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“Ashes Of American Flags” by Wilco
From the album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot (2002)
“Ashes Of American Flags” by Wilco appears on 4 radio countdowns from 2 stations between 2009 and 2025. It was first released in 2002 on the album Yankee Hotel Foxtrot. Its best result is #385 on the WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013).
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"Ashes of American Flags" sits on Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, the fourth Wilco album, the one Reprise refused to put out. The band bought the record back, streamed it free on their website in September 2001, and Nonesuch finally gave it a proper retail release in April 2002. Jeff Tweedy wrote the words and sings them, and he built the music with Jay Bennett, whose last album with the band this turned out to be.
The sessions, captured in the film I Am Trying to Break Your Heart, were fraught, with a drummer swap and fights among the band and engineers over songs. Wilco produced it themselves and Jim O'Rourke mixed, and the atmospheric, experimental haze that critics heard across the album hangs heavy here: an American rock band picking through the wreckage of its own sound.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz.
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All-time and decade countdowns
| Year | # | Station | Countdown | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 416 | WYEP | WYEP 913 Songs That Matter from the Last Decade | 913 |
| 2013 | 385 | WXPN | WXPN 885 Greatest Songs of the New Millennium (2013) | 885 |
| 2024 | 524 | WXPN | WXPN The 885 Greatest Songs of the 21st Century (2024) | 885 |
| 2025 | 581 | WYEP | WYEP Best Songs of the 21st Century (So Far) | 714 |
Also listed as: Ashes of American Flags.
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