Being There

Rock · 1996 · 19 tracks

Being There

A sprawling double-album masterpiece that fractures traditional alt-country with experimental noise, basement-tape warmth, and restless rock and roll energy.

It's a nineteen-song mid-life crisis that somehow sounds like the best party you've ever been to.

A restless, sprawling exploration of rock and roll mythology and personal identity that balances jagged noise with deep, soulful warmth.

Being There · vs · Wilco

Raw+4.0σ

The vocals lean far further into raw than the rest of the catalogue.

Tracklist · 19 Tracks

01

Misunderstood

6:28

01

Sunken Treasure

6:51

02

Far, Far Away

3:20

02

Outta Mind (Outta Sight)

3:21

03

Someone Else’s Song

3:21

03

Monday

3:34

04

Kingpin

5:17

04

Outtasite (Outta Mind)

2:35

05

Forget the Flowers

2:47

05

Why Would You Wanna Live

4:16

06

Red‐Eyed and Blue

2:45

06

Dreamer in My Dreams

6:44

07

I Got You (At the End of the Century)

3:57

08

What’s the World Got in Store

3:09

09

Hotel Arizona

3:38

10

Say You Miss Me

4:08

11

Someday Soon

2:33

12

(Was I) In Your Dreams

3:31

13

The Lonely 1

4:49

Moments Worth Waiting For

The jarring transition from the feedback-laden sprawl of Misunderstood into the power-pop crunch of Outtasite

The way the piano on Sunken Treasure feels like it is physically decaying as the song progresses

The chaotic, celebratory barroom clatter that closes out Dreamer in My Dreams

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