Being There

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