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Cruel Country
Rock · 2022 · 21 tracks · 1h 17m

Cruel Country

Wilco

A sprawling double album of live-in-studio country rock. Loose, warm, and deeply focused on the complicated heart of American identity.

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It's Wilco finally admitting they're a country band, and it turns out they're the best one around.

A weary but warm exploration of what it means to belong to a place you don't always recognize.

Cruel Country · vs · Wilco
Cabin In Woods+3.3σ

Cabin In Woods saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 21 Tracks · 1h 17m
01
I Am My Mother
2:36
02
Cruel Country
3:26
03
Hints
3:39
04
Ambulance
3:11
05
The Empty Condor
3:53
06
Tonight’s the Day
3:26
07
All Across the World
3:43
08
Darkness Is Cheap
3:19
09
Bird Without a Tail / Base of My Skull
5:04
10
Tired of Taking It Out on You
3:36
11
The Universe
3:36
12
Many Worlds
7:53
13
Hearts Hard to Find
3:28
14
Falling Apart (Right Now)
3:17
15
Please Be Wrong
3:02
16
Story to Tell
4:09
17
A Lifetime to Find
4:07
18
Country Song Upside-Down
2:47
19
Mystery Binds
3:09
20
Sad Kind of Way
2:48
21
The Plains
3:11
Moments Worth Waiting For
The hypnotic, interlocking guitar patterns that stretch out during the final minutes of Many Worlds.
The way the band locks into a gentle, swaying shuffle on the title track as Tweedy delivers his most pointed lyrics.
The sudden, jarring shift into a more aggressive, feedback-tinged solo during Bird Without a Tail / Base of My Skull.
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