Reviews (page 10 of 14)
Sounds like them
Good listen
was incredibly bored for the entire first half, but enjoyed a few songs in the second half. i've always thought ff were overrated and this album did not change that perception
OK album, the hits are catchy, the rest is so so. score in 1997: 3 stars score in 2024: 3 stars
Solid rock album, but not very exciting. Nirvana light.
Not bad, less polished than their later stuff (not in a bad way, I actually liked that). I liked a couple songs but I’m just not a big FF fan
Nirvana lite
“It was really just an experiment,” said Dave Grohl. Well that worked out pretty well for him. I kind of like All for the Cows, even if the lyrics are basically surreal nonsense.
Good debut by basically grohl alone. Definitely not the best foo record.
This is like the best "average music" ever recorded. It's like a 6/10 but the 6 is extra shiny. Does that make sense? Worthy inclusion on the backstory alone, but I don't think there's many people who'd consider this to be their favorite Foo Fighters album. Three outta five!
A straight forward rock album. Some good stuff on here, some just okay. Weenie Beenie is a standout for me.
The Album was great but sort of repetitive. It felt like there was quite a bit of repetition when it came to how the songs were laid out with few differentiations between each one. Some of my favorites from the album were For All the Crows, Oh George, and This Is a Call. I’d give it a 6/10. It’s a good album to listen to but didn’t wow me like Nirvana or other old grunge bands.
Not the best
Middling. Not any standout tracks, partly because they all sound the same. Will I listen to it again? No.
Sounds like a passable "next" Nirvana album. Does veer into a kinda grunge-pop vibe in places. I liked it but not anything that's going to stick. 3 stars
Interesting to hear Foo Fighters at their start. You can hear the remnants of grunge from the Nirvana days before they became dad rock
#53 Good rock. Weenie beenie was a bit much for my taste.
my mom love them, idk they're kind of whatever. not bad though
The production is a little all over the place. I liked two songs very much but nothing close to Nirvana on this one
Album opens very strong, kind of loses steam as it goes on. Solid grunge/alt rock album.
Heredero de la parte más melódica de Nirvana, Dave Grohl creó esta banda a mediados de los 90 manteniendo cierta sensibilidad punk mezclada con pesadas guitarras. Éste, su primer disco, fue prácticamente un puñado de grabaciones caseras del propio Grohl. Ya desde la primera canción, "This Is a Call", Dave Grohl muestra una alegría explosiva que recuerda a Nirvana. Pero también encontramos pop suave en una de las canciones que más me gustan del disco, "Big Me". También me gusta bastante la agresividad sonora de "Good Grief" o los sucesivos pasos desde la calma contenida a la potencia acelerada de "For All the Cows".
Grungy debut from foo, loved Big Me a lot and for all the cows too. it feels a bit too similar to what nirvana and other acts were doing. Props to their endurance and presence, but I think it's just the start for them.
General impression: Rocks, but unmemorably Detailed review: This is an enjoyable listen. I’ve always been charmed by Foo Fighters. Dude loves to rock hard but knows how to keep it in the catchy, pop-oriented space better than most rockers. It’s hard not to enjoy the riffs, the drum beats, and the scrappy production all over this album. The problem is that none of the songs really stick in the mind. It’s a little bit faceless because of that. Still, it sounds great and makes me wanna head-bang. Deeper thoughts (context): Are there other Foo albums on this list? I’m mainly confused why this came up before some of the more popular albums with their real hits. We’ll see. I’d personally pick two or three other Foo albums before this one. Score: 3.2 (3 for this list) Number of albums left to review: 974 Number of albums from the list I’d consider “must-listens”: 15 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 12 (including this one)
I sometimes wish I liked the Foo Fighters more than I do. Dave Grohl is a talented musician, and I have enjoyed listening to him talk about music because of his passion for the art. But the band just has never done much to move me.
It's fine. I've always wanted to like Foo Fighters more, just because of the Nirvana lineage, I suppose. But it's just OK. My official policy on Dave Grohl is that I like him best behind the drums. 3.5*
Mwah. Classic Foo Fighters, maar heb dat misschien een beetje te veel geluisterd vroeger
Debut record, not really groundbreaking
Great record with a really fun vibe. Plenty of hits from this one that have stood the test of time and take me back to my younger days. Dave has such a distinct voice that carries over these upbeat tunes and emphatic instrumentation to really captivate the listener's ear. This is a really enjoyable one.
i feel like we had a strong start and it just fell apart. it was so sludgy and samey. are there any other foo fighters albums on the list or was this the best we could come up with?
well i wanted to like this, but it was kind of a big old nothingburger. I've never been a huge fan of the foo fighters because their songs always seemed to blend together for me. they're the cosmic latte of rock music, just the average of every popular band's sonic output blended together until smooth. this is a call and I'll stick around are pretty good. big me was kind of novel, if only because it was a song by them that's under three and a half minutes long and at a more relaxed tempo. i had no idea that song was huge (111M streams on spotify) and I'm not sure it has any right to be. must've been in a TV show or car commercial or something... i only know i'll stick around from the weird al polka it's in. that's just how it's gonna be here. favorites: this is a call, I'll stick around, big me
Mid-ish, not my type of music, but I see the quality within.
6/10. Had some good songs (3 made the playlist) but most of the album was pretty “meh”
Not my cup of tea. Everything sounded the same.
eh. pretty average rock. not horrible and i would listen again, but i wouldn't put it on this list
Good in places
A great first release from Dave. I feel like lyrically we are still a bit cryptic and we are still afraid to bear our soul, but musically we are hearing a lot of what becomes a staple sound from the FF. standouts with Big Me, This is a Call, I’ll stick around, floaty, and Good Grief.
Dave is gonna sound like Dave!
Good but not life-changing. But at least by then the band wasn't as obnoxious as it would become later from the third album onwards.
Great debut album but not better than the colour and the shape. 3.5/5 1. This is a call 2. Floaty 3. Good grief
decent but kinda same sounding throughout; favs are big me, wattershed, and exhausted;
Really like big me. Chill rock music
I’ll Stick Around // Exhausted
Grunge is one of my favorite genres, but this album just failed to move me in any way
This album started off really good, I do like the sort of 50s/60s drumming combined with more grunge stuff. However the back half was just meh
3.8
I kind of like it. It's a big hard and a bit fun!
It was good but I wasnt drawn to it.
Quality debut album from the Foos. 3.5 stars
it was ok
I like some, but not all of this.
Not my favorite foo album but definitely not the worst!
Not bad for Dave's first solo album. I like how he recorded this himself. They still have better albums to come.
It’s not bad at all, but always a bit too safe. A bit of the Nirvana “DNA” is noticeable in tracks like “Alone + Easy Target” if that’s what you’re hoping for, but overall it’s just pumpkin spice for white guys.
189/1001
Cool to listen to their root sound, so many changes through the years
Not my favorite foo fighters album but still good music
I could be biased as this was one of the albums of my young adulthood. I've not listened to this in a while, and it's a nice to have a revisit. Oftentimes, music of old doesn't quite live up to the nostalgia we have for it. That does apply to some extent here - after all, a lot of music has come and gone in 30 years. In places, it feels a little tired and 'small-towny'. And then you get a track like 5, Good Grief... and good grief, what a thumping tune. 7, Weenie Beenie, whilst it wasn't on the Road Rash (PS1) soundtrack, it takes me straight back there. 9, For All The Cows... gosh, not heard this in forever. I used to *love* this, with its jazzy chords. Slow rock track X-Static (10), with gentle vocals floating above the heavy guitar and drums, has a very different feel to the next track, Wattershed - energetic, shouty, punky... I never really thought of Foo Fighters as having this range. Or maybe they were just finding their feet / their sound...?
Apparently not really my thing? Felt like a totally forgettable album.
I was expecting to enjoying this more than I did. Some great songs and for a debut it’s a banger but it didn’t make me reach for the volume dial once.
Absolutely fine, probably wouldn’t listen again, but I was so at ease I accidentally listened twice!!
Foo Fighters are never terrible, never outstanding, just fine. Every album has one or two catchy songs and the rest is okay.
6/10. Good! Didn't know what to expect and was surprised in a good way. Some great songs, some were a bit boring to me. I can enjoy good guitar in music but this is definitely for people who love guitar solos and prioritise the ability of them playing the music... if that makes sense? So it's good but not for me. My favourite songs were This Is a Call, I'll Stick Around, Floaty, Weenie Beenie (the best one) and X-Static.
Great album until u get to the last song 3 stars
The foo is coo
This Album had a nirvana vibe
very nirvana-esque and it makes sense since it was released the next year after cobain's death, i guess mr grohl didnt quite found his footing yet with foo fighters found someone using this template, found it fun Production: 13/20 -kinda raw but thats probably intentional Songwriting: 14/20 Innovation: 8/20 Bangers: 9/20 Emotional response: 10/20 -not big on nirvana and this is almost a lesser nirvana =54/100 -> 3/5
Some yes, some no.
unpopular opinion, foo fighters are kind of annoying. This album isn't doing much for me. I'm giving it a 3 stars
Don't know if I have ever listened to this one from start to finish. I believe every instrument on this one was done solely by Dave. Weenie Beenie was an interesting turn with an interesting track name. I thought the first half was pretty good with Big Me being a favorite of mine. The second half felt a little less inspired. This feels like a 3.5, but I'm going to round down because I'm sure I am biasedly enjoying it a bit more because I listed to FF a lot. Also rounding down because Dave went ahead an sired a child out of wedlock which is kinda fucked up dude.
Extremely raw Foo Fighters which was great to listen to because I have never listened to this album. I can see how a lot of these songs were building blocks to their monstrous commercial success. Didn't think I knew any songs on here but Big Me was definitely familiar. Not the best album in a musical vacuum but still extremely important as Foo Fighters first album.
this is just.... fine lol all the songs blend into one another and they sound like every other foo fighters song, with some exceptions that have a bit more grit but even those end up sounding like Nirvana knock-offs
This is a pretty weak album from a band I generally like. I think if the follow up albums hadn’t been very strong, then Foo Fighters would have been forgotten. This is a Call could have been a Stone Temple Pilots b-side. I’ll Stick Around could have been a Nirvana b-side. Big Me is the first song that feels like an original voice.
Just some good ole fashioned 90s alt/grunge rock. I don't think it's particularly special (other than Grohl doing this all by himself), but it's still very good, and there's no drop off in quality throughout the whole album. Just some quintessential 90s rock. Favorite Song(s): X-Static, Floaty
this is a call- 3 or 4 ill stick around- 4 big me- 4 alone + easy target- 4 good grief- 2 or 3. real sonic adventure menu screen floaty- 4 weenie beenie- 4 or 5 oh george- 3 or 4 for all the cows- 4 or 5 x static- 4 watershed- 3 exhausted- 3 or 4 its just not very good is it
Good band but not my favorite.
If this fairly rough album can launch a band into super stardom, you too can achieve anything!
Sure! I listened to Foo Fighters' self-titled debut album from 1995 as part of my 1001 albums challenge. I found it okay and appreciated its Nirvana-like tones, but I felt it was more suitable as background music and didn’t fully engage me. My favorite track was "Beanie Weenie." I also noted that the album lacked Nirvana’s characteristic quirkiness and weirdness, even though it had some similarities.
Never understood the love for this band, as opposed to other guys like Nickelback for example. Sounds like the most generic "grunge" music you could come up with.
Not bad for a self made album. Probably one of the most bland rock band ever, but their first two albums are listenable.
This album might be important in a historical point of view, as it's the first move Dave Grohl did after Nirvana, and it's a pretty wild move, but... The album is also not that good and he was going to do much better with the second Foo Fighters. It's a 2.5 to me, but let's give it a 3, has we know the man was going the blow our mind later.
smoll 3
# 311 ; They've done a pretty decent job, good album, I like the hits of course, Just kinda sounds like rock music, nothing too innovative or special and I wouldn't spend my hard earned on this, but I'd listen to someone else's copy again ;-) Favourite Track : This Is A Call
Good listen but nothing wowed me.
Litt kjedelig
3.5
This Is a Call I'll Stick Around Big Me Exhausted
A good album but does not strike me as that much of a progression from Nirvana and the general grunge soundscape.
okay obviously anythings gonna sound good after rhcp but this is also genuinely a nice record. weirdly low-key given the grunge and post grunge styles it sits at the crossroads of, for which id point to the strangely warm production...maybe not a lot of super standouts, but very comfy, esp when u hit the more layered and impressionist tracks for which the production takes on an almost shoegazey vibe. that being said i wasnt paying attention to the lyrics at all but apparently one of the songs is about courtney love....so fucking lame dude, feel like i gotta dock it a star just for that lmao
Fine, nothing more nothing less
3/5. It's a fun rock album full of songs that are good to throw on whenever but not much more than that. It's still highly impressive that it is all Dave Grohl: all instruments, vocals, lyrics. With that in mind, each song is pretty elevated. As an album as a whole, I don't think it stands out but was still a good listen. Best Song: Big Me, This Is A Call, Exhausted
A solid enough fun little side project from the drummer of Nirvana, hope it works out for him
3/5
Made in 6 days by Dave Grohl shortly after Nirvanna breaks up
Foto Fighters: gut bis sehr gut für 2 -3 Songs, dann wird es langweilig ***
This just OK for me, I only recognized 1 or 2 songs off this album and I didn't enjoy it as much as Nevermind from Nirvana but there were a few memorable tracks like Big Me and Exhausted. I probably won't revisit this either, but I read that Dave Grohl recorded a demo of this album all by himself after Cobain's death, so that was really impressive.
Loved the drums. Loved the singles. The rest was good, solid, straight-ahead hard rock. Solid album.
mola
Nice to see some Foo Fighters representation on this list, although I think their best work came in the albums immediately following this one. It's weird, but I've noticed that the author(s) of this list seem to have a bias for artist's earlier work, almost looking past an artist's overall body of work. Regardless, Foo Fighters are always a fun listen. This album in particular feels a bit top-heavy though. Hard to fault the Foo Fighters for that, considering that this album's production was practically a one-band band in the form of one Dave Grohl.
3.8/5
3.5 Starts really strongly but loses some steam in the latter half. Still, this is just big, loud, fun rock music. Been a great week for this project thus far!
Solid but that's about it. I never found the band too interesting.
Crisp and kinetic grunge-pop (editors are savvy with that phrase), with quality hooks and a bright hard edge, but also straightforward to the point of mundanity. Best cuts: "This Is a Call" and "Big Me" and "Floaty" and "Exhausted," which offer some sweetness or uncertainty or melancholy or something more than the much less interesing, blunt-instrument bangers (e.g., the very dumb "Weenie Beenie" and tedious "Watershed"). One rounds down because loud-quiet-loud could not be more passe by now, no? And anyway one has always found Grohl/FFs to be rather steadily and significantly overrated (though perhaps one's anti-Nirvana bent shades one's reaction somewhat unfairly). Again, this is fine, perfectly okay, but nowhere near transcendent .
Beaucoup plus abrasif que je m'attendais, du bon rock typique de son époque, mais j'ai l'impression que s'il y a un album de Foo Fighters à écouter, ce n'est pas lui. J'espère qu'il y en aura au moins un autre. 7/10
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Their first album, while important, isn't necessarily their best. It's still decent though.
This is the Foo Fighters debut album. I'll start off by saying that I liked but didn't love the album overall. That said, it's pretty impressive when you know the context. Dave Grohl created and recorded this pretty much fully on his own, he recorded it only 6 months after Kurt Cobain's death, and it was basically just a cathartic project that he expected no one to listen to ("Had I actually considered this to be a career, I probably would have called it something else, because it's the stupidest fucking band name in the world"). There were rumors he was going to join Pearl Jam and Tom Petty wanted him to be his drummer, but he did this instead. "I was supposed to just join another band and be a drummer the rest of my life. I thought that I would rather do what no one expected me to do." It's really hard not to respect it, he must've been going through it and joining another band as a drummer would have been the easy thing for sure, but this decision (and this album) led to something huge. Anyway, back to the music. The first thing that stands out is that it's noticeably less "grungy" than Nirvana. It really feels like a transition from the grunge of the early '90s to more of an alt-rock sound that would close out the decade. At times the sound falls a bit flat to me (though in his defense, he was recording the whole thing himself), but there's a few places where the slightly more polished sound shines. "Big Me" is by far the best song on the album (it's great), and it's relatively low-key compared to the rest of the album. I doubt I'll find myself coming back to a ton here, but it's an enjoyable listen overall, and I really respect what he did on this one. I'm sure there's more Foo Fighters to come on this list, so it'll be interesting to see how the sound changes after this. Favorite song: Big Me Other: This Is A Call, I’ll Stick Around, Big Me, Alone + Easy Target, Floaty, Oh George, Exhausted 7/19/24
“just another rock band” so true foo fighters that is exactly what you are. i mistakenly started this list to expand my musical horizons but it’s such a staggering volume of just rock and/or roll. 🐄🐄🐄
Amazing first song followed by samey sounding songs
It’s a good sound, and a good debut. Not my favorite and definitely not the most interesting as he differentiated more from the Nirvana sound later, but it bridges the gap.
Some well written songs right after Nirvana, almost serving as a counter melody. But it begins a problem that Foo Fighters will always have: writing songs that are good singles but not a complete album.
Pretty good album but pales compared to their later stuff imo
It was a bit plain?
3 ok far from their best
I really like the hits on this one, but the others were just so mediocre, enough to drop my rating from a 4 to a 3. 3/5
Buttrock
Good album, never listened to it as a whole because I didn’t like this music when it first came out.
Solid
Just background music. This album didn’t engage me. I’d give it a 2 or 3. Maybe a 3 because it didn’t annoy me.
Good but not a love
#1: This is a call - classic foo fighters opener. Loud, in your face, repetitive. 29 years ago Dave Grohl decided on an identity, and that's what he's stuck with (and brought in people to fill out the roster who support it) #2: I'll Stick Around - samey. I dunno if its nostalgia or what but I enjoy this. #3: Big Me - I never knew this is what this song was called. Its classic. I love it. It really does bring me back to when I was 13/14 and crushing on the alt girl in class. #4: Alone + Easy Target - A miss for me, nothing particularly noteworthy about this song #5: Good Grief - Another miss, very samey, and perhaps 30 seconds too long #6: Floaty - something extremely comforting about this song. It started playing and I just started vibing, definitely one of my favourite songs thus far, perhaps only beaten out by Big Me. Sidenote - something that's been bugging me is that it seems like the songs have...something more to give? Like Dave is holding back his voice (or is reaching the limits of his vocal prowess), and as a result, the songs just sound...incomplete somehow. #7: Weenie Beenie - oooh a sign of what FF could have been. I kinda like it, its different. Perhaps not something I'd wanna listen to often, but nice to kinda pull out every now and again. #8: Oh, George - Another classic FF song. God damn he knew what the band's identity was going to be from the start #9: For All the Cows - Fun number that ends up being the appetiser to the main dish. #10: X-static - yep this is it. Helluva guitar riff going on, those drums, chef's kiss. #11: Wattershed - is aiight #12: Exhausted - Perfect name for the last song, epitome of what I'm feeling. Thankfully though, this is a great palate cleanser to end this album off with. Chill vibes that bring you down from the highs the prior songs have brought you to. Overall thoughts: As an album, probably not my favourite FF one. That being said, its so classically FF that I can't hate it, it being the prototype to what we now know and love about the FooFighters. Some highs, some low lows, but overall, above average. I'd give it 3/5, but I'll bump it up to 3.5/5 cos I love Dave Grohl, and FF are one of the best concerts I've ever been to in my life.
3.5
Liked it, except for Weenie Bernie and Watershed, where it's just a screaming mess.
Sang along to the first track and the rest of the album was ok. Giving it a 3 cos Dave Grohl seems like a nice bloke
Not sure why they picked this album over "The Colour and the Shape" (which contained Monkey Wrench, My Hero, and Everlong) as this one doesn't hold up terribly well to my ears. Kinda just sounds like noise rock to me. It's not bad, and it's cool that Dave Grohl apparently did the whole thing himself, but I'll never listen to it again. 2.9
pretty much predicted late 90s altrock/postgrunge, for better and worse. catchy. i kind of like the last few tracks for some reason
like a poppier version of Nirvana(of course), with some nice tunes, good guitar sounds.
Generous 3, there's a cracking EP here.
They could have chosen any other foo fighters album and it would've gotten a higher rating. It amazes me how much this already sounds like modern Foo Fighters albums though. You would think Grohl would still be searching for his sound on this album. But he already found it and never changed it.
Typical Foo Fighters (derogatory)
I like the Foo Fighters - they get a lot better than this.
- Man hört, dass die Foo Fighters hier noch in den Kinderschuhen steckten, dennoch aber voll den ersten Entwurf zu ihrem ganz eigenen Sound hatten. Wenn auch hier noch ein bisschen mehr Grunge und Punk zu finden ist, denke ich. - Ich bin musikalisch leider kein riesen Foo Fighters Fan. Das verhält sich mit diesem Album nicht anders. Das was sie tun, machen sie absolut perfekt; ich finde es häufig leider etwas vorhersehbar/nach baukasten. - Dennoch waren hier schöne Stücke drauf und mir gefiel der noch etwas rohere Charakter der Platte
As generic bullshitty as this, fact remains that these are catchy, well constructed, although cookie cutter, tracks. It's so unobjectional, it becomes offensive, but can't help but come back around
It's a pretty solid debut for Foo Fighters. I wasn't expecting much but for the most part I liked what I heard. It's a typical 90's rock album but it excels at what it does. The first half of it was where it had its highs then after Floaty it just dips in quality. Most of the songs on this album just blend in with each other which I guess isn't a bad thing. All in all for my first album listened to on this generator I liked it. Best - Floaty and Big Me Worst - Weenie Beenie and Wattershed 3.0-3.5/5
When I think generic rock this is what comes up.
First listen to this album. Could grow on me more with a few more listens. Highlights were Floaty and For all the cows. 3.5
This sounded exactly like I expected a Foo Fighters album to sound... but it was OKAY!
Started well with some well known songs, seemed to drop off by the end of the album. Overall not a bad album
Didn’t hate it at first, but it quickly stated to get tedious. A track or two is fine; I don’t need a whole Foo Fighters album
Weird, I generally picked up Foo Fighter CDs as they came out. Yes, it is butt rock, but it is usually fun shouty melodic mindless stuff. Grohl seems like a decent bloke most of the time, which is a rarity. This was, um, OK - no clear bangers
rock music 👍🏽
I bought this album tbe day it came out, being a massive Nirvana fan and all. I used to really like it a lot. After this album I never really bothered with the Foo Fighters but a girlfriend at the time lent me The Colour And The Shape which was decent. Anyway, this is definitely better than the vast majority of Foo stuff I randomly heard later on. Dave Grohl probably should have gone solo. Given that his Probation stuff is heavy and great I do wonder why the Foo Fighters are so MOR.
Ok but most interest half way
i quite like this so far, more than other foo fighters records I've heard. I like this early grunge sound plus the melodies are very nice, almost pop. Got a bit bored towards the end but decent background music. 3/3.5
It's a fine album but not particularly memorable. I don't really see much to set it apart from other efforts and I doubt I'll be revisiting.
Started off very meh and just wasn’t catching my attention, but the second half was a lot better.
A great start to a life post Nirvana that has proved very fruitful in the long term…. Nice diy feel, though find by the end of the album being a bit bored…
Meh it sounded like a worse Dinosaur Jr. Rating: 3.0
Foo Fighters was a central part of my musical upbringing! There are some early signs of the greatness that is to come, but they are still lacking in the song structures and dynamics within each piece — both being central aspects of the band at their best.
Foo Fighters
Buen grupo con el que no he conectado del todo. No son Nirvana
I didn't know this was all Grohl - pretty cool. This has a more pop/radio appeal than Nirvana and overall better imo. FF had some cool videos early on, starting with "Big Me", and I think that did a lot to get the band over. It's good, but not really a must-hear album. 3.4
Quite good but they've done better
Pretty banging
Not their best
Starts off strong and declines slightly. The second half not nearly as much of a vibe, we were glad when it finished.
Good effort back when Grohl \"looked like a horse-faced lesbian\" and he played like it was his one shot (who knows if he’d gotten a second one). second half loses some of the initial punch, but the overall feel is a fun and packs lots of 90s nostalgica.
Colour and Shape should be on this list, their debut should not. Foo Fighters are a very average band but hard not to like due to Dave Ghrol being a great guy. A star rating represents the foo fighters overall not just this album which would be 2 stars.
Couldn’t really hear the vocals on this which I didn’t like
3.25 Favorite Song: For all the cows Brings a great start to the Foo Fighters reign over the alternative scene but leaves a lot to be wanted. The "Foo Fighters" sound is clearly not established yet still basing a lot on distortion and not leaning into the drum heavy complexity we see today. Overall good debut.
Impressive that Dave Grohl did it all. An average album for Foo fighters
Helt ait 3.5
Muss man mal gehört haben. Zählt aber nicht zu meinen persönlichen Lieblingsalben. Für meinen Geschmack zu Gitarrenlastig. Wer's mag, das Album ist OK.
Rating: 6/10 Starts off great with the first few songs: catchy melodies, fun riffs, and great energy. After this the album starts to sound like generic 90s hard rock. It is impressive how Dave Grohl plays all of the instruments though. Favorite songs: This Is a Call, I'll Stick Around, Big Me, Good Grief. Worst songs: Floaty, Weenie Beenie.
Muy bueno.
very cool intro to foo farters. maybe im just a little farter but like those first couple songs hit me good and also floaty. i dunno
Love Dave Grohl, this album it's ok. I didn't get bored, but it didn't make me excited either Simply 3/5
Fine standard rock & roll album, doesn’t seem to have many of the hits on it.
Good stuff. I've heard it a bunch of times and I still like it. Reminds me of younger days. I was 18 when this came out so it was really perfect timing to make an impression on me.
Solid album, most of the songs sounded the same. It’s not necessarily a bad thing, but there should be more variation. Some songs are really good, like “Big Me” and “Wattershed”. Overall a pretty enjoyable album. 7/10
Nothing against Dave Grohl, but to me this is kind of generic rock music. It’s not bad, but just not super interesting to me.
Frekar boring plata to be honest. Fannst fyrstu þrjú lögin fersk en svo var þetta bara bar eftir bar af gritty fyrirsjáanlegu gítarrunki sem mér fannst ekki skemmtó.
It was all fine. It all sounded very Foo Fighters like but there weren't any great songs here to make it memorable
Fine. Not huge fan of any song2/3***
I am very fond of Dave Grohl. I am not very fond of Foo Fighters. I was a huge Nirvana fan in the 90s, but never really warmed to Foo Fighters. Listening to this album, I think the non-radio singles are more punk, and better songs, but it all sounds very 90s - which is great! But it's still only fine. *Maybe* I'd give it 3.5 stars if I could do half stars, but I'm not agonizing about giving it a 3, either. Give it a listen. Or don't. You won't regret either decision. It's that kind of album.
kind of boring?
Okay
Their best album.
Disappointing. I expected to enjoy this a lot more than I did. Perhaps I prefer their later stuff, or maybe I’ve just never listened to a whole album, so never realised how similar all their songs are, but either way this album did little for me
I feel asleep. I was tired, so I’ll give it the benefit of the doubt. Simpsons: Yes
It's OK. Can tell its a debut album as its not as polished as later foo fighters.
I didn’t really like this album when it came out very nirvana lite. But it’s gotten better the second side is pretty good
Slightly carbonated water.
Solid debut. Opens with 5 star energy but sheds some star weight as it goes.
I had a friend in High School who said that the best part about Kurt Cobain’s suicide was Foo Fighters. Not having listened to this in a long time I found the top 3 and last 3 songs to be good and the rest forgettable. If you’re going to listen to a Foo Fighters album go with the Color and Shape Of.
some bits were too grungey for me. overall I was meh on this and prefer the more sanitized foo fighters
I'm not sure I ever knew the original Foo Fighters was just a cover name for Dave Grohl with the band coming after the fact. I think it speaks a lot to me that these songs were recorded because of grief, but most were written while Kurt Cobain was still alive. There's certainly some distinct Nirvana influence as many others have pointed out, but I think it gives the album a matter of prominence as we all dealt with losing Cobain
Possibly the most 3-star album I've ever heard. It's rock music, it's fine, it's nothing spectacular. I quite like Foo Fighters - they are nice and easy to listen to, entertaining enough, but unlikely to make me sit up and go 'holy shit!'
Rusty Foo Fighters.
Don't particularly care for the foo fighters but this is a decent album
Just rock - simple as that
Angsty and see the early signs of their power ballads but overall not a great album.
good album! i liked it a lot many good songs 3.5/5.0
You can feel Kurt's influence on almost all the songs. Dirty, not innovative but somehow good album to hear if you just want to chill and let the time pass by
Good
Solid. Not my fav sound.
Who knew the drummer from Nirvana had a full-on rock record hiding in his back pocket? Dave Grohl’s DIY debut comes barrelling out of the gate with three straight bangers before easing into something more reflective, and while it never fully escapes Nirvana’s long shadow, it doesn’t really need to. This is closer to Nevermind than In Utero—less self-laceration, more hooky release—best described as grungy power pop with stadium-sized instincts already peeking through the fuzz. “This Is a Call” explodes with arena-ready drums and a deceptively sticky chorus, “I’ll Stick Around” leans into a grimmer snarl, and “Big Me” proves Grohl can write pure pop sweetness without embarrassment. “Floaty” hints at a gentler, more wistful band that might’ve been, before predictably crashing back into distortion. Not everything lands: “Weenie Beenie” overreaches with Cobain-style screaming that doesn’t quite fit Grohl’s strengths, and “X-Static” feels like a Nirvana outtake from an alternate timeline. Still, for a first pass made largely alone, Foo Fighters sounds less like a side project and more like the start of a very loud, very durable future.
They kinda float between the poppy mellow sound of Big Me and the more aggressive punch of Weenie Beenie. On some tracks they go both mellow and hard like on For All the Cows. Foo Fighters end up constructing a pretty solid debut and Grohl makes it clear from the start that he’s not looking to be Nirvana part 2. Strong album 3.5 stars
An okay background rock album. Not too screamy and actually pretty chill in spots. Another album for the pub night.
Foo Fighters Like everyone I love Dave Grohl, and while I do like FF, they always seem to be a band with some great songs and then a lot of middling stuff. I’ve had greatest hits and I’ve seen them live a couple of times but I don’t know if I’ve ever listened to this album. This is a Call, really catchy, always liked this song. I’ll Stick Around - like the verses a lot on this, the chorus I’m not as keen on. Great drumming. Big Me, very sweet little tune, like this one. Alone + Easy Target - enjoyed this a bit more the second and third time, pretty catchy chorus. Good Grief, Floaty, Weenie Beenie, Oh, George - These are all a bit samey, a bit fillery and forgettable for me. For All the Cows - I like this one a lot. A little bit of litheness and groove X-Static - Enjoyed the tom-tom on this but apart from that not particularly memorable. Wattershed - Fine thrashy tune, if a bit forgettable Exhausted - I like this one, the lyrics and music complement the mood and feel. The little guitar melody underneath the heavily distorted rhythm guitar in the verses is very nice. It’s of course not fair to compare it to Nirvana, but aside from the loud guitars and some of the drumming I can’t actually see that much commonality. I love that he did the whole thing himself, evidently not to McCartney-esque levels of virtuosity or songwriting skill, but it is very cool. However there’s no disguising that essentially these are demos and that many of the songs are very 90s-ish rock by numbers, and without his drumming things would feel very pedestrian pretty quickly. It’s not terrible by any means, there are a handful of very good tunes but I don’t think there’s enough to pique enough long term interest to come back to and listen through again. I like Grohl a lot and appreciate he played everything himself and he did it at a very difficult time after Kurt died, but ultimately it lacks a bit of variety and excitement, especially in the last half where it does get pretty samey. I appreciate it wasn’t supposed to be a grand artistic statement and it sounds like it was very important mentally for him to do it but it does end up feeling quite middling. ⭐⭐⭐️
Did not listen to it yet but I will
Rating: 6/10. Good not great. Not my taste, but has value. Might make it into rotation if I liked the genre. Genre: Rock Foo Fighters. None of the hits, but it all sounds Foo Fighters. Foo Fighters.
I’ll Stick Around Big Me Floaty Weenie Beenie Oh, George For All The Cows Not the worst. Very average sound. I wouldn’t say it was bad but i wasnt jumping out of my seat listening to them. Drums were good. Lyrics and melody were on loops at times. Wouldn’t be mad if it came on the radio tho.
Crisp and driving, with some decent melodies and a hard edge, but also pretty boring. Hard to say just how much better Nirvana was than this lot ... history might find them to be near equivalents.
Pretty decent debut from Dave Grohl
Fairly solid album, but it's easy to see where the band is still trying to find its footing. Not my favorite from them by quite a margin, but there's a few great pieces, like Big Me that make it enjoyable nonetheless.
I was not a fan of Foo Fighters' radio hits in 1995 and never listened to the album. I still feel the same after listening this week. I did/do love Nirvana and some of the guitar reminds me of them, likely due to Dave Grohl. I enjoyed the guitar and drums in parts, but as a while, not an album I need to listen to again. Some of the songs I might listen to would be This is a Call, I'll Stick Around, Floaty, and Exhausted. However, it is probably a good album to put in a 1995 time capsule.
2.5
I remember really fucking with this in the 90s. Again, would love to give this an extra half star but fuck me I guess?
Best I can say about this is that it is alright. Not bad, not great.
Meh. I really enjoy the image of these guys. Dave Grohl is an enjoyable personality and I appreciate that he appears to straddle the line between "rock star" and "family man". This band definitely is consistent with staying power. They write hits. Seeing them live is a legit enjoyable experience. However with the records I don't find myself seeking them out that much. It's quality rock pop that is pleasing all around, and especially fun live - but maybe a little generic when it comes to deciding what I wanna blast in the car or space out to in the headphones. Much respect though.
Try as I might, I just can't *love* the Foo Fighters, despite loving Dave Grohl as a person and as a drummer. Their music has always been just... meh. Predictable chord progressions, time signatures, etc. Too pop, I guess, or stadium rock. Anyway, 3/5 for the fact that Dave recorded this whole thing on his own, and there are a few decent, memorable songs on here.
Good debut from the band, but their follow-ups are a significant step up from this.
Impressive that all music, singing, and instruments were all performed by Dave Grohl. The one non-angry radio hit was 'Big Me'.
Although generic, it still sounds good. My favorite is Good Grief.
I liked it. Good harmonies and impressive that Dave played it all
Never listened to this when it came out, though I always did like "Big Me" (in large part due to the Mentos parody video), I can safely say to my younger self that I didn't miss much. While impressive for a largely solo production, and one done simply for fun and catharsis at that, it doesn't change the fact that it's pretty boring. This would have been a lot better as a demo or EP, as Grohl seemed to have run out of ideas after the first 3 songs, and those aren't really all they exciting. A lot of the rest is just diet Nirvana or Weezer B-sideish. That's not necessarily damning, but combined with the repetitive lyrics I just find it dull. I understand Dave is a good member of the music community and seems to be a decent dude, so I don't want to shit on "Foo Fighters" too much, but I just see no reason to listen to this over something more character. It's better than anything I've ever put out, but it's definitely not anything I ever feel the need to put on again.
bissel raw
It's a good first effort. A bit bland... but catchy enough.
Estuvo bueno, más que nada el inicio :)
Never was a foo fan
Not bad (except Weenie Beenie), but I like their later work more. Stand-out: Oh, George
Dave Grohl is a good person, but I’m often pretty underwhelmed by The Foo Fighters. 2.5/5
I'm happy there is popular modern rock music but the Foo Fighters have never been my favorite. Can't quite put my finger on why. I liked the album, particularly their softer/slower songs, but don't see myself going back to it too often. Might just have to get more used to their sound which is very distinct.
i mean. ok lang. there were some bops, but generally it was like. the same all throughout?
Foo Fightersin eka levy. Dave Grohl ei ollut vielä ihan hittikone, mutta kyllä sen tyylin kuulee jo. Miksaus auton kaijuttimista ainakin vähän outo. Vokaalit tosi takana. Parhaat: Big Me, Good Grief, Wattershed
Not as good as I am used to, but still a lot better then what I have heard as well
Pretty good. A lovely balance of poppy and heavy. A few four star songs. I remember this album being a big deal when it came out.
The most 3 album I ever heard in my life.
2.5
2.5 - much prefer the later stuff. I liked the last song the most
3.2
"This Is a Call" and "Big Me" are transcendent. The rest are meh.
foo fighters
Not my favorite Foo but not bad.
Starts out with a post-grunge hard hitter (smells like Nirvana). Dave Grohl, in his post Nirvana days, wrote and recorded all these songs, then went out and put a band together to play them with him. They call themselves the Foo Fighters. This is a pretty good first offering. I am not familiar with any of these songs but they are not bad.
Boston debut album yesterday then this. It must be 'artists that did it all by themselves' week. Dave Grohl is amazing. But, I am just not into angst rock (although not as "angsty" as the bands later work). I hit the fast fwd button a few to many times and won't cry if I don't hear any of these songs again. Otherwise, I love Dave!
Better than expected but still poo fighters
I like Dave Grohl and this album has a wild story but for some reason I could never really get into the foo fighters, it always feels kind of uninspired and boring and just not very cool.
Classic Foo, and still some of the best rock of the last 30 years, not a mainstay for me however.
On seeing this generated, I wondered what I could possibly have to say about a Foo Fighters album. I assumed it would just be standard brand rock music for normal people. However, it turns out that this eponymous debut is more interesting than expected. It is effectively a Dave Grohl solo album, having been recorded by Grohl in just six days in 1994 as a cathartic exercise following the death of his Nirvana bandmate, Kurt Cobain. You can hear the Nirvana adjacency in the songs and the record is considered the first post grunge album. On record industry interest in the album Grohl recruited a band to perform it live and the Foo Fighters were born. Rating: 3/5 Playlist track: For All the Cows Date listened: 08/02/24
Rock comme j'aime, ça fait penser à Nirvana, à Hole... certains moments de mon adolescence
I wouldn't call this the Foo Fighters best album but that doesn't mean it isn't good and has merit in other ways. It is truly impressive that Dave Grohl basically wrote and performed the whole thing by himself before forming the full band for the tour. I would have to imagine that is was therapeutic for him following the death of Kurt Cobain and end of Nirvana. As for the music on the album, it is solid. None of the songs were particularly noteworthy but the whole album is easy to listen to and Grohl's soft voice is always paired well with the harder rock of the instruments. I would probably give this a 3.5 if half star were allowed.
Good not great.
There Is Nothing Left To Lose is a better album.
Early sounds unpolished but potential is visible. They make the jump between hard rock and more softened rock easily. That said, still not a great album compared to layer works by the group.
Juste du rock, rien de particulier, neutre.
Je zou het ‘Nirvana B’ kunnen noemen; ons Kurt was nog warm en Dave Grohl komt met een Nirvana-esque album onder een splinternieuwe naam. Uiterst bewonderenswaardig is dat de beste man alles zelf inspeelt en -zingt. Ik vind andere liederen van Foo Fighters wel beter. 3 sterren voor zijn moeite
2 of 3 goede nummers, verder was het net iets te ruig voor mij. Wederom weer onder de indruk van de drummer
Really cool to hear the birth of a sound. Reading about the state he was in after Kurt's death and how this was recorded, it did make it feel like I was listening to a Phoenix rise. Would I listen to most of these songs again by choice? Probably not. But if I felt like I was in a major transition point I may put this album in as the soundtrack to that.
Solid debut. But I never got into an entire FF album.
It's weird this is the Foo Fighters album they picked for this list as they have better albums in my opinion. The other day I was talking to an internet buddy about why I don't like the Foo Fighters a ton (they sound like a generic rock band) and he made a good point- they sound like that because their sound has been copied so much it's now generic. Anyway, decent album, not their best. Band has been ruined for me because of their support of some crackpot theories and organizations about AIDS.
When it comes to choruses, Dave Grohl loves nothing more than to shout & repeat them SHOUT & REPEAT THEM SHOUT & REPEAT THEM.
Not my favorite Foo Fighters.
hard to hate but hard to love
Grunge, rock alternativo. Ni fu ni fa.
Big Me.
Listen this at 25th of January 2024
The hits are good
Pretty good, not my favourite foo fighters album but pretty good. Low 3.
Schlecht abgemischt
yeah foo fighters innit
I feel so angsty listening to this album Big Me was good on first listen, which is rare for a song
Found it somewhat boring
Meh
Good
Remember thinking this was better when it first came out, couple of good songs on here, still way too radio friendly for me though
Did they win?
Outside of Big Me, fairly forgettable
Alone + Easy Target was good Floaty was good For All the Cows was odd but good The more "popular" songs of This is a Call and Big Me, I didn't particularly enjoy. Exhausted made me check my headphones connection...
What’s impressive and amazing about this album is that Dave Grohl created this completely on his own following the suicide of Kurt Cobain, allowing himself to move past the tragedy while also proving his skills as a songwriter in his own way. The album has some moments that are a little too aggro and of course the lyrics are mostly nonsensical, but what brightens this up and gives this life are Grohl’s multi-tracked vocals that sound like harmonies on a number of catchy choruses. Big Me has always been a favorite and I really enjoyed Floaty and For All the Cows. While it may not be a classic or even essential listening, I agree with hearing before you die this man’s truly solo effort.
I avoided this one when it was first released. I didn't appreciate Dave Grohl and was ready to move on from all things Nirvana in the wake of Cobain's suicide, which I viewed as self-indulgent. Pretty judgy. The other problem is that I didn't really like the big hit from this album, Big Me. Didn't feel original enough. So now I'm giving it another chance, mostly from a position of greatly enhanced appreciation for Grohl. It's not bad. I don't know that I'll be coming back to it. Seems too Nirvana-ish to me (esp. Alone + Easy Target). Dave came into his own in later Foo work. But this is a decent album.
There were some classic songs on this album, but I don't really enjoy listening to albums where all the songs sound the same.
Most tracks are very similar, nothing stand-out about them but can hear the beginnings of the current foo fighters sound. Weenie Beanie had a great leading riff
Good but not as good as their later stuff
Initially sounds like an extension of Nirvana, the album takes on more variation as it progresses, however it still sounds like one layer of sound when it gets fast which is not something I want to listen to again, there are some songs I would welcome hearing again.
A take I don't think I've seen: a lot of this is like a shoegaze record. It sounds like Ride. Fitting I suppose for a new frontman coming out from behind the drumkit. It's good and melodic but a wee bit MoR.
Important. Too noisy
Not a fan
I don’t think the best Foo Fighters album but they have a really high floor. Impressive that this is all Dave Grohl (plays all instruments). Maybe I’m just older and lamer or maybe it’s because rock music is so different now but FF seemed kinda generic and boring in the mid/late nineties but they sound awesome to me now. High 3 stars
Huh. Not sure why this is an album I have to listen to before I die. Kinda generic 90s post-grunge (whatever the hell that means), though there are some pretty good songs on this record. And even if I think it's kinda generic, Dave Grohl is still a cool dude.
Mi aspettavo di meglio
This one’s ok. In the first half it’s cookie-cutter bland rock music, but it gets better near the end of the second half. I don’t want to have to sit through the first half to get to that point though. It’s just meh.
I don't understand why this is here, it's not even close to their best work and there aren't a great deal of standout tracks. Even those that have become FF staples aren't memorable, this strikes me as the author being a bit 'did you listen to them way back when tho?' I'll give it a 3 because it's not bad and it's the Foos, but come on now.
Meh
The debut album of Foo Fighters is essentially dave grohls album. He recorded it all by himself, which is very impressive. It sounds raw and unfiltered, while still sounding like later Foo Fighter albums. There aren't as many recognizable songs on here. But for a debut album it is really solid.
Great debut album. Several massive hits. Falls off a bit in the second half. Starts to sound all alike. 3.50
Liker foo fighters veldig godt, men dette er et helt ok+ album
I'm a big Foo Fighters fan but their debut entry is pretty mediocre all around. They hadnt locked in their sound just yet.
The Foo Fighters are just fine! Big Me is a pretty great tune. The rest all just blurred together
Liked it, also this cover art next to the coldplay album above is kinda funny, very serendipity
Likes: This is a Call, Big Me, For the Cows Dislike: Watershed, Exhausted
If Im being brutally honest, its a bit hit and miss
Never listened to a Foo album before. Despite loving Nirvana's output, the pseudo-follow-up band never grabbed my attention. This debut is enjoyable, but doesn't hold my attention. Would be curious to check out their following work.
When the foo is fighting
I liked this. Haven't listened to a ton of grunge, but I have liked what I've heard of it. I'd do 3.5 if I could
(I love nirvana). Good first one, 3,5.
A decent alternative album. While all the songs were pleasing to listen to, none of them stood out. I’d listen again
first time listening to this one. solid album but by far it is not the best foo fighters album
First time listener to this record. Obviously know some of the tracks, but it's definitely a sold album overall. Favourite tracks: This Is a Call, Big Me, Good Grief, Floaty, Exhausted.
Not so interesting