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Denne 11-LP + 1 CD Super Deluxe Edition af Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Wilcos 2002-debut på Nonesuch, indeholder det originale album, remastered til dets 20-års jubilæum i 2022, samt 84 hidtil uudgivne numre. Den inkluderer demoer, udkast og instrumentale versioner, der kortlægger albummets tilblivelse; en liveoptagelse fra en koncert i 2002; samt en radiooptræden og interview fra september 2001. Bokssættet indeholder også en ny bog med et interview med Jeff Tweedy, Glenn Kotche og Jim O'Rourke, en dybdegående artikel af journalisten og forfatteren Bob Mehr samt hidtil usete billeder af bandet under indspilningen i deres studie i Chicago.

Yankee Hotel Foxtrot blev bredt anerkendt som et af 2002’s bedste albums og optrådte på årets toplister i Mojo, NME, Q, Rolling Stone og Uncut blandt mange andre. Albummet figurerede også på flere årtiets toplister, hvor Rolling Stone placerede det som det tredje bedste album fra 2000’erne. Det har desuden været med på adskillige lister over historiens bedste albums, herunder i NME. En af inspirationerne bag Yankee Hotel Foxtrot var en optagelse, Tweedy købte i Tower Records i slutningen af 1990’erne: The Conet Project: Recordings of Shortwave Numbers Stations. Som Bob Mehr påpeger i sine nye liner notes, kom optagelserne "dybt under huden på Tweedy".

Tweedy skrev i sin selvbiografi fra 2017, Let's Go (So We Can Get Back): "Det var lige så fascinerende for mig som noget, der blev skabt af faktiske musikere med faktiske instrumenter... Jeg ville forstå, hvorfor det var så hypnotisk for mig. Hvorfor kunne jeg lytte til timevis af dette, selvom jeg ikke anede, hvad de sagde? Det spørgsmål blev fundamentet for Yankee Hotel Foxtrot... Måden, folk kommunikerede på – eller i sidste ende ikke formåede at kommunikere."

Albummets titel stammer fra en uhyggelig optagelse af en kvinde, der gentager netop disse ord, og som findes på The Conet Project. Optagelsen er samplet i næstsidste nummer på Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, "Poor Places". Konceptuelt besluttede Tweedy at fokusere på et stort tema for det nye album: Amerikas tilstand. "Hans tekster – ofte destilleret fra håndskrevne sider med fri vers eller poesi – blev en form for undersøgelse," forklarer Mehr. Tweedy sagde i 2004: "Jeg ville skrive om det, der var lige foran mine øjne – mikroskopisk analysere Amerika og stille spørgsmål ved hver eneste lille ting... Hvordan kan der være alle disse gode ting og ting, jeg elsker ved Amerika, samtidig med alt det, jeg skammer mig over? Og det var også et internt spørgsmål; jeg tror, jeg følte det på samme måde om mig selv." Mehr fortsætter: "Ved at udforske disse spørgsmål og væve tråde af østlig filosofi samt elementer af sin egen biografi ind – Yankee’s tekster er fyldt med smertelige billeder af en person, der lider af migræne og mentale udfordringer – skabte Tweedy en dyb undersøgelse af både land og individ."

Albummet fik en foruroligende, nærmest profetisk stemning, især da Wilco begyndte at streame det gratis på deres hjemmeside i 2001. Mehr bemærker: "Efter 9/11 blev Yankee Hotel Foxtrot pludselig tynget af utilsigtet betydning. Pladen var oprindeligt sat til at udkomme den 11. september. Coveret – et billede taget af Sam Jones, der viser Chicagos tvillingetårne, Marina Towers, fra en skrånende vinkel – bar en uhyggelig lighed med de faldne World Trade Center-tårne. Og sangene – med titler som 'Ashes of American Flags' og 'War on War' samt tekster om, hvordan 'tall buildings shake, sad voices escape' – fik en grusom ny resonans."

Trackliste:

Side A
01: I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (2022 Remaster)
02: Kamera (2022 Remaster)
03: Radio Cure (2022 Remaster)

Side B
01: War on War (2022 Remaster)
02: Jesus, Etc. (2022 Remaster)
03: Ashes of American Flags (2022 Remaster)

Side C
01: Heavy Metal Drummer (2022 Remaster)
02: I'm the Man Who Loves You (2022 Remaster)
03: Pot Kettle Black (2022 Remaster)

Side D
01: Poor Places (2022 Remaster)
02: Reservations (2022 Remaster)

Side E
01: Anniversary (Nothing Up My Sleeve) [American Aquarium Version]
02: Venus Stopped the Train (American Aquarium Version)
03: Poor Places (American Aquarium Version 1)
04: I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (American Aquarium Version)

Side F
01: American Aquarium
02: Cars Can't Escape (American Aquarium Version)
03: Kamera (American Aquarium Version)
04: War on War (American Aquarium Version)
05: I'm the Man Who Loves You (American Aquarium Version)

Side G
01: Ashes of American Flags (American Aquarium Version)
02: Not for the Season (Laminated Cat) [American Aquarium Version]
03: Shakin' Sugar (American Aquarium Version)
04: Let Me Come Home (American Aquarium Version)
05: Poor Places (American Aquarium Version 2)

Side H
01: Reservations (American Aquarium Version)
02: Not for the Season (Laminated Cat) [Here Comes Everybody Version]
03: Remember to Remember (Hummingbird) (Here Comes Everybody Version)
04: I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (Here Comes Everybody Version)
05: Kamera (Here Comes Everybody Version)

Side I
01: Radio Cure (Here Comes Everybody Version)
02: War on War (Here Comes Everybody Version)
03: Venus Stopped the Train (Here Comes Everybody Version)
04: I'm the Man Who Loves You (Here Comes Everybody Version)
05: The Good Part (Here Comes Everybody Version)

Side J
01: Pot Kettle Black (Here Comes Everybody Version)
02: Ashes of American Flags (Here Comes Everybody Version)
03: Poor Places (Here Comes Everybody Version)
04: Shakin' Sugar (Here Comes Everybody Version)
05: Reservations (Here Comes Everybody Version)

Side K
01: Cars Can't Escape (Here Comes Everybody Version)
02: A Magazine Called Sunset (The Unified Theory of Everything Version)
03: Remember to Remember (Hummingbird) [The Unified Theory of Everything Version]
04: I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (The Unified Theory of Everything Version)

Side L
01: Kamera (The Unified Theory of Everything Version)
02: Radio Cure (The Unified Theory of Everything Version)
03: War on War (The Unified Theory of Everything Version)
04: Jesus, Etc. (The Unified Theory of Everything Version)

Side M
01: Ashes of American Flags (Stravinsky Mix)
02: Heavy Metal Drummer (The Unified Theory of Everything Version)
03: I'm the Man Who Loves You (The Unified Theory of Everything Version)
04: Pot Kettle Black (The Unified Theory of Everything Version)
05: Poor Places (The Unified Theory of Everything Version)

Side N
01: Reservations (The Unified Theory of Everything Version)
02: Love Will (Let You Down) [Lonely in the Deep End Version]
03: Lost Poem Demo (Lonely in the Deep End Version)
04: I'm the Only One Who Lets Her Down (Lonely in the Deep End Version)
05: Has Anybody Seen My Pencil? (Lonely in the Deep End Version)

Side O
01: The Good Part (Lonely in the Deep End Version)
02: A Magazine Called Sunset (Lonely in the Deep End Version)
03: A Magazine Called Sunset (Backing Track) [Lonely in the Deep End Version]
04: Anniversary (Nothing Up My Sleeve) (Lonely in the Deep End Version)
05: Kamera (Lonely in the Deep End Version)

Side P
01: I'm the Man Who Loves You (Lonely in the Deep End Version)
02: I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (Lonely in the Deep End Version)
03: Jesus, Etc. (Lonely in the Deep End Version)
04: Reservations (Backing Track) [Lonely in the Deep End Version]
05: Let Me Come Home (Synth) [Lonely in the Deep End Version]
06: Ooby Dooby (Lonely in the Deep End Version)

Side Q
01: I Am Trying to Break Your Heart (Live at the Pageant, St. Louis, Mo 7/23/02)
02: I'm the Man Who Loves You (Live at the Pageant, St. Louis, Mo 7/23/02)
03: War on War (Live at the Pageant, St. Louis, Mo 7/23/02)
04: Kamera (Live at the Pageant, St. Louis, Mo 7/23/02)

Side R
01: Radio Cure (Live at the Pageant, St. Louis, Mo 7/23/02)
02: A Shot in the Arm (Live at the Pageant, St. Louis, Mo 7/23/02)
03: She's a Jar (Live at the Pageant, St. Louis, Mo 7/23/02)

Side S
01: I'm Always in Love (Live at the Pageant, St. Louis, Mo 7/23/02)
02: Sunken Treasure (Live at the Pageant, St. Louis, Mo 7/23/02)
03: Jesus, Etc. (Live at the Pageant, St. Louis, Mo 7/23/02)
04: Heavy Metal Drummer (Live at the Pageant, St. Louis, Mo 7/23/02)

Side T
01: Pot Kettle Black (Live at the Pageant, St. Louis, Mo 7/23/02)
02: Ashes of American Flags (Live at the Pageant, St. Louis, Mo 7/23/02)
03: Not for the Season (Laminated Cat) [Live at the Pageant, St. Louis, Mo 7/23/02]

Side U
01: Reservations (Live at the Pageant, St. Louis, Mo 7/23/02)
02: California Stars (Live at the Pageant, St. Louis, Mo 7/23/02)
03: Red-Eyed and Blue (Live at the Pageant, St. Louis, Mo 7/23/02)
04: I Got You (At the End of the Century) [Live at the Pageant, St. Louis, Mo 7/23/02]

Side V
01: Misunderstood (Live at the Pageant, St. Louis, Mo 7/23/02)
02: Far, Far Away (Live at the Pageant, St. Louis, Mo 7/23/02)
03: Outtasite (Outta Mind) [Live at the Pageant, St. Louis, Mo 7/23/02]
04: I'm a Wheel (Live at the Pageant, St. Louis, Mo 7/23/02)

CD Tracklist
01: Interview, Pt. 1
02: War on War (Live in Studio)
03: Interview, Pt. 2
04: Interview, Pt. 3
05: I'm the Man Who Loves You (Live in Studio)
06: Interview, Pt. 4
07: Should've Been in Love (Live in Studio)
08: Interview, Pt. 5
09: She's a Jar (Live in Studio)
10: Interview, Pt. 6
11: Ashes of American Flags (Live in Studio)

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