Cruel Country is the twelfth studio album by the American rock band Wilco, released on May 27, 2022, by dBpm Records.

Cruel Country features twenty-one songs written by frontman Jeff Tweedy.

In a letter published upon the album's announcement, Jeff Tweedy wrote, "I think there's been an assumption over the years that Wilco is some sort of country band.

[8] The release of Cruel Country coincided with Wilco's Solid Sound Festival at MASS MoCA, where the band performed the album in its entirety.

[10] Jon Pareles of The New York Times deemed it an "understated magnum opus", writing, "A song can only do so much, and on Cruel Country Wilco offers no grand lesson or master plan, only observations, feelings and enigmas.