History Music / YankeeHotelFoxtrot

Under the working title of ''Here Comes Everybody'', it originally consisted of a six-track demo, before conflict began to arise over Ken Coomer's drumming. Proposed by singer Jeff Tweedy and unanimously agreed upon almost straight away by the rest of the band, Coomer was replaced by Glenn Kotche, whom Tweedy had performed with a year earlier in the trio Loose Fur. The album featured a sample from ''The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave NumbersStations'', specifically the fourth track ''Phonetic Alphabet - Nato''. The woman repeating the phrase "yankee hotel foxtrot" was sampled and included in the track "Poor Places", which would later prompt a lawsuit from the copyright owners, Irdial-Disc. Constant arguments between Tweedy and Bennett prompted Tweedy to kick Bennett out of the band after the album's completion. By early 2001, after a very stressful process, the album was finished and ready to be released.

The AOL-Time Warner merger resulted in the new executives terminating 600 jobs. As noted above, Reprise president Howie Klein was among the execs who were fired. His replacement was David Kahne, who dismissed the band due to lack of commercial success. Wilco's lawyer negotiated a buyout for the album: while the initial pricing was $50,000 for the rights to the album, Reprise later dropped the price altogether. After the buyout, further problems arose with the album's original release date: [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror September 11, 2001]]. Some of the lyrics featured in the album (such as the one under the page image) proved tasteless in the events of the attacks. Tweedy streamed the whole album on their website for free a week later, and Wilco was approached by Creator/NonesuchRecords to distribute the album for $50,000 - the band ''struggled'' to get the money necessary.[[note]]Nonesuch brought Jim O'Rourke to mix the album; he won over the rest of the band with his mixing of the album's opening track, "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart". The album's title came from the Irdial box set. Reprise is a division of Warner Bros. Music, essentially meaning that Warner paid twice ''for the same album''.[[/note]] The album was finally released on April 23, 2002.

Under the working title of ''Here Comes Everybody'', it originally consisted of a six-track demo, before conflict began to arise over Ken Coomer's drumming. Proposed by singer Jeff Tweedy and unanimously agreed upon almost straight away by the rest of the band, Coomer was replaced by Glenn Kotche, whom Tweedy had performed with a year earlier in the trio Loose Fur. The album featured a sample from ''The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave NumbersStations'', specifically the fourth track ''Phonetic Alphabet - Nato''. The woman repeating the words "yankee hotel foxtrot" was sampled and included in the track "Poor Places", which would later prompt a lawsuit from the copyright owners, Irdial-Disc. Constant arguments between Tweedy and Bennett prompted Tweedy to kick Bennett out after the album's completion. By early 2001, after a very stressful process, the album was finished and ready to be released.

The AOL-Time Warner merger resulted in the new executives terminating 600 jobs. As noted above, Reprise president Howie Klein was among the ones who were fired. His replacement was David Kahne, who dismissed the band due to lack of commercial success. Wilco's lawyer negotiated a buyout for the album: while the initial pricing was $50,000 for the rights to the album, Reprise later dropped the price altogether. After the buyout, further problems arose with the album's original release date: [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror September 11, 2001]]. Some of the lyrics featured in the album (such as the one under the page image) proved tasteless in the events of the attacks. Tweedy streamed the whole album on their website for free a week later, and Wilco was approached by Creator/NonesuchRecords to distribute the album for $50,000 - the band ''struggled'' to get the money necessary.[[note]]Nonesuch brought Jim O'Rourke to mix the album; he won over the rest of the band with his mixing of the album's opening track, "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart". The album's title came from the Irdial box set. Reprise is a division of Warner Bros. Music, essentially meaning that Warner paid twice ''for the same album''.[[/note]] The album was finally released on April 23, 2002.

Despite seemingly everything working against it, Tweedy's decision to stream the album ended up being a major benefactor - critical acclaim and positive word-of-mouth resulted in their resulting tour generate a ''huge'' outcome. Reviewers couldn't stop giving the album perfect scores, and the album ended up being certified gold, becoming Wilco's biggest selling album to date. Dubbed "the ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' of music", ''Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'' has since gone on as one of music's biggest success stories, and one of the greatest of the 2000s.

Despite seemingly everything working against it, Tweedy's decision to stream the album ended up being a major benefactor - critical acclaim and positive word-of-mouth resulted in their resulting tour generate a ''huge'' outcome. Reviewers couldn't stop giving the album perfect scores, and the album ended up being certified gold. Dubbed "the ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' of music", ''Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'' has since gone on as one of music's biggest success stories, and one of the greatest of the 2000s.

Under the working title of ''Here Comes Everybody'', it originally consisted of a six-track demo, before conflict began to arise over Ken Coomer's drumming. Proposed by singer Jeff Tweedy and unanimously agreed upon almost straight away by the rest of the band, Coomer was replaced by Glenn Kotche, whom Tweedy had performed with a year Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave NumbersStations'', specifically the fourth track ''Phonetic Alphabet - Nato''. The woman repeating the words "yankee hotel foxtrot" was sampled and included in the track "Poor Places", prompting a lawsuit from Irdial. Constant arguments between Tweedy and Bennett prompted Tweedy to kick Bennett out after the album's completion. By early 2001, after a very stressful process, the album was finished and ready to be released.

The AOL-Time Warner merger resulted in the new executives terminating 600 jobs. As noted above, Reprise president Howie Klein was among the ones who were fired. His replacement was David Kahne, who dismissed the band due to lack of commercial success. Wilco's lawyer negotiated a buyout for the album: while the initial pricing was $50,000 for the rights to the album, Reprise later dropped the price altogether. After the buyout, further problems arose with the album's original release date: [[TheWarOnTerror September 11, 2001]]. Some of the lyrics featured in the album (such as the one under the page image) proved tasteless in the events of the attacks. Tweedy streamed the whole album on their website for free a week later, and Wilco was approached by Creator/NonesuchRecords to distribute the album for $50,000 - the band ''struggled'' to get the money necessary.[[note]]Nonesuch brought Jim O'Rourke to mix the album; he won over the rest of the band with his mixing of the album's opening track, "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart". The album's title came from the Irdial box set. Reprise is a division of Warner Bros. Music, essentially meaning that Warner paid twice ''for the same album''.[[/note]] The album was finally released on April 23, 2002.

Under the working title of ''Here Comes Everybody'', it originally consisted of a six-track demo, before conflict began to arise over Ken Coomer's drumming. Proposed by singer Jeff Tweedy and unanimously agreed upon almost straight away by the rest of the band, Coomer was replaced by Glenn Kotche, whom Tweedy had performed with a year prior. Tweedy brought Jim O'Rourke to mix the album; he won over the rest of the band with his mixing of the album's opening track, "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart". The album's title came from the Irdial box set ''The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave NumbersStations'', specifically the fourth track ''Phonetic Alphabet - Nato''. The woman repeating the words "yankee hotel foxtrot" was sampled and included in the track "Poor Places", prompting a lawsuit from Irdial. Constant arguments between Tweedy and Bennett prompted Tweedy to kick Bennett out after the album's completion. By early 2001, after a very stressful process, the album was finished and ready to be released.

The AOL-Time Warner merger resulted in the new executives terminating 600 jobs. As noted above, Reprise president Howie Klein was among the ones who were fired. His replacement was David Kahne, who dismissed the band due to lack of commercial success. Wilco's lawyer negotiated a buyout for the album: while the initial pricing was $50,000 for the rights to the album, Reprise later dropped the price altogether. After the buyout, further problems arose with the album's original release date: [[UsefulNotes/WarOnTerror September 11, 2001]]. Some of the lyrics featured in the album (such as the one under the page image) proved tasteless in the events of the attacks. Tweedy streamed the whole album on their website for free a week later, and Wilco was approached by Creator/NonesuchRecords to distribute the album for $50,000 - the band ''struggled'' to get the money necessary.[[note]]Nonesuch, like Reprise, is a division of Warner Bros. Music, essentially meaning that Warner paid twice ''for the same album''.[[/note]] The album was finally released on April 23, 2002.

''Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'' is the fourth studio album by American indie rock group Music/{{Wilco}}, released April 23, 2002 after [[TroubledProduction one of the most notorious productions in music history]].

The AOL-Time Warner merger resulted in the new executives terminating 600 jobs. As noted above, Reprise president Howie Klein was among the ones who were fired. His replacement was David Kahne, who dismissed the band due to lack of commercial success. Wilco's lawyer negotiated a buyout for the album: while the initial pricing was $50,000 for the rights to the album, Reprise later dropped the price altogether. After the buyout, further problems arose with the album's original release date: [[UsefulNotes/WarOnTerror September 11, 2001]]. Some of the lyrics featured in the album (such as the one under the page image) proved tasteless in the events of the attacks. Tweedy streamed the whole album on their website for free a week later, and Wilco was approached by Nonesuch Records to distribute the album for $50,000 - the band ''struggled'' to get the money necessary.[[note]]Nonesuch, like Reprise, is a division of Warner Bros. Music, essentially meaning that Warner paid twice ''for the same album''.[[/note]] The album was finally released on April 23, 2002.

Under the working title of ''Here Comes Everybody'', it originally consisted of a six-track demo, before conflict began to arise over Ken Coomer's drumming. Proposed by singer Jeff Tweedy and unanimously agreed upon almost straight away by the rest of the band, Coomer was replaced by Glenn Kotche, whom Tweedy had performed with a year prior. Tweedy brought Jim O'Rourke to mix the album; he won over the rest of the band with his mixing of the album's opening track, "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart". The album's title came from the Irdial box set ''The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave NumbersStations'', specifically the fourth track ''Phonetic Alphabet - Nato''. The woman repeating the words "yankee hotel foxtrot" was sampled and included in the track "Poor Places", prompting a lawsuit from Irdial. Constant arguments between Tweedy and Bennett prompted Tweedy to kick Bennett out after the album's completion. By early 2001, after a very stressful process, the album was finished and ready to release.

The AOL-Time Warner merger resulted in the new executives terminating 600 jobs. As noted above, Reprise president Howie Klein was among the ones who were fired. His replacement was David Kahne, who dismissed the band due to lack of commercial success. Wilco's lawyer negotiated a buyout for the album: while the initial pricing was $50,000 for the rights to the album, Reprise later dropped the price altogether. After the buyout, further problems arose with the album's original release date: [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror September 11, 2001]]. Some of the lyrics featured in the album (such as the one under the page image) proved tasteless in the events of the attacks. Tweedy streamed the whole album on their website for free a week later, and Wilco was approached by Nonesuch Records to distribute the album for $50,000 - the band ''struggled'' to get the money necessary. [[note]] Nonesuch, like Reprise, is a division of Warner Bros. Music, essentially meaning that Warner paid twice ''for the same album''. [[/note]] The album was finally released on April 23, 2002.

** "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" goes completely off the rails.

Under the working title of ''Here Comes Everybody'', it originally consisted of a six-track demo, before conflict began to arise over Ken Coomer's drumming. Proposed by singer Jeff Tweedy and unanimously agreed upon almost straight away by the rest of the band, Coomer was replaced by Glenn Kotche, whom Tweedy had performed with a year prior. Both Tweedy and fellow band member Jay Bennett brought Jim O'Rourke to mix the album. O'Rourke won over the rest of the band with his mixing of the album's opening track, "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart". The album's title came from the Irdial box set ''The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave NumbersStations'', specifically the fourth track ''Phonetic Alphabet - Nato''. The woman repeating the words "yankee hotel foxtrot" was sampled and included in the track "Poor Places", prompting a lawsuit from Irdial. Constant arguments between Tweedy and Bennett prompted Tweedy to kick Bennett out after the album's completion. By early 2001, after a very stressful process the album was finished and ready to release.

The AOL-Time Warner merger resulted in the new executives terminating 600 jobs, president Howie Klein being among them. His replacement was David Kahne, who dismissed the band due to lack of commercial success. Wilco's lawyer negotiated a buyout for the album: while the initial pricing was $50,000 for the rights to the album, Reprise later dropped the price altogether. After the buyout, further problems arose with the album's original release date: [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror September 11, 2001]]. Some of the lyrics featured in the album (such as the one under the page image) proved tasteless in the events of the attacks. Tweedy streamed the whole album on their website for free a week later, and Wilco was approached by Nonesuch Records to distribute the album for $50,000 - the band ''struggled'' to get the money necessary. [[note]] Nonesuch, like Reprise, is a division of Warner Bros. Music, essentially meaning that Warner paid twice ''for the same album''. [[/note]] The album was finally released on April 23, 2002.

Despite seemingly everything working against it, Tweedy's decision to stream the album ended up being a major benefactor - critical acclaim and positive word of mouth resulted in their resulting tour generate a ''huge'' outcome. Reviewers couldn't stop giving the album perfect scores, and the album ended up being certified gold. Dubbed "the ''Film/ApocalypseNow'' of music", ''Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'' has since gone on as one of music's biggest success stories, and one of the greatest of the 2000s.

Under the working title of ''Here Comes Everybody'', it originally consisted of a six-track demo, before conflict began to arise over Ken Coomer's drumming. Proposed by singer Jeff Tweedy and unanimously agreed upon almost straight away by the rest of the band, Coomer was replaced by Glenn Kotche, whom Tweedy had performed with a year prior. Both Tweedy and fellow band member Jay Bennett brought Jim O'Rourke to mix the album. O'Rourke won over the rest of the band with his mixing of the album's opening track, "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart". The album's title came from the Irdial box set ''The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave NumbersStations'', specifically the fourth track ''Phonetic Alphabet - Nato''. The woman repeating the words "yankee hotel foxtrot" was sampled and included in the track "Poor Places", prompting a lawsuit from Irdial. Constant arguments between Tweedy and Bennett prompted Tweedy to kick Bennett out after the album's completion. By early 2001, after a very stressful process the album was finished and ready to release.

** "Ashes of American Flags"combines this with FadingIntoTheNextSong, as warped snippets of "Heavy Metal Drummer" can be heard near the end of it.

* WordSaladLyrics: Tweedy's lyricism is one of the things that sticks out about this album; the opening line to "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart" has become [[MemeticMutation somewhat memetic]] amongst Wilco fans:

[[FromBadToWorse Then Reprise Records' president, a big advocate of Wilco, was dismissed]].

** "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart" goes completely off the rails.

* WordSaladLyrics: Tweedy's lyricism is one of the things that sticks out about this album; the opening line to "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart" has become [[MemeticMutation somewhat memetic]] amongst Wilco fans:

The AOL-Time Warner merger resulted in the new executives terminating 600 jobs, president Howie Klein being among them. His replacement was David Kahne, dismissed the band due to lack of commercial success. Wilco's lawyer negotiated a buyout for the album: while the initial pricing was $50,000 for the rights to the album, Reprise later dropped the price altogether. After the buyout, further problems arose with the album's original release date: [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror September 11, 2001]]. Some of the lyrics featured in the album (such as the one under the page image) proved tasteless in the events of the attacks. Tweedy streamed the entire album on their website for free a week later, and Wilco was approached by Nonesuch Records to distribute the album for $50,000 - the band ''struggled'' to get the money necessary. [[note]] Nonesuch, like Reprise, is a division of Warner Bros. Music, essentially meaning that Warner paid twice ''for the same album''. [[/note]] The album was finally released in April of 2002.

# "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart" (6:57)

* CallForward: "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart" references "I'm the Man Who Loves You" in its end of song meltdown.

* EpicRocking: "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart" and "Reservations"
* FadingIntoTheNextSong: "Ashes Of American Flags" has a distorted, warped snippet of the piano from "Heavy Metal Drummer" at the song's end.

* {{Rockumentary}}: ''I Am Trying To Break Your Heart'', about the album's recording.

-->''I am an American aquarium drinker''

The AOL-Time Warner merger resulted in the new executives terminating 600 jobs, president Howie Klein being among them. His replacement was David Kahne, dismissed the band due to lack of commercial success. Wilco's lawyer negotiated a buyout for the album: while the initial pricing was $50,000 for the rights to the album, Reprise later dropped the price altogether. After the buyout, further problems arose with the album's original release date: [[UsefulNotes/TheWarOnTerror September 11, 2001]]. Some of the lyrics featured in the album (such as the one under the page image) proved tasteless in the events of the attacks. Tweedy streamed the entire album on their website for free a week later, and Wilco was approached by Nonesuch Records to distribute the album for $50,000 - the band ''struggled'' to get the money necessary. The album was finally released in April of 2002.

Under the working title of ''Here Comes Everybody'', it originally consisted of a six-track demo, before conflict began to arise over Ken Coomer's drumming. Proposed by singer Jeff Tweedy and unanimously agreed upon almost straight away by the rest of the band, Coomer was replaced by Glenn Kotche, whom Tweedy had performed with a year prior. Both Tweedy and fellow band member Jay Bennett brought Jim O'Rourke to mix the album. O'Rourke won over the rest of the band with his mixing of the album's opening track, "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart". The album's title came from the Irdial box set ''The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave {{Numbers Station}}s'', specifically the fourth track ''Phonetic Alphabet - Nato''. The woman repeating the words "yankee hotel foxtrot" was sampled and included in the track "Poor Places", prompting a lawsuit from Irdial. Constant arguments between Tweedy and Bennett prompted Tweedy to kick Bennett out after the album's completion. By early 2001, after a very stressful process the album was finished and ready to release.

The AOL-Time Warner merger resulted in the new executives terminating 600 jobs, president Howie Klein being among them. His replacement was David Kahne, dismissed the band due to lack of commercial success. Wilco's lawyer negotiated a buyout for the album: while the initial pricing was $50,000 for the rights to the album, Reprise later dropped the price altogether. After the buyout, further problems arose with the album's original release date: September 11. Some of the lyrics featured in the album (such as the one under the page image) proved tasteless in the events of the attacks. Tweedy streamed the entire album on their website for free a week later, and Wilco was approached by Nonesuch Records to distribute the album for $50,000 - the band ''struggled'' to get the money necessary. The album was finally released in April of 2002.

Under the working title of ''Here Comes Everybody'', it originally consisted of a six-track demo, before conflict began to arise over Ken Coomer's drumming. Proposed by singer Jeff Tweedy and unanimously agreed upon almost straight away by the rest of the band, Coomer was replaced by Glenn Kotche, whom Tweedy had performed with a year prior. Both Tweedy and fellow band member Jay Bennett brought Jim O'Rourke to mix the album. O'Rourke won over the rest of the band with his mixing of the album's opening track, "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart". The album's title came from the Irdial box set ''The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations'', specifically the fourth track ''Phonetic Alphabet - Nato''. The woman repeating the words "yankee hotel foxtrot" was sampled and included in the track "Poor Places", prompting a lawsuit from Irdial. Constant arguments between Tweedy and Bennett prompted Tweedy to kick Bennett out after the album's completion. By early 2001, after a very stressful process the album was finished and ready to release.

'''''Yankee Hotel Foxtrot''''' is the fourth studio album by American indie rock group Music/{{Wilco}}, released April 23, 2002 after [[TroubledProduction one of the most notorious productions in music history]].

Despite seemingly everything working against it, Tweedy's decision to stream the album ended up being a major benefactor - critical acclaim and positive word of mouth resulted in their resulting tour generate a ''huge'' outcome. Reviewers couldn't stop giving the album perfect scores, and the album ended up being certified gold. Dubbed "the Film/ApocalypseNow of music", ''Yankee Hotel Foxtrot'' has since gone on as one of music's biggest success stories, and one of the greatest of the 2000s.

-->--"Radio Cure"

'''''Yankee Hotel Foxtrot''''' is the fourth studio album by American indie group Music/{{Wilco}}, released April 23, 2002 after [[TroubledProduction one of the most notorious productions in music history]].

->''Oh, distance has no way''\\
''Of making love''\\
''Understandable''
-->-'''"Radio Cure"'''

'''''Yankee Hotel Foxtrot''''' is the fourth studio album by American indie group Music/{{Wilco}}, released April 23, 2002 after [[TroubledProduction one of the most notorious productions in music history]]. Under the working title of ''Here Comes Everybody'', it originally consisted of a six-track demo, before conflict began to arise over Ken Coomer's drumming. Proposed by singer Jeff Tweedy and unanimously agreed upon almost straight away by the rest of the band, Coomer was replaced by Glenn Kotche, whom Tweedy had performed with a year prior. Both Tweedy and fellow band member Jay Bennett brought Jim O'Rourke to mix the album. O'Rourke won over the rest of the band with his mixing of the album's opening track, "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart". The album's title came from the Irdial box set ''The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations'', specifically the fourth track ''Phonetic Alphabet - Nato''. The woman repeating the words "yankee hotel foxtrot" was sampled and included in the track "Poor Places", prompting a lawsuit from Irdial. Constant arguments between Tweedy and Bennett prompted Tweedy to kick Bennett out after the album's completion. By early 2001, after a very stressful process the album was finished and ready to release.

* {{Sampling}}: "Poor Places" samples a radio broadcast.

* AlbumTitleDrop: "Poor Places"
* CallForward: "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart" references "I'm the Man Who Loves You"

* HeavyMeta: Subverted in "Heavy Metal Drummer"

** "I Am Trying To Break Your Heart"

* {{Rockumentary}}: ''I Am Trying To Break Your Heart'', about the album's recording
* ShoutOut: "Heavy Metal Drummer" name drops Music/{{KISS}}
* WordSaladLyrics: They're there.

* DigitalPiracyIsEvil: Averted. Tweedy's streaming benefited the band greatly.