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Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994–2014
Compilation album by
Wilco
ReleasedNovember 17, 2014
GenreAlternative rock, indie rock, alternative country, folk rock
Length4:39:00
LabelNonesuch
ProducerCheryl Pawelski
Wilco chronology
The Whole Love
(2011) 		Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994–2014
(2014) 		Star Wars
(2015)
Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994–2014 ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic84/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Mojo[3]
Paste8.5/10[4]
Pitchfork7.0/10[5]
PopMatters8/10[6]
Q[7]
Record Collector[8]
Rolling Stone[9]
Slant Magazine[10]
Uncut8/10[11]

Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994–2014 is a compilation album released in November 2014 by the indie rock band Wilco.[12][13] The album is a 4 disc collection of demos, live recordings, and b-sides that date between 1994 and 2014.[14] Among its contents is the band's earliest released recording, a duet with Syd Straw of the Ernest Tubb song "The T.B. is Whipping Me", which had been recorded for the 1994 compilation Red Hot + Country.[15] The compilation was assembled and produced by Cheryl Pawelski, with Jeff Tweedy, Tony Margherita and Deb Bernardini.[16]

Track listing

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Disc 1
  1. Childlike and Evergreen (Demo)
  2. Someone Else's Song (Demo)
  3. Passenger Side (Demo)
  4. Promising - 3:02
  5. The T.B. Is Whipping Me (with Syd Straw)
  6. I Must Be High (Live)
  7. Casino Queen (Live)
  8. Who Were You Thinking Of (Live)
  9. I Am Not Willing (with Syd Straw)
  10. Burned
  11. Blasting Fonda
  12. Thirteen
  13. Don't You Honey Me
  14. The Lonely 1 (White Hen Version)
  15. No More Poetry
  16. Box Full of Letters (Live)
  17. Red-Eyed And Blue (Live)
  18. Forget The Flowers (Live)
  19. Sunken Treasure (Live)
  20. Monday (Demo)
Disc 2
  1. Passenger Side (Live)
  2. Outtasite (Outta Mind) [Live]
  3. I Got You At the End of the Century (Live)
  4. Outta Mind (Outta Site) [Live]
  5. James Alley Blues (with Roger McGuinn) [Live]
  6. At My Window Sad And Lonely (Jeff Tweedy Solo Version)
  7. California Stars (Live)
  8. One Hundred Years From Now
  9. A Shot In The Arm (Remix)
  10. ELT (King Size Demo Version)
  11. Nothing'severgonnastandinmyway (again) [David Kahne Remix]
  12. She's A Jar (Austin Demo Version)
  13. Tried And True
  14. Student Loan Stereo
  15. True Love Will Find You In The End
  16. I'm Always In Love (Live)
  17. Via Chicago (Austin Demo Version)
  18. Can't Stand It (Live)
  19. Airline To Heaven (Alternate Version)
  20. Any Major Dude Will Tell You
Disc 3
  1. I'm The Man Who Loves You (Live)
  2. The Good Part
  3. Cars Can't Escape
  4. Camera
  5. Handshake Drugs (First Version)
  6. A Magazine Called Sunset
  7. Bob Dylan's 49th Beard
  8. Woodgrain
  9. More Like The Moon
  10. Let Me Come Home
  11. Old Maid
  12. Hummingbird (Alternate Version)
  13. Spiders (Kidsmoke) [Live]
  14. Hell Is Chrome (Live)
  15. At Least That's What You Said (Live)
  16. The Late Greats (Live)
  17. Just A Kid (with The Blisters)
  18. Kicking Television
Disc 4
  1. Panthers
  2. Theologians (Live)
  3. Another Man's Done Gone (Live)
  4. I'm A Wheel (Live)
  5. How To Fight Loneliness (Live)
  6. One True Vine
  7. The Thanks I Get
  8. Let's Not Get Carried Away
  9. Hate It Here
  10. Impossible Germany (Live)
  11. I Shall Be Released (with Fleet Foxes) [Live]
  12. What Light
  13. Jesus Etc. (with Andrew Bird) [Live]
  14. Glad It's Over
  15. Dark Neon
  16. The Jolly Banker
  17. Unlikely Japan
  18. You And I (Live)
  19. I Love My Label

References

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  1. ^ "Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994-2014 by Wilco Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  2. ^ Deming, Mark. "Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994-2014 - Wilco". AllMusic. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  3. ^ "Wilco – Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994–2014". Mojo. No. 254. January 2015. p. 108.
  4. ^ Danton, Eric R. (November 18, 2014). "Wilco: Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994-2014". Paste. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  5. ^ Dombal, Ryan (November 19, 2014). "Wilco: Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994–2014/What's Your 20? Essential Tracks 1994–2014 Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  6. ^ Fiander, Matthew (November 17, 2014). "Wilco: Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994-2014". PopMatters. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  7. ^ "Wilco – Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994–2014". Q. January 2015. p. 139.
  8. ^ Kennedy, Jake (November 30, 2014). "Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994-2014 | Wilco". Record Collector. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  9. ^ Drell, Cady (November 18, 2014). "Alpha Mike Foxtrot". Rolling Stone. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  10. ^ Winograd, Jeremy (November 18, 2014). "Review: Wilco, Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994 – 2014". Slant Magazine. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  11. ^ "Wilco – Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994–2014". Uncut. No. 212. January 2015. p. 90.
  12. ^ Martens, Todd (November 21, 2014). "Spotlight: Wilco". The Bulletin. Retrieved May 25, 2025.
  13. ^ Martens, Todd (November 17, 2014). "Review: 'Alpha Mike Foxtrot' lays bare Wilco's ambitions — and its faults". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  14. ^ Weininger, David (November 15, 2014). "Two retrospectives look at Wilco's long journey to the mainstream". The Boston Globe. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  15. ^ Harrington, Richard (September 14, 1994). "Red Hot's Country Fun Raiser". The Washington Post. Retrieved May 28, 2025.
  16. ^ Alpha Mike Foxtrot: Rare Tracks 1994–2014 (liner notes). Nonesuch. 2014. 7559-79543-9.
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