Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
by Wilco
This album has been added to 8 private lists and 20 public lists:
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Album Log
ZigZagarooDate: (04/14/26)
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2002
JamesBefore its official release in April 2002, YHF trickled out little by little through dial-up connections in the Fall of 2001. It created atmosphere out of dislocation: radios crackle, drums stumble sideways, melodies drift in and out of static, yet the songs themselves remain incredibly sturdy. “I Am Trying to Break Your Heart” and "Radio Cure" feel like the band dismantling itself in public, while “Jesus, Etc.” and “Ashes of American Flags” bring warmth and melancholy out of the surrounding noise. "Kamera" and "Pot Kettle Black" are welcome waves of melody, and the gorgeous "Poor Places" disintegrates into noise and a Cold War-era numbers station broadcast before bleeding right into the gentle finale "Reservations". Yankee Hotel Foxtrot captured the strange, disoriented mood of post-9/11 America better than any other record of its era by turning anxiety, isolation, media static, and fractured beauty into something that sounded both broken and hopeful.
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1001Albums
Neil HopkinsNot to be confused with legendary pub rock guitarist Wilko Johnson or the budget British household goods store, this is a band that seems to be held in high regard by some music fans. It started promisingly with some experimental noodling, but then I found it washing over me and not leaving much of an impression. I saw them described as a Rustbelt Radiohead but on this evidence they are more of a Chicago Coldplay.
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2024-07
vertino1001albums:521
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Keith's Top 40
KeithMaybe nostalgia but it's just weird enough to keep me enjoying it
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All Time Favorites
BarryNot far out of college and this was on constant rotation. (2001)
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