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FOO FIGHTERS was nominated for a 1996 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Music Performance.
Dave Grohl's opening post-Nirvana salvo, FOO FIGHTERS seems merely ordinary only in the wake of the historic, sweetly abrasive sensations that his previous band was famous for. Full of both lilting summer-breeze melodies and search-and-destroy guitar blasts, it helps present the case that Grohl's punk-pop blueprint just might be as forward-minded as Kurt Cobain's was, if slightly less grungy and a bit more blue-collar.
Arriving at its destination by coupling pure '60's guitar-pop with the hyperkinetic pace of hardcore, FOO FIGHTERS takes most of its song-hooks for a joyous high-speed ride. Tracks such as the prankster-ish kiss-off, "This Is A Call," and the meditative-but-bitter "Good Grief" are perfect pop nuggets, with turbo-jet guitars propelling them. There are brief respites from such reckless rolling: the glammy verse-chorus-bridge of "Alone + Easy Target," the near-folky "For All The Cows," the sweetly Squeeze-like "Big Me." Yet, these are only refueling stops for Grohl (who recorded most of the album alone) before he turns the engines back on and blows through alterna-pop's speed limits.
Named after UFO-like apparitions that U.S. fighter pilots claimed to have seen during World War II, FOO FIGHTERS chooses to ignore Grohl's tumultous real-life connections (there are few, if any, kiss-and-tell lyrics) in favor of establishing a separate musical identity. It's as though the songwriter felt there was little of Planet Nirvana worth rehashing, and decided to find a new (if similar) musical satellite to call his own.
Recorded at Robert Lang's Studio, Seattle, Washington in October 1994.
Personnel: Dave Grohl (vocals, guitar); Greg Dulli, Pat Smear (guitar); William Goldsmith (drums).
Audio Mixers: Rob Schnapf; Tom Rothrock.
Recording information: Robert Lang Studios, Seattle, WA (10/17/1994-10/23/1994); Robert Lang's Studio, Seattle, WA (10/17/1994-10/23/1994).
Photographers: Jennifer Youngblood; Charles Peterson ; Curt Doughty; Jeff Ross.
Foo Fighters: Dave Grohl (vocals, guitar); Pat Smear (guitar); Nate Mendel (bass); William Goldsmith (drums).
Additional personnel: Greg Dulli (guitar).
Rolling Stone (1/25/96, p.41) - Ranked #2 in the 1996 Critics' Poll.
Rolling Stone (8/10/95, pp.56-57) - 4 Stars - Excellent - "...Like Nirvana's best work, these songs sagely embrace alternative rock's essential contradiction--this is 'popular' music devised by an alienated few....If FOO FIGHTERS has a theme, it's that music remains the ultimate anodyne."
Spin (12/95, p.63) - Ranked #20 on Spin's list of the '20 Best Albums Of '95.'
Spin (9/95, p.107) - 7 - Flawed Yet Worthy - "...Grohl hides behind his rapacious hooks like he disappears between his words...yet another impenetrable veil. FOO FIGHTERS seesaws efficiently, even rambunctiously, but there's a distance, a sheen to it..."
Entertainment Weekly (7/14/95, p.55) - "...Most of these songs are so disarmingly hooky, and yet such a raw blast of energy, that it's as if Lennon and McCartney had grown up in Seattle. Not necessarily an important album, but a surprising one." - Rating: B+
Q (8/95, p.118) - 3 Stars - Good - "...Foo Fighters are grunge-quite-lite....not with the country or pop leanings of, say, Soul Asylum, but with harder-sounding songs rendered accessible by layers of melody, much of it descended directly from Roger McGuinn if he'd had fewer strings..."
Melody Maker (12/23-30/95, pp.66-67) - Ranked #26 on Melody Maker's list of 1995's 'Albums Of The Year.'
Melody Maker (6/24/95, p.36) - Bloody Essential - "...a play-loud summer blast....the band is so blissfully on-the-money it's almost as perfect as The Young Gods, were the Swiss maestros weaned on Husker Du and Anastasia Screamed. We're talking THAT breathtaking, that joyously gone..."
Musician (9/95, p.88) - "...full of smart, crafty, kick-ass music....one can hear how much Grohl's musicianship guided Nirvana's sound--the album is packed with simple, forceful melodies, precise harmonies, and inventive arrangements..."
Village Voice (2/20/96) - Ranked #6 in Village Voice's 1995 Pazz & Jop Critics' Poll.
New York Times (Publisher) (1/6/96, p.C16) - Included on Jon Pareles' list of the Top 10 Albums of '95 - "...[Grohl's] songs stare down misgivings with cryptic lyrics, memorable tunes and a willingness to bash ahead."
NME (Magazine) (12/23-30/95, pp.22-23) - Ranked #12 in NME's 'Top 50 Albums Of The Year' for 1995.
NME (Magazine) (6/24/95, p.54) - 9 (out of 10) - "...hurtling, memorable songs, satisfyingly crunchy guitars, and an unambiguously joyful spirit....Grohl sounds blazingly optimistic....[a] talented man at last gaining the confidence and wherewithal to seize control of his own artistic destiny....a massively important record..."
Foo Fighters Songs
| 1 | This Is a Call | 3:53 | $1.29 | |
| 2 | I'll Stick Around | 3:52 | $0.99 | |
| 3 | Big Me | 2:12 | $1.29 | |
| 4 | Alone + Easy Target | 4:05 | $0.99 | |
| 5 | Good Grief | 4:01 | $0.99 | |
| 6 | Floaty | 4:30 | $0.99 | |
| 7 | Weenie Beenie | 2:43 | $0.99 | |
| 8 | Oh, George | 3:00 | $0.99 | |
| 9 | For All the Cows | 3:30 | $0.99 | |
| 10 | X-Static | 4:13 | $0.99 | |
| 11 | Wattershed | 2:15 | $0.99 | |
| 12 | Exhausted | 5:47 | $0.99 | |
Foo Fighters Music Review
Average Rating: (4.7 out of 5 stars)   List All 9 Reviews FOO
Amazing and briliant album. Nothing like Nirvana but very similar all at once. Much rougher edges than any other Foo album which is why it's my "favorite". Every track builds and breathes with some of the catchiest (without being hokey) riffs I know of. Now anyone who would say Cobain was the ONLY talent in Nirvana? Have you actually listened to them or did one of your friends say that and you just repeat what other people say? Nirvana was a whole, a group force that only became what it truly was after Grohl joined the band.
And that's another amazing aspect of the 1st foo fighters album in that it's basically only Grohl playing all the instruments like Matthew Sweet or Beck. But it sounds as collective as any album made.
For those 2 people who still don't know, if you crave Grohl's drumming and want more but havn't heard the Queen's of the Stone Age cd Songs For the Deaf- really great almost mathmatically perfect drums by Grohl.
Submitted by M CRANE (Louisville, KY)
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WHAT MAGIC
It's a fantastic album I thought Kurt Cobain was the only talented member in Nirvana seems nirvana is now over it's hard to belive that Dave Ghoul created such magic in this album if you liked Nirvana's nevermind you will like this one.
Dave Grohl is a legend i'm glad that there is two pieces of Nirvana still in the foo fighter Dave Grohl and Pat Smear.
It's also hard to belive that it's Dave's 2nd time at Robert Lang's studio recording in 1994 and songs listed here were Dave's Nirvana songs like Big Me, Exhasted and Febuary stars he recorded those songs at Robert Langs studios in Jan 94 with Nirvana when Kurt Cobain recorded "you know your right" it was the last session for nirvana and the first recording session for foo fighters in less than a year at Robert Langs.
The best 90s solo album I have heard it's a must get.
Submitted by scottbreezy (Merimbula,NSW, Australia)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No This would have been the new Nirvana album
Lets face it, Cobain was out of material. This Foo Fighters cd would have still been released only under the name Nirvana, get off your high horse Nirvana fan boys. Great cd though.
Submitted by zbusterzsabre (Texas)
Was This Review Helpful? Yes No  a little to poppish
dave grohl is a talented dude, more than anyone else in Nirvana, but he doesnt have the same emotion in his voice as Kurt. foo fighters isnt very hardcore. nirvana is better, but is there any band better than nirvana??
Submitted by aads (aads)
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never like NIRVANA,but pretty good!!!
I always thought that Kurt was the only one with talent on the loved nirvana but now I see, foo fighters is a really good band!!! well done Dave!!!
Submitted by Fedito (Miami)
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