This is just an example of the kind of reviews its been receiving-
"You can see why Wilco's former label refused to release this album. All airy space, oddball clatter and muted production, this is not a Top 40 disc--unless you consider Radiohead a Top 40 group (which, oh yeah, they are!). Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is a sprawl of strange, haunting music. Songs like "Pot Kettle Black" and "Ashes of American Flags"--whose fragile melodies are squished and squelched by sound effects to achieve a kind of garbled beauty--reward your patience and repeated listening. Unlike the sugary rush of bubblegum pop, this disc's rich, exotic flavor gets more intense the longer you chew on it. Fans of good music need this; enemies of industry indifference do, too, if only to flip the bird at those who prevent bands like this from getting a second shot"
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