Yankee Hotel Foxtrot

Wilco have all the ingredients of a band I should love, but sadly, I don’t really connect with their music apart from a few songs. I still enjoy listening to them, though.

That was very British sounding for being from Chicago.

The first song was off to a slow start; however, the lyrics were interesting. Kamera, Heavy Metal Drummer and Pot Kettle Black were my favorites, mostly because they showed signs of a pulse. The songs didn’t all sound the same, and seem to flow instrumentally with the singer.

Tweedy's voice isn't a grabber There is more going on than I would've expected - I expected alt country. Pleasant, undemanding but bar Heavy Metal Drummer, nothing I'd ever want to circle back around to. Doesn't demand anything of the listener, or even ask for anything, without being explicitly boring, nothing very interesting happens over a dwindling attention span...

The 1st track is a 3/5, it's not a bad song, just not something I would add to my main playlist. The 2nd track is a 3/5, it's not a bad song, just not something I would add to my main playlist. The 3rd track is a 3/5, it's not a bad song, just not something I would add to my main playlist. The 4th track is a 3/5, it's not a bad song, just not something I would add to my main playlist. The 5th track is a 3/5, it's not a bad song, just not something I would add to my main playlist. The 6th track is a 3/5, it's not a bad song, just not something I would add to my main playlist. The 7th track is a 3/5, it's not a bad song, just not something I would add to my main playlist. The 8th track is a 3/5, it's not a bad song, just not something I would add to my main playlist. The 9th track is a 4/5, I added it to my main playlist. The 10th track is a 3/5, it's not a bad song, just not something I would add to my main playlist. The 11th track is a3/5, it's not a bad song, just not something I would add to my main playlist, and the ending was too quite for too long. I would give this album a 3/5, it isn't bad, I added one song to my main playlist, but I wouldn't go out of my way to listen to this album.

честно я его не понял....

Got it. My introduction to Wilco and still my favorite album of theirs. A classic.

I wanted to like this but it was just lacking. Maybe I was just not in the right mind set.

I listened to it. I even added one song the my Liked Songs. But somehow I don't remember it.

the Joni Mitchell’s Blue of pot kettle black

in the alternate universe where i was still a man and was gay this probably would've been in my top 3 favourite albums ever made. but in this universe... i still really, REALLY like it. i'm not sorry. 9.5/10 FAVOURITE SONGS: JESUS, ETC., WAR ON WAR, HEAVY METAL DRUMMER

me gustó mucho

Very interesting parts of songs, like alien space vibes. Overall it was better than I thought it was going to be. Favorite song was “Pot Kettle Black”

Fav Song: Heavy Metal Drummer, Kamera, Im the Man Who Loves You I enjoyed the album, the guitar work was very enjoyable.

Enjoyed this one a bit more than the previous album of theirs I listened to. My issue still persists in that I can’t stand the singers voice.

Did I like this? I did!

Total stunner with all time songwriting.

It’s definitely good and while I’m giving it a 4, it’s really like a 3.75. I’ve always felt like I’m supposed to like Wilco given the rest of my taste, but while I enjoy this album, no amount of listens has ever pushed it into truly great status for me.

Classic for a reason.

Garbage

Dit is eigenlijk gewoon echt helemaal niks. Kan totaal niet genieten van de zingende stem. Niet dat er een pratende stem is hoor. Gewoon allemaal rambojambo!

Another reviewer summed it up for me. Something like: It has all the ingredients of a band I should like, but somehow it just doesn't work for me.

3.5 -- enjoyed! Had one really familiar song and a few other good ones too.

Favorite songs: I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, Kamera, Radio Cure, War on War, Jesus, Etc., Heavy Metal Drummer, I’m the Man Who Loves You, Pot Kettle Black, Poor Places

An amazing band at their absolute peak. Jim O'Rourke's production elevates this from just another alt-country record to something very special.

I think that folk (I googled it and wikipedia says this isn't folk, but honestly I disagree), at this point, was a pretty obsolete genre. There was Neutral Milk Hotel, but aside from them folk was mostly a thing of the past, left behind for rap and metal. But when you listen to something like this, it doesn't make sense why. There's such a strong feeling to this one, it's such a comforting experience to live with. It's such a genuine and warm album, there's a really strong positive force driving it, and it's really beautiful. Also Jesus Etc. has one of those classic melodies that it's a miracle nobody had come up with yet. Truly one of a kind. Favorites: Kamera, Jesus Etc., Heavy Metal Drummer

Good album for sure. I wish it rocked a little more.

Je connaissais pas du tout le groupe, belle surprise la cover est jolie les sons chill avec des airs entraînants. Je mets beaucoup de 4 ces derniers temps mais celui-là aurait même pu scorer plus haut !

Lindo descubrimiento

Pristine.

Anyone who samples The Conet Project (where the album's title comes from) is good in my book. Apparently they were sued by Irdial Discs for using their recording without permission - which only makes me respect Wilco more and less for Irdial for not realizing the irony of the situation. This one has only gotten better with time. I've listened to Wilco on and off for years without having much to say about them, but when it comes to mixing dark, experimental rock with pop and folk sensibilities, they do it far better than other bands of their generation (Modest Mouse, for instance). The album is steeped in dread, isolation and longing, layered with a busy rhythm section, as well as pianos, distorted guitars, reverb, walls of sound and hesitant, nearly muttered vocals. I don’t think Tweedy and co. have ever made a finer record. This was Jay Bennett's last album with the band, and his absence was sorely missed afterwards. Really great stuff, and it deserves more rotation at home. Definitely not one for casual listening, but I enjoyed it more this time than ever before. It feels more urgent and more important given the world we live in now than it did back then (but then again, it WAS meant to be released on September 11, 2001 - making the "twin buildings" particularly more sinister on the cover). An easy 5 stars.

I always made fun of Wilco for being "music for old white guys" but I'm a white guy and I get a little older every year I don't die, and maybe I'm approaching my Wilco era. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot still isn't the album for me, but I found a lot of it very pretty. Favorite tracks included "War on War" and "Jesus, Etc."

the wilco album i didn't buy (i got ghost is born) 💥i am trying to break your heart 💥heavy metal drummer

The hits were okay, but some of the other stuff not so much. Might listen again.

I generally like Wilco, but never think to listen to them. Surprised how many of these songs I know from public radio. The craft and chops definitely show on this fine album. 3.49 stars

I used to listen to band called Elf Power I asked Google AI if they sounded a like and their AI gave me a college dissertation on the similarities and differences. 2.5

jaaa fan van. Is iets anders eindelijk na al die Britse punk. Instrumentaal tof.

Ha! Ein sehr schönes Album in meinen Erinnerungen. Mal sehen an wie viel ich mich erinnere. An sehr viel. Ein schönes Klangspiel die von der Rauchen Stimme getragen werden. Ein schönes Indiefolkpopalbum

Indie prog is a thing apparently. Really well written indie rock numbers, stretched out with electronica and found sounds. Really took a lot of time to get my head around but when I did made a load of sense. A bit like Radiohead if they were midwestern and didn’t go completely Kid A on Kid A

Cool album cover. This album is good, but has some weird quirks to it. Firstly the piano on "I am Trying to Break your Heart" is bad and the song has bad lyrics. Just not a great start. Everything else is pretty good, Kamera is good, i like the idea of smashing the cameras and the overall beat. Pot kettle Black is also a standout. War on War isnt good, it had many repeated lyrics, which can be good, but just wasnt in this case. Not much to say here except its pretty average. Best Song: Pot Kettle Black. Worst Song: War on War.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot more like… um… Yawn Half Fair. Boom, roasted! Okay, maybe I didn’t mean to hate, but rather criticize the album’s major blunder: being too long. It seems that these intricately layered instrumental breaks are drawn out or done poorly in some songs. On first listen, this mistake made the experience dull and emotionless, and I waited for something to happen. However, on second listen, I was impacted by each element. The guitar work is wonderful in most of the time, and the skillful singing brings light into the record I previously viewed as dark. There are still some of the same issues, but I can appreciate the artistry that went in and the music that came out.

Interessante, un po’ indie un po’ sperimentale

Sitas ir tads gossip girl soundtrack (only the brooklyn scenes iykyk)

tik daudz 9/11 encoded lyrics un tas album cover, bet izrādās viņi recordoja visas dziesmas pirms 9/11, kas to visu padara vēl dīvaināku

Radiohead like. Theatrical

So, so lovely. Not listened for so many years/maybe ever front-to-back in one go. I can absolutely sympathise with any boring/morose/depressing allegations towards it, and I feel bad for anyone who reacts to it that way, but I think that might be a you problem. There’s definitely a time/place/headspace to be listening to it and I do think the vocals can drag a bit at times, but broadly speaking I think it’s extremely beautiful and the production is an absolute masterclass in how textured and interesting you can make very restrained songwriting. Definitely worth its place on the list!

Really enjoyable :) I had fun listening to it

This is a beautiful rock album. Inventive, eerie, heartfelt and cerebral. It drinks from the 60s and 70s creativity.

Great album, maybe not 5 stars but damn close

If you're going to make this kind of music you should try to make this music.

“They say the open road helps you think. About where you've been and where you're going.” Furious 7 (2015)

the kind of album, that makes me rethink most of my other 5-star picks

I have heard about this album and this band since this album was released. But I can only assume nobody outside of the US really gave a shit because I couldn't name a single song by the band. I did have a mste in school called Wilco, but that was before 2001. As one of the most acclaimed albums I had not heard before going into this challenge, anything less than 5 stars will be a disappointment. But let us at least hope there are no Country influences to be found. Oh lord, what if it is proto-hipster? Only one way to find out... Well it isn't Country. I'm not sure it's proto-hipster or not, but it feels proto-Arcade Fire - dull middle of the road, inoffensive rock music overhyped by critics to keep themselves in a job during these times of cultural void-dom. The absolute highest praise anyone could realistically give this album, is that it's fine. Maybe if you have a particular nostalgia, you might even say it's good. It has flashes, sure; lyrics are poetically fragmented, most of the song introductions open with promise...but that's about it. The songs are dull. Lifeless. There are no melodic or rhythmic peaks. The vocalist has a fine voice, but seems incapable of conveying any emotion beyond 'Hello, I am an American'. So barren are the songs of anything novel or moving, that we fall back on the trope of chucking a bunch of shit at them to make them feel less empty. Add a few bleeps here, some hisses there, and boom! We're now 'interesting'! Except we see through that bullshit. Here are some albums from 2001 which are clearly superior: Alcohol Fueled Brewtality. Just Push Play Loco Blackwater Park Know Your Enemy Mutter Free All Angels Amnesiac Somewhere Over The Slaughterhouse Origins Of Symmetry Devil's Night Aaliyah Toxicity Plaguewielder Strange Little Girls Dragontown White Lilies Island Oracle Lateralus

Good album some songs got repetitive though

4/5 https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/wilco/yankee-hotel-foxtrot/ This should be exactly up my alley, yet repeated listens have never been able to 100% convince me on this. I can't really pinpoint why, either. So many of their contemporaries are amongst my favorite artists, and a few songs (e.g. Heavy Metal Drummer) are fantastic, but overall, it's just not something I often go for or can keep my attention with. Maybe that's just proof that I'm not yet too much of a boomer?

I haven't listened to this album in years. This was a favourite of mine for a while and was never out of the CD player. Listening back it hasn't struck the same chord as it once did, but still great to revisit some Wilco. I'll try Summerteeth again now.

Very chill, may revisit

Never really been into Wilco, but this album helped a lot. Will check out more later. Favourites: Kamera, Pot Kettle Black, Jesus etc. and War On War.

Doesn't hurt anyone, it's just completely unremarkable and boring.

This is that album that every music snob on the internet says they love. I am one of those music snobs. It's fun, it's art-deco in music form. It's also one of the few albums that tends to avoid getting stale. Every listen seems fresh, and every one you notice small details you didn't the previous time around. Favorite Song: Heavy Metal Drummer Score: 89/100

I really liked ‘reservations’, but the rest passed leaving little to no impression at all.

Wilco and Stephen King novels. They make me feel the heartbeat of American culture in a way nothing else does. They are simple and unpretentious and in that way deep and all-enveloping. A style all their own searching what it means to be midwestern and still hip. I avoided the band for a long time but now they are one of my favorites!

Okayish

Dette er så kjedelig

Väldigt trivsamt att lyssna på

Pop, avant garde, classic rock, country in a haunted, beautiful, funny meditation on dislocation, identity, America. Definitive and great.

I love how they infuse their grounded, earthy country rock with all kinds of electronic sounds on this album. Undergirded throughout by solid craftsmanship.

Pretty good

In my mind, Wilco is very country-ish, so I might not make it through this album. OK, well, not as country-ish as I thought, though there was some suspicious slide guitar usage at points, but it's still kind of mumbly and unmotivating. I don't get why this is beloved.

This is a Pet Sounds kind of album that I can love. Every song is great, and the album will be different for you according to your mood. Some days are Heavy Metal Drummer days some days are Ashes of America Flags and some days are Reservations and shortwave dada coded radio transmission. Usually I don't think of YHF as the best Wilco album, but it sure felt like it when I listened today. 5/5

довольно современно, но при этом шумно, индустриально шумно, не мелодично скучный вокал не цепануло 2.7

I'd been living under the misapprehension that I knew what Wilco sounded like. My brain assumed a relation with Dr. Feelgood and Wilko Johnson (there isn't one). I had never actually heard Wilco. I really liked this, though! Low-key but catchy songs with lots of layers and kooky little flourishes that keep them interesting. Lovely!

Didn’t expect to think much of this album and from the opening part of the first song I thought “he sounds drunk”! Then there were references to drinking so was this intentional perhaps especially with the discordant/bum notes on the piano/keyboards? I soon came to terms with the voice though and realised this was just one of his voice styles. The vocals were more normalised for most of the rest of the album anyway and I liked it. Varied songs and some unconventional instrumentation kept me alert throughout. It also persuaded me that the weird keyboards on track 1 were probably “normal” for Wilco. Look forward to hearing more.

Wilco are an interesting band to me, for many years I thought they were a bit ... meh, but people who liked the same type of music as me LOVED them so I always kinda knew there was something I wasnt getting. So I decided a couple of years ago I would kind of force myself to like them by listening to them on repeat over and over and over again... and it worked!! I finally got why people love them, I am not sure why it happened, I guess something just clicked. I am so glad I made the effort as they really are brilliant and this record is just so lovely.

Way back in the past Audiogalaxy was THE place to go to pirate your favourite bands. I had no idea who Wilco were when this record leaked, but the circumstances of its arrival on the internet (documented in the wonderful film 'I Am Trying to Break Your Heart') meant I had to listen. And I'm glad I did, because I was blown away by this strange approach to music, a collection of quite 'straight' songs shred to pieces and fed through instruments that sound as though they are falling down endless flights of stairs. 'I Am Trying to Break Your Heart' is such an amazing way to start a record because - and I will keep repeating this about my favourite records - it leaves you wondering wtf is going to happen next. Jeff Tweedy may have written better songs (he has essentially written infinite good songs) but Wilco never sounded as stretched and pushing themselves uncomfortably in 1000 directions at once as they do on YHF. In my mind it's the Americana version of Kid A. If you can't tell I adore this record, have listened to it 3 million times and will listen to it 3 miilion more. (And it's not even the best Wilco record.)

I listened to this years ago and didn't get the hype at the time. On relisten, I hear it a bit more than in 2017, but it's an album with pretty muted peaks and troughs. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart clearly stands out to fans. The drum breaks are cool, and the dismantling and crumbling instrumentals are super well executed. Nice way to start the album. Most of the middle of the album is good/great, but Poor Places really snaps attention back when the name of the album starts repeating in the background - very cool. Reservations is then a fine somber end. I just wish there were a moment or two that really grabbed my attention more in the middle of the album. Still, great overall. 3.7/5 -> 4/5

Not bad at all

Starts like a casual conversation, but one that ends in a deep all night chat.

This came out on September 18, 2001, exactly a week after one of the most important moments in American history: the release of The Glow pt. 2, which is a better soundscape art-folk album (although this one's good too)

One of the best album openers of all time.

I loved this album when it came out but a little disappointing on a re-listen. A little bland. Jesus, etc. is still a great song however.

I listened, it was ok.

Horribly bleak. 5 stars

What makes me like one dramatic, whining, singer and not another? I may never know at this point.

Would listen again. 3.5

An album that is idolised within indie rock spheres and which has a legendary mythos surrounding it given the issues with its creation and subsequent label rejection. By default it has that "album for the weird kids" feel before you even dive into the music. On that subject, this is just about the only album resembling americana which I have any time for as this is essentially a systematic dismantling of the genre. It's indie-americana fed through radio interference, static and avant garde mixing, with a real attention paid to the sound design. There's a wealth of textures on offer here which only reveal themselves more and more with repeat listens, and the production is wonderfully warm and radiant. You get a chaotic impression immediately from the opening track "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart", but it's a controlled chaos where beneath the avant-garde experimentation, Jeff Tweedy also has a knack for penning pop hooks, which prevents this from feeling completely detached despite the album's deliberate pacing, fragmented structures and dense layers requiring a specific, patient mood to fully digest.

Heard before?:❌️ Will listen again?:❓️

Entre mélancolie et joie, agréable à ecouter ( vrai avis)

This had that warm, sincere, sleepyhead indie charm written all over it. I loved how straightforward some songs are. There is some interesting/peculiar experimental sounds in some moments on the album, that were a hit or miss to me. Conclusion is, I'm not fully sold yet. I think this would be a good to put on at a later date to see if it hits better. Highlight Song/s: "Jesus, etc." and "Pot Kettle Black"

Sehr entspannt ruhig

It's good, it just sounds a lot like the alternative pop rock from the late 90s/early 00s. Not bad, just didn't sound unique to me.

Day 412 Very pleasant Highlights I am trying to break your heart Poor places Reservations

Lovely, mellow, enjoyable

Beetje dEus, maar dan vind ik het wel minder goed

1001 lullabies to put you to sleep before, or while, you die

I thought I had most of their albums but only have one. Well, this album definitely has made me want to explore their back catalogue. With syncopated percussion and beautiful lo – fi vocals speaking honest thoughts, it almost sounds like it’s an impromptu jam in a parents garage back when the band were not well known.

Album muito ruim! Melodias confusas, letras confusas, distoções. Ruidos!

Bon album, particulièrement la fin, de vraies bonnes musiques.

Interesting.

😒