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Universal acclaim- based on 249 Ratings
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Positive: 224 out of 249
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Mixed: 8 out of 249
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Negative: 17 out of 249
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JohnF.May 8, 2002Wilco has (had I guess) it all down. I'm glad this album didn't disappear.
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SeamusSJan 6, 2006Though Not the most immediatly accesable album from the band, it remains one of their greatest, truley turning a corner in alternative country and giving a big fuck you to the rest of the shity music world. If you're smart and not so full of yourself as to have to dislike it because alot of people do, you'll love it. remember kids there's a reason to why some albums are popular
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TomJ.May 6, 2002This disc changed my life. I can't stop listening to it.
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T.DavidMay 5, 2003A disc that demands your patience. From annoying cacophony on the first listen... to strange curiousity after awhile... it eventually leads you to the conclusion that YHF is a brilliant americana symphony. Best of 2002
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MartinFOct 1, 2004One of modern indie's most important records. Lyrics and music go along perfectly and create a truly fantastic atmosphere throughout the whole album.
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BeejPOct 25, 2004Great album, I think this album is at the top of my list by Wilco. It really shows that "less catchy" music is worth listening to. Whoever said it doesn't live up to the quality of Justin Timberlake, I hope you were joking.
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JeremyGJan 4, 2004
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GrayDJul 22, 2006This album is among my favourites and it has nothing to do with the 'giving a big fuck you to those coporate assholes' or anything like that. It's because the songs are masterful, delicate, played well and carries a atmosphere of hopeful melocholy with it.
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MardyR.Apr 23, 2002The most experimental album from one of music most inovative bands. Wilco is a force to be reckoned with this year!
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JoaoS.Apr 30, 2002this is the best album from 2001 and probably from 2002 too! God bless Wilco.
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JohnC.Aug 13, 200210/10...and its not even my favorite wilco album...
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JuanTMay 15, 2004Boring hokey country pop sprinkled with electronica. It's awful, not an interesting note of music on the whole album. YHF is an album only music critics could possibly enjoy.
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JohnAug 18, 2004*gasps* it's.....BEAUTIFUL!!!!
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weltactFeb 24, 2005the best marriage of folk acoustics and modern studio trickery
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ScottYJul 9, 2005Overrated. I liked their work with Billy Bragg better.
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BrianMcCMar 5, 2006Inconsistent effort. Some songs will move the listener, some songs will put one to sleep. It is as if the musicians fought with each other over musical direction and they each won a section of the recording. Disappointing!
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Mr.HankeyJul 9, 2006
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DanC.Apr 25, 2002This record is an instant classic. There hasn't been a better record released since the last Wilco record in 1999. GET THIS RECORD!
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SmogfanApr 29, 2002The bells and whistles are different, but the core is classic Wilco.
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EdgarF.May 29, 2002Let's not get carried away by the hype. Their label was right to refuse to release this record. It's their weakest album yet and is completely self-indulgent.
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AZviaNYCJun 14, 2002What makes YHF astonishing is how much it resonates after Sept. 11. And all the songs were written and recorded months before. For the remainder of my life, whenever I listen to this disc, it will be a haunting reminder of what occured that day. An Amazing Disc.
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MarkR.Jul 31, 2002This was the album of the year...until "The Rising" came out...
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DanAug 31, 2002this is, hands down, the best wilco album yet, featuring some of tweedy's best all-around offerings including the bouncy i am trying to break your heart, and the beautiful poor places. it is not, however, the GREAT album that it has been made out to be. perhaps the best album thus far this year, though ugly casanova could give it a run for its money.
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KevinW.Aug 6, 2002Apparently Wilco spent a lot of time listening to Stephen Malkmus's debut before recording Yankee Foxtrot. Wiclo is a group that used to rag on Pavement and now offers us a mild imitiation.
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JacobG.Sep 19, 2002Definitely my favorite cd right now... and has been for the past few months. Never before has a cd captured me so squarely. Please tell me how someone can NOT like this cd?
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BenWSep 3, 2002Listen and Listen, it gets better.
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leetDec 30, 2004YHF is an album I find myself returning to over and over.
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JoeyMJan 6, 2004
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KylePMar 13, 2004
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JockTJul 26, 2004How an album that contains such pedestrian and unmemorable music thoroughly gauzed over with electronic studio trickery and hampered by pretensions to poetry has fooled so many people continues to surprise me. This is an album implicitly and explicitly MADE FOR rock critics.
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GnarlesOct 25, 2005Takes some getting used to and a few repeat listens, but once it finally connects... wow. Like a rush of chills in your ears.
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JoseHFeb 22, 2005
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JimBBMar 27, 2005Definitely one of the 5 best albums so far this decade. This timely masterpiece blew me away with its sonic creativity and poetic honesty,and sheer melodic brilliance.
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randymApr 10, 2005The more you listen, the more you will like!
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[Anonymous]Jun 1, 2005many say that it is a kid a ripoff , but the truth is, that is infinitely better
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RyanCJun 16, 2005One of the best albums I have ever heard. I really love this album, and think you will too!
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CodaTJul 14, 2005Keep listening! The more I hear this album the more I want to hear it again. This is the kind of album that becomes first priority and comsumes your musical thoughts. A truely great album from start to finish. YHF has set a standard that I doubt can be attained by many bands. Perfect in so many way!
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PaulLJan 9, 2006dull dull dull dull dull. I'm reviewing this in early 2006 After having some perspective, I think this record was carried by sheer hype. I remember the songs clearly and how smug I felt listening to it (take that corporate fools!), but now I can not even will myself to put it in the cd player. The mere thought of this album can induce a coma.
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RyanLMar 5, 2006It's a classic from the first clicks and buzzes of the opening track.
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RobertSJun 13, 2006The final exclamation point of alternative rock. Demanding of the listener but well worth the dozen plays required to "get there." The best recording to date of this young century. And all of this from someone who has been listening to "rock' in all its variations and aberrations for over 40 years.
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ScottH.Dec 24, 2007Superb. Certainly one of the best albums of this decade (so far).
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HeinDec 30, 2007The Wire is deaf. Beautiful voice, brilliant songwriting and subtle experimenting. Perfect & timeless!
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WittNJul 25, 2007An excellent album that balances obscrue insturments and melodies with equally interesting lyrics and song progression; a must listen.
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KevinD.Mar 17, 2008
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SeanB.Apr 16, 2002Excellent album! Worth it's weight (wait?) in gold.
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MaxS.Apr 22, 2002Flawless, haunting, stalking, lingering masterpiece. Wilco have arrived and cemented in place an album that is unique and familiar, an album that is destined to be remembered. Brilliant.
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goog.May 29, 2002Brilliant.
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RickRSep 18, 2003Your chastizing me!! This album is not even close to the quality of some of justin timberlakes stuff.
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eliasiJun 24, 2004its not even worth argueing over, this alum is so obviously the best of the last decade.
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PiereSJan 14, 2005One of the greatest musical achievements ever. There is more in the album than any of us could ever dream of.
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NickSFeb 24, 2005While other bands put out albums that are less melodic and tuneful, Wilco refuses to be mediocre and takes the high road on an avenue of great country-influenced melodies, true lyric genius, and pointed social commentary. The best example of the last of these three has to be "War on War," which is my favorite song on the album because it reminds me of how hard this war business really is.
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CharliePMar 23, 2007Easily Wilco's most defining album. From the relaxing Violins is Jesus, ect, to the tearing guitar solo in I'm The Man Who Loves You, this album does it all. A Masterpiece.
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TobyIDec 26, 2006phenomenal album. it is one of those albums that i could listen to over and over again, even though i already know the whole thing by heart. although some tracks are not as great as others, they lyrics are consistantly unbelievable, and it has gotten me hooked to the band and jeff tweedy. clearly, im a huge fan, and i could not have asked for a better album
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Oct 1, 2010Awesome, music from the rock and roll angels! Great songs jammed out to their max, along with slow and thoughtful sing-alongs. Instantly and unilaterally establishes the Tweedy legend.
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Jan 3, 2011I agree completely with Pitchfork, this album is amazing.
I mean it was great on thre first couple of listens but as I've spent more time with it I notice the subtleties and warm to those songs that I didn't like too much at first. -
Sep 5, 2010
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Sep 8, 2010A.M. was basically an extension of Uncle Tupelo; with Being There, Wilco moved from country to a kind of alternative country and have slowly swayed from their roots with each album. However, they manage to change styles without losing their appeal. Not a real catchy group of songs but a solid one nonetheless.
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Jan 8, 2011Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is a great album. It has soft melodies that just stick in your mind. It's simply amazing. "Jesus, Etc" is one of the best songs I've ever heard. All In All, Wilco has made a fantastic album that gets better with multiple listens. A-
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Jul 10, 2011A flawless album, everything in it is balanced perfectly. At the end it feels like a record that you can dig as deep as you'd like, yet at the same time one with which it is perfectly comfortable to stay on the surface.
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Jun 30, 2011
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Sep 22, 2011An important, thought-provoking album by a the genre changing band. This is their greatest achievement. Watching the documentary 'I Am Trying to Break Your Heart' gives you an idea of what kind of problems they had trying to put this album out. YHF hit me like a ton of bricks, just like an OK Computer or Sea Change.
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Jan 23, 2015
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Apr 15, 2014Perfect albums are not too easy to come by at all, and it's debatable that such flawlessness even exists, yet Wilco have simply crafted a masterpiece of American indie rock. Jesus Etc. might even be one of the greatest songs ever written.
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Feb 24, 2020A great album that put Wilco on the map and an ode to Chicago. Combining Folk music that sounds like Sufjan Stevens with the noise rock of other more experimental contemporaries Wilco creates a stunning tribute to the hardships of miscommunication.
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Apr 15, 2021I'll always remember watching the 'I Am Trying to Break Your Heart' documentary, then listening to the album again. And when it finally clicked with me, it instantly became one of the most powerful listening experiences I've ever had.
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Sep 4, 2016
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Oct 8, 2016Curious about Wilco? Start here. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is their most compelling and memorable work. Singer Jeff Tweedy's vocals at times almost sound like he is drunk - even a bit unsettling at first. The cacophonous guitars in spots add to that feel. But, the arrangements, melodies, and lyrics demand a second listening, and the payoff for replays is huge.
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Jun 8, 2022Amazing work! This sawdust classic is a bad at their most incentive peak. There is not a single bad song on this album. It's balance of sullen and ecstatic are expressed throughout a perfectly curated pallet of sounds that move from being rock to quite folk.
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Apr 19, 2019Absolutely beautiful. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is one of the greatest albums of all time. The album is also sonically unique.
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Jan 19, 2023Incredible album, well thought out and well written, made up of so many layers of conflicting instrumentals that turn out making incredible melodies.
Awards & Rankings
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I'm not sure if it's the work by O'Rourke or the progression of the group (or a little of both), but this disc is so multi-layered that it's easy to hear new things many many times after the first listen.
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MojoA masterpiece, exactly the sort of record that your average sentient pop genius should make in 2002. [May 2002, p.99]
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While their songs still maintain the loose intimacy that was apparent on their debut AM, the music has matured to reveal a complexity that is rare in pop music, yet showcased perfectly on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.