Wilco's "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot," Nonesuch Debut Album, Released 15 Years Ago
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Wilco made its Nonesuch Records debut with the release of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot fifteen years ago today, on April 23, 2002. On the album, Wilco delivers a thrillingly experimental work that scored a perfect 10 on Pitchfork, which hailed the album "simply a masterpiece." The New York Times said that "songs about love, America, apocalypse, and self-invention unfold in richly enigmatic arrangements" on the album. Rolling Stone named Yankee Hotel Foxtrot the No. 3 Album of the 2000s.
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Wilco made its Nonesuch Records debut with the release of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot fifteen years ago today, on April 23, 2002. On the album, Wilco delivers a thrillingly experimental work that scored a perfect 10 on Pitchfork, which hailed the album "simply a masterpiece." The New York Times said that "songs about love, America, apocalypse, and self-invention unfold in richly enigmatic arrangements" on the album. Rolling Stone named Yankee Hotel Foxtrot the No. 3 Album of the 2000s.
Wilco went on to release three more studio albums on Nonesuch—A Ghost Is Born, Sky Blue Sky, and Wilco (the album)—as well as Kicking Television: Live in Chicago on CD and in an LP box set; the Ashes of American Flags concert DVD; vinyl editions of the band's first three album, A.M., Being There, and Summerteeth; three volumes of Mermaid Avenue, the collaboration with Billy Bragg, on vinyl and in a CD box set; the essential tracks compilation What's Your 20? and the rare-tracks collection Alpha Mike Foxtrot.
As always, for all the latest Wilco news and tour details, visit wilcoworld.net.
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