Album of the Day

With its sophomore effort, the double album BEING THERE, Wilco maintained the gravitas of roots music it established on its debut without being hemmed in by it, creating a 21st century version of folk music that mixes happy-go-lucky rockers (“Monday”) and ballads (“Red-Eyed And Blue”), with two signature songs from the Wilco canon – “Misunderstood” and “Sunken Treasure.” The new 5-CD Deluxe Edition of the 1996 collection builds on the original with 15 bonus tracks released for the first time, including alternate versions of tracks “I Got You” and “Say You Miss Me,” as well as Wilco’s 20-song performance at the Troubadour from November 12, 1996, and four songs the band played on radio station KCRW the next day. BEING THERE has been cited by both Rolling Stone and Pitchfork as one of the 100 best albums of the 1990s, and this is the definitive look at the seminal album.