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Type of bind: Audio CD
EAN num: 0886971151626
Label: Rca
Manufacturer: Rca
Number Of Discs: 1
Publishing house: Rca
Release Date: September 25, 2007
Sale Popularity Level: 167
Studio: Rca
Disc 1:- The Pretender
- Let It Die
- Erase/Replace
- Long Road To Ruin
- Come Alive
- Stranger Things Have Happened
- Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)
- Summer s End
- Ballad Of The Beaconsfield Miners
- Statues
- But, Honestly
- Home
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Having commemorated their tenth anniversary with a year-plus run commencing with In Your Honor (a double album the New York Times called an 'unexpected magnum opus'), sold out rock arena shows and a toned down intimate theater trek, and a headlining gig at London's Hyde Park for a crowd of 85,000, the question looms larger than any in the Foo Fighters' career to date: What do they do for an encore?!? The answer comes in the form of 'The Pretender,' the very first single from the band's sixth studio album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, out on Roswell/RCA. Produced by Gil Norton, who last worked with the band on 1997's double-platinum The Colour and The Shape (recently reissued in deluxe 10th anniversary form), Dave Grohl, bassist Nate Mendel, drummer Taylour Hawkins and guitarist Chris Shiflett have crafted a 12-track milestone that showcases and reconciles the band's every strength and sensibility in the most complex and confident Foo Fighters album to date.
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In 1997, Foo Fighters teamed with alt-rock production cornerstone Gil Norton to make their best album, The Colour and the Shape. Ten years later, they've regrouped with Norton for a disc that's more sophisticated and diverse, if a tad less rockin'. The curveballs include 'Stranger Things Have Happened,' a solo soul-searcher where leader Dave Grohl's accompanied by just his acoustic guitar and a ticking metronome, and 'Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners,' an acoustic guitar duet for Grohl and guest virtuoso Kaki King. Plus 'Summers End' tickles the Foos' classic-rock fetish with a dead-on Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young arrangement. There's still enough of the intense, snarling power-pop that's Foo Fighters' longtime forte. 'The Pretender,' 'Erase/Replace,' and 'Long Road to Ruin' combine sheer thrust, zeal, and melody like no other group currently on the charts. Yet the finale, 'Home,' makes its clear that this is a changed band--or, at least, that Grohl's a changed man. With only his piano for company, Grohl's pleading voice reveals fragile layers of insecurity and loneliness as he sings 'all I want is to be home.' Seems this rock & roll road warrior's mellowed some, albeit without compromising Foo Fighters' vitality. --Ted Drozdowski
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They're a great band, and the very first two songs are awesome, but the rest of the album is really disappointingly average. Not recommended for casual fans.
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Every single song on this CD is amazing!!!
I cannot get sick of it.
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Foo? Every time I hear That voice and the music, what can you say or do? Sing along over and over again.
I hear the 70s influences of Crosby, Still, Nash; Gerry Rafferty; others. Other than the hits: Pretender, Long Road to Ruin
*Erase/Replace
*Come Alive
*Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners? That is the quintessential small town porch song on a warm summer night after outdoor grilling with friends, watching fireflies, loving the feeling.
*Home, for all the women who doubt
*Summer's End - 70s summer love, good times, bare feet, Frisbee, hacky sack, beachside fire with circle of friends
*Stranger things have happened - plaintive introspective brooding. You'll need a big hug, a sugar buzz, or powerpop injection after this (my PC shuffled over to Dulce Beat's Dulce Beat "Sexy" Ha, a-yeah. And then it skipped over to "Everything Counts" Construction Time Again by Depeche Mode. PC reality slap :)
*Statues - Donald Fagan, 70s vibes
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I think it's funny that people's opinions can be so all over the board. While I like a lot of the old Foo stuff, I thought this album was awesome. There's not a single song that I skip over and several songs that I just can't get enough of. Loved it!
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It amazes me how many people think that this band has had weak offerings in recent years. The Foo Fighters' previous offerings in the 2000's--2002's "One By One" and 2005's "In Your Honor" to me just further strengthened this band's amazing discography. Well, for certain, this 2007 offering continues to add to the Foo legacy, cementing this band's place as the most consistent mainstream rock band of the "post-grunge" era.
How catchy is the lead track "The Pretender"? At least one reviewer compared it to 1997's "Monkey Wrench" as an incredibly accessible single, and I would agree. Subdued verses followed by explosive choruses, a Foo trademark, make this track an absolute winner. "Let it Die" starts slow and builds, to the point that Dave Grohl is screaming by the end of the track. "Erase/Replace" continues the early hard rock vein of the album. Then comes "Long Road to Ruin"--what a modern melodic masterpiece and true highlight of the album. "Come Alive" is a typical heavy Foo anthem--somewhat similar to "Come Back" on the "One By One" album but not as lengthy.
At this point, the album mellows out a bit more overall but continues to be utterly brilliant for the most part. How simple yet good is "Stranger Things Have Happened" with the acoustic guitar strumming leading the way? "Summer's End" is another modern melodic masterpiece with stunning melodies. "Home" is a surprisingly mellow piano ballad to end the album but to me (unlike others) is not boring--just another unique way for Dave Grohl to express himself musically. There are still rockers in the second half of the album as well--such as the amusingly-titled "Cheer Up Boys (Your Make Up is Running)" and the stronger anthemic "But Honestly"--another track that builds momemtum as it goes along.
Last time out with "In Your Honor", the Foos decided to divide up their sound variety into two disks--a "fast" one and a "slow" one. This time they decided to meld it all together into one cohesive masterpiece. For sure, they have succeeded in my book. Once again, the variety of sounds, tempos, and volumes of music on this album have made for an exciting and interesting rock album.
This band has proven to me once again that they can do little wrong. Strongly recommended for rock fans dating back to the '70s (like me) not to mention youngsters who just caught onto rock in the '90s. Many Nirvana fans (from where Dave of course originally came from) love this band, which makes sense. I, on the other hand, loved the guitar-based '70s rock and '80s melodic rock and was originally put off when "grunge" replaced my '80s guitar heros. None of that matters here. This band, and for sure this album, should appeal to most rock music fans of the past 30 years.
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