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- Summary: The long wait for this fourth album from Jeff Tweedy & co. is partially the result of the tumultuous recording process that left the band without its guitarist (Jay Bennett) and its record label (Warner/Reprise). Fellow Chicagoan Jim O'Rourke mixed the 11 tracks.
- Record Label: Nonesuch
- Genre(s): Rock, Alternative, Alt-Country
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Top Track
| Jesus, Etc. | |
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| Jesus, don't cry You can rely on me honey You can combine anything you want I'll be around You were right about the stars Each one is a setting... | See the rest of the song lyrics |
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Score distribution:
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Positive: 24 out of 26
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Mixed: 1 out of 26
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Negative: 1 out of 26
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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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Complex and dangerously catchy, lyrically sophisticated and provocative, noisy and somehow serene, Wilco's aging new album is simply a masterpiece; it is equally magnificent in headphones, cars and parties.... No one is too good for this album; it is better than all of us.
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Yankee confirms what fans have long suspected: Wilco was right, the label was wrong, and the album could be the best of the band's career.
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After a while -- a familiarity period if you will -- it becomes clear that these songs are not only fully realized, they're damn near brilliant.
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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is basically a good album, even a great album if you're in the mood, though if you listen to a lot of hip-hop (or house music or basement bhangra or any other genre not dominated by white people), it probably won't be the most extraordinary album you'll hear all month.
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It's a gripping darkness that doesn't often lift. It's hard going, but it's worth it, and that is undoubtedly their point.
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The WireYankee Hotel Foxtrot's faceless, airbrushed production takes you back to the dead days of 1970s AOR radio. [#220, p.66]
Score distribution:
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Positive: 62 out of 70
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Mixed: 3 out of 70
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Negative: 5 out of 70
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Oct 1, 2010
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CharliePMar 23, 2007
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AZviaNYCJun 14, 2002
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goog.May 29, 2002Brilliant.
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leetDec 30, 2004YHF is an album I find myself returning to over and over.
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Sep 5, 2010
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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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