This is my first encounter with Wilco, and on the merits of this album I have decided to award them a prominent place in my musical pantheon. Starting with the haunting "I am trying to break your heart" the band traces an eclectic path passing through dissonant intros and a few alt. country inspired tracks. Here and there you uncover hints of Radiohead and Ben Folds along with a whole host of others. Lyrically I wonder what is meant by the line "I assassin down the avenue" but on the whole, Jeff Tweedy's lyrics succeed in combining words in unique and strangely meaningful ways.
Other coverage for this album
Decapolis August 2002Reviewed by Matt Modrich"Yankee Hotel Foxtrot," has received much attention from CMJ, Rolling Stone and many other media outlets, but Wilco almost didn't put it out because of their record label. However, Nonesuch Records picked up the album and Wilco has even made a movie about the making of the album that the fans almost never heard. In the past Wilco has been associated with the alternative country scene, which for…The Rebel Base 2002Reviewed by Josh HurstEditor's Pick for the Best Record of 2002 "Call my family/ tell them I'm lost," sings Jeff Tweedy on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, this year's best slab of sonic and poetic meat. And indeed, Tweedy and his band of intrepid musical adventurers, Wilco, seem to have found themselves sailing in waters previously uncharted. While most bands drift around the sheltered harbor of familiarity, clichés, and…The Phantom Tollbooth 2002Reviewed by Steve StockmanSimilar to Neil Young's Are You Passionate?, it was in fear and trepidation that I opened the CD drawer to insert Wilco's long awaited follow up to their pop splendid Summerteeth. Well it had been seemingly years since Reprise refused to release it; how bad could it have been? Friends had said it was so drugged up that it was spaced out. Then there were Radiohead references in reviews. Come on!…Similar sounding releases
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