAA. 2.4/5.
Recht klassischer Gitarrenrock. Damals vielleicht interessant, aus heutiger Sicht ziemlich überholt
very much not for me
Overall, it’s fine but it didn’t set the heather alight. Favourite track: (Was I) In Your Dreams
Folky Striaght fwd Rock - heartache themes
there are some good parts on this album but i guess that's something that's gotta happen when you make the album 1623 hours long
eh, its fine, not a huge fan
it was ok, a couple of songs stood out. very chill.
This left me completed cold. I don’t hear anything on here that doesn’t feel like it is heavily in debt to something else better. And his voice is not great. Unremarkable. And far, far too long
I love me some sad boy music, but this was duuuuuuuuullllllll. Kinda U2, kinda coldplay and honestly laying near the likes of Elliot Smith and Radiohead. Honestly nowhere close. Idk man, if you wanna make sad man music you're gonna have to go for it way sadder and more pained, this was an absolute slog to get through. The cheek that Smog autoplayed after. This is what you could have been Wilco!!
Music for landlords: details obscured by caulk and too much beige paint. Forget the Flowers was the first time I felt like these guys knew what kind of music they were playing. A pure country song that was competent, though pretty middle of the road. None of this has been bad, but pretty much all of it is uninspiring to me and is like a whole album of palate cleansers. I don't know if I can eat all of those they're serving here 2.49
Nothing really memorable here. It was fine, but that’s a bit generous
Not certain why a run of the mill alternative band get to have 4 albums on this list but it just goes to show that each one of us doing this process would come up with a very different list. Nevertheless don’t think many music lovers in 100 or 50 years even will be waxing lyrical about Wilco. Doesn’t mean that this is a bad album but it just doesn’t resonate and is soon forgettable. 2/5 1/5/26
hmm. tweedious.
This album is like hitching a ride home after a snowboarding trip. You get picked up by some dudes who were in the area, but claimed they weren't snowboarding. You strike up a conversation and ask what they were doing. They tell you how they read about Justin Vernon isolating himself in a semi-ramshackled log cabin to write For Emma, Forever Ago. They love that album, so they decided to do something similar, with hopes of writing the New Zealand version of the Last Great American Novel. You ask how it went, and they assure you they have the bones of something amazing. After explaining how they relied on Uber Eats for most of their meals, you wonder if perhaps they have missed the magic that Justin Vernon was capturing. You stop asking questions, and try to enjoy some quiet. Suddenly, a song that the guys really like comes on. Humphrey, riding shotgun, asks you to look around your feet to find his harmonica. You glance down and see it, but instead of handing it to him, you swiftly kick it under the driver's seat.
I was hoping for more and didn't get it.
"I am so out of tune with you"
Just can't get into thisl
Chill de cojones, muy tranquilo. 4/10
I thought I had a decent idea what Wilco are about. Apparently not. It’s Americana that I don’t hate. But I have no desire to choose to listen to.
It was okay. I didn’t sense anything groundbreaking but it was I suppose very good for the mid nineties. Didn’t hate it, but don’t remember much of it either.
boring but not unbearable
Yeah, no. I know I’m supposed to love this band, but this is some white boy nonsense. I’m not listening to none of this.
I'm sure there was a time when this would have been a part of my musicall taste but not as much now. It borrows from so many recognizable influences and just becomes sort of a conglomeration of all of stuff thrown at the wall and some of it sticks and some doesn't.
Just far too long. Maybe others will see subtleties that I'm missing, but this record just didn't offer enough variety to just the length. What is there is very good, but eventually too much of a good thing. Would be a four-star record if it was half the length.
I cant belive they thought they were interesting enough to make a double album. Its 76 minute long and it feels like 76 days. The music itself is passable but every song sounds so similar to the other. It gets hard to judge fairly after you think youve heard the same song 5 times... I liked "missunderstood" and "Sunken treasure" was decent.
The front half of this album was more up-tempo, but as with the last album this became slow and plodding pseudo-country twang. I still don't see the fascination with these guys.
A lotttttt of filler
I expected a double album to have some sort of theme to each of the two records, but it didn't. In fact there wasn't really a theme to the album at all. It really felt like 2 or 3 different bands putting together a compilation. There's some good stuff in here, but it's buried in a sea of meh.
Give me a B! Give me an O! Give me an R-I-N-G, BORING! It’s not bad music, it’s just boring music. If you’re into that soft rock country vibe then this is just for you.
Not so much dull as soulless and uninspiring.
Kjedelig plate.
Meh
I didn't get through it. There's a fair bit of acclaim for Wilco and Jeff Tweedy's twangy charm out there, but I'm just not among those who feel that way.
It sounds like so many other things, most of which I can't quite pinpoint, but one of which is definitely the Sesame Street theme tune. I can see why the author like them, there's a bit of a Costello feel in places though without his dreadful voice. This album is fine, it's okay, nothing more.
This is going to be an unfair rating but its just too melancholic and long for me to get into this world and characters. Just not my space right now. It sounded quality but made no lasting impact.
Too Country for me personally
Snoozefest but I’d probably enjoy it if it was my only option.
A double album with a bunch of different sounds and ideas and only a couple of them are interesting.
Loved the first song. The rest was quite forgettable though unfortunately
This is clearly a serious album. It wasn't recorded with TOTP appearances in mind. It was slightly tedious, tbh. Nothing offensive in there, but it didn't half drag. Worthy, laboured, lengthy.
Aside from 1 or 2 tracks, this double album really didn't do much for me, I found it pretty boring. Not the Wilco album that I'm going to come back to. 2/5
Mostly boring without any edges to have a grip on.
Country music is not my thing. At all. Just barely made it to the end of the first album. Half a point extra for the weirdness and psychedelia they've added here and there, which I liked. I didn't like anything else. 1,5/5
Nice, Wilco. I, of course, as a proud patron of the arts, know of these gents for their contribution to the Sponbo Pantprism Movie. Their offering is, admittedly, the weakest of the songs which made it into the credits (Ocean Man and ...Psychic Wall of Energy are some incredibly steep competition), though Wilco squeezed out more list albums than Ween and The Flaming Lips combined, so I guess they had the last laugh. Outside of the Bob, I've also been meaning to listen to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot or whatever that album was called. I remembered the name correctly? I genuinely wasn't expecting that. Anyways, if I'm to listen to Wilco at what I assume is their creative peak, then I suppose I must start with where they began to build that traction. Here goes. Fuuuuck. Double album. It seems that I'll continue to be bent over by these long-as-fuck albums until my morale has completely degraded. An alt-country album, too? That's a surprise - I thought these guys were indie rock from the get-go. Alt-country has always struck me as being the best country offshoot despite my fledgling experience with the genre. This, fortunately, gives some credence to my theory. However, as I have subtly inferred in the beginning of this paragraph, I'm not a fan of the runtime. The hold that this album had over my attention fluctuated between tracks, which is different to my experience with most albums. For every song I thought was decent, the following three tracks would fail to grab my attention. Still, the good songs were pretty alright. I can appreciate the hushed, sentimental feel that much of this album has. The piano and acoustic guitar are generally the best instruments as a result. They're nice and relaxing, with a surprising level of dynamism and fidelity. The electric guitars are no slouch, either. They give the album a good bit of bite and growl whenever the music wants to get more energetic. The rest of the instrumentation is generally pretty decent, though I must admit that I'm not a fan of the organ. It's droning and draining in the worst possible ways. Overall, this was a fine listen. It just didn't invigorate or inspire me all that much. Book time. "...the first mighty musical jump in a career increasingly distinguished by great artistic leaps and bounds." "...a shock to the system for many alt-country loyalists...". Has a wide range of styles. A critical slam dunk with a humdrum commercial performance. There isn't much on the Wikipedia page that isn't already covered in the book. Not gonna lie, I think Wilco are punching one album above their weight by having three of their works on the list. That being said, I'm pretty sure Wilco have always had a solid run with critics, and this is better than many of the other albums I've listened to through this list. Unless their non-Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album bombs, then I guess I'm content with letting all three of these albums through. I cosign this inclusion.
Nah. 2.5. I know people like them but I just don’t connect.
Not my taste
If meh was an album, this would be the album. After listening to the other albums, I’ve normally finished and had an immediate opinion, however this time it was just ‘ok, that happened’. Not rubbish, good instrumentation, but very same-y and not particularly innovative.
Nothing about this caught my attention.
so so
So unnecessarily long. Why did they put so many songs on this album when they’re all uninspired? Honestly it’s mid but the length of the album ruins even the mediocrity
Sounds like films from the early 2000s
Very country-driven, it's wild that this was made in the mid 90's cause it really sounds older than that, it's a really interesting album with some relatable song-writing that I liked, but not really much for me to revisit to.
Not that big of a fan of Wilco, I get why people like them and I understand the draw, but not really for me.
The equivalent of boiled chicken and plain white rice music. Little to nothing of actually substance has struck me yet. And I'm 4 songs in. I have what feels to be and eternity to go of just buttered noodles music. By the end of disc 1 I can say one positive thing for sure is that the creative use of instruments is not that boring. I don't mind a banjo, lap and pedal steel and harmonica. By the end of disc 2 with a 10,000 foot view these guys are responsible for Coachella Country and thats unforgivable. 👎
It’s a good indie rock record with some hints of Tweedy’s alt-country roots. It’s got the usual double-album problem of being too long. The cuts are less obvious to me though, because I just let it wash over me. There was nothing about it that made me want to let it in.
Not my cuppa
iyi gibi aslında sadece ben bir şey sevecek gibi değilim lmao
Really strange I don’t know but good
I get it only a couple songs in. Not listening to 80 minutes.
This has been on my list for years now. I can't say that I enjoyed it that much. I think the album is much too long and I only really appreciated a handful of songs. I was only familiar with a few of their songs prior to this listen and I think I might enjoy some of their later albums a bit more if their sound changes some.
Not my type
Too slow. Reminds me of country and grateful dead
This album is like 9 songs too long. It all really does sound the same. Slightly whiney voice and some acoustical guitar playing. Jason’s deli classic. 4/10
Not a Wilco fan. The singers voice is just not great.
Sinceramente, suenan bien, pero carecen de toda gracia. Son como Tom Petty sin inspiración. Y su cantante resulta a menudo desagradable. No sé qué mística les ve la gente.
I liked "what's the world got in store" 2
I used to like Outtasite(Outta Mind) but now not so much. The rest of it I liked even less.
It's okay, but nothing particularly mind blowing. Not to mention the fact that it's far too long. Compress this down into a single album and you might have had something more interesting. As it stands, it's perfectly competent, if a touch bland, guitar rock.
This was far too long for how mediocre this was. If I had the patience to listen to this twice I might really enjoy some of this. In the end it’s not worth the investment.
I really liked Uncle Tupelo's sound, so it has been very frustrating to me that Wilco never quite hit the same way for me
There's probably a time when this album is nice to listen to, but now wasn't the time for me. It was a bit too long too much of the same too. Enjoyed some bits more than others, perfectly fine, but at the same time I don't think anything truly stood out to me while listening. And for those that know me, this would sometimes venture into 'gekwelde man' territory for me.
I really enjoyed the Wilco collaboration with Billy Bragg featured elsewhere in this challenge. Americana is my thing. But this bored me, and I listened to it twice just to be sure. If you shoot to create a carefree everyman sound, it’s quite possible you’ll come up with a character like the neighbor who you only see at the community block party, who talk your ear off about failed romances and college football. That’s a bit harsh, so let’s just say that Wilco, as in “Will Comply,” is sometimes aptly named. A 2.
liked some of them, some were really bad
You again! Better than yankee hotel foxtrot, still long and boring
(8/19 liked songs = 42%) Pretty okay. Wasn't really a fan of some of the slower songs though. Might listen to it again in the future. First album in my journey here.
Too noodly
OK
I did not know that Wilco was so country. In fact, I previously thought that they weren't country.
Another album that’s just eh, vocals to soft and not my style.
Not an album of happy songs. On on the whole, I preferred the Alt-Rock tracks to the Country-Rock. My favourite track was "Kingpin". A couple of the tracks echoed other music, for example "Monday" had echoes of David Bowie's "Rebel Rebel", while "Someone Else's Song" most definitely used "Norwegian Wood" by the Beatles.
I feel the album has no one genre and it throws the listener off by a great force. Liked Far Far Away and a few more songs but not that influencing for me. Maybe because I share a different taste in music. Was pretty disappointed.
Got half-way through the second disk when I felt I had heard enough of this album to give a fair review. Not paricularly eye opening overall to be honest. 'Outtasite (Outta Mind)' feels like a song you've heard before and stuck a bit to my mind, but the rest passed me by. Don't have any particularly deep reflections of this, but overall it felt a bit too soft and the soft rock/country/blues blend made it a lacking of an identity.
Felt like a weak 3 type of album. Just another in album in the giant catalog of soft rock indie on this list. Nothing really to differentiate it from anything else. I know Wilco is quite popular but they honestly feel like middle-of-the-road, safe rock to me. Favourite song was Kingpin which felt like it had some funk compared to the rest (I’ve noticed I’m a real big fan of syncopation). Main drawback is it’s length which pushes it down to a strong 2.
Meh.
Shit 💩
Just okay forgettable to me
Het was weer tijd voor een belachelijk groot album met 4 discs. De meeste nummers geven me een amerikaanse country rock vibe, wat niet onaardig is maar mij ook niet superveel aanspreekt.
I’ve tried to like Wilco. They seem like they’d be nice? They love Chicago, I love Chicago. Apparently Jeff Tweedy gets migraines; a kindred spirit. The music, to me, is just very bleh, very dad rock.
Trått
Hmm, probably should like this more than I do at 1 listen. Not hooked, a little bored
i wasn't expecting much from this, but i walked away pretty underwhelmed. it wasn't really my cup of tea. i found that it was just a bit slow... and like nothing really ever stood out. sorry Wilco, but its a 2
Overall inoffensive, but not really my cup of tea unfortunately!
I find this a really hard to judge album. Some of it is good has meaning clever musicality and then others don't and can maybe be the problem with such a long album. I question is it trying to be too Radiohead? It's just a bit all over the play no direction and just boring.
This is what I get for saying Wilco never did it for me on yesterday’s album huh. Well I can’t say much changed with this record either. Signs of ambition in a few of the instrumentals, and I liked “Forget The Flowers” a good bit, but that’s it. I don’t find much in Jeff Tweedy’s voice, it’s bland at best. 2/5
Uncle Tupelo var verkligen fina, i synnerhet deras sista album. När dom splittrades var man tvungen att välja sida. 95% valde lättälskade Tweedy och därmed Wilco. Jag hörde till dom kärva andra 5% som valde Jay Farrar och hans Son Volt. Inget fel i det valet egentligen, Son Volts tre första album är smått lysande, om än inte några stora kommersiellt gångbara alster. Detta medförde i alla fall att jag aldrig tagit mig an Wilco. Det första jag lyssnade på med Wilco var Billy Bragg-skivorna, under förevändning att det var Bragg snarare än Tweedy jag lyssnade på. Det har dykt upp en och annan trevlig Wilco-låt sen dess men jag har fortfarande aldrig tagit till mig Wilco. Det här är första hela plattan jag lyssnar på (förutom Bragg-albumen då). Det är en dubbel, det är mycket musik, alldeles för mycket. Det är väl aldrig dåligt. Men det är å andra sidan bara ytterst glimtvis bra och i den stora mängden musik försvinner dom glimtarna som en piss i Missisippi. Den här plattan blir snabbt ganska tråkig och anonym lyssning, några Stones-patischer, lite lättköpt standard americana och nåt alt-country flörtande. - Jaha, man rycker på axlarna, det låter och väl genomfört men berör inte det minsta. Finns ingen riktig spänst eller tillräckligt bra låtar. Jag tror switchar över till Son Volts "Straightaways" eller Wilcos första Billy Bragg samarbete istället. Knappt godkänt
Wilco ör ett av alla de där banden på andra sidan Atlanten som plöjer i ungefär samma fåra. Americana, altcountry, alternativrock eller vad man vill kalla det. Det är inte dåligt, och inte jättebra. Funkar som förströelse med en och annan låt som höjer sig ur mängden. Dock blir en dubbel-CD med 19 låtar för mastigt och gör att trean faller ner till en tvåa.
Här händer det sannerligen inte mycket. Det bara pågår i en mindre evighet (less is more, när ska de lära sig). Det är väl inte direkt dåligt, men inte heller bra. Ett album som är glömt samma sekund det tar slut.
Inte dåligt men heller inte fantastiskt på något vis. Stabil rock med en fot i den amerikanska myllan. Husmanskost, och det blir man ju snabbt mätt på. En dubbel är för mycket. Vem orkar med deluxe-utgåvan över fem skivor?
This album is a lot like a stick of gum, it just doesn’t have the flavor to go the distance or 75 minute product.
A few great songs in a sea of middling-at-best rock. Can't really see why this is on the list.
I really don't get the popularity of this band. Snooze.
Alternative, psychedelic, country 1996. Way more country than I expected. Simple, but it had soul. Someone said it was like a bunch of college kids and it is- it has the energy. Nothing stood out too much but perhaps if I return to it :)
19 songs is just way too long for an album like this.
Meh
Pretty boring honestly. Couple good bits in there but it's just too long. 1 feels slightly unfair though.
Tried over three occasions to get through is and I know it's cool to like Wilco but it was a fucking slog.
Absolutely skilled musicians, but what a drag of an album. I love all the genres these guys are influenced by and a lot of bands that have been influenced by them, but they make such boring music to me.
Meh 2.5
This is so much more pub rock than what was on YHF - not so much my vibe sadly, but I'll ask my Dad what he thinks of it I guess
There is no reason for this list to have three (THREE) Wilco albums on it. This one is inessential and overly long.
Fine. Some really solid tracks that’s I’ll come back to. Album just too long and so it started to sound monotonous. Not sure I’d want to relisten to full album again
I’ve come to review this album and realised that I remember very little about it, which is not a good sign. It didn’t keep my attention, other than to frequently wonder how much longer I had to listen to it. It was all just dull and not to my taste.
Not bad, not good either. Weird pace and song order choices.
This is one of those bands that I've tried to like before... for all intents and purposes, should like, but it always turns out to be more twangy than I expect or like.
boring.....just boring.....
Easy to listen to mellow rock with a country vibe. Not bad but I'm not sure it's really my thing. Some nice beats and the vocals are nice but it doesn't really strike me as something that I am into. I wouldn't seek it out but I don't regret listening. These songs would be great to add to a chill music mix.
This would be three star album but there is no justification whatsoever for music that is this average going on for this long.
Too long, not good. Pushes past the melancholy charm of Wilco straight into being annoying. Not a fan of this one.
Forget the Flowers is excellent.
Just okay.
Yeah pretty much too sad for me to listen to all the way through, really bummed me out and was not the vibe I needed.
It's okay but too long.
Mid 2 best song: sunken treasure Default post beatles music. Strum the chord pattern, plod the drums, why not a bit of piano, backing vocals etc
I was dreading this day after listening to their Yankee Hotel Foxtrot mess of a record (which I think has been my least favorite album thus far [139 down]) about 80 or so albums ago. And then I see that it is 77 minutes long..... ugh fuck me. Welp here goes nothing, be back in what presumably will feel like a fortnight. Well, it was far better than the last album of their I listened too, but that was a pretty low bar to clear. They clearly have an eclectic sound that covers a range from country, indie, pop, shoe gazed and even a pinch of grunge. They don't do any particularly well and there were several moment where I sighed in annoyance of the lyrics and vocals. The music was rather boring, even when it had some energy behind it. Overall, Wilco sounds like a talentless, soulless version of Modest Mouse. I don't get how they have an ablum on this list, let alone 3. I can't see a scenario where this is a must hear album, unless it is a lesson on what audio version of watching paint dry is, and how to avoid making such music. 3.1/10 140/1001
I didn’t dislike it. Like when someone shows me pictures of their cat. But as music. Just completely indifferent. It’s session music. Rolling Stones B-sides. Probably great to listen to at a local festival in the sun with a cold beer. But not while I’m cleaning the kitchen.
Don't know what it is about them, I just don't like 'em.
willy wilco ha di nöd möge lose, zu lame cöntry gsi. 2 cervelats für dich
It was ok. Jangly americana noise folk that was way too long and mostly just "there" instead of intensely melodic
Soft songs with short titles - but just not interesting to me.
Not sure. Maybe not for me
Boring and entirely too long.
This starts off promising, but quickly deteriorates into a confused mash of a bunch of different styles that I mostly hate (putting these kind of vocals atop banal Americana is an abomimation). I can see why it's on here though - aspects of this seem to have become the blueprint for a lot of indie music that would come out in the ensuing 15 years. In fact, I had to check that vocalist and chief songwriter Jeff Tweedy wasn't quietly fronting all those bands too. But no, I guess this was just influential. It's not horrible. High 2.
The favourite album of that devout Christian kid in your class who - in an act of extreme rebellion - secretly bought a Wilco record after school with the money intended for whatever God-rock slop was topping the billboard country music charts that week. All of which is not to say that Wilco’s Being There suffers for all of the reasons that make those other genres a tough sell. Only, these songs lack such an edge that one could easily mistake Wilco for being totally void of anything interesting to say here. Which may be unfair, but I’m not exactly eager to shell out passes to bands that insist their output is refined or interesting enough to justify a full length double album for their sophomore effort. Better times are ahead for Wilco, but this left me feeling quite bored outside of a couple of well-composed highlights.
I realize why I’m supposed to like it but it is just boring
There were some decent songs and think some could grow on me but by and large this wasn't really my thing. It was long but didn't feel as long as I thought it would. Also the backstory on making it a double album was pretty cool. Rating: 2.5
Was over it about halfway through disc one, and disc two did nothing to reel me back in
Average. Forgettable...
Is that the fucking meet the engineer song?
There is some sophistication in this music but it is too whiny for me
my driving time to work is what I consider a perfect LP length, 40-45min. now, I'll have to touch my in-dash halfway and switch to today's generated LP. wilco, wilco...making me feel unsafe on the road. 2/5
meh at best
way too long
The first minute of the first song - Misunderstood - was absolutely amazing. It was dynamic and interesting, and then it kinda deflated. The rest of the song was alright, and then the rest of the album was another whatever album for me sadly. 2/5 stars.
An hour and a quarter of unmemorable blandrock.
Wilco feels like quality music but I just don't like the genre and therefore don't enjoy it. Rating: 2
I like Being There lots more than Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, but considering how many garbage sounds on that album, Being There could only improve my opinion of Wilco. This album is a weird mish-mash: the first half is alternative and rock, and the second is folk and country. Cohesive is not the word I'd describe this double album. Being There came across as fairly bland, and most songs didn't stand out. And I'm still not into the lead singer's vocals. 2.5
I actually forgot to write a review for this album, so that ought to tell you how I felt about it. Honestly though, it was okay. It was a bit too long and none of it was particularly memorable. I will say, these guys were bringing the 2000s indies vibe way before the 2000s. This album definitely has similarities to "Yankee Foxtrot Hotel", their 2001 indie hit that would not come out for another 5 years. So these guys were definitely pioneers of the sound! A high 2, probably, but not really enough to make it a 3.
I had a really great eviscerating review going when my computer crashed, so I'll try to retype it, but it won't be the same. *clears throat* Ahem... There was absolutely no reason this needed to be a double album. It contains some of the most sophomoric lyrics I've ever heard, and the musicianship and production aren't particularly good either. If you add "The Lonely1" to the first album, it would actually be decent. "Say You Miss Me" is a strong ending to the album, and overall it would be a solid 3 stars. Nothing groundbreaking and boring at times, but good enough and enjoyable for 90s alternative. But then we get to the second album, and it's a mess. And boring. I've already listened to like 40 minutes of Wilco at this point, and the second album doesn't tell me anything I don't already know. Plus it's country for seemingly no reason? I don't hate country, but it's almost like they just mashed two completely separate albums together because they thought the world needed to hear it. But we didn't. There's no story or overarching thread that justifies putting together two seemingly random albums that go on for a combined 80 minutes. Unless whiny white boy songs with basic ass lyrics is considered a concept. There's better 90s alternative. There's better country rock. There's just better. The second album really drags whatever they were trying to do on Being There down, and if I was just rating that, it would probably get 1 star. I'm giving this 2 stars, though, because there were a few things I enjoyed about the first album, but the second almost dragged this whole thing down with it. This generator has proved that certain artists are just not for me, and Wilco is one of them.
similar to their Yankee Hotel Foxtrot album, I just don't find this band very interesting.
Hard not to fall asleep.
That one was insanely long and insanely generic. Nothing aggressively bad, but it was hard for me to remember anything about it.
Background rock
Forgettable for me.
För mycket country för mig
Son Volt ftw
I’ve heard bits of Wilco I liked, but this gave some “doing an impression of oasis” vibes and I don’t know really know why. Something just never clicked on this one
Bloated very little dynamics.
Not bad, just not really for me
Not too bad!
Thankfully this dross didn’t make it across the pond to England.
ok rock
Pff. Ik weet niet man. Heeft deze zanger ooit een goede dag gehad? Dat de zon scheen en dat hij zich gewoon echt lekker voelde? Dat ie in de auto zat, aan kwam rijden bij een stoplicht en dat meteen op groen sprong? Ik denk het niet, aan dit DUBBEL ALBUM te horen, ja een uur en 17 minuten pure jank muziek! Wilco, ik ga er maar even vanuit dat dat de naam van de zanger is want ik vind dat een zeikerige naam die precies past bij deze zeikerige band, word denk in elk nummer gedumpt ofzo want JEZUS wat klinkt deze band zeikerig. De nummers die als FAVO zijn gemarkeerd zijn dus zowaar wat meer 'uplifting' en met iets meer tempo, maar het overgrote deel is gewoon trage zeikmuziek. Mijn god, had het complete dubbelalbum op deze lijst gemoeten? Waren we niet voldoende gestraft met alleen cd 1? WAUW dat laatste nummer Dreamer in my dreams is hilarisch! Een soort fake-out doen en dan toch nog terug komen, alsof we daarop zaten te wachten? Het ontbreekt deze ontzettend matige band in elk geval geen seconde aan zelfvertrouwen! FAVO: Monday, Forget the flowers, Kingpin
2.5
★½
What a nothing burger of an album. Probably 2-3 years too late to have any relevance to music of the era.
This is really not my bag.
Production was cool sometimes but hated his voice wow
This upgrades my opinion of Wilco from 'up themselves' to 'only up themselves some of the time'. It's OK level easy listening rock.
2,5
Wilco? More like WON’T go!! Up top. Give me a high five. No? Why not? Is it because I made a bad joke via typed review? Or is that nobody is reading? That would be tough either way. I’m hurt. I’m glad this looks sappy as all get out. Maybe this is David Wilcox’s emotional return from “Do the Bearcat.” Only one way to find out. Google. It is not David Wilcox. Onwards and hopefully, upwards. Whoa. I was listening to grindcore before this and the opening was kind of a good transition point. Following the buzz, the melody is kind of nice. Not a huge fan of the piano but this song is decent. Repetitive, but interesting. The last two minutes are actually the best part. Now to the modern country part. Here’s the catch. It’s not abhorrent modern country. It is kind of nice. If you said to me, “hey, we’re going to be hearing some mid 90’s country,” I would’ve passed clean out. Fortunately, this song is actually quite good. Sounds like a genuine expression. Good stuff. Oh what the hell. Oh. Never mind. I thought we were getting a full didgeridoo song. A little too upbeat here. A Ska song by Bryan Adams feat. Ryan Adams feat. Bon Jovi. Deliver me from this cursed chant. Thy lyric cast unto me a wicked spectre whom I cannot elude. My days fade with each passing trip to Tallahassee. I wish to reach the snow but I am dragged down to this wretched panhandle once more. “Out of this pan” I shout. Deaf ears. This was better. Not great. Fine. This is a fun little country song. Much improved. Sweet melody, simple, with a nice little indie nerd flavour. Excellent. Red-Eyed and Blue ended up being a little boring. Grabbed my attention once. The words are interesting but other than that, a pass. Same-y riff time. This is veering back into the Bryan Adams shit. Wilco. My brother/sister/non-binary homie. This isn’t good. I’m worried about stock issues at “the world.” Not much in store here. Kind of fading in the middle here. This is a long one too. Jeez. Not a good start to “Say You Miss Me.” Too sappy. Attempted hit police have been called. Wilco, you are simply not pop enough to make a 90’s wedding country ballad. Please take your hands OFF of the acoustic guitar or we will use lethal force. Disc 2 autocorrected to “died 2.” That’s sort of how I felt when I saw that this puppy was 7 minutes long. I’ve always said, we have too much freedom as a society. The joke is, I don’t hate this song that much. Don’t say rock n’ roll so much. That is a heavy critique of this entire album to be fair. The weird dissonant guitar parts of this song are great. Hmm. I thought I hated this song, but I don’t. The guitar is way cooler, the banjo should replace the piano in every instance. I still hear that dumb riverboat riff trying to poke its head in there. Outta Mind was decent. The streak is ramping up a little bit. Nah, this is another attempted radio display. That’s strike 2 Wilco. Kingpin was super fun. The funk bass was out of left field and made for a different track. Were you in my dreams? No, Wilco. Last night I dreamt I saw a surfer get eaten by a shark from a raft in the sky that was taking the classic trip from eastern Australia to Halifax, Nova Scotia. So, no. Dreamy alt-country ballads did not appear. Why would you wanna (Live). Right?? Wilco is fine. Well. Maybe he’s not fine. Is he singing about his own parasocial relationship? Maybe he really loves David Wilcox and has attempted to meet him on stage. Dear David, I did the bearcat to your latest song. If you know what I mean. I can’t wait to see you through your hotel room at your next show. Keep an eye on the lights. You won’t feel a thing. Love, your biggest fan. Anyway. Let’s close it down with this song played in the jukebox at a soda jerk. Real boot-scootin’ time. Mid as hell closer. This album is a strange one. I was captivated by the atmosphere at times and dreading the next song at others. I think if this shaved 4-5 songs off or 20-35 minutes, we’d be talking about a nice little indie-country record. Instead, we’re looking at a decent but more than slightly bloated monster that could’ve been shaved down heavily. When I start writing about stalking David Wilcox or writing odd medieval tomes, you know something is either really great, or lagging a little bit. I’ll take the latter on “Being There.” While I didn’t want to be anywhere but there, I was certainly a little antsy to mosey my way on to the next one. 2.5 HIGHLIGHTS: Forget the Flowers, Someday Soon, Kingpin
Nope
Too long, not really any stand out tracks for me. Some of the more up beat rock was ok. Everything else seems to just drone on, maybe the lyrics were great , but I missed em
What I find most disappointing about this album is that apparently they can play interesting music, they just chose not to
I will reveal my zoomer-card here but the only thing I noticed was that the Meet The Engineer song was based off of Someone Else's Song
Just no. I despise anything country-related.
So beige. So boring. So forgettable.
Just never got into Wilco and really like do many acts associated with/similar to them.
Not bad but just not my jam
I already struggle with Wilco and their most popular album "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot". This one is an even bigger struggle with a more country influence (not a fan). Also, it is too long. It's clearly not bad on a technical level, but I just can't get into it.
Ok background music. Singer voice and coughing mid song not my thing. 2 star
I thought I would've liked this more but it felt pretty forgettable. I think it's entirely too long for what it's doing.
They remind me of Canadian bands like Sloan, Thrush Hermit, The Inbreds, The Newgrand... Again I feel like I've heard music like this all my life. It's not doing anything standout. Pays homage to the past a bit. Too much of it. It's built well, but I just don't need it.
like a lot of my fellow reviewers I also found this album quite boring, it's perfectly fine background music, not an album I need to listen to before I shuffle off this mortal coil
Ok. Bit boring
Yeah, no. I know I’m supposed to love this band, but this is some white boy nonsense. I’m not listening to none of this.
Day 70 - Nov 24nd, 2024 In the words of Abby Lee Miller, “Boring, yawning, sloppy…. LAZY!" 2/5
long and country = meh
Boring bland lame low energy depressing not good
the boring songs are boring and the upbeat ones sound like Springsteen
#407. Not outright terrible. But certainly uninteresting in the same way every other modern hipster folk album is. Also as a double album, it does drag on for quite a while. The second half was better I thought, though. 2/5: boring
Some decent stuff on here but they do like to drag it out. This is epitomised by the last track, which finally seems like they have landed on a memorable hook, but then has two false endings and takes 3 minutes to finally wrap itself up. A harsh 2, with a bit of brevity it probably could have scraped a generous four.
As with most double albums, this one overstayed it's welcome
Boring, long, and depressing
get out of here
Weaker than Wilco's later work, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. The band experiments with a fairly bland alt-country genre that might work as a track or two sprinkled amongst some much stronger and less outdated compositions, but 77 minutes of this is just slightly too much for my taste. The jangly acoustic guitars and uninspiring singing get a bit stale after the first dozen tracks (and some of these tracks are in excess of 6 minutes long). Poor music for close listening; great fodder for background noise at Uncle Joe's farm party. Fortunately, though, we do see a glimmer of the better songwriting that's to come. The tracks I Got You (At the End of the Century) and Monday have an electric hard-rock energy that's quite different from the remaining tracks, and that breaks up Disc 1 nicely. Dreamer in My Dreams, the closing track, is also worth mentioning for its overuse of drunken noises and being a nice all-out way to end an unnecessarily bloated album. Forget the Flowers and Misunderstood are the strongest of the slightly mellower tracks, but they (like most early Wilco songs) still bring nothing new to the musical world, and are pretty uninteresting as a consequence. 2/5 Key tracks: Monday, I Got You (At the End of the Century), Dreamer in My Dreams
Vintage. Average. It feels country rock. That's it. Nothing really happened. And it's not my favorite genre. Maybe I'll appreciate it in my 50s.
Too eclectic. Like they don’t know what they wants to be. Boring for the most part.
This album meanders from a few love struck songs to one feel good song and then repeats. Not all bad though.
Better than the first song suggested it would be, but too long not to be a slog
Far too long, I was relieved when it ended. There may well have been moments in the album where I was enjoying the music, however they have been lost amongst an endless stream of forgettable noise.
I can't believe that this band is back on this list. I can't see what all the fuss is about. They are just a bunch of mopey lads. if you want any happiness sucked out of you then listen to these boys.
Sorry, there are a few times when they push out to the edges and start to sound unusual, but the won't hold there, and some songs they sound like a country version of the Beatles. 2 stars
It is much better than Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, but this band is just simply not for me
If Weezer was a bit more indie and grew up in Nashville. Wayyy too long and boring
Appreciate the intent and aspiration of a double album but for me, the songs just don’t stand up.
Not much of a fan of Wilco. Never got into them. I know a lot of people enjoy their music. I respect what they deliver but not for me
Maybe if I had more than a day to digest a double album chock full of strumminess I would like it more but I have my doubts. Ultimate Mojo magazine music.
Nothing special.
With 19 tracks, this did seem a long slog. It is a nice enough collection of songs, but a bit too much of a country flavour for my taste.
4/10…fast ein Song wie der andere im Country/Indie Stil
Such a fucking boring album.
Has some decent songs, but the entire album is far too long.
Each half would get a 3 by itself, but combined it's so damn long it gets a 2.
Indiscriminate economy pack of Americana. Lost a star for going on too long.
There's outstaying your welcome, and then there's this
Starts with a good song with multiple changes of pace in 'Misunderstood'. The rest of the album passes in one boring blur.
What the!
Far too long. I kept losing track of how I was or what I was listening to. Individually, many of the songs are decent enough, but I just got bored of the album, it all felt a bit too beige.
It's long. Some of the songs are pretty good, but overall it feels pretty mid.
I can't finish this one. It's just... no.
I dont know. Ok, but nothing great. 2.5
a few good tracks but overall kinda boring. 2.5 rounded down
While there are hints of something, I can't really find much that stands out. The first song was cool but then the rest of the album was just... Meh?
listened to in the car with jeannie didnt keep track of what i liked or didnt. dont remember liking it much
This is so sad. I can see why some people would like this but it just makes me want to bridge jump. 2 stars. I stopped at the first disk cause it was just gonna be more of the same.
Its ok? A bit of a drag
I mean it was ok, then it just kept going!? way too long for this kind of music soz
Maybe I have a negative bias having heard Wilco not long ago, but this just felt more flat and undeserving of being on this list. Just nothing much to report really, felt like more of the same and didn’t need to be a whole double album!
I liked Yankee Hotel Foxtrot but this was significantly worse. The songs aren’t as strong and it sticks around long enough to become boring. Last track sounds like I Saw Her Standing There except it tails off into nonsense for 3 minutes after the song’s natural conclusion. Watered down snooze-fest 🥱
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Eh, nothing really stood out here.
Ganska tråkigt album. Tacka vet jag när de samarbetar med Billy Bragg.
Would be a 3 if this was shorter
Never heard of Wilco. I kind of liked the country feel of this, I think if it weren't my third kind of mellow rock album in a row I'd have rated it higher, just wasn't what I was feeling today.
Going with a 2, because I can't give this a 2.5, and 3 would be too generous. This really is as average as it gets. The fact I know they have at least another album on this list is disappointing to say the least.
Nah. Not for me. It wasn't really getting somewhere.
This album is not good enough to be this long. Some nice songs but it all gets kind of boring
Generic sounding to me as no tracks stood out. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is a much better record by this band imo
It had some moments. It's too long though. Could be condensed to be much better. Will I listen to again: 10%
Listened to the whole thing, can't recall a single word.
1.5 - I already didn't care about the good Wilco album, or at least the only one I ever hear about, so I wasn't excited for this one. Maybe a 2 would be okay if the album was much shorter, but damn, this one is long and really fizzles out what little it had by the end. Some songs were okay and/or had little parts that I liked, but a lot of it was boring or nothing.
I think I would’ve connected to this more when I was younger. Pleasant enough, but frankly kind of boring and far too long. Not interesting enough to warrant such a long runtime. Started at a 3, went down to a 2 by the end for being so egregiously long