WILCO Released Their Standout Album ‘YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT’ 25 Years Ago Today
Significant longplayers from yesteryear
18 September 2026
Band: WILCO
Who: Formed by mastermind Jeff Tweedy
and some old Uncle Tupelo mates.
Their 4th full-length, named YANKEE HOTEL FOXTROT
was released on 18 Sept 2001, today 25 years ago.
The towers in Marina City, a residential-commercial building
complex in Chicago, inspired the record’s front artwork.
#13 in the US, #40 in the UK.
Pitchfork wrote: “After half a year living with a bootleg copy, the music remains
revelatory. 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.
Beneath the great story of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, there are all the tropes and symbols
and coincidences of a little mythology; but under that is a fantastic rock record. And
why tell you? You all already knew this.”
TUTV: Jeff Tweedy is Chicago‘s Bob Dylan.
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