While Wilco may be "slowly chipping away at a new record," that doesn't mean they've left the past behind: in celebration of their fabled fourth studio album's 20th anniversary, they're reissuing Yankee Hotel Foxtrot with a deluxe campaign — featuring a boatload of previously unheard rarities.
The Yankee Hotel Foxtrot reissue arrives September 16 via Nonesuch. Between the Deluxe and Super Deluxe pressings, the tally of unreleased tracks being released from the Wilco vault is a grand total of 82, as per Stereogum's math.
The 11-LP Super Deluxe edition features a remastering of the original 11-track album, plus six LPs of session outtakes, alternates, demos, drafts and instrumentals; a 1-CD WXRT radio interview and live performances from September 18, 2001; and a 3-LP live show from July 23, 2002, at the Pageant in St. Louis, MO. Meanwhile, the 7-LP regular-degular Deluxe includes the remastered original tracks and just one alternate version of the album (titled The Unified Theory of Everything) alongside the radio show appearance and live set from St. Louis.
Amid a run of shows playing the 2001 album in full, the band also just appeared on Stephen Colbert's The Late Show to perform "Poor Places" with string ensemble Aizuri Quartet.
Listen to "Reservations (Live at the Pageant, St. Louis, MO 7/23/02)" below, and keep scrolling for the lengthy Super Deluxe tracklist.
This summer, Wilco are set to play Toronto's Budweiser Stage with Bahamas and Kathleen Edwards.
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Super Deluxe:
1. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
2. Kamera
3. Radio Cure
4. War on War
5. Jesus, Etc.
6. Ashes of American Flags
7. Heavy Metal Drummer
8. I'm the Man Who Loves You
9. Pot Kettle Black
10. Poor Places
11. Reservations
American Aquarium: Building Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Part 1):
1. Anniversary (Nothing Up My Sleeve)
2. Venus Stopped the Train
3. Poor Places
4. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
5. American Aquarium
6. Cars Can't Escape
7. Kamera
8. War on War
9. I'm the Man Who Loves You
10. Ashes Of American Flags
11. Not for the Season (Laminated Cat)
12. Shakin' Sugar
13. Let Me Come Home
14. Poor Places
15. Reservations
Here Comes Everybody: Building Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Part 2):
1. Not for the Season (Laminated Cat)
2. Remember to Remember (Hummingbird)
3. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
4. Kamera
5. Radio Cure
6. War on War
7. Venus Stopped the Train
8. I'm the Man Who Loves You
9. The Good Part
10. Pot Kettle Black
11. Ashes of American Flags
12. Poor Places
13. Shakin' Sugar
14. Reservations
15. Cars Can't Escape
The Unified Theory of Everything: Building Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Part 3):
1. A Magazine Called Sunset
2. Remember to Remember (Hummingbird)
3. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
4. Kamera
5. Radio Cure
6. War on War
7. Jesus, Etc.
8. Ashes of American Flags (Stravinsky Mix)
9. Heavy Metal Drummer
10. I'm the Man Who Loves You
11. Pot Kettle Black
12. Poor Places
13. Reservations
Lonely in the Deep End – Demos, Drafts, Instrumentals, Etc.:
1. Love Will (Let You Down)
2. Lost Poem Demo
3. I'm the Only One Who Lets Her Down
4. Has Anybody Seen My Pencil?
5. The Good Part
6. A Magazine Called Sunset
7. A Magazine Called Sunset (Backing Track)
8. Anniversary (Nothing Up My Sleeve) (Backing Track)
9. Kamera
10. I'm the Man Who Loves You
11. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
12. Jesus, Etc.
13. Reservations (Backing Track)
14. Let Me Come Home (Synth)
15. Ooby Dooby
Snoozin' at the Pageant – Live 7/23/02 at the Pageant, St. Louis, MO:
1. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
2. I'm the Man Who Loves You
3. War on War
4. Kamera
5. Radio Cure
6. A Shot in the Arm
7. She's a Jar
8. I'm Always in Love
9. Sunken Treasure
10. Jesus, Etc.
11. Heavy Metal Drummer
12. Pot Kettle Black
13. Ashes of American Flags
14. Not for the Season (Laminated Cat)
15. Reservations
16. California Stars
17. Red-Eyed and Blue
18. I Got You (At the End of the Century)
19. Misunderstood
20. Far, Far Away
21. Outtasite (Outta Mind)
22. I'm a Wheel
TRANSMISSION CD: 9/18/01 Sound Opinions – WXRT-Chicago, IL, With Greg Kot & Jim DeRogatis:
1. Interview
2. War on War (Live in the Studio)
3. Interview
4. Interview
5. I'm the Man Who Loves You (Live in the Studio)
6. Interview
7. Should've Been in Love (Live in the Studio)
8. Interview
9. She's a Jar (Live in the Studio)
10. Interview
11. Ashes of American Flags (Live in the Studio)
Pre-order Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.
The Yankee Hotel Foxtrot reissue arrives September 16 via Nonesuch. Between the Deluxe and Super Deluxe pressings, the tally of unreleased tracks being released from the Wilco vault is a grand total of 82, as per Stereogum's math.
The 11-LP Super Deluxe edition features a remastering of the original 11-track album, plus six LPs of session outtakes, alternates, demos, drafts and instrumentals; a 1-CD WXRT radio interview and live performances from September 18, 2001; and a 3-LP live show from July 23, 2002, at the Pageant in St. Louis, MO. Meanwhile, the 7-LP regular-degular Deluxe includes the remastered original tracks and just one alternate version of the album (titled The Unified Theory of Everything) alongside the radio show appearance and live set from St. Louis.
Amid a run of shows playing the 2001 album in full, the band also just appeared on Stephen Colbert's The Late Show to perform "Poor Places" with string ensemble Aizuri Quartet.
Listen to "Reservations (Live at the Pageant, St. Louis, MO 7/23/02)" below, and keep scrolling for the lengthy Super Deluxe tracklist.
This summer, Wilco are set to play Toronto's Budweiser Stage with Bahamas and Kathleen Edwards.
Yankee Hotel Foxtrot Super Deluxe:
1. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
2. Kamera
3. Radio Cure
4. War on War
5. Jesus, Etc.
6. Ashes of American Flags
7. Heavy Metal Drummer
8. I'm the Man Who Loves You
9. Pot Kettle Black
10. Poor Places
11. Reservations
American Aquarium: Building Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Part 1):
1. Anniversary (Nothing Up My Sleeve)
2. Venus Stopped the Train
3. Poor Places
4. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
5. American Aquarium
6. Cars Can't Escape
7. Kamera
8. War on War
9. I'm the Man Who Loves You
10. Ashes Of American Flags
11. Not for the Season (Laminated Cat)
12. Shakin' Sugar
13. Let Me Come Home
14. Poor Places
15. Reservations
Here Comes Everybody: Building Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Part 2):
1. Not for the Season (Laminated Cat)
2. Remember to Remember (Hummingbird)
3. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
4. Kamera
5. Radio Cure
6. War on War
7. Venus Stopped the Train
8. I'm the Man Who Loves You
9. The Good Part
10. Pot Kettle Black
11. Ashes of American Flags
12. Poor Places
13. Shakin' Sugar
14. Reservations
15. Cars Can't Escape
The Unified Theory of Everything: Building Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (Part 3):
1. A Magazine Called Sunset
2. Remember to Remember (Hummingbird)
3. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
4. Kamera
5. Radio Cure
6. War on War
7. Jesus, Etc.
8. Ashes of American Flags (Stravinsky Mix)
9. Heavy Metal Drummer
10. I'm the Man Who Loves You
11. Pot Kettle Black
12. Poor Places
13. Reservations
Lonely in the Deep End – Demos, Drafts, Instrumentals, Etc.:
1. Love Will (Let You Down)
2. Lost Poem Demo
3. I'm the Only One Who Lets Her Down
4. Has Anybody Seen My Pencil?
5. The Good Part
6. A Magazine Called Sunset
7. A Magazine Called Sunset (Backing Track)
8. Anniversary (Nothing Up My Sleeve) (Backing Track)
9. Kamera
10. I'm the Man Who Loves You
11. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
12. Jesus, Etc.
13. Reservations (Backing Track)
14. Let Me Come Home (Synth)
15. Ooby Dooby
Snoozin' at the Pageant – Live 7/23/02 at the Pageant, St. Louis, MO:
1. I Am Trying to Break Your Heart
2. I'm the Man Who Loves You
3. War on War
4. Kamera
5. Radio Cure
6. A Shot in the Arm
7. She's a Jar
8. I'm Always in Love
9. Sunken Treasure
10. Jesus, Etc.
11. Heavy Metal Drummer
12. Pot Kettle Black
13. Ashes of American Flags
14. Not for the Season (Laminated Cat)
15. Reservations
16. California Stars
17. Red-Eyed and Blue
18. I Got You (At the End of the Century)
19. Misunderstood
20. Far, Far Away
21. Outtasite (Outta Mind)
22. I'm a Wheel
TRANSMISSION CD: 9/18/01 Sound Opinions – WXRT-Chicago, IL, With Greg Kot & Jim DeRogatis:
1. Interview
2. War on War (Live in the Studio)
3. Interview
4. Interview
5. I'm the Man Who Loves You (Live in the Studio)
6. Interview
7. Should've Been in Love (Live in the Studio)
8. Interview
9. She's a Jar (Live in the Studio)
10. Interview
11. Ashes of American Flags (Live in the Studio)
Pre-order Yankee Hotel Foxtrot.