A sprawling new box set full of demos and alternate takes suggests a dazzling array of paths the Chicago group might have taken on their masterpiece.
Wilco's legendary 4th studio album, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, was
originally released on April 23, 2002. It delivered ten songs that have
since become favorites among fans and critics alike. It scored a perfect
10 on Pitchfork, which hailed the album as "complex
and dangerously catchy, lyrically sophisticated and provocative, noisy
and somehow serene...simply a masterpiece." And as the New York Times
put it, Jeff Tweedy's songs "unfold in richly enigmatic arrangements."
This 7LP/5 CD Deluxe Edition of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot features the original
eleven songs remastered, plus an alternate version of the album (titled
The Unified Theory Of Everything). Additionally, the songs performed on
the September 18, 2001 WXRT radio appearance
are included, as is the entire July 23, 2002 show from The Pageant in
St. Louis, MO. The vinyl is mastered by Bob Ludwig and cut by Chris
Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering on black vinyl. The package
(designed by Lawrence Azerrad) includes a new
essay by music journalist Bob Mehr featuring recent interviews with
Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt and Glenn Kotche plus previously unseen live
and studio photos.
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
Kamera
Radio Cure
War On War
Jesus, Etc.
Ashes Of American Flags
Heavy Metal Drummer
I'm The Man Who Loves You
Pot Kettle Black
Poor Places
Reservations
The Unified Theory Of Everything - Building Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
A Magazine Called Sunset
Remember To Remember (Hummingbird)
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
Kamera
Radio Cure
War On War
Jesus, Etc.
Ashes Of American Flags (Stravinsky Mix)
Heavy Metal Drummer
I'm The Man Who Loves You
Pot Kettle Black
Poor Places
Reservations
Snoozin' At The Pageant - 7/23/02 The Pageant, St. Louis, MO
I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
I'm The Man Who Loves You
War On War
Kamera
Radio Cure
A Shot In The Arm
She's A Jar
I'm Always In Love
Sunken Treasure
Jesus, Etc.
Heavy Metal Drummer
Pot Kettle Black
Ashes Of American Flags
Not For The Season (Laminated Cat)
Reservations
California Stars
Red-Eyed And Blue
I Got You (At The End Of The Century)
Misunderstood
Far, Far Away
Outtasite (Outta Mind)
I'm A Wheel
Performances from Transmission - 9/18/01 Sound Opinions WXRT-Chicago, IL with Greg Kot & Jim DeRogatis
War On War (Live In The Studio)
I'm The Man Who Loves You (Live In The Studio)
Should've Been In Love (Live In The Studio)
She's A Jar (Live In The Studio)
Ashes Of American Flags (Live In The Studio)
