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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by: Wilco List Price: $18.98 CD-Charts Price: $14.99 You Save: $3.99 (21%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Audio CD EAN: 0075597966923 Format: Enhanced Label: Nonesuch Manufacturer: Nonesuch Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Nonesuch Release Date: April 23, 2002 Studio: Nonesuch Sales Rank: 3456 MPN: 79669 Disc 1:
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Editorial Review: Album Description: 11 songs about America that echo and update some of the themes heard on early albums by The Band, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young. Enhanced format features exclusive live footage, band photos, and a trailer for the film 'I Am Trying to Break Your Heart'. Slipcase. 2002. Amazon.com: Named in honor of the three-word codes used by short-wave radio operators, Wilco's fourth album sounds like a late-night broadcast of some weirdly wonderful pop station punctuated by static and the sonic bleed of competing signals. Songs that begin with simple, elegiac grace--"Ashes of American Flags" and "Poor Places"--end in a cathartic squall of distortion. The results can be initially jarring, but it's these tracks more than the sturdy jangle pop of "Kamera" or "Heavy Metal Drummer" that demand, and reward, repeated listens. Mixed by studio experimentalist Jim O'Rourke and produced by the band, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot harkens back to a time when the words "pop" and "sonic adventurism" weren't mutually exclusive. The Beatles and Kurt Cobain knew this, and clearly so do Jeff Tweedy and company. --Keith Moerer Customer Reviews
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 Rating:  - Only for those who believe they are music snobsI have always like this band......Jeff Tweedy's band following the break-up of Uncle Tupelo. However, it amazes me that anyone who listens to this CD can give it 5 stars. It is an amalgamation of incoherent, irritating and unlistenable noise. Those who grade this with more than one star are either band members, close friends of the band or those who think of themselves as music afficionado's who know more about music than you do (similar to liberal Democrats who believe they know how to spend your money better than yourself). They can say to there snobby afficionado friends that they "get" this CD. Other, "less intelligent listeners", do not understand the depth of this music. What a load of bull.....I own thousands of CD's of all ... Read More: Rating: - I've got reservationsI heard about this album a few years ago from a friend who's even farther into the frontiers of modern pop than I am. It took a little patience, but I got to like it quite a bit. The songwriting is solid with a nice country tinge, and the performance is excellent: I particularly like the piano parts, not to mention the distinctive rasp of Jeff Tweedy's voice. The album deserves classic status on the sound of the vocals alone. But as many nice things as I have to say about it, there are flaws in YHF that bother me more the more I listen to it. It's very noisy - which would be okay, except that a lot of the noise doesn't fit. Listen to OK Computer (another noisy record) and you'll be hard-pressed to find a single sound that doesn't ... Read More: Rating:  - Imagine Cloning Blonde On Blonde With Sgt PepperWhat if Bob Dylan joined the Beatles? That is Wilco! Jeff Tweedy is the driving force behind this group. Is Yankee Hotel Foxtrot that good? Can it rank up there with Blonde On Blonde and Sgt Pepper? You decide. Rating: - Not Quite As Described, But A Sweet AlbumSo maybe I was kind of disappointed that Yankee Hotel Foxtrot doesn't have as much country influence. This band is grouped as Alt Country, and I always thought the genre label sounded good. Well, so much for that (hey I hate classifying genres and lumping bands into a single genre, but most people who listen to it actually believe they sort of fit into the category. From what I have heard (as of sound samples and such), their double album Being There, sounds a lot more country but retains the Wilco sound I seem to be attracted to on this album. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is a freaking great album. Even though there was a lack of country sometimes, it's there, and it's more than just that. Electronic, folk, well, you can't lump just ... Read More: Rating: - Score Another One For Creative Artists!I've listened to this record hundreds of times, and still manage to find new snorks and squonks. I love the fact that WB initially didn't find it "commercial" enough, but when all was said and done, they ended up buying it twice! HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA............!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Buy this, and listen to it over and over again. |
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