Being There

Have loved this band since YHF

Fantastic album

This is such a great experience. Maybe it caught me on the right day, but damn if my mood hasn’t been improved by the journey across all 87 minutes of this versatile album. It’s clearly a precursor to so many of my more modern favorite artists. I’ve listened to YHF, but never really understood Jeff and Wilco’s roots until hearing this. It felt like an Americana festival, condensed into one long album.

Bon album folk-rock, excellente guitare, bonne homogénéité

Sympa sans plus. Un peu long

Too mellow for me

First two tracks I really enjoyed. Chilled and fuzzy, good late night stuff. Then two late period Rolling Stones rockers which I do not want. Then a country trundle. Back on solid ground with Red Eyed and Blue, but then we're back to sub-Stones (I say sub, this is probably better than what they were up to by this point). I think this is going to be one to pick stuff out of for playlists rather than anything I'll listen to all of again. Yeah, one hour younger me was correct. There is wisdom in youth. Listenable but not memorable, largely.

Way too long, way too boring.

It is so rare for me to hear a double album and be excited. Most of the time there is no reason for the album to be as long as it is. This is an example of that. Choose the best songs and go with it.

nice country rock, worth a listen if that's your deal. "hotel arizona" and "sunken treasure" are both great, rest was a little samey but differentiable enough.

3.5 Interesting, will listen to it again

nice wilco

Didn't do much for me, not a style I enjoy

First time listening to anything by Wilco. No tracks stand out, but you can listen to the album straight though. Very enjoyable.

I can count on two hands the amount of double LP's that actually benefit from being that long. This is not one of them. Shame because there is some great material on here

Rating: 7/10 Best songs: Say you miss me

I lik some Wilco, but to me this album is not very interesting for being so pretentious.

Wilco...sounds like I've heard this name. Well I misread the date of this album. I thought it said 1966. 1996 was a golden year. Kinda digging this. It's a bit country a bit grunge.

Such a long album, not really my cup of tea.

After what seems like weeks of listening to the same album every day, this list really does show it's bias towards "classic/alt/psychedelic rock with a touch of country" albums. And here's another one to throw on the pile.

I sleep

Only got 1/3 of the way through

way too long, sure great tracks but i had no right to be that long

This album had a very strange affect on me. I found myself simultaneously liking and disliking all of the songs. They all had elements that I enjoyed, but then something else about the song would bring me back down. It’s a long album, but it’s definitely an interesting one, even if I’m not sure how I really feel about it.

1. Not into the country vibes

Alternative country. I've never thought, that some genre like that exist. But apparently it does. And it's pretty good. Chill, inspiring, even thought-provoking.

Fave track: kingpin

A bit too long, but good 8ndie rock with some pretty alt-country added for old times sake. Quite Rolling Stones on places.

As always with Wilco, the good stuff is great, there's very little downright poor music but rather too much of it settles nicely in the background, musically speaking. I'm not sure it sustains itself over four sides.

Not yhf

Жанр альтернативного кантри (не я выдумал!) взорвал слегка мой мозг названием. На деле же... Ну почти половина кантри о любви, другая половина альт рок с легким вкраплением частей кантри (типо бубна) и тоже о любви. А еще я понял что мне нравится кантри где человек сам поет и играет. Здесь я прям чувствовал что это 2 разные дорожки

Пиздец скукотища... я не понимаю... Окей, чуваки намешали в кантри (фолк) всякий разных глючных эффектов местами, перегрузы, педальки, какофонию, но всё равно: звучит ну прям очень по-старинному. Такой альбом надо было выпускать вот примерно в одно время с Битлами и Роллингами. Там он мог бы составить хоть какую-то конкуренцию. Здесь же... блин, мне настолько давно не было настолько противно от музыки. Просто пиздец. Я почитал, чел сначала 30 песен записал и хотел все выпустить. 30 блять песен!

по ходу альбома думал, какие треки я бы убрал, чтобы было не затянуто. остался ер

This is what Satan would play for me in hell

It was fine 2.5/5

Milquetoast indie rock. Offensively inoffensive

I enjoy Wilco and probably need to spend more time with them. Strangely this seems to be the first time I've listened to this album. Anyway, quite enjoyed it and came away with at least 4 favourite tracks for now. Misunderstood Monday Red Eyed and Blue Sunken Treasure

This project has taught me that I quite like Wilco! This isn't quite as good as "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot", but still pretty great! I actually gave this 4 listens over a number of weeks to let it percolate.... 🤠 Fave track - "Misunderstood" was a great opener - woulda liked more of the album to be like that. Also really dug "Why Would You Wanna Live"...

The quality of these songs do not justify the run time of the album. Shorten up the track listing and focus on improving your best songs. Too repetitive for nineteen tracks. None of the songs were bad. I enjoyed all of them and I did enjoy the album, just a little annoyed with the way they spent some of their time. 3/5

Love it. I haven't spent a ton of time listening to them in the past but was vaguely aware. First time listening to this all the way through as an album, and couldn't get enough. Love the mid-90's Matthew Sweet-ish guitar sound and acoustic-ish electric sound, with a The Shins mellowness. What's the world got in store -- unexpected highlight for me.

I don't think I've ever knowingly listened to a Wilco song before. It's strange that their popularity is right around the time I would have been listening to popular music. Maybe they just fell in a crack between what the local radio stations would play too rock for country, too country for rock. I hope we get more of them on the list. Thoroughly enjoyable.

The not Wilco album I'm used to but it's still good.

Ins E always found this band hits my sweet spot. Like all sweet spots, it's hard to describe. Soothing gentle, perfect for a Friday morning, grooves on, but it's not juts the guitar sound, he has a happy warm voice that does the work. I love the uniqueness of his confusingly happy minor key (or whatever it is he does) vocals and melodies .... I blame California stars.

Right, ok then, that took a fair while, could have crocheted a jumper if I'd thought of it. Anyone out there at zero hour 9:00AM, thanks for reading. First thing to say before you take that last breath: don't bother with this. There's this second division of pop artists who get a lot of attention just for being a little serious, a little eclectic and young Jeffrey is one of them. Firstly, ditch the band sport and just be the solo artist you want to be, you wanna be Tom Petty you. The band, cor blimey guvnor how many times have we heard this type of stuff, Green on Red have a lot to answer for (sorry Yankee Dan if you are out there somewhere waiting for touchdown). Jeff, he's not the man he thinks he is. The country tunes are nice and the lyrics work well within the expectations of that format, not quite losing your dog and wife to the whiskey, but he gets what he has to do. So Jasper FForde fans if you have to listen to some of this then Far Far Away Forget the Flowers What's the World got in Store Say and You Miss Me are ok. But really why bother, go and have a whiskey and stare at pictures of your dog instead. Now, I can hear the faint tap tap tap of the distant flutterverse going into meltdown cause I've bagged Wilco, but before I end up being cancelled (maybe I already am) I do like the stuff they did with B.Bragg, but that's cause of two great talents in the Bard from Barking and of course Woody..

I liked some of the tracks, others less so.

Would have made a pretty good single album, but dunno if it’s a great double lp. I had never heard any of these tracks before & I’ve only just given the album a single listen. It sounds to me like a 70’s album - The Lonely 1 reminds me of Jackson Browne ( I was a huge fan, but not the biggest - I had a mate who thought Browne was in the T.S. Eliot class - really!) & there are a lot of 70’s alt/country sounds on the disc (Forget The Flowers or Someday Soon). Not that that’s a bad thing. I’m one of those who loves banjos - works well on What’s The World Got In Store. It was a good listen but 19 tracks was a bit of a stretch.

I completely lost interest in alternative music in the late1990s/2000s. I had kids (who liked pop music), and a busy life, and I thought it was just that I was getting old and irrelevant that I wasn't particularly interested in a lot of the new alternative music coming out. I read enough to be aware of the bands that were getting critical acclaim (The National, Arcade Fire, Wilco, Neutral Milk Hotel, etc, etc), but I just thought I was getting old and just didn't get it. These days I am less inclined to blame myself. I really try with these records, but they mostly don't light my fire. That said, this album is the best I have heard so far from this cohort. The songs are appealingly melodic, and clearly growers. They didn't grab me at first listen, but I can tell that they could, potentially, grow on me a lot. I like this more than Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, of which I cannot remember a single note, despite repeated listening. This is much better than the Arcade Fire or The National, who are both boring and pretentious. I vaguely recall "Outtasite" from the radio when it was first released. The songwriting is melodic and fairly straightforward (c.f. the overly literary blancmange from the Arcade Fire or The National, or even later Wilco records). There are a handful of pretty good songs here, played with dynamics and a rough-edged verve. I dig the unpolished and spacious production. I think the double album was a mistake. I mean, Outtasite and Outtamind are different recordings of the same song. That's padding the runtime a bit, and we really don't need that. I think a 40 minute album of highlights would have had a much stronger impact, although maybe the double album run-time strengthens the inevitable Exile on Main Street comparisons. It's pretty good, but it ain't no Exile. So, over all, pretty good. I like the cover art. Three stars.

Ehh, pretty average.

I'm sure I spend too much time wallowing in angsty and gloomy playlists but here's some straightforward unironically joyfully twangy country/rock. It's hard to pin down the sound since they are so meandering and guileless, happy and fun. It's like a G-rated Pavement produced by Daniel Lanois. Nine Inch Nails they are not, which would explain why this band is new to me. I resisted tapping my feet and cracking a smile, but the gleeful steel guitar and jangly banjo won me over.

listened

No good

another good "not for me" alt-rock album 5/10

Meh

3.2 - “Being There” by Wilco? More like “Steering Clear” by Won’t-co.

This is a great album. While some call it uneven, it grabbed me throughout and was overall much more enjoyable than Mermaid Avenue. I enjoyed the more Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (an album I likely won’t be getting for a while) esque songs on here than the more country ones, generally. Overall great, though long.

wil co.

Jam band y

pretty lengthy but there isn’t a song i’d cut. this is therapeutic easy listening alt country. easy to throw on in the back round and fall asleep too yet plenty of sustenance when you zoom in.

This album is pretty good and mellow, but very sad. I like the instrumentals a lot. Red-Eyed and Blue is a good song and I also like the last song a lot.

Really great Wilco album, kinda surprised, I thought it might have been unpolished being an early album

Superior rock album from superior rock band. Effortless brilliance.

Bit country for me

A little slow and sappy for my tastes but still good music

One of my favorite albums of all time is Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. And I really enjoyed Ghost is Born and the live record from Chicago which features many of these songs. But everything else Wilco has made just didn't click with me. Including much of this. Maybe Tweedy is too deep into his drug days or something but that Wilco magic just isn't there on this record. It's sooooo close. And when they lost that magic after they hit big, it too is soooo close. I want to like this more. I just can't.

Strong second album from W. More Americana/alt-country than later ones. It sprawls a bit but its solid.

Wilco's alt-country / rock sound, and was very happy to find after the 10th track that this is in fact a double record.

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vibes!!

Love it, akkurat sånn musikk jeg liker og helt riktig dag for meg

Dette var en lang og kjedelig opplevelse. Plutselig ble det country også? Nevnte jeg at det var langt? Hadde albumet vært omtrent halvparten så langt kunne det kanskje fått en treer

Way too long

some upbeat tunes on this one!

Not bad but I doubt I’ll remember any of it.

A real mixed bag of country and rock with a indie twist. This would be better if it wasn't so long. Cut both "Otta Mind" versions, "Why would you wanna live", "Monday", "Don't Forget the Flowers" and shorten the almost 7min "Dreamer in my Dreams". That would cut 20 minutes and then I could give it a 4.

I’ve never understood the obsession with Wilco. They may be one of the most boring bands I’ve ever heard. This album is also way too long. I honestly can’t remember how any of the songs go.

HL: "Far, Far Away", "Say You Miss Me", "Outta Mind (Outta Sight)", "The Lonely 1" Starting to think I kinda like these guys- though I am surprised that this is the 3rd Wilco album I've heard (and 2nd discovered from this list) Didn't *really* need to be a double album, but there's no song in particular I'd want to cut to make it a quicker listen April 22, 2023

I can not get on board with this. Lazy vocals, drab music. Just not good.

First time listening to this album, I’m a fan of Yankee foxtrot hotel so was looking forward to this album, and it did not disappoint, great sounding album with great songs. My only gripe would be the usual it’s just too long an album.

Jesus, this was beautiful and also kinda ripped my heart out on this gloomy and melancholy day. Will be revisiting for sure.

Está bastante bien. Me gusta esa combinación de Country y Rock que hace, le sale muy bien, pero me parece algo lento. No tengo problema con escuchar canciones lentas en un álbum, de hecho, muchas veces terminan siendo mis favoritas, sin embargo, aquí fue al revés. El álbum entero se siente algo pesado y, para colmos, es larguísimo! Estaba muy indeciso en si ponerle 3 o 4, pero cada que empezaba una canción ligeramente más acelerada, se sentía como un alivio y me aclaraba la mente, digo, era como limpiar el agua del vaso que tú mismo habías tirado, pero al menos se sentía bien. Finalmente, decidí ponerle 4, pues, a pesar de ese sentimiento de lentitud que daba en muchos ratos, creo que verdaderamente se lo merece. Para ser honesto, está muy bien logrado y es más que disfrutable.

This one did not immediately hit me so I can only give it a 3 stars on first lesson though I will listen further.

Liked it but a bit on the depressing side...

Music was really good. Dug the banjos, other instruments, all flowed well together. Lyrics were generic and actually quite bad. Shame, could have been a great album. Maybe an instrumental instead of those grade school level lyrics. Could have been 3.5 now 2.5

yup yup yup

Pretty interesting mix of styles and genres in this album

It was okay, nothing made me want to hit repeat. After a while it just droned on and with it being so long it made it into more of a chore than anything.

Ganska bra

An enjoyable record with some hints of folk, rock, country and alternative. Didn’t necessarily agree with folks saying it’s too long but I also have the benefit of a lot of listening time on my hands Would like to get more familiar with Wilco

At least 4 Omg its so long 5

I'm a pretty big Wilco but somehow I have overlooked listening to this album. It is a really good sampler of all Wilco's stylistic moods. Country, Americana, indie-pop, noisy rock. All of Jeff Tweedy's many moods are beautifuly represented. Tweedy can write a hook filled song that sticks in your head in just about any style. He is among the most talented songwriters in rock today. I have often wondered why a band like The Eagles reach mega star status and a band like Wilco, arguably crafters of better songs, toils in relative obscurity. I wish the world didn't work that way but it does. 4 stars

Third time I’ve gotten a 6/10 I’ve already heard in the space of a week. Knowing what Wilco would be doing creatively later in their career does make this unreasonably long alt-country record feel a bit rudimentary, but it’s not bad.

When I got the album Fuzzy by Grant Lee Buffalo, I thought it would sound like how this Wilco album does. Man, is this slow, boring, obnoxiously twangy, and way too long. After a while, I started to become numb. Glad they moved away from the alternative country stuff as they went on, as this certainly didn't do any favors for what I thought of Wilco.

Dubbelalbum dat tussen country, punk en psychedelica hangt. Vloeit voort uit moeilijkheden uit frontman Jeff Tweedy's leven, maar hielp Wilco er weer bovenop. Erg sterk en origineel album. leukste nummer: Misunderstood Tweedy nam het besluit het dubbelalbum voor de prijs van een enkele te verkopen, op eigen kosten.

Really solid Indie/Folk-Rock but no such thing that needs to fill this list

Aivan mahtava levy, aivan mahtava kokonaisuus. Sekoittaa hyvin akustista, folkkia, rokkia, puhdasta rock n' rollia sekä jopa vähän noisea sekaan. Levy sopii loistavasti kesään lenkille tai ajamiseen ja ehdottomasti pitää kuunnella silloin uudestaan. Lisä mainintana vielä Someone else's song joka erehdyttävän paljon kuullostaa TF2 engineerin themeltä. Valvella ollut korvat auki Tämän kaiken ansiosta vaikka levy ei niin pysyvään soittoon jäiskään voi antaa muuta kuin 5 tähteä

good but kind of boring, not many standout songs

solid wilco album

Really great album. I was very familiar with wilco but had never listened to this particular album.

It's okay. Outta Mind (Outta Sight) was nice, but otherwise this album is already outta my mind and I finished listening to it three minutes ago.

Ok. Really hard to judge off one listen, sounds alright. But some just sounded a bit dull.

This is very pleasant

Decent listen, long as hell but not awful

Great album. Had explored it before during a Wilco deep dive. Always fun to dive again.

not horrible bit boring. just basic. nothing special at all

So indie it gave me a man bun

Genre: Alternative rock Review: Good alt rock music. Some songs like "Say You Miss Me" I really liked. Reminded me of other 90s bands like Television and Radiohead. Couldn't say I liked this as much as them. Rating: 7.5/10

I usually love Wilco, and actually this wasn’t the exception but this was loooong and some of the tracks are stuffed material

Nicer als erwartet. Very 90s aber auch recht lang

I'm a casual fan but I dig Wilco from what I've heard. This isn't the strongest album of theirs that I've listened to but I enjoyed it. It covers quite a bit of range over the course of the 2 discs with some nice varied instrumentation.

4.5 Veel mooie nummers, paar kutte.

Listened Before? N This one was a surprise! I have heard of Wilco, and I knew of Jeff Tweedy from Eric Church's "Mr. Misunderstood", so it was cool to see the influence here. The Song "Misunderstood" is basically the original version of Mr. Misunderstood. Anyway, I like it. Good job Wilco. I really, REALLY like Added to Library? N Songs added to playlist: Dreamer in My Dreams

Prettige singersongwritermuziek, eindelijk rust voor m'n oren. Alleen al daarom zou ik bijna 4 sterren geven, maar daarvoor mist het net een beetje die extra attentiewaarde.

Ook dit album verkregen uit een erfenis. Toen vrij snel geprobeerd, maar al tijdens het eerste nummer zo snel mogelijk uit gezet. Wat een verschrikkelijke start. De cd heb ik aan een collega gegeven. Nu gedwongen verder te luisteren (via Spotify dus). Het blijkt tot mij verrassing vooral veel degelijke nummers te bevatten. En af en toe springt er wat uit de band. Zit er ineens een bak herrie tussen of een Bob Dylan achtige plaat. Uiteindelijk is één cd prima vol te houden. Helaas zijn het er twee..

Wilco is typisch zo'n bandje dat favoriet is van een groep muziekliefhebbers, waar ik niet toe behoor. Ik luisterde destijds naar 1001 andere albums. Maar ik geef het nu weer een kans op een koude zonnige ochtend in de lente en ik begin het wel te begrijpen. Het gaat van rustige gitaar- of banjomuziek al dan niet met een begeleidende mondharmonica, tot wat "ruiger" als een soort Joe Jackson meets Counting Crows. Overigens wil ik de stelling wel aan, dat een dubbelaar nooit beter is dan een enkel album. Bij het merendeel is het niet moeilijk om de helft te schrappen om tot een beter album te komen. Just kill your darlings.

Good tracks here and there but nothing too special.

Actually had more of a Early Stones vibe than I expected

This holds up surprisingly well. It sounds like Band of Horses copied their homework from the 90s. I’ll give some more attention to Wilco going forward.

The first big step out of the alt.country or Americana ghetto was a major one indeed. Three stone-cold Wilco classics -- "Sunken Treasure," "Far Far Away" and "Misunderstood" which was epic live for years, and evidence of the sneakily innovative and even radical Tweedy. And "Outta Site..." is sufficiently nice to play twice (though one vastly prefers the more Brian Wilson-y of the two versions) The production trickery and fireworks are used to good and subtle effect, really good. The quieter songs all have their charms, and they're durable charms, too. One sees little reason why Summer Teeth, a.m., A Ghost Is Born and Sky Blue Sky shouldn't be on this list. This is easily one of the best bands of the last few decades.

Good God was this not it... just going on and on and on. Weird mesh between country and acoustic nothingness. Oh, did I mention the horrid singing? I wanted to like it but it's just all over the place and it is way too long, to add insult to injury. I had to bail early. 3/10.

Pick a genre, my dude.

He’s a bit sad

Alternative country rock, a bit too long, not feeling it.

Day 5 Misunderstood - 4 - Boring Far, Far Away - 5 - 2 songs in and I have already decided this guy has a boring voice. I like some of the guitar stuff he's doing though Monday - 7 - more upbeat song is nice, the background singers during the chorus certainly help and I really like the saxophone (I think it's a saxophone, I'm chronically bad with knowing instruments) I really hope this is where we lean towards more during the rest of this album. Outtasite (Outta Mind) - 6 - like the last song but less fun Forget the Flowers - 5 Red-Eyed and Blue - 6 - would have been 5 if they didn't add the whistling I Got You - 6 - I liked the song except once again the voice just isn't good. It doesn't help that the lyrics aren't anything to write home about. What's the World Got in Store - 3 - It reminds me of the song Adam Sandler plays in The Wedding Singer except a lot worse Hotel Arizona - 5 - not much to talk about here although I like the idea of each state having a song about their hotel Say You Miss Me - 6 - this song actually does have some things going for it. I like the instrumentals and I like the "oo oo oo" from the background singers. I'd be hard pressed to say this is a good song but it's one of the better ones on the album. Sunken Treasure - 4 - too long. doesn't justify its existence. his voice doesn't really work for this type of song. Someday Soon - 5 - it's short. gotta appreciate the short ones on these types of albums. Outta Mind (Outta Sight) - 5 - the voice actually sounds better in this one than ever, the rest of the song just misses the mark Someone Else's Song - 3 - zzz mimimimimi honk shoo honk shoo 😴😴 Kingpin - 6 - a bit more of a bitter sound than what has frankly been a bunch of redneck hillbilly shit sung by someone who can't sing. The instruments still hard carry here. [Was I] In Your Dreams - 5 Why Would You Wanna Live - 6 - moreso than usual, the instruments are good here. I also like the story going on in the song. The Lonely 1 - 2 - the instruments are boring on this one. It's just a boring track over his less than impressive voice. Genuinely nothing going for this song. Dreamer in My Dreams - 5 Overall: This album could have been a fun country album or, if they really tried, a good alt album. However, the singers voice doesn't match what the instruments are trying to do. I don't know how we're being there when I personally don't think this album ever got there in the first place. 94/190 or 49%

hailed as an alt-country masterwork, one can’t help but be amazed at how gracefully Wilco’s Being There oscillates between the brashness of rock with the mellow vulnerability of folk and country. the music is performed with an infectious urgency, such that even in its more downtempo moments, Being There still manages to maintain a singular pace. the production feels rich, and Jeff Tweedy has a voice that continues to carry emotions louder than the powerful compositions. but Being There’s pace and agility are bogged down by a length that forces it to drag, giving itself over to tedium even before you reach the album’s halfway point. with none of the songs standing out from each other (even in spite of their seeming sonic diversity), all we’re left with is a bloated, exhausting record whose length overwhelms any semblance of feeling it may evoke. Wilco is usually said to be some grand name in the world of alt-rock music, but on Being There, it mostly sounds like they’re soiling a wall for too long, with very little of it truly sticking.

Wilco is one of those bands that on paper I should absolutely love, but I just haven't clicked with them that way. I don't dislike them, but I also don't like them enough to seek them out all that much. I remember hearing "Outtasite (Outta Mind)" on the radio a bit, and I'm pretty sure I had it on a CMJ New Music Monthly CD or some similar comp. They have some songs I quite enjoy for sure but that's about it. This is a solid album, if not a bit long.

2.5. Pretty good but no exciting

Such high caliber song writing. A little long but it doesn’t really let up. Red-eyed and Blue is an amazing song title. Not quite a 5 but Wilco will get one.

Sure it's a bit long, but it's all really good. Far less of a drag than some much shorter albums have been. It could do without the Outta Mind (Outta Sight) reprise - I get that it's in a different style but it doesn't really add anything conceptually and feels kind of unnecessary to have them both at random points on the same album. But otherwise there's nothing I'd cut, it's a really consistent and versatile album that rewards the longer listen

Nice - prefer Wilco going a bit mental with guitars, but this was one of the better recent offerings on this site

Chill å schwag

I like Wilco and I like this album, but you don’t need to listen to it before you die. If you had to call any Wilco album ”essential”, it would be Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. But as I said, I like the album. The standard quality of songwriting is good and it foreshadows in some ways where the band was heading. Don’t look up the name of the drummer

För långt, bättre ju längre låtarna lutade mot country

Wilco is a band name I’ve heard many times and never listened to for some reason. Im glad I finally took the time to listen to this album, very 90s alternative.

Really enjoyed this one. They almost sound like a more modern version of The Band. A lot of the songs on here have a bit of an Exile on Main Street vibe which I appreciate. Good stuff.

One of my favorite prog albums

Högt och lågt! Börjar bra med 'Misunderstanding', och speciellt med 'Far, Far Away', som är precis lagomt mycket country för mig. De lugnare spåren är absolut bäst (också 'Sunken Treasure'), tyvärr är det oftare mer en ointressant mix mellan rock och country. Ofta rätt "twangingt", på rätt sätt i 'Forget the Flowers', på fel sätt i 'Someday Soon'. 'The Lonely 1' är fin. Här hade albumet kunnat sluta, i stället för med den hemska 'Dreamer in My Dreams'. Och, viktigt, det är för lååååååångt. Tröttnar. Med det här tråkiga soundet är en timme och en kvart på tok för mycket. Bästa låt: Far, Far Away.

A small surprise to see this double album from Wilco, probably one of the best American bands from the last 30 years or so. Always liked it, but it is nowhere near A Ghost Is Born or Yankee Hotel Foxtrot..

The first few tracks sound quite decent, but then it gets boring quite quickly. Sitting through a double album of this was therefore not particularly enjoyable.

The first part gets 5 stars, the second doesn't completely live up to that level, but overall this is a very good take on country with an edge.

I love Wilco. I have most of their albums and have seen them multiple times. I'm sure this album is on here because it established their sound. It's good, don't get me wrong. But, I'd rather listen to YHF, A Ghost is Born, or Sky Blue Sky. This one has a few amazing tunes, but a lot of kind of boring songs. And it's a looooong album. I actually gave up on 1001 albums for awhile because I couldn't finish this one.

Definitely enjoyed this album, good vibes throughout.

I don’t know what it is meant to be. It was all over the shop. I tried to enjoy it but it was a chore.

boring as wilco

It’s hard to absolutely love this album if you’re not already a huge fan of the genre. I like the occasional alt-rock or indie album and this one is decent but I think it just runs too long. Along with the songs only being decent but not incredible. 5/10

This was surprisingly good, and I would listen again. A variety of folksy acoustic tracks with great instrumentation and variety. When you are wanting something unfamiliar and comforting at the same time.

Several years ago, I bought Wilco's 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot' on CD. I can't remember what led me to buy it (maybe hearing their name a lot?), but I remember really enjoying it on my first listen. Sadly, I never listened to it very often. I think I just wasn't ever in the mood for it once I got past "I am Trying to Break Your Heart." This is now the second Wilco album I've listened to from start to finish (unless you count 'Mermaid Avenue,' which I also loved). I was blown away by how much I liked this album. Jeff Tweedy is an incredibly talented vocalist, and this album really showcases that. I love the jagnly-er songs that are banjo-heavy, and the songs where the banjo takes a back seat, or isn't present at all too (I mean, I think it's not there on certain songs). Instrumentally, I don't think there's much more that I can say, other than I thought the flow of the album really worked, and it was fun to listen to. I did a shallow dive into the Wikipedia article for this album, and read that Tweedy had become a father between recording their first album and this album. As a new father myself, I really identified with the lyrical themes here: self doubt, wondering if you're good enough for your partner, hating yourself for thinking about running away (at least that's how I interpreted some of the songs). But the more you push on, the more some things get easier, while other things get harder. People always talk about how physically hard it is to have a new child, but the emotional and mental challenges are just as big, and I think Tweedy shows how those emotional challenges collide into the other areas of your life. I will definitely be listening to this album again, along with other Wilco albums. My favorite tracks on here were "Monday," "I Got You," and "Outtasite."

Alright but I felt like it went wayyy too long

хммм i dont know what to say...

Love this album.

Very average album No songs particularly memorable. Flow of the album feels like the band cannot decide on a genre

Didn't really like this one. I'd describe it in one sentence as "the music you expect to hear in a 2010s tv show when they try to make the characters seem cool while they're driving"

Lungo e abbastanza noioso, anche se sembra più moderno di quello che è

also never heard of them but I like it. makes me wanna swim in a creek.

A weird mix between some cheesy pop songs, country and blues. I did like some parts of this album, but it lacks cohesion.

Pretty nice rock album

Most songs aren't that bad but the album feels incoherent and drags on a bit too long

It has plenty of good songs but it's way too long and lacks any form of cohesion. Does not feel like an album too me

Meh

Way too long

A nice rock album of easy listening songs. At times it has an Eagles vibe at others something more contemporary. What holds back the album is the incredibly long run time that includes more forgettable songs.

Enjoyable album with a few standout songs. Overall though, over the course of almost 1 1/2 hours, those songs prove not enough to propell the album to more than 3 stars

-I do not understand "Misunderstood." The intro drum build is crazy and then it goes out to a very lame bit of slow song. Then it jumps back and forth between cool and boring. -"Monday" is just a banging rock song out of nowhere -"The Sunken Treasure" and "Kingpin" are cool -Too much boring on a very long album for me

I like this album, it reminds me of other albums I've listened to and enjoyed, but I can't put my finger on exactly what (Ok Go? Hot Hot Heat? Rooney?). It definitely sounds like a bunch of songs that would be on Scrubs. Would listen to again.

I love Wilco. This was unfortunately too long and god why with the chaos noise my dudes.

8/10

Not nearly as enjoyable as a Yankee Hotel foxtrot. The up-tempo songs kinda sound hokey a little bit.

A few stand out numbers like their latter stuff. Production is not my thing

31st December 2022 Listened on the drive up to Leicester for NYE with Joe and Adna. Can’t remember much other than enjoying it! Nice blend of indie and country.

Enough twang without going full zang. In other words, my expectations were exceeded. Star down for overstaying its welcome though.

Yeehaw! Alternative country is a vibe, I actually kinda liked it. Red-Eyed and Blue was a very good song in my opinion. Overall, I’d say the content of this album puts it at about a 3, but with the Surprise Factor™️, it’s a 3.75, so we round to a 4. I’d probably revisit a handful of these songs, maybe one or two end up on the playlist.

I liked it, nothing too memorable on here. The first song was good and maybe I'll come back to listen just to find more from this dragged out album. The sound and vibe is there for me, but it was background music from the get go.

If Zach Braff were an album, he’d look at this one and think “holy shit at least I’m not that boring”. Snooze fest

I can’t will(co) myself to finish this album because it is so disastrously boring. Yet, not sure I can quite give it that number reserved for only the worst of the worst.

There's a lot here, 19 tracks. Not sure I've got it all on first listen, but there's a lot going on. Need to relisten.

Good second album that I never really listened to before. While listening to their discography I've always found I gravitated towards the middle of their catalog.

Late night Warm bath Beer on the porch This is music for the mellow moments To wring out the rage This is the poignant twang of yearning To wrestle you into the moment Listen and lounge! Listen and lounge!

I had friends that gushed over this band. I never listen enough to them to have an opinion. Know that I've listened to this album, my opinion about Wilco is... Meh. Very talented musicians, great chill vibe, a little folksie and a little edgy... know I get it, they sound like the Grateful Dead... but not quite. I could listen to this album over an over but it'll always leave just a dull impression. I could enjoy listening to Wilco while hanging out with friends at a summer festival, but I didn't hear anything that caught my attention to cause me to turn away from my friendly conversation or the book that I was reading while enjoying the nice sunny day. Basically, I wouldn't brave a cold or rainy day just to see Wilco.

I am a huge Wilco fan. This album is not my favorite Wilco album (Summerteeth). Nor does it include my favorite Wilco song (Casino Queen) But it is still a Wilco album. When Jay Bennet was there and they were all kinds of messed up. Good times. Simply put, I love all the Wilco music up to and including Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Everything after that is enjoyed at various levels. Some being not at all. Being There is a bit too long. And all of the songs on this album sound 100 times better when played live. The Lonely 1 is a plaintive song about a fan. Makes me think of the Carpenters’ Superstar. Also, kind of like a Sesame Street version of Eminem’s Stan. Red Eyed and Blue has a cool whistling part that I can sometimes do. I will happily sit with any of you and discuss Wilco, Uncle Tupelo, Son Volt (and any side projects) ad nauseam. If I remember correctly, Wilco opened for Sheryl Crow at the Mann in support of this album. I do remember that Jeff wore Khaki pants and a light blue Oxford shirt and it made me sad. Uncle Tupelo was truly gone.

I'm a Wilco fan, but I connect a lot more with the later albums, starting with 2004's A Ghost Is Born. I can't quite verbalize what it is about this album that I can't seem to embrace. It might just be the pain that seems to emanate from the opening wail of guitar on track one through to the bitter end. Even the upbeat tracks have somber chord changes that belie a feeling that things just aren't alright. There are great tracks — 19 is a lot of music to absorb — and the band is killer. Like I said, I like Wilco a lot, but I never loved this album. I probably enjoyed this listen more than in the past. Hard to rate. I guess 'tis the season to round up, and certainly for the best material here, this gets the 4.

Not sure why I never connected with Wilco more. I dug Uncle Tupelo. I am definitely their target audience. Most of my peers love Wilco. All the ingredients are there: good songwriting and musicianship, etc. But I don't know, their music just leaves me a little flat. They seem a little safe, even when they venture into the noisier bits. Also, Jeff's vocals don't draw me in for whatever reason. (Part of what made Uncle Tupelo great was the mix between his and Jay's vocals.) But all of this is on me, not them, hence the 3-star rating. Then again, Outtasite (outta Mind) is pretty great.

Being There where "There" is the halcyon days of the late mid 90s with my girl Jen and this soundtrack and long debates over Uncle Tupelo v Sonvolt v Wilco. What a great double album and what a journey through all kinds of sonic landscapes--- - the hard distortion that leads into Misunderstood and those sweet piano notes with sweet tasting cigarettes - jingle jangly soft harmonica in Far, Far Away - those banjo notes throughout What's the World Got in Store (who else uses the banjo like this with solid rock?!) - Outtasite (Outta Mind) & Outta Mind (Outta Sight) and long conversations with Jen pre Internet about the differences and how I keep the songs straight Every song is a winner on this album and it never feels too long. This album started my love for Wilco and it's just reignited it too.

Meh, not really sure I liked it or not.

The first major advancement of one of the pre-eminent (but most sneakily) innovative bands around. Things would get even better but the excellence on display here is unquestionable.

Being There was a pleasant surprise; well-crafted easy rock styles which are catchy enough yet never overbearing. The whole thing goes on for too long and it loses marks for that but an easy 3, Outtasite a top track.

I like this, I really do, but there's no need to make it a double album - there's not enough variety there to keep me engaged for over an hour and a quarter, and there's a fair bit of filler. That said, the pace changes a bit, there are a handful of good songs scattered through it, but it's not something I'll come back to in its entirety. 3/5.

PREFS : Misunderstood, Far, Far Away, Monday, Outtasite (Out of Mind), Red-Eyed and Blue, I Got You (At the End of the Century), Hotel Arizona, Sunken Treasure, Outta Mind (Outta Sight), Kingpin, (Was I) In Your Dreams, Why Would You Wanna Live, The Lonely 1 MOINS PREF : Someone Else's Song

Verkar som om de hittat alla låtar Big Star slängt.

Ser ingen anledning att inte älska denna skivan, även om det inte är Wilcos bästa verk. Jeff Tweedy är underbart töntig/cool som vanligt, på samma sätt som Black Francis. Vissa låtar på skivan påminner faktiskt väldigt mycket om Pixies.

Tröttsamt gubbträsk…

Good album!

Bueno

There are better Wilco albums than that but pretty solid

I remember finally hearing Yankee Hotel Foxtrot and being a little underwhelmed. I'm looking forward to hearing more from Wilco today. Update: Good album, but very long and very dense. I feel like I need a few listens to really latch onto what all was going on. Off the first listen, I enjoyed disc one a little more. It had a bit of extra grit and experimentation to it whereas the second disc was a bit more grounded. Wilco is pretty solid!

- This album is entirely new to me. I’ve heard of Wilco, but never listened to any of their music - I like Outtasite (Outta Mind) (& vice versa) and Someday Soon - I can see myself listening to this again

I don’t care for it. Nothing special, nothing caught my attention.

3.5

Was not the vibe for me

This was an enjoyable alt country album. I enjoyed the instrumentation and vocals. It was varied in parts, with some songs having more rockabilly influence than others, but the sheer length of the album really weighed it down. There wasn't really a bad song, but it did start to sound the same after a while.

Täytyy myöntää, etten jaksanut juuri kuunnella. Oli juu kitaraa ja vähän folkia ja indietä ja ihan kivaa mutta yhdentekevää, ainakin ekalla kuuntelulla. Tokalla vois olla mahdollinen kakkonen?

Genreharjoituksia - harmittomia mutta pohjimmiltaan tarpeettomia. Lisäpiste oikeanlaisen musiikin fanituksesta.

Good but not my style.

I know i should like it but man it was boring

Lovely spare folk rocky goodness

This is a very different Wilco than most people know from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. More Alt-Country than Alt-Rock. If I'm honest I'd never really heard this early Wilco before and suddenly their inclusion on Mermaid Avenue makes a lot more sense, something I've always been confused by. A lot of these songs are really great. You can hear Tweedy starting to head a little towards his later sound. The influence of bands like Pavement are all over this and tells a rather intriguing story of an alt-country musician starting to reinvent his sound into something a bit more enigmatic. I particularly like when the dissonant and noisy bit surface for a minute and you think "Yep, this is Wilco". The main problem is sweet christ on a bike it's a slog. Not because it significantly drops in quality, but because its an hour and 20 long. I'm a firm believer that if you don't have a particular reason to write a double album, don't do it! This could have been two releases and it would have been great! But you run out of so much energy after the 15th alt-country song that its really not doing its self any favours. Why did no one sit him down and go "Jeff... its an hour and seventeen minutes, tone it back a bit mate." The main feeling that I'm left with after listening to Being There is, why didn't I just go listen to Yankee Hotel Foxtrot? Because of the list obviously, but I don't think I'll ever consciously put this on again over YHF.

As a middle aged white guy I'm obligated to give any Wilco album at least three stars.

Rocked a little harder than I expected.

Aardig album. Goede productie en luistert lekker weg. Een tikkeltje aan de lange kant maar het album is zo vriendelijk dat het niet irriteert. Geen echte hoogte- of dieptepunten. Met een pistool tegen m'n slaap zou ik het openingsnummer 'Misunderstood' en 'Kingpin' noemen als favorieten en 'Someone Else's Song' en 'The Lonely 1' als dieptepunten. Zit tussen een stevige 3 en een lichte 4 in.

What on earth is this doing on the list?!?!?

A long breezy slice of acoustic indie that might be enough to get me to explore Wilco a bit more

Wilco is weird in the coolest way. They’re hard to pin down. I’m not really sure what genre they’re in or who to compare them to - but that’s probably what makes them cool. Really dig this one.

Прослушано! Отличный альбом, обязательно переслушать.

Every song here was great, but honestly not every song needed to be here, if that makes sense. Sometimes a double album just isn't worth it. If this was maybe 60% the length it could be an easy 5.

Wow, my only complaint was the length, but this one is quite cozy and warm.

These guys have to learn that singing about greedy goblins stealing your gold stash is way more interesting than whining about leaving your girlfriend back in Tennessee or some shit. What I'm trying to say is, that this is boring and goes on for an insanely long time. Almost 80 minutes with next to no diversity. Pain.

I liked a few of the songs quite a bit but the double album was a little long.

Rien de vraiment mauvais, mais tellement oubliable à la fois. J'ai de la difficulté à comprendre son inclusion sur un tel palmarès, j'oubliais que ça jouait. Tellement de pièces qui sonnent comme quelque chose que je connais mais rien d'épatant.

I think I got a Wilco album before??? And didn’t really like it but regardless this one was really good. It was a mix of country blues and rock and the whole thing, while long, was nice to listen to. Monday was my fav song

Voice and vibe of this album reminds me of the Dead actually. Groovy dad rock, as Wilco does

I've been on a brutal run with the album generator. I'm not super familiar with Wilco but I'm hoping this will at least be listenable. The title of the album and the album art are pretty boring, and it clocks in at an excessive 1hr 17m. Boring will be fine today. And here I am an hour later to report: boooring. Inoffensive. You might even say mostly harmless. Can't imagine listening to this album again on purpose but I wouldn't leave a party if it came on. 2.5 stars rounding down for length.

4.0

I can’t remember the last time I heard an album with so many excellent songs on it. I love the lyrics - lots of sharp, clever writing. Their sound has a lot of country twang but they can also rock like the Stones (“Monday”) or do Beach Boys-style pop (“Outta Mind (Outta Sight)”). What a great opening line for an album: “When you’re back in your old neighborhood / The cigarettes taste so good / But you’re so misunderstood.” Very impressive to hear an hour-plus album that’s this consistent. Highlights: “Misunderstood,” “Far, Far Away,” “Monday,” “Forget the Flowers,” “Sunken Treasure,” “Someone Else’s Song,” “Dreamer in My Dreams” (those fake-out endings are so good!)

This was really good. I like this band and have only gone through like 20% of their discography but man did I enjoy this one. I've heard some of their records full through and many of their singles on solo plays but actually none of these songs before today/yesterday. There is so much thought put into every detail. Jeff Tweedy is an indie legend and writes so thoughtfully. I feel like for me this is a high 4/5 but I'm realizing that I'm only giving 5/5 to like super legendary albums for me but I think it's time that I round up at times, because the only thing keeping high 4/5 albums from being legendary 5/5's is the passing of time for an album to solidify that status. 5/5 then!

there’s something repellent about tweedy but the dude writes a good tune

"Being There" is the second studio album from the alternative rock band Wilco. It was self-produced and a double album priced at a single album (which some saw as a marketing move). The album was named after the 1979 movie "Being There" since Wilco saw similarities between this album and the Peter Seller's character Chance. I'll have to re-watch it now. The album was viewed as a dichotomy between alt-country (their previous album "A.M." and Jeff Tweedy's former band Uncle Tupelo) and music more pyschedelic/surreal. I totally agree with that as there are songs that fit both of those categories along with just some straight-forward pop-rock songs. This is a tremendous album. Also, very important was the addition of multi-instrumentalist Jay Bennett from the recently disbanded Titanic Love Affair. He would prove vital on this and next few Wilco albums. Wilco announces very loudly their alt-country departure on the first song "Misunderstood." Each band member plays a different instrument than what they typically play. Tribal drums. Guitar feedback. Total chaos. It then goes soft with a piano and alternates between the two throughout. Tweedy is the tortured artist, satiricallly pokes fun at himself and references the break-up of his former band Uncle Tupelo and bandmate Jay Farrar. A great song live. The two singles released "Monday" and "Outtasite (Outta Mind)" are pretty much straight-forward rockers. In one, he talks about making it big but doesn't want to work to do it and in the other someone who is outta site for awhile becomes outta mind. "Hotel Arizona" is very high on my favorite Wilco songs. A song that starts soft with an organ and traditional rock and just builds taking off with some great guitar. An ode to "Hotel California?" Getting use to the rock and roll lifestyle but with self doubt. The second half begins with a gem of a song in "Sunken Treasure." The acoustic guitar strings. Similar to previously mention songs it builds and alternates between soft and loud. The heart and soul of the album. The tortured artist. Great lyrics. We still got some alt-country goin' with "Someday Soon." Steel pedal guitar. A goofy backing vocal chorus almost sounding like Van Halen from back in the day. "Kingpin" also keeps the alt-country vibe going with some acoustic guitar twang. The struggle between being the kingpin of a small town and the lure of the big city. A shout out to Pekin, lllinois. With the underlying organ and beat, I also heard foreshadowing of what was to come on their next album, the wonderful "Summerteeth." "Being There" is my favorite Wilco album. The band separated themselves somewhat from the alt-country scene, Uncle Tupelo and Son Volt and Jay Farrar. The band would continue to transform over the next several albums. I would recommend listening to first four albums in order to see the band grow and transform.

Alternative music flirting with country makes me uncomfortable

While the songs were generally nice, this album was way too long.

Ålriet

Not my bag.

Enjoyable, not really offensive, but very generic and boring in some parts. Some songs here are super catchy though.

Nice country rock album. It is very long though and begins to get stale about halfway through.

I remember Wilco…sweet sweet Wilco. I always HATED IT

Jammy

i love some good indie country type music, this album was so long tho

I like some later Wilco albums but this is very basic and uninspired. Some really bad country tinged stuff towards the end that is bar band quality. No need for a double album at all

Eclectic mix of sounds. Started very loud and aggressive, yet the vocals had a big contrast with the guitars. Indie feel to the album, just indie enough to not be pop, but definitely has some of the songwriting hallmarks of pop. Great album that will go into my rotation in the future, this is my first time listening to this band, but I have heard of them before.

Not bad

Complex, layered and lovely pop ballads with a hint of country courtesy of the steel guitar.

It was just ok.

I love Jeff Tweedy’s voice and songs. I like all the really noisey stuff at the end of misunderstood and sunken treasure. The three endings of Dreamer in My Dreams are fun. 4.5

I love the way Wilco pairs noise with simple folky songwriting. I love Jeff tweedy’s voice and songwriting, this album is right up there with YHF for me.

I loved this. Sad and beautiful. Lyrics are great. Definitely going to listen to again.

Unexpected sounds, tonality and rhythms. Lyrically the album is just a little more interesting than expected, but still not to thought provoking. All round nicely produced, the indi/alt vibe comes through without feeling homemade are half-assed.

It's country pop, I guess. Good album, but not my type of music.

As usual, I'm not the greatest fan of alternative, but country is nice. Personal opinions aside, the musicians are very skilled and the compositions aren't lacking either.

Alternative country rock by the numbers. The album is much too long, especially considering it having not a single interesting song whatsoever. 2/5

Folky rock, beetje te rustig. Zeker niet slecht maar voor mij te langzaam en saai. 3*

This is one of those albums to judge your friends by. I for one, don't get it, and don't get those who do.

Wasn't aware of what genre Wilco fell into, but enjoyable music.

Die 2. Platte von Wilco, die ich durchskippen muss, ganz durchhören (77 Minuten, was für eine Frechheit bei dieser banalen Grütze!) kann und will ich das nicht. Anzahl von Wilco-Alben, die in dieser Liste sein sollten: 0.

Wilco! The story of one of America's premier 21st Century bands begins at earnest with this once single album priced double album and no corner is left untouched, making the best out of their adopted scenario. At times it can be sprawling and a bit bloated for it's own good but, when one has the gumption to let the world know of their abilities, just being there will be worth it. Favorites: Misunderstood, Far, Far Away, Outtasite (Outta Mind), I Got You (At the End of the Century), What the World Got in Store, Say You Miss Me, Sunken Treasure, Outta Mind (Outta Sight), Kingpin, Why Would You Wanna Live, Dreamer in My Dreams.

What is this? Alt-Rock? Country Rock? Mundane Rock?

What a banger in Misunderstood to kick off the album Someday Soon was gorgeous. Listening to this only knowing Wilco for Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, this album was a great showing of some of the diversity of the band. Wish i could give it a half star, fully deserving of 4.5

OK.

This was perfect for a rainy day. Really solid indie rock.

Maybe if it wasn't a double album. I liked most of it, but some parts of felt languished 3/5

Soooooo boring

6/10. Some pretty nice songs, but a lot more that were just not very memorable. Probably higher quality songs than the other Wilco album I've had, but the runtime is really a lot.

Wilco is so dull. 4/10

Although the running time is too long for what its worth, Being There was a pretty pleasent listen that doesn't have a strong fit in a music genre.

I think the music is a bit dull compared to the lyrics its alright I guess.

Not my favorite of theirs, and it's a bit bloated, but still damn good. Best track: Kingpin

Love Wilco

I just had a Wilco album two weeks ago, so the memory of the other one was still fresh. I think I liked this one better, or maybe I’m just getting more familiar with their sound.

Gorgeous, moving music

I haven’t listened to much Wilco. This album is really good. Some songs remind me of the Rolling Stones.

I actually liked this a lot more than I thought I would, but it was really dragging it's feet towards the end

An interesting and eclectic album, with some country inspiration sometimes. Favourite songs: What's the World Got in Store, Hotel Arizona, Sunken Treasure, Someday Soon, Dreamer in my Dreams

mid

Imagine that you can walk into a place where you know everyone in the band, you know almost everyone in the room, you've had hard times but the feel of the room counters that, and the music just sweeps through being a chant to an intimate, worn feeling. I'd shout along to these songs and hum them in the quiet.

I'm a big fan of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot so have tried a few times to get into other Wilco albums, but none have clicked so far. Being a double album, there's a lot to unpack here, but some of it was great. I'll need to give it more time to get my head around it all.

Pretty good did enjoy it.

2/5 This ones ok, didn't hit the mark for me tho sadly, was missing something.

Didn't love everything, but overall really good. One of my favorite songs is actually on this: Say You Miss Me

I was really pleasantly surprised by how much I enjoyed this. I don't really know much Wilco beyond a few tracks from Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, but there was a lot to like about this.

Not a fan at all. This is the first album that I almost stopped listening to.

I’m so bored. Why do people like this stuff? How is this exciting?

Wilco is in my top 5 favorite bands of all time. Being There isn't their best (by a wide margin), but a solid listen. I have to be in the right mood to listen to it in its entirety, but several tracks are frequently in my mixes.

Wilco! Had a lot of friends whose favorite band was Wilco back in the day. I always appreciated their music but never enough for regular rotation in my mix.

I just don't like wilco

Yea

90s awesomeness

Great album. It’s been awhile since I had listened to it and it keeps getting better with time

kinda folk country but surprisingly enjoyable

They sound like a mediocre garage band down the street; I don't see the appeal.

I don't get the hype around Wilco (wait, *is* there any hype around Wilco?) This all just seems so... ordinary.

Didn’t know this and existed. Pretty good

Highlights: Monday, I Got You. Balancing between the conviction that I should like Wilco, and the reality that I'm mostly indifferent. It's good, it's just that I'm not really into it.

Great songwriting and performance. There's a certain something to Wilco I can't put my finger on but I like them more than other people in this genre

Should be footnoted - how an alt-country band transforms itself into an experimental rock and roll powerhouse. May sound easy, but few have attempted and, obviously, less have succeeded. Compared to prior releases (Uncle Tupelo and A.M.) this is heavy. But the alt-country pops up often enough to make it clear where they came from. It works.

Hadn't heard this album before. I loved Uncle Tupelo and wish Tweedy and Ferrar hadn't gone their separate ways. I always like Son Volt, but sometimes I find Wilco to be too esoteric and experimental. This album has a little of that, but most of the record is just really good songs. I especially like the flat out rockers -- Monday & Outtasite. I also like Tweedy doing his best Rod Stewart impression on Dreamer in my Dreams. The Uncle Tupelo alt-country feel is still very apparent on this record, which is probably why I liked it so much. I'm downloading this one!

I never heard this before and really enjoyed this album. It felt like a more modern version of Exile on Main Street, in that you can hear alternative rock, country, folk, and bluesy numbers all back to back (plus “Monday” sounds like it could have actually been on Exile). This album was a great blend of different types of American music and kept me engaged. Plus Hotel Arizona sounds like our song Cracked at the end. I will be checking out more Wilco music.

Didn't need to be a double album at all, there are only about three songs on disc two as good as the songs on disc one. After slogging through that to find the closing track is a with a forgettable, cough-ridden bar-room blues with a false ending is deeply unrewarding. The best songs are great, but as an album, meh.

Eh, definitely not as good as Wilco's later work. Much more country influences on this one and less put together.

It was OK. Never a big Wilco fan.

A vast collection of songs that manage the impressive feat of leaving me utterly indifferent throughout.

This was the album that made everyone realize that there was more to Jeff Tweedy than anyone realized. When Uncle Tupelo broke up, I think a lot of people expected that Jay Farrar had a bright future ahead of him while Jeff Tweedy would fade into obscurity. Wilco's first album, A.M., was pleasant enough, but not super interesting or innovative, while Son Volt's first album Trace was very well received on the other hand. Then this album came out by Wilco and it was like, woah, there's something pretty interesting going on here. I still prefer their next couple of albums, Summerteeth and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, but this is a really interesting, eclectic set of songs, and a sign of things to come. Maybe would have been better to get rid of the filler songs and release as a single album, but that's ok. 4 stars.

It’s pretty good, but I was expecting so much more. And tbh a lot of the songs reminded me of Jan from the office singing about her assistant. Smth about the whiny tone

didnt really enjoy this. i think wilco just isnt for me

country. instruments ok, voice annoying

It may be an unpopular opinion among Wilco fans, but it’s a hill I’m willing to die on: Wilco was at its best and most interesting when Jay Bennett was in the band. No disrespect to Jeff Tweedy intended, I don’t mean to imply that Jay was the mastermind of the band, not at all. Just that his playing on albums like Summerteeth and Yankee Hotel Foxtrot complimented the songs extremely well. To me, his ability to create an atmosphere with his playing was an important part in the greatness of those records. For me, the post-YHF records don’t have that same sort of cohesion, at least not as much as the records with Jay did - even if the band was reaching a boiling point while he was a member. So yeah, I like Being There. I have a hard time with double albums: I find they’re often too bulky to keep my attention, and Being There isn’t an exception, but taken in chunks, it’s enjoyable. As a whole, Being There doesn’t quite match the heights of Summerteeth (please tell me that record made the list) or Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, but it’s a bit of a blueprint for those two records: experimental and stylistically varied, with the right mix of upbeat songs and melancholia to keep it from feeling too same-y.