Being There

Description

Double 180-gram vinyl LP set with CD. “Being There” is Wilco’s second effort, and it’s a masterful collection rightly carrying forward the magic of their debut. Singer-songwriter Jeff Tweedy seems fascinated by the prospect of tracing back their genre’s beginnings. There’s 19 ambitious songs here: “Misunderstood” is a powerful love affair with psychedelia; “I Got You (At the End of the Century” is power pop; “Someone Else’s Song” seems influenced by The Beatles, while “Monday” is tangy R&B. Even given these influences, though, the record remarkably manages to avoid clichs. Tradition is packed with twists and turns here, and the critical reaction to the album-The Independent compared it to The Rolling Stones’ “Exile On The Main Street”-was favorable, and justified in being so.

Tracks

• – Disc 1 –
• 1Misunderstood
• 2Forget the Flowers
• 3I Got You (At the End of the Century)
• 4Red Eyed and Blue
• 5Was I in Your Dreams
• 6Dreamer in My Dreams
• 7Lonely One
• 8Why Would You Wanna Live
• 9Kingpin
• 10Someone Else’s Song
• 11Outta Mind (Outta Sight)
• 12Someday Soon
• 13Sunken Treasure
• 14Say You Miss Me
• 15Hotel Arizona
• 16What’s the World Got in Store
• 17Far Far Away
• 18Monday
• – Disc 2 –
• 1Dreamer in My Dreams
• – Disc 3 –
• 1Misunderstood
• 2Far, Far Away
• 3Monday
• 4Outtasite
• 5Forget the Flowers
• 6Red-Eyed and Blue
• 7I Got You
• 8What’s the World Got in Store
• 9Hotel Arizona
• 10Say You Miss Me
• 11Sunken Treasure
• 12Someday Soon
• 13Outta Mind
• 14Someone Else’s Song
• 15Kingpin
• 16(Was I) in Your Dreams
• 17Why Would You Wanna Live
• 18The Lonely 1
• 19Dreamer in My Dreams