Tweedy enjoyed the performance so much that he suggested that the trio record an album together. O'Rourke offered the services of drummer Glenn Kotche, and the trio performed at Double Door for the festival on May 14, 2000. O'Rourke was an accomplished producer as well as a musician, and had produced over 200 albums by the time that Tweedy requested the collaboration. Tweedy frequently played O'Rourke's album Bad Timing in his car while he traveled during the previous winter. The festival promoter offered to pair Tweedy with a collaborator of his choosing, and Tweedy decided to perform with Jim O'Rourke. II in May 2000 when lead singer Jeff Tweedy was invited to play at the Noise Pop Festival in Chicago. Wilco was touring to promote Mermaid Avenue Vol. Problems playing this file? See media help. It is also Wilco's best-selling work, having reached number 13 on the Billboard 200 chart. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot received widespread acclaim from music critics at release, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest albums of the 2000s. In November of that year, Wilco signed with Nonesuch Records, who gave the album its first official retail release on April 23, 2002. The band subsequently acquired the rights to the album and later streamed the entire album for free on their website on September 18, 2001. Reprise Records, Wilco's record label at the time, refused to release the album as they felt unhappy about the end result this would lead to Wilco's departure from Reprise. It was the band's first album with drummer Glenn Kotche, and last with multi-instrumentalist and songwriter Jay Bennett. The album showcased a more atmospheric and experimental sound than the band's previous work, and has been described as art rock and indie rock by music critics. Despite this, the album would be completed in early 2001. These sessions, which were documented for the film I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, were marred by conflicts including a switch in drummers and disagreements among the band members and engineers about songs. Recording sessions for the album began in late 2000. Yankee Hotel Foxtrot is the fourth studio album by American rock band Wilco, first released on September 18, 2001.
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