As 2009 and the decade draws to a close, WILCO (the album) has begun popping up on a number of lists, a sampling of which are listed below. In addition Yankee Hotel Foxtrot has been named to a number of Best of the Decade lists.
WILCO (the album)
Amazon.com – #12 – Best 100 Albums of 2009
Associated Press – #3 Best Rock Albums of 2009
Boston Herald – Jed Gottleib’s A Top 10 of 2009
Chicago Sun-Times – #26 – Jim Derogatis Best Albums of 2009
Hits Daily Double – #6 – Top 30 Albums of the Year
The Independent- Album of the Year
NPR All Songs Considered – #7 – Listener’s Pick of the Year
NPR World Cafe – #4 – David Dye’s Best Albums of 2009
Oklahoma Daily -#47 – Best Albums of 2009
Pop Matters – #24 – Best 60 Albums of 2009
Prefix Magazine – #23
Rolling Stone-Germany – #1 – Album of the Year
7×7 Magazine (San Francisco) – #7 – 10 Best Albums of 2009
Spin – #39 – 40 Best Albums of 2009
BEST ALBUMS OF THE DECADE
ADIRONDACK DAILY ENTERPRISE – #2 – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
AMAZON – #10 – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
AQUARIUM DRUNKARD – #1 – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
AV CLUB – #5 – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
CONTRA COSTA TIMES – #18 – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
EW.com – Gossip Girls co-creators Albums of the Decade – Best Albums About Becoming a Grownup (which happened to me this decade… a.k.a. Best Albums I Listened To a Lot) Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
GLIDE – #3 – Best Albums of the Decade – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
METROMIX DETROIT – #12 – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
MINNESOTA DAILY – #8 – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
PASTE – CRITICS – #2 – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
PASTE – READERS – #1 – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
PITCHFORK – #4 – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
POPDOSE – #83 – A ghost is born #2 – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
ROLLING STONE – Best Albums of the Decade – # 3 – Yankee Hotel Foxtrot – #97 – Sky Blue Sky (Also named Jesus, Etc. as #67 on Best Songs of the Decade list)
We’ll continue to update this list on an ongoing basis.
