Super Deluxe Edition 11LP & 1CD Box Set
Remastered by Bob Ludwig
Cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering
Includes 6 LPs of Session Outtakes, Alternates, Demos & More
2002 Live Recording on 3LP
2023 Grammy Award Nominee:
• Best Album Notes: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
• Best Historical Album: Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (20th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition)
Rolling Stone 500 Greatest Albums of All Time - Rated 225/500
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 11LP / 1CD Super Deluxe Edition of Yankee Hotel Foxtrot features the original eleven songs remastered, plus 6 LPs of session outtakes, alternates, demos, drafts and instrumentals, a 1 CD WXRT radio interview and live performances from September 18, 2001, and a 3LP live show from July 23, 2002 at 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) features an extensive booklet that includes a new essay by music journalist Bob Mehr featuring recent interviews with Jeff Tweedy, John Stirratt and Glenn Kotche, a conversation with Jeff Tweedy, Glenn Kotche, Jim O'Rourke and producer Cheryl Pawelski, plus previously unseen live and studio photos.
When Reprise Records refused to release Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilco posted it for free on the internet. Two-hundred-thousand downloads later, Nonesuch Records (owned by the same company as Reprise) released the album, and it became critical and commercial gold. Its pretty acoustic-guitar melodies battled noise, skidded into dissonance, or got chopped off abruptly. Its lyrics pitted hope against doubt, with all bets off. 'You have to learn how to die,' crooned Jeff Tweedy, 'if you wanna...be alive.'
Features
- Super Deluxe Edition
- 11LP & CD Box Set
- Remastered by Bob Ludwig
- Cut by Chris Bellman at Bernie Grundman Mastering
- 3 Alternate Versions of the Album
- Session Outtakes, Demos, Drafts & Instrumentals
- 2001 WXRT Radio Interviews & Live Performances on CD
- Entire 2002 Live Show from The Pageant in St. Louis, MO on 3LP
- Package Designed by Lawrence Azerrad
- 84-Page Hardcover Book
- New Essay by Music Journalist Bob Mehr
- Previously Unseen Live & Studio Photos
- 82 Previously Unreleased Tracks
- Box with Lift-Off Lid
- Made in Germany
Track Listing:
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
Side A:
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I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
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Kamera
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Radio Cure
Side B:
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War On War
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Jesus, Etc.
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Ashes Of American Flags
Side C:
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Heavy Metal Drummer
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I'm The Man Who Loves You
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Pot Kettle Black
Side D:
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Poor Places
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Reservations
American Aquarium: Building Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Part 1)
Side A:
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Anniversary (Nothing Up My Sleeve)
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Venus Stopped The Train
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Poor Places
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I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
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American Aquarium
Side B:
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Cars Can't Escape
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Kamera
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War On War
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I'm The Man Who Loves You
Side C:
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Ashes Of American Flags
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Not For The Season (Laminated Cat)
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Shakin' Sugar
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Let Me Come Home
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Poor Places
Side D:
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Reservations
Here Comes Everybody: Building Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Part 2)
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Not For The Season (Laminated Cat)
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Remember To Remember (Hummingbird)
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I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
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Kamera
Side E:
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Radio Cure
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War On War
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Venus Stopped The Train
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I'm The Man Who Loves You
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The Good Part
Side F:
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Pot Kettle Black
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Ashes Of American Flag
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Poor Places
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Shakin' Sugar
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Reservations
Side G:
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Cars Can't Escape
The Unified Theory Of Everything: Building Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Part 3)
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A Magazine Called Sunset
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Remember To Remember (Hummingbird)
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I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
Side H:
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Kamera
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Radio Cure
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War On War
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Jesus, Etc.
Side I:
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Ashes Of American Flags (Stravinsky Mix)
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Heavy Metal Drummer
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I'm The Man Who Loves You
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Pot Kettle Black
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Poor Places
Side J:
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Reservations
Lonely In The Deep End: Demos, Drafts, Instrumentals, Etc.
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Love Will (Let You Down)
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Lost Poem Demo
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I'm The Only One Who Lets Her Down
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Has Anybody Seen My Pencil?
Side K:
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The Good Part
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A Magazine Called Sunset
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A Magazine Called Sunset (Backing Track)
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Anniversary (Nothing Up My Sleeve) [Backing Track]
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Kamera
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I'm The Man Who Loves You
Side L:
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I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
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Jesus, Etc.
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Reservations (Backing Track)
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Let Me Come Home (Synth)
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Ooby Dooby
Snoozin' At The Pageant - 7/23/02 at The Pageant, St. Louis, MO
Side A:
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I Am Trying To Break Your Heart
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I'm The Man Who Loves You
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War On War
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Kamera
Side B:
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Radio Cure
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A Shot In The Arm
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She's A Jar
Side C:
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I'm Always In Love
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Sunken Treasure
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Jesus, Etc.
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Heavy Metal Drummer
Side D:
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Pot Kettle Black
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Ashes Of American Flags
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Not For The Season (Laminated Cat)
Side E:
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Reservations
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California Stars
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Red-Eyed And Blue
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I Got You (At The End Of The Century)
Side F:
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Misunderstood
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Far, Far Away
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Outtasite (Outta Mind)
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I'm A Wheel
The Unified Theory Of Everything: Building Yankee Hotel Foxtrot - Performances from Transmission: 9/18/01 Sound Opinions WXRT-Chicago, IL, with Greg Kot & Jim DeRogatis
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Interview
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War On War (Live In The Studio)
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Interview
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Interview
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I'm The Man Who Loves You (Live In The Studio)
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Interview
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Should've Been In Love (Live In The Studio)
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Interview
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She's A Jar (Live In The Studio)
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Interview
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Ashes Of American Flags (Live In The Studio)
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