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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco

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"Pot Kettle Black," from Wilco's fourth album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, begins as the type of song that might be heard on the radio in a fast-food joint. Like "Outta Sight (Outta Mind)" and "Can't Stand It" from previous releases, it's carried along on a peppy pop-rock melody. Jeff Tweedy's vocal is quiet and a little buried, but hey, you think, a quick remix should fix that. After the first chorus, though, almost all the instrumentation drops out and the sound palette begins shifting through electric piano, steel guitar, and a series of drop-ins that suggest Jamaican dub applied to the Chicago band's tidy little song. And that's one of the more immediately accessible tracks on Yankee, which got Wilco tossed off one major label and, placed with another, ended up their biggest seller yet. Art-pop in the tradition of Big Star's Sister Lovers, whose plaintiveness is frequently echoed here, the album challenges everything Wilco once was, ultimately keeping some of it, throwing some away and adding many inviting elements — like the noise collage that ends "Poor Places," or the Cure-like jangle of "Heavy Metal Drummer." Essential.

Customer Reviews

Perfect

This is the best album of the decade. I'm so sad to see wilco go so far down hill and lose their artistic touch after this, but the fact that they made this masterpiece cements them as one of the greatest bands of my time. Buy it. Listen to it. Love it.

Impressive, Fire, Unusal, and Independent

Yankee is the most defying of Wilco's capabilities to explore musical tastes. This album was produced after Warner/Reprise records dropped them to pick up a band more unimpressive than Wilco, The Flaming Lips. While listening to Yankee the listener recieves a subtle feel of betrayal towards Reprise records. Tweedy's lyricism in this record are the most far from usual lyrics he composes, which makes them more enjoyable to figure out. Every song on this album has several meanings, and several different types of musical backgrounds (Rock, Indie, Jazz, Blues, Country, Alternative, Alt Country etc). This album is easily Wilco's best album. The stepped out a limb, produced it by themselves, which proves to the listener that Yankee is Wilco's own album, with no help of a producer, making it more valuable. Yankee is independently discrete and differs from every album, but represents the true capabilties of the guys to explore their own abilities and push each other to make something different. Simply put, one of the best albums available today.

One of the Best Wilco Records (So far)

Frontman and principal songwriter Jeff Tweedy formed Wilco- John Stirrat (Bass), Nels Cline (Guitar), Glenn Kotche (Drums), Pat Sansone (Various instuments) and Mikael Jorgensen (Keyboards)- after disbanding Uncle Tupelo.With key tracks " I am trying to break your heart," " Kamera," "War on war," "Heavy meatle drummer" and "Pot kettle black" Mixing sonic with their country-rock roots, Wilco makes a fantastic blend of doubled vocals ("Kamera") and short, off- beat drum solos ("I am trying to break your heart").

Biography

Formed: 1994 in Chicago, IL

Genre: Rock

Years Active: '90s, '00s, '10s

Wilco rose from the ashes of the seminal roots rock band Uncle Tupelo, which disbanded in 1994. While Jay Farrar, one of the group's two singer/songwriters, went on to form Son Volt, his ex-partner Jeff Tweedy established Wilco along with the remaining members of Tupelo's final incarnation, which included drummer Ken Coomer as well as part-time bandmates John Stirratt (bass) and Max Johnston (mandolin, banjo, fiddle, and lap steel). Guitarist Jay Bennett rounded out the...
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