Wilco - Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2 x LP)
- Artist:
- Wilco
- Title:
- Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
- Label:
- Nonesuch, Sundazed Music
- Catalog#:
- 7559-79669-1, LP 5161
- Format:
- 2 x Vinyl LP, Album
- Country:
- Europe
- Released:
- 2002
- Media Condition:
- Mint (M)
- Sleeve Condition:
- Mint (M)
- Comments:
- Brand New And Factory Sealed. Unable To Assure Release Without Breaking The Seal. Save On Shipping By Combining Two Or More Items.
- Stock Images:
- Images are stock images, actual item may differ.
Wilco’s Yankee Hotel Foxtrot blends indie rock with experimental textures and fractured Americana moods. It opens with I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, a track full of loops, distortion, and poetic confusion. The album pushes beyond alt-country into layered sonic collage and haunting melodies. It marked a turning point in the band’s creative evolution and direction.
The album was produced by Jim O’Rourke and shaped by tension within the band and Jay Bennett. Wilco recorded it under Reprise Records, who dropped it before release in a controversial move. They later signed with Nonesuch Records, ironically another Warner Music Group label. The struggle mirrored the album’s themes of confusion, decay, and hope in the face of collapse.
Tracks like Jesus Etc and Ashes of American Flags balance beauty and sadness with sweeping strings. Jeff Tweedy’s voice sounds fragile yet full of longing, set against textures of noise and silence. The band blends folk rock, noise rock, and pop into a sound both nostalgic and futuristic. It’s an album built on tension, release, and dreamlike distortion in sound and lyric.
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot became Wilco’s most acclaimed work and a landmark in 2000s indie rock and alternative music. Its success proved that creative risk could overcome corporate resistance and reshape a band’s identity. The album’s legacy continues through deluxe reissues and a full documentary. It remains a benchmark of sonic reinvention and artistic freedom in American rock history.
| A1 | I Am Trying To Break Your Heart | 6:57 |
| A2 | Kamera | 3:29 |
| A3 | Radio Cure | 5:08 |
| B1 | War On War | 3:47 |
| B2 | Jesus, Etc. | 3:50 |
| B3 | Ashes Of American Flags | 4:43 |
| C1 | Heavy Metal Drummer | 3:08 |
| C2 | I'm The Man Who Loves You | 3:55 |
| C3 | Pot Kettle Black | 4:00 |
| D1 | Poor Places | 5:15 |
| D2 | Reservations | 7:22 |
| Genre | Rock, Alternative Rock, Country Rock |
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| Notes | All tracks published by Words Ampersand Music (Warner Tamerlane Publishing Co., BMI) and You Want a Piece of This Music (Bug Music, ASCAP), except tracks 1, 7, 11 published solely by Words Ampersand. |
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