Praise for Cruel Country:
"Cruel Country [is] an immensely rich 21-track, roughly 80-minute deep dive into America that is a raw and engaging take on our tumultuous times” - Associated Press
"Wilco conjures a sense of majesty that feels like a rustic spin of their full-flight experimentations” - Pitchfork
“Cruel Country is more of the same big-hearted, humanistic rock that Wilco does best, a generous double-album offering in the tradition of 2007’s Sky Blue Sky and 2016’s Schmilco… there’s nothing cruel at all about a treat like this." - Rolling Stone, 100 Best Albums of 2022
“an Understated Magnum Opus” - The New York Times, Critic’s Pick
“With Wilco picking and strumming like a string band, Jeff Tweedy spins a free-associative fable about elemental forces of life and death, leading into a brief but probing jam that reunites country and psychedelia.” - The New York Times, “Bird Without a Tail/Base of My Skull” in Best Songs of 2022
“Tweedy’s best collection of lyrics to date. In terms of writing, arrangement, and performance, it’s a masterful display of subtlety.” - Stereogum
“Cruel Country is so expansive that it transcends the good vs. evil binary thinking that dominates both sides of the political spectrum, allowing instead for the reality of what this country actually is.” - Uproxx
