Being There (album)
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| Being There | ||
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| Studio album by Wilco | ||
| Released | October 29, 1996 | |
| Recorded | ??? | |
| Genre | Alternative country | |
| Length | 76:47 | |
| Label | Sire/Reprise | |
| Producer(s) | Wilco | |
| Professional reviews | ||
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| Wilco chronology | ||
| A.M. (1995) |
Being There (1996) |
Mermaid Avenue (1998) |
Being There is a double album released in 1996 by alternative country band Wilco. Wilco frontman Jeff Tweedy decided to defer most of the royalties from the album so that it would be released at a price comparable to a one-CD album. The album represents a musical direction the band would shift away from as they achieved greater levels of fame, as well as a greater desire to experiment with newer sounds and methods of record production within the studio. The album was named after the 1979 surrealist film Being There.
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[edit] Context
Jeff Tweedy formed Wilco in 1994 after creative differences between he and Jay Farrar caused the breakup of Uncle Tupelo. The band entered the recording studio almost immediately afterwards to record and release A.M. in 1995, which saw disappointing sales. Jay Farrar's new band Son Volt released Trace in late 1995 to critical praise and good sales numbers. The album also provided a college rock hit song in "Drown", which entered the top ten of the Billboard Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, further increasing competition between the two bands.[1]
Tweedy felt that Wilco was incomplete without a second guitarist in addition to John Stirratt. Wilco's road manager Bob Andrews helped Tweedy get in contact with Jay Bennett, a multi-instrumentalist who had been looking for a new band to join since his power pop band Titanic Love Affair had been dismissed from its record label. Bennett joined Wilco after receiving a copy of A.M. that Tweedy sent him.[1]
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Jeff Tweedy (except for verse three of "Misunderstood", by Peter Laughner).
[edit] Disc one
- "Misunderstood" – 6:28
- "Far, Far Away" – 3:20
- "Monday" – 3:33
- "Outtasite (Outta Mind)" – 2:34
- "Forget the Flowers" – 2:47
- "Red-Eyed and Blue" – 2:45
- "I Got You (At the End of the Century)" – 3:57
- "What's the World Got in Store" – 3:09
- "Hotel Arizona" – 3:37
- "Say You Miss Me" – 4:07
[edit] Disc two
- "Sunken Treasure" – 6:51
- "Someday Soon" – 2:33
- "Outta Mind (Outta Sight)" – 3:20
- "Someone Else's Song" – 3:21
- "Kingpin" – 5:17
- "(Was I) In Your Dreams" – 3:30
- "Why Would You Wanna Live" – 4:16
- "The Lonely 1" – 4:48
- "Dreamer in My Dreams" – 6:43
[edit] References
- Kot, Greg (2004), Wilco: Learning How to Die (First ed.), New York: Broadway Books Retrieved on 2006-12-18
| Wilco |
| Jeff Tweedy | John Stirratt | Nels Cline | Glenn Kotche | Pat Sansone | Mikael Jorgensen |
| Ken Coomer | Max Johnston | Jay Bennett | Leroy Bach | Jim O'Rourke | Bob Egan | Brian Henneman |
| Discography |
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| Albums and extended plays: A.M. | Being There | Mermaid Avenue | Summerteeth | Mermaid Avenue Vol. II | Yankee Hotel Foxtrot | More Like the Moon | A Ghost Is Born | Kicking Television: Live in Chicago | Sky Blue Sky |
| Singles: Box Full of Letters | Outtasite (Outta Mind) | Can't Stand It | A Shot in the Arm | War on War |
| DVDs: Man in the Sand | I Am Trying to Break Your Heart |
| Related articles |
| Uncle Tupelo | Billy Bragg | The Wilco Book | Loose Fur | Down with Wilco | Sunken Treasure: Live in the Pacific Northwest | Golden Smog | Jeff Tweedy discography |
