Classic!!!!

Review Score: (10/10)
Being There ranks as one of the greatest studio double albums ever made, and has influenced me immensely;and was the inspiration for me playing mandolin on a few tracks on my own bands' last CD release. Jeff Tweedy said in an interview that The Stones -Exile On Main Street, and The Clash-London Calling were among his all time favorite records. Well, he made one that may even surpass those classics. Wilco has a fairly original and fresh alternative country sound,though there are nods to The Stones,The Replacements and Big Star present in their music.If you want to discover alt/country,this record and Whiskeytown's Faithless Street are the best places to start.

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