Cruel Country
On a 21-track double album recorded live in the studio, Wilco embrace a simple, buoyant approach that hearkens back to Jeff Tweedy’s earliest work.
On their 12 album, the alt-rockers have embraced their country music influences with open arms, but sidestepped all of the genre's clichés
The highs triumph over the occasional coasting, even if it's hard to entirely shake off the feeling that there's a killer 12 or 14 track record lurking amongst this bumper crop of Jeff Tweedy’s songs and Wilco’s telepathic dynamics.
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The band return to their alt country roots – and live takes – with a double album full of worldly wisdom
Cruel Country by Wilco album review by Greg Walker. The Chicago band's full-length is now available via Nonesuch/dBpm Records
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