Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
by Wilco

Despite its promising title, that opening track only weakly introduces what turns out to be a spectacularly good record. (Edited)

From LukasAntoine00s 11/25/2025 00:26 | #311822

80.9

Solidísimo album. Desde hace unas semanas vengo escuchando álbums "clásicos" que tengo pendiente e intento ponerme al día.
Si bien es cierto hay muchos que me han decepcionado, pensaba que Wilco no sería la excepción. Gracias al cielo no fue así.
El álbum comienza flojo, las 3 primeras canciones podría decirse que han sido mis menos favoritas, siendo la opener track la gran decepción al tener tan alta calificación en BEA pero no producirme mucha emoción.
Ahora, después el album se mantiene súper consistente hasta el final, quizá en esas últimas 2 canciones experimenta mucho, pero no llega a cansar ni desagradar.
Jesus, Etc. es una de las mejores canciones de la historia. De lejos la mejor del album, le siguen I'm the man who loves you y Heavy metal drummer.
Me encanta cómo la banda siempre se mantiene en su soft/folk rock y de vez en cuando se vuelve medio industrial, tipo Trent Reznor pero no a su nivel abominación. Grata sorpresa. (Edited)

Where albums are rated in greatness is always an interesting subject worthy of debate. There are some really decent songs on this and it is an alright album. But I have trouble understanding why this has been given such a legendary status and is ranked so high overall on this site. The slacker vocal tones are nothing unique and the musical style is nothing overly new. Good, but in no way great. That's the glorious thing about music; it's all in the ear of the beholder. (Edited)

Good album with barely any filler songs
gives off big Velvet Underground vibes to me which is a good thing (Edited)

A solid album with some truly brilliant highlights but it lacks the consistency to be right at the top. To start with the negatives, there is some filler on here that I would arguably skip out such as War On War and I'm The Man Who Loves You. Neither song feels significant or as infectious as the ones around them. This does also create a bloated listen that can drag on quite a bit. Despite this, when the music is good on here it is fantastic. The highlights for me are when they slow it down and allow the song to progress a little more. The best showcases of this is on Poor Places and I Am Trying To Break Your Heart. Both are extremely rewarding to listen to and they always make me want more Wilco content similar to this. The catchier songs are also great with Kamera and Heavy Metal Drummer being on repeat for days after I first listened to this album alongside the sensational Jesus, Etc. If they could maintain this quality this album would be right near the top of my ranking. Overall, I always enjoy this album whenever I listen to it with the slower side contrasting well with the more upbeat accessible songs but the few filler tracks drag the rating down for me. (Edited)

Album Rating: 91.73
(1,009/11)

1.I Am Trying To Break Your Heart. 92
2.Kamera. 90
3.Radio Cure. 100
4.War On War. 79
5.Jesus, Etc. 96
6.Ashes Of American Flags. 94
7.Heavy Metal Drummer. 95
8.I'm The Man Who Loves You. 93
9.Pot Kettle Black. 87
10.Poor Places. 98
11.Reservations. 84

Good album

As American indie records go it doesn't get much better than this, in fact it is only matched by their own previous effort Summerteeth. The production is absolutely fantastic and only makes the brilliant song-writing shine even more. The album is riddled with highlights and moments of unbridled, raw and honest joy. (Edited)

From Jboy56 02/14/2022 13:13 | #281288

Please tell me why this album ranks so high. There must be a reason for that. 80 points is sufficient. Good but bo mind-blowingly great. (Edited)

Excellent indie rock album. My highlights are War On War, Pot Kettle Black and I'm Trying to Break Your Heart. Reservations is the weak song on the album for me - 7 minutes of meh.