| Yankee Hotel Foxtrot | ||||
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| Released | April 23, 2002[a] | |||
| Recorded | Late 2000 – Early 2001 | |||
| Studio | The Loft, Chicago[b] | |||
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| Length | 51:51 | |||
| Label | Self-released (original) Nonesuch (retail) | |||
| Producer | Wilco | |||
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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is the fourth studio album by the American rock band Wilco, released on April 23, 2002. Recording sessions for the album began in late 2000. These sessions, which were documented for the film I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, were marred by conflicts including a switch in drummers and disagreements among the band members and engineers about songs. Despite this, the album would be mostly completed in early 2001. The album showcased a more atmospheric and experimental sound than the band's previous work, and has been described as art rock[1][2] and indie rock[3] by music critics. It was the band's first album with drummer Glenn Kotche, and last with multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Jay Bennett.
Reprise Records, Wilco's record label at the time, refused to release the album as they felt unhappy about the end result; this would lead to Wilco's departure from Reprise. The band subsequently acquired the rights to the album and later streamed the entire album for free on their website on September 18, 2001. In November of that year, Wilco signed with Nonesuch Records, who gave the album its first official retail release on April 23, 2002. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot received widespread acclaim from music critics at release, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest albums of the 2000s.[4] It is also Wilco's best-selling work, having reached number 13 on the Billboard 200 chart.[5] In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked the album at number 225 on its updated "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list.[6]
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- ^ Mezydlo, Jeff (February 12, 2020). "The most successful musical spinoff groups". Yardbarker. Retrieved 2021-08-02.
- ^ Dietz, Jason. "Best Albums of the Decade: A Roundup of Critic Lists". Metacritic.com. Red Ventures. Archived from the original on 2023-02-13. Retrieved 2021-03-27.
- ^ "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Wilco". Billboard. May 11, 2002. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
- ^ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 22, 2020. Retrieved 2021-08-02.