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Wilco
It was a defining moment. Wilco's fourth album, '02's "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot," was rejected by their label, Reprise. Not only that, the label decided to drop the group. End of the line? Not yet.
As a parting gesture/kiss-off, Reprise gave Wilco the rights to "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot." The group streamed the album on their website and being signed by Nonesuch Records, which like Reprise, was part of the Warner Music Group. Kinda strange. The upshot was that the album sold over 670,000 copies becoming Wilco's best seller to date.
Eight years earlier, Jay Farrar left Alt. Country's Uncle Tupelo. Band members, including Jeff Tweedy and John Stirratt, considered continuing to work under the Uncle Tupelo moniker before deciding to start Wilco (military jargon for "Will Comply").
Now on a role, Wilco won two Grammy Awards (including Best Alternative Music Album) for their fifth studio effort, '04's "A Ghost Is Born." The next year, they unleashed "Kicking Television: Live In Chicago" and returned to the studio for '07's "Sky Blue Sky." '11's "The Whole Love" arrived two years after "Wilco (The Album)." Selling 82,000 copies in its first week, "The Whole Love," landed at #5 on the Billboard 200.
Wilco issued the "iTunes Sessions" in '12. The set contained live versions of songs from "The Whole Love," plus other selections from the band's vast catalog.
1995 A.M.
1996 Being There
1999 Summerteeth
2002 Yankee Hotel Foxtrot
2004 A Ghost Is Born
2005 Kicking Television: Live In Chicago
2007 Sky Blue Sky
2009 Wilco (The Album)
2011 The Whole Love
2012 iTunes Sessions