- rock, alternative rock, indie, americana
- 77 min
- 19 tracks
- Reprise Records
Being There is the second studio album by the American rock band Wilco, released on October 29, 1996, by Reprise Records. Despite its release as a double album, Being There was sold at a single album price as a result of a deal between lead singer Jeff Tweedy and the band's label Reprise Records.
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Character
Spare, character-led, classical in form and grave.
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
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- AllMusic4.5/5 ★
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- The Independent5/5 ★
- Los Angeles Times3.5/4 ★
- NME9/10
- Pitchfork9.3/10
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- The Rolling Stone Album Guide4/5 ★
- Spin7/10
- The Village VoiceB+
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Tracks
- 1Misunderstood6:29
- 2Far, Far Away3:20
- 3Monday3:34
- 4Outtasite (Outta Mind)2:35
- 5Forget the Flowers2:47
- 6Red‐Eyed and Blue2:45
- 7I Got You (At the End of the Century)3:57
- 8What’s the World Got in Store3:09
- 9Hotel Arizona3:38
- 10Say You Miss Me4:08
- 1Sunken Treasure6:51
- 2Someday Soon2:33
- 3Outta Mind (Outta Sight)3:21
- 4Someone Else’s Song3:21
- 5Kingpin5:17
- 6(Was I) In Your Dreams3:31
- 7Why Would You Wanna Live4:16
- 8The Lonely 14:49
- 9Dreamer in My Dreams6:44
19 tracks, 77 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Wilco
- Label
- Reprise Records
- Released
- 1996
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- XE
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