Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco (original) (raw)
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Record Label: Nonesuch
Release Date: Apr 23, 2002
Summary: The long wait for this fourth album from Jeff Tweedy & co. is partially the result of the tumultuous recording process that left the band without its guitarist (Jay Bennett) and its record label (Warner/Reprise). Fellow Chicagoan Jim O'Rourke mixed the 11 tracks.
Record Label: Nonesuch
Genre(s): Rock, Alternative, Alt-Country
Top Track
| Jesus, Etc. | |
|---|---|
| Jesus, don't cry You can rely on me honey You can combine anything you want I'll be around You were right about the stars Each one is a setting... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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- A masterpiece, exactly the sort of record that your average sentient pop genius should make in 2002. [May 2002, p.99]
- Complex and dangerously catchy, lyrically sophisticated and provocative, noisy and somehow serene, Wilco's aging new album is simply a masterpiece; it is equally magnificent in headphones, cars and parties.... No one is too good for this album; it is better than all of us.
- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is basically a good album, even a great album if you're in the mood, though if you listen to a lot of hip-hop (or house music or basement bhangra or any other genre not dominated by white people), it probably won't be the most extraordinary album you'll hear all month.
- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot's faceless, airbrushed production takes you back to the dead days of 1970s AOR radio. [#220, p.66]
- Awesome, music from the rock and roll angels! Great songs jammed out to their max, along with slow and thoughtful sing-alongs. Instantly andAwesome, music from the rock and roll angels! Great songs jammed out to their max, along with slow and thoughtful sing-alongs. Instantly and unilaterally establishes the Tweedy legend.… Expand
- Easily Wilco's most defining album. From the relaxing Violins is Jesus, ect, to the tearing guitar solo in I'm The Man Who Loves Easily Wilco's most defining album. From the relaxing Violins is Jesus, ect, to the tearing guitar solo in I'm The Man Who Loves You, this album does it all. A Masterpiece.… Expand
- What makes YHF astonishing is how much it resonates after Sept. 11. And all the songs were written and recorded months before. For the What makes YHF astonishing is how much it resonates after Sept. 11. And all the songs were written and recorded months before. For the remainder of my life, whenever I listen to this disc, it will be a haunting reminder of what occured that day. An Amazing Disc. … Expand
- YHF is an album I find myself returning to over and over.
- I still cover 2 of these songs professionally: Jesus etc. and Pot Kettle Black
(for those that feel there are no pop hooks)
On my worstI still cover 2 of these songs professionally: Jesus etc. and Pot Kettle Black
(for those that feel there are no pop hooks)
On my worst review I give it a 6; on my best a 9-something....
there are songs I still skip over (heavy metal drummer, kamera, radio cure)
songs I still play (jesus etc., pot kettle black)
song I'm indifferent (reservations, war on war, I'm the Man....)
and song I still am intrigued by (poor places, I am trying..., ashes--esp the outlying guitar part)
did they hype it? probably but why not hype what you've put a lot of work into?
and I never actually bought any of it so I give them a 9 overall… Expand - Your chastizing me!! This album is not even close to the quality of some of justin timberlakes stuff.
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