Editorial Reviews
Music Review:
Music Review
José de Nebra: Miserere; Excerpts from Iphagenia en Tracia
Janacek: Mládí; Foerster: Quintet Op95
How Do You Do? [CD-single] [Import]
Le Jardin du Luxembourg [Import]
Jazz Abroad [Import] [Limited Edition] [Original recording remastered]
In Concert - Beaulieu Jazz Festival/21st Anniversary Album [Live]
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Named in honor of the three-word codes used by short-wave radio operators, Wilco's fourth album sounds like a late-night broadcast of some weirdly wonderful pop station punctuated by static and the sonic bleed of competing signals. Songs that begin with simple, elegiac grace--"Ashes of American Flags" and "Poor Places"--end in a cathartic squall of distortion. The results can be initially jarring, but it's these tracks more than the sturdy jangle pop of "Kamera" or "Heavy Metal Drummer" that demand, and reward, repeated listens. Mixed by studio experimentalist Jim O'Rourke and produced by the band, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot harkens back to a time when the words "pop" and "sonic adventurism" weren't mutually exclusive. The Beatles and Kurt Cobain knew this, and clearly so do Jeff Tweedy and company. --Keith Moerer
Album Description
11 songs about America that echo and update some of the themes heard on early albums by The Band, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young. Enhanced format features exclusive live footage, band photos, and a trailer for the film 'I Am Trying to Break Your Heart'. Slipcase. 2002.