Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
by Wilco

Album
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot by Wilco
Year: 2002
Release date: 2002-04-23
Overall rank: 62nd   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
85/100 (from 1,977 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Best album of 2002 (1st)
Award Top 10 albums of of the 2000s (6th)
Award Top 100 albums of all time (62nd)

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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is ranked as the best album by Wilco.

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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 87 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
Average Rating: 91 (546 votes)Comments: View 8
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Kamera
Average Rating: 86 (438 votes)Comments: View 2
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Radio Cure
Average Rating: 86 (435 votes)Comments: View 6
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War On War
Average Rating: 86 (444 votes)Comments: View 3
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Jesus, Etc.
Average Rating: 92 (618 votes)Comments: View 9
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Ashes Of American Flags
Average Rating: 88 (440 votes)Comments: View 2
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Heavy Metal Drummer
Average Rating: 88 (478 votes)Comments: View 6
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I'm The Man Who Loves You
Average Rating: 86 (417 votes)Comments: View 5
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Pot Kettle Black
Average Rating: 87 (410 votes)Comments: View 5
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Poor Places
Average Rating: 86 (410 votes)Comments: View 5
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Reservations
Average Rating: 84 (393 votes)Comments: View 5

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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot rankings

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot rankings summary
Overall rank: 62nd | 2000s rank: 6th | 2002 rank: 1st  Overall chart history
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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot ratings

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This album is rated in the top 1% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 85.1/100, a mean average of 83.9/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 85.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.3.


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Yankee Hotel Foxtrot forum mentions

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From 10/15/2016 00:26 | #176898 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Not a single weak song on it. Not a single instrument out of place. Not a single production mistake. Not a single line that Tweedy doesn't inflect like if he really cared about his art. It's complex at every level, but it doesn't feel challenging because the music invites you to appreciate it like if it was the dumbest pop music ever. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot channels every possible mood or emotion that contemporary americana can deliver and enhances them through the new sonic palette that the new millenium (and Tweedy's insatiable perfectionism) had to offer. Amazing work. (Edited)
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From 10/30/2011 12:56 | #29358 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
If I had musical talent this is the album I would make. (Edited)
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From 04/17/2013 01:17 | #73541 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The songwriting is top-notch, it's not as experimental as everyone suggests, but it sure as hell not Appetite for Destruction either. There isn't a bad song here and for those accusing it of being boring need to listen more carefully, there is a lot to enjoy from this album it is just very discreet.
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From 02/21/2016 20:45 | #160444 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
I had not heard of Wilco or heard anything by them.
I bought this at the end of January 2016 because of its position on the overall chart, and it's excellent review.

Ive listened to this loads since purchasing it and have decided this is a VERY addictive album !

It is a diverse, relaxing beautifully crafted record.

I completely understand why it is in the top 50 of the overall chart

Thanks Best Ever Albums for introducing me to this fantastic album
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From 11/16/2014 13:22 | #127148 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
"You were right about the stars, each one is a setting sun."
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