Foo Fighters

I appreciate that Dave Grohl was in Nirvana, but I still didn't expect this record to sound exactly like Nirvana, stripped of everything confrontational, personal, or interesting. Grohl's vocals even sound a bit like Kurt Cobain. Nor did I expect most of the songs to sound the same.

Not a fan.

just not for me I think

I felt like the songs blurred together as a white noise of distorted guitar chords. For sure the heaviest Foo Fighters album but not my fave.

Radio-Friendly Unit Shifter the Album. I would respect it more if there were some actual pop bangers on here but it’s just all…decent at best ********************************************** —This is a Call…fun opening statement —I’ll Stick Around…generic. It builds into something bigger, at least —Big Me…this is the single I remember from my salad days. It’s just kind of there. I believe Grohl said he was surprised by this album’s success and, to be frank, so am I —Alone + Easy Target…inoffensive arena rock —Good Grief…at least I get a nice, driving drum beat here. I missed it from the previous tracks —Floaty…simple but great riff elevates this one —Weenie Beenie…the drum/bass/guitar is fun but the distorted vocals are a step too far —Oh, George…instrumentation sounds like a throwaway In Utero track. Grohl’s vocals can’t cut through the distortion like Kurt’s —For All the Cows…we mellow things out a bit. Nevermind (ha), more of a Pixies quiet-loud-quiet thing —X-Static…generic —Wattershed…sure —Exhausted…a slightly heavier “Big Me”. It’s also six minutes long. No thanks

I wasn't all the impressed with this album. There were some fun feedback moments but I do not remember the rest of the album High 2

My gods, what a boring record. What a boring band. I could tell a song from the other, gun to the head. I always feel sorry to speak ill of a beloved band, but i truly, simply, don't like them.

I think of the Foo Fighters as the anti–New Order. A groundbreaking, highly influential band shatters under tragic, seismic circumstances, and one or more members continue to tap into that musical vein with a follow-up career that heavily builds on the previous band’s legacy. In the case of New Order, it worked - quite impressively, I might add. The musical history of grunge, college rock, alternative, and surf rock has seen many brilliant songwriters - too bad Dave Grohl is not one of them. But what he lacks in wit, charm, and knotty songwriting abilities, he makes up for by cranking up the production value and creating simple chord progressions with a shout-along-to-ability. The formula for his songs seems to be: can we make it any simpler? And please make it one hook - just one - but one that really sticks, whether you want it to or not. While it oftentimes (and rather outrageously) sounds like a bland Nirvana derivative, the Foo Fighters debut is one you can have fun with (did I just say that?). Well, at least occasionally, because there are a LOT of duds on here. The triplet made up of “Good Grief,” “Floaty,” and “Weenie Beenie,” which forms the album’s midsection, is really something you’ll probably want to forget immediately. But I have to acknowledge: when it works, it works (cf. the opener “This Is a Call,” “Big Me,” “I’ll Stick Around”). Grohl has a strange ability to throw so many styles into the melting pot that his soothing (and charmingly generic) voice can still hold them together. Or to come back to my initial framing: To the amount that New Order radically reimagined their sound and helped to define an entire new aesthetic, the Foo Fighters aggregated and doubled down on rock affiliated traditionalism. Whether that feels like artistic conservatism or emotional resilience is probably where listeners split. I made my choice, haha. And if I made a playlist with The Replacements, Nirvana, and R.E.M. on shuffle, everything I’d want from a Foo Fighters record would be there, ready to digest. Allow me one question though: why on earth didn’t the editors choose The Colour and the Shape, which is, frankly, also not a terribly innovative but at least a cohesive record - and a far more accomplished version of this grunge-pop behemoth that is the Foo Fighters?

For whatever reason, outside a few songs, I never really got into Foo Fighters. This doesn't really change that impression. Honestly, this is just so boring. Not for me.

90's drivel.

Why did they even do this?

As a huge Nirvana fan, I looked forward to Dave and Krist's first solo offerings with great anticipation. I bought this the day it came out, played it twice and was bitterly disappointed. I've never bought another Foo Fighters record since. Listened to this again for the first time in years and... found it disappointing. Kurt was the talented one!

None of the songs really stood out for me. I was somewhat surprised that some of the songs were upbeat considering that it was an album to recover from the suicide of a band member, but then again maybe that is the way it should be.

I could not care less about Foo Fighters. Could I also couldn't care less about them? Almost so, I think Learn to Fly is a good song for the first 20 or so listens you hear it until it achieves its diminished marginal value. The postgrunge genre (arguably invented by Dave Grohl himself, and yes I know he did 95% of the music on the album blah blah blah) is not something that has ever appealed to me, nu metal might honestly be better because the music somehow sounds like it has more meaning then postgrunge's devoid of social commentary in favor of relationship songs. But Foo Fighters self-titled is before post grunge would help rock music get cratered by the 2000s. Kind of like System of a Down's first album would be for nu metal. I can't fault Dave Grohl for needing a musical catharsis after his good friend's death and thus from demos to proper mastering this album was created. But like, you could've founded someone that could actually sing? I know what he's trying to make in stuff like Good Grief and Wattershed, but I'll be biased and say it: Grohl is a decent singer without a good voice. The kind of music he executes like that is better done by Helmet. Big Me is the taco 'bout song to me. Hear it on the radio a bit too often and for a demo, it's nice it got radio play for end of time because it's corporately acceptable. I do like Alone + Easy Target because it could sound like a Nirvana song if Cobain didn't die and if he would not sing for one song. Weenie Beenie is the same way except I disliked it and Cobain could sing it. Overall, Foo Fighters by Foo Fighters isn't as bad as I thought I would, but it's as generic as I thought it would. The guitar/bass work is fine, but the songwriting and singing are just something I can't shake off and pretend to enjoy. These were demos, fuck around material essentially, but even when it's mastered by mastering wizards, it doesn't help out that part at all. I simply do not think this album is remarkable in anyway to warrant being on this list, no matter how big and commercial Foo Fighters are. I can get why Coldplay and some other pop artists are on here, but I think Foo Fighters had a bit more of a negative influence on music. It's simply mid and devoid of character. Something an average person would bring up for the "rock music" they listen to and they only know Everlong or My Hero, both of those songs are on the next album and would make more sense as an inclusion. Or put a single Ween album on the list. That's a 90s band that had a fuckton more character than Foo Fighters, and they even had commercial success. I've said enough negative things, so I'll end on a good note: Exhausted is a good song and closer for the album. I'm strongly resisting the urge to make a joke about that song name about listening to this album, because it wasn't quite like that.

I didn’t hate it. It’s just that nothing stood out or was terribly memorable.

4/10 This album sounds quite a lot like what it is, the un-road tested demo of a guy just knocking some tracks together for fun. He's an exceptionally talented drummer who, at this point, is starting to find his way with guitar and songwriting, but hasn't quite refined those crafts just yet. It does feel like an extension of the song Marigold that he wrote and sang for Nirvana, but was only considered good enough for use as a B-Side. Not bad, but also not particularly great, and there aren't really any particularly engaging or memorable melodies that have stuck with me past the end of the record. What's particularly odd about it is the tonal mix. The songwriting often sounds like fairly bland indie singer-songwriter fare, but it's delivered with the production stylings of a heavy rock record in a blend that just doesn't quite gel. Grohl's vocal is also, for the most part, fairly limp. It doesn't manage to have the intensity to match the production choices for quite a lot of the record, but he does manage to get things more in sync now and again, in tracks like Weenie Beenie and Wattershed. All in all, I found this a fairly frustrating listen, because many of the ingredients were good, but it never managed to connect things together in a completely coherent or interesting way. The follow up album, The Color And The Shape is a way better demonstration of what Foo Fighters can be and I'd choose that one over this to listen to any day of the week. It's not that this is bad, per se, it's just that it's about the most ok album I can think of, and ok just isn’t that good. This Is A Call - This has the melodic sensibility of a fairly run of the mill indie track, with the heavy guitar and rum sound of a hard grunge band. It's kind of a weird mix because, at the surface, the tone is aggressive and feisty, but the underlying composition is fairly bland and beige. It's like if Nirvana had written the theme tune to a long forgotten 90s sitcom. I'll Stick Around - Dave certainly has chops on the drums. This is better than the opener, but it's still quite dynamically flat despite him trying to do a more shouty chorus. There's just something about the delivery and production that I don't quite buy because it feels forced rather than felt. To it's also not that musically interesting either. Big Me - We're back in sitcom theme tune land again. It's incredibly competent, but it's super simple and has the emotional heft of a supermarket valentine's card. Alone + Easy Target - This has more of that grungy sound again sort of half way between Mudhoney and Alice In Chains, but Grohl's vocal in the verses feels pretty half arsed. It gets a little better during the choruses, but yet again I find this to be pretty melodically uninspiring, particularly for how repetitive those melodies are. It's all just a bit bland up to this point. Good Grief - There's good drive and pace to this one. Vocal delivery is a bit on the limp side during the verses and just feels like it's lacking in punch and aggression to match the rest of the track. The chorus leans in the right direction, but never finds the hook to elevate it. Again, the composition just doesn't feel like it matches up with the production and intensity of the tone, just leaving me feeling a bit confused. Floaty - Floaty is right. It's another indie singer-songwriter type song given the sheen of heavy rock production. The drums are great and give this way more drive and direction than it would otherwise have. It almost comes together into something better, but ultimately there's nothing overly hooky or memorable and it still feels like there's too much of a disconnect between song and presentation. Weenie Beenie - This is way better. It has the grit and fire of punk mixed in with the sound of early Seattle grunge. The songwriting isn't complex, but it blends so much better with the production that it's the first time I've felt like the two have been in complete harmony for the entire album. It's got great riffs, great drumming and a consistent and forceful energy. Oh, George - This again feels a little more connected. It's not the most inspiring of songs, but at least everything is pulling in the same direction. It does lack a bit of intensity though and it's quite dynamically flat. For All The Cows - A bit of whimsy now. It's pretty good songwriting and has a nice bit of dynamic variety between verse and chorus, which is cool. I actually buy what Grohl is selling here and it's another where he's managed to tie it up better sonically and deliver with a little bit more of an engaging intensity and drive. Not bad. X-Static - The intro to this reminds me a little of Lit, but they're way more fun and poppy than this verse. There's decent drive and energy to the track, but Grohl could not sound less interested delivering this vocal. It sounds like he's drunk and stoned and singing himself to sleep while all the other Dave Grohl's playing in the band are giving it six nowt, it's super odd. The track behind isn't bad, but that vampiric vocal sucks all of the life out of it. Wattershed - Much better. Good intensity, drive and delivery. Some solid riffs, great playing and all of the elements working to the same end. This is an example of where vibe and feel can elevate a song when everything is pulling in the same direction, unlike much of the rest of the album. Exhausted - Haha, that's quite a disgusting guitar tone. When the second guitar and bass come in, it does sound better, but it's another fairly uninteresting singer-songwriter song put through the lens of hard rock and grunge. There are some great, crunchy riffs in here and some solid grunge production, but again, the vocal is limp and lacking in intensity. I like the way it dissolves into noise and filth near the end though.

Sounds like early 2000s rock, so I guess they were ahead of their time, but it's very mid 2000s rock. Wikipedia says this is punk rock and grunge, but it doesn't feel like punk at all and the grunge elements are diluted.

This didn’t particularly resonate with me. It was exactly as I’d expected it to be. I like that Grohl had written the songs purely for the sake of doing so, with no intention of them being realised as an album. But yeah, didn’t really do anything for me. Good for what it is, but not really anything special.

I wasn't overly familiar with the Foo Fighters before this, but this was pretty disappointing. There are moments where I thought it might actually develop into something quite good, but the whole album felt like it was allergic to doing anything remotely interesting.

Grunge clásico, sigue la linea parecida a nirvana con buena voz de dave grhol. suena bien y tiene buenos temas.

Not a huge listener of rock, but this album felt quite generic. A lot of songs feel like an extension of each other.

One of these albums where I know I am wrong but I just did not enjoy.

Turn up distortion and slam drums & cymbals (repeat) Exhausted is the perfect ending song.

This album is fucking ass

Yyyy no me generó nada. Le pondría un 2.5 por eso mismo, pero como no me deja va 2

Look I'm not saying that there are not exceptions to the "don't give the drummer a microphone" rule, I'm just saying you can't use this album in the pro column for Dave grohl.

Mwah.

This is crazy for a debut album/passion project that Grohl just put together for fun after Kurt Cobain's death. And I reaaally wanted to like it. But I just don't vibe with the Foo Fighters. They found their sound very early, and I respect that. It's just not for me

I got respect for Dave Grohl as a person and musician. To create an album like this as a solo endeavor is impressive. I can appreciate this record and I enjoyed the listen. It's not something I'd likely listen to again, however. It feels a bit generic and unremarkable. The mix had the vocals way too overshadowed. Idk what it is with grunge but why do so many artists insist on singing their lyrics inaudibly? What's the point of even singing if I can't understand a word of what is being said?

Too shouty for me

Meh

why did I think the foo fighters were gonna be really good????

Ait

I thought the fact that I recognized the name would mean I was in for some surefire bangers, but honestly found the album leaving me feeling pretty "meh". Was not impressed and wouldn't listen to any of these songs again. Was not for me.

Very interesting dynamics but honestly boring and had to force myself to really listen to come to a conclusion of one song I liked. Feels very generic like H&M music. Overall very mid

Простой, попсовый, нирвановый альбом

Not much to hook me on this. I have seen and heard a lot of comments around this being 'middle of the road' and that is way more damning that I think I expected. This does nothing to make me want to pay attention, it just drifts into the background. Lyrics are extremely flaccid.

Dave Grohl's look-ma-no-sidemen project alternates REM-influenced strummy stuff with punk/hard rock hybrids, neither of which really floats my boat (though I'll grant that the former is marginally more interesting than the latter). The more he varies the arrangements, the more engaging the songs are, but too often he relies on fuzzy undistinguished guitars that cause a lot the songs to blend together after a while. Grohl's voice is also fairly colorless but his (mostly) clean phrasing and tone at least helps the vocal melodies shine through. As a whole, it's all competently done but there's nothing here that's hooky enough to make me want to return to this record.

A humble but ultimately underwhelming offering from The Foof. Hindsight has probably negatively impacted my listening experience with this record. I’m sure it sounded a bit more fresh and current at its time, but FF have since gone on to make a handful of hits that are pretty much these songs but better. All that being said, huge props to Dave Grohl for apparently playing most of the instruments on this record. It doesn’t make the music any better, but it is wildly impressive. “Floaty” was the best song imo, heavy emphasis on harmonics and more colorful sounds, a bit like the band Hum. Strong 2/5

Foo Fighters' self-titled debut has always been consistently forgettable for me, decent in the moment but never leaving a lasting impression. This listen didn't change my mind at all really. The album is just kind of stagnant, just Dave Grohl being Dave Grohl; if that's your thing you'll love this album. For how much of this album was literally just him it is impressive from a multi-instrumentalist standpoint. The actual content of the record is just kinda flat for me. It sets the groundwork that Foo Fighters would later run into the ground, but back in 1995 I'm sure this sounded at least a little fresh. One track that did grow on me on this listen: Exhausted is a great closer and kinda makes you forget how awfully boring the five tracks preceding it were. This is a Call and I'll Stick Around remain pretty good, but the formula gets stale quickly and I'm pretty sick of it by the end of the album. There's not even a big track that at the very least gives us a decent single to take away from it, the highs never reach anything special, the album just kinda sits in mid-land for its entirety.

It's fine. It's just so vanilla.

I quite like the big songs but have never really got the Foo Fighters. Listened to it 3 times and still did not spark a reaction. I like Dave G but can take or leave this.

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I prefer The Colour and the Shape. Even There’s Nothing Left to Loose is my favorite. I never cared for this record.

65

not really my music taste, and personally it was too loud that its just overwhelming

Boring. Weenie Beenie was good. I appreciate the history. Not the vocals. Drums are good.

Noisy

fave track: I'll stick around least fave track: weenie beenie - just a little overstimulating for me personally Sick guitar lines. I'll Stick Around is great i especially enjoy the verses. The beginning of Floaty is prettyyyyyyy. Overall this isn't my typical vibe but I still appreciate it for what it is. I would give this a 5/10 (FOR ME PERSONALLY!).

Songs all blended into each other, no real standouts for me. Annoying in places e.g. Weenie Beenie

Couple of good songs (Big Me was always a favorite) but ultimately too repetitive for me.

It’s...consistent?...but rather mundane after the first 4 tracks.

hmmm 2/5

The songs are all…..fine. The Foo Fighters were a competent band right from their debut. But the album isn’t all that engaging or interesting, though it isn’t offensive. The vocals didn’t have as much weight behind them as you would expect which contrasts with the rest of the albums sound. I do respect the albums story, with all of the instruments being played by Grohl as a solo project made in the wake of Cobain's death.

Found the whole thing to be surprisingly boring. Do people like Foo Fighters this much? Maybe you had to be there idk

i dunno, i just do not care about the Foo Fighters. this album played in it's entirety and it never make me lift my head to actually tune into what was playing.

Lacks that magic from later albums but still a great debut

I already know I won't like this one. 2/5

Kind of generic feeling, no real memorable songs. Maybe the Oh George one. Didn't notice the album stopped playing when it was over. Would not seek out any Foo Fighters stuff after this

I hadn't heard much Foo Fighters beyond Learn To Fly (which for some reason I thought was on this album, but wasn't). This album was just ok. Each song is just whatever, not great but not bad either. Best song: For All The Cows

foo fighters my nemeses… gets two stars because one of the songs was ok but i am not willing to relisten to find out what song it is

Meh

Unmemorable rock album

Damn I kinda had my expectations too high. I wish there was more oomph in their songs 3/10

I expected better from Dave Grohl. Such lifeless yacht-rock pap.

I really don't like the foo fighters. especially the hooks are incredibly lame to me. well well, to each their own.

Non rientra molto nel mio stile, un po' troppo rock forse.

Honestly very pleasant, nice energetic background noise. I like the names of the songs quite a bit, the lyrics are confusing but they still evoke a mood

haven’t listened before. i don’t think i like dave. some of it was ok. fav: for all the cows

Meh

idk, i tried to give it a go but i’ve never been into foo fighters

Was ok, I’ve not listened to a FF album before, though I do like the odd song, and loved Nirvana, Grohls stuff is a bit heavier

Mixed feelings

If you’ve heard one Foo Fighters song, you’ve heard them all.

Phuuu fighters Vill z rockig, i can not

I can imagine that Foo Fighters music came as a positive surprise when they came out with this first album. Living in the shadows of Nirvana this was probably not what was expected. Full of energy and expression. Well composed band, with good music that was crowd pleasing. As a live music act Foo Fighters is exceptional too. I recall seeing them the first time when I was 17 in Stockholm. Dave Grohl as a performer was mind blowing for me back then. Today looking back at Foo Fighters full discography and music I find it quite dull. A fairly thick mass of similar type of composition.

Pretty exhausting. Guitar tones are very same-y, the melodies lack oomph, vocals in general lack focus, they are mostly buried under all those guitars. Every song starts +- promising but little of the excitement survives when the singing starts after the opening riff, even less by the end of the first chorus. Kinda boring, sludgy, placeholder music. Kinda like weaker Weezer (which is a lot of Weezer, to be honest) if Weezer was less pop.

In the words of a good friend of mine….. not for me

I'm so sorry Dave. It's not you, it's me. I used to love hanging out with your ex before he died so tragically young. Given that you're so similar I really thought this might work. I mean, I love the tunes. And the guitar is my favourite instrument. But something about this gives me the ick. Hard to say why, but maybe it's the gnawing idea that you might be scraping your ex's stuff? Don't be sad. I'm sure we'll see each other occasionally. We have lots of friends in common. And we might even enjoy the odd moment together. But for now we need time apart.

Didn't really enjoy this one. 2/5

Not my genre, and very calm album, the best part is the first song which I recall as a banger.

Bad, even by other foo fighters music standards. Lots of grating noises and mediocre junk rock

90’s supergroup that’s less than the sum of its parts (Nirvana, Sunny Day Real Estate, and The Germs). LP starts well but trails off. A bit like their career as founder members were replaced by lesser players leaving Nirvana’s 4th best drummer mugging in the limelight. This is like all the great 80’s 90’s American bands - Pixies, Dinosaur Jr, Hüsker Dü, Mudhoney and many more with the rough edges shaved off, unfortunately they also took away all the interesting bits.

I didn’t know this album, nor actually anything much about Foo Fighters music except a vague impression based on who they were (ie Dave Grohl’s band). It was more poppy than I’d expected. I don’t know if that’s their typical sound. Unsurprisingly given the artist’s background in Nirvana there are strong flavours of grungy rock, but on the lighter side comparatively. A few times I was reminded of the Lemonheads who are at the poppier end of that genre. It’s a very American sound. It was fine but at this distance it felt quite generic.

Trots flera försök genom åren så har jag aldrig förstått storheten med Foo Fighters. Delvis har det att göra med att jag tycker att Dave är en både begränsad och karaktärslös sångare. Men framförallt handlar det om att det mesta jag har hört från dem känns som utfyllnadslåtar man tvingas ta sig igenom på andra halvan av vilket generiskt album som helst. Den här skivan var verkligen inget undantag. De är inte direkt dåliga, bara så poänglöst tråkiga och oinspirerande. Normalt sett har jag inga svårigheter att plocka ut ett eller ett par låtar på en skiva som jag tycker sticker ut, men här är alla låtar precis lika bra (läs: dåliga/tråkiga). Rent objektivt ska den här skivan nog ha en trea, men blir så irriterad på alla oförtjänta hyllningar av Foo Fighters att jag sätter en tvåa som hämnd.

I miss Kurt Cobain

Album Nr. 90 1. Es klingt alles gleich. 2. Ich habe schon bessere Rockmusik gehört.

Hmmmm regular

Not a big fan of the Foos. It is a fairly decent rock album

I once dated a girl who was beautiful, but had questionable taste in music. I asked her who her favorite band was and she responded "The Foo Fighters". Me: "The Foo Fighters? That's not even Dave Grohl's favorite band that he's BEEN IN." The relationship didn't last a whole lot longer than that.

Ihan kelpo rokkilevy mutta ei nyt mikään megaklassikko. Kauheesti ei jäänyt käteen muuta kun kannen grafiikka. 2/5

It was ok. Inoffensive 90s rock.

as Nirvana were entering their final years, Kurt was getting progressively more interested in breaking conventions. he made an album with William S Burroughs. he got Steve Albini involved with In Utero. then he took his own life. and the rest of the band live on wandering aimlessly. i don't like the great man theory of history, and i don't like it when it's applied to art. but Grohl is no Cobain. remember when he was caught cheating on his wife and everyone went apeshit? kind of funny in hindsight. deserves to be one of the 1001? i truthfully could not give less of a shit about the Foo Fighters. even The Colour and the Shape would be a hard sell to me.

Couple of good tracks at the start then becomes rather boring

I’ve always said they are a greatest hits band for me and this debut does no more to make me think otherwise. Big is a great tune and there are some other interesting tunes but just stick on the greatest hits and enjoy, as it doesn’t get better the deeper you go ! ⭐️⭐️

Mucho ruido, poco sonido. Encima estoy resfriada y si habitualmente me molesta que me taladren la cabeza con una batería innecesariamente alta, estos días más todavía (no, no me gusta el hard rock). "Fingernails are pretty, fingernails are good" ¿? Seguramente influye que no es buen momento para escucharlo (por lo del dolor de cabeza y tal), pero aún así me ha parecido muuuuuy genérico y que yo he oído cosas mejores de estos señores ¿creo? (Igual lo volveré a escuchar cuando esté mejor, por si acaso me estoy perdiendo algo, no me cancelen)

Riffs crudos, baterías potentes y melodías pegajosas en un álbum que no es precisamente mi taza de té. Al igual que con Nirvana (salvando las distancias en lo que a Dave Grohl respecta), el rock alternativo de los 90 no es mi favorito, por muy enérgico que suene. La primera mitad tiene mucha garra en el plano sonoro, pero en el aspecto lírico deja mucho que desear. Me pareció excesivamente poco sustancioso, lo que termina derivando, en mi humilde opinión, en una amalgama de ruidos trabajados sin un especial trasfondo narrativo que les acompañe. Por ser el debut no diré más cosas mejorables. Imagino que tienen álbumes más currados. Favs: I'll Stick Around y ya, no es el tipo de música que agregaría a una playlist :_

Ugh. Another album of that 90s "overbearing drums and loud, muddy guitars for the sake of being loud" thing. I hated it then, and I still hate it now. While there are a few passable tracks I might consider adding to a larger playlist, as a complete experience, this pretty much sucks. Look, I can give Dave credit for proving he had more talent than being just a drummer, but this album suffers from the same problem 'Nevermind' and 'In Utero' had: there's just too little substance for the amount of crap one needs to wade through to get at it.

Didn't feel much from this album. Just felt like regular rock.

Tja wat moet ik zeggen, ik heb een broertje dood aan het genre post-grunge, en toen Dave Grohl de scepter ging zwaaien met Foo Fighters werd deze verwerpelijke muziekcultuur onbewust geboren uit de assen van Nirvana. Maar dit prille begin is echt nog ver verwijderd van Nickelback, gelukkig. Op 'Big Me' (nostalgisch) en de shoegazy afsluiter na deed heb me helemaal niks, maar achteraf verdiende dit album het ook weer niet om bron te zijn van een hoop ellende. 6/10 Highlights: Big Me Exhausted

I didn’t realize how much early Foo Fighters sound like a cross between The Beatles and Nirvana

boo foo two

i have never really knowingly listened to the Foo Fighters before and now I know why. They kind of sound like the royalty free version of other bands playing this style of music

felt more like eating than listening to music Fav song: Exhausted (and I was)

I don’t know what it is about the Foo Fighters that just doesn’t hit like other bands doo. It’s like there’s something missing but I can’t put my finger on it. The music isn’t bad, I just can’t get into it.

I do like the Foo Fighters, this album sounded like they hadn't quite broken the mold, but they had their own sound. I'm glad that they continued recording from there, but this was a good start.

Boy album

It has some hoooks and moments but overall a bit to rough round the edges, not sounding finished

**An ok album, some tracks easy listening, some are not!

Well... at least I know they get good later.

I didn't realize that the Foo Fighters started as a one-man band, which I guess is a little impressive. I will, however, stand by my position that they are the dullest rock band to emerge in my adult lifetime. Making boring music is a hell of a way to process Kurt's death.

Boring album

Eclectic album, lot of different rock rhythms on here, some screaming others chill. Thought it was meh in all honesty. Can't think of a favorite track on this album, they were all alright.

Obviously I've listened to Foo Fighters quite a bit through the years but this is not for me, looks like I'm not a fan of early Foo fighters that sounds a bit like a boring version of nirvana

What an absolute yawn fest from the most boring guys in rock. I can't even be bothered to say much more, except to say that Dave Grohl gives me the biggest ick and I don't know why.

It’s not that bad, no highlights tho

A lot of these songs are kinda just loud background music. Like hold music, but with "edge".

Dee gees. Tristemente ya no ando en mi etapa de grunge, sino me hubiera fascinado. Aprovecho está review para decir que Van Halen merecía una calificación más alta. Pensaba que se podían modificar las calificaciones después, y no xD

super different from how i think of them. not my fav

Meh.

Didn't like it then, don't like it now. Never got the hype

Нирвана дома: Не только я не фанат мтв кора ой простите Гранж рока B) так э и ещё он самый обыкновенный. Нирвана хотябы умудрялась оставаться кэтчи и с приколами, так сказать спайси, а тут просто пресный гранжрокиролл, с едва уловимой уникальностью. В одно ухо вошло с друого вышло.бб. 5/10 Highlights: Ода.. как там эту песню.. эм Smells like teen spirit. Во

I guess it's inevitable that this would sound like Nirvana. The claim is that most of the songs were written before or during Grohl's time in that band. I don't see any reason why that's not true, but they were definitely influenced by Nirvana at least to my ears. It certainly didn't make me a Foo Fighters fan and I don't get the appeal, really.

i feel like every review i give begins with this family member introduced me to xyz but. my mum adored the foo fighters, they were on constantly in the early 2000s in our home. this album was Not part of the rotation and i'm a little glad it wasn't? maybe it's because i didn't grab the remastered version or something but the opening song felt very flat for me and it just continued. liked: big me, and that's about it.

two good songs and a lot of boring ones

First time listening to Foo Fighters. I respect their music, but it’s not for me.

Not a favorite. Lots of yelling. However, Weenie Beenie was a good listen while trail running. Felt like a drill sergeant was keeping me motivated:)

Some people really like foo fighters. I am not one of them. Knockoff Christian sounding nirvana

This is just Loud noise.

Foo fan.

Stable debut from post-nirvana Grohl, historically and culturally significant but not much replay value. Favorite track: I'll Stick Around

Surprisingly garage yet sounds like muzak

Definitivamente é Foo Fighters e definitivamente é antigo rs

The most Foo Fighters Foo Fighters album that ever Foo Fightersed. The Colour and the Shape is better

i admittedly never listened to the foo fights much at all, and am only familiar with their popular work. edit: they're good! just not for me. or at least now. maybe didn't give them what they deserved and actively listen.

Meh, Big me is good all others are ok

Fine, very experimental.

I can tell this is a good album by a good band but I just find them annoying. At least the voice is less gravelly and dumb than in their later releases. They're quite prone to writing a good song then being like what if we made loads of irritating noises now lol They just say stuff Why are you just putting static in my ears for no reason. Fuck off.

I can appreciate that this is one person, but as Dave Grohl said himself with this record he was “just f-ing around”. It feels weird to call this a foo fighters album and I just couldn’t get into any of the songs here. If I had to pick my favorite tracks here are “Big Me” and “Floaty”.

It’s alright

Too noisy for me.

I think myself to be a Foo Fighters fan but, this is my first time hearing their debut album. There's a clear and strong presence of Nirvana coursing through this album and that takes it down a few notches for me. I've learned that I'm just not a fan of garage grunge; the singing into a tin can, lyrics that go nowhere (if you can understand any of them), and just thrashing turn me off. I want to like them and I want to hear more, so hopefully that'll happen. Favorite song: I'll Stick Around

I didn't really like Foo Fighters when I first heard them in high school. Almost every song I heard sounded the same as the other ones. In the back of my mind I thought I at least liked Big Me. Listening to this album more than 20 years later I feel the same and don't even like Big Me that much. The story of how Dave Grohl created this album is cool though.

the sound isn't terribly unique, nor memorable

Foo Fighters is an okay alt-rock/grunge album, and as such, entirely forgettable. It delivers exactly what you’d expect from its era and genre, but nothing more. The songs are very samey. There's nothing to be surprised by, or excited about, it's just ok. Maybe growing up on alternative rock desensitized me to it. When a band brings nothing spectacular, it’s like listening to nature sounds - just swap birds and rain for distorted guitars and gravelly male vocals. Foo Fighters is the quintessential example of that effect.

So Foo King Boring, Boring name, boring band, yawn... Insert last line here.

Mijn favoriet: Big Me Het liedjes Big Me heeft opeens een veel rustiger tempo en geluid ten opzichte van de eerste twee en geeft een soort van rust. Weenie Beenie was gewoon bijna alleen maar distorted schreeuwen. Veel liedjes lijken best veel op elkaar, waardoor het lijkt alsof je een lang liedje aan het luisteren bent. Niet helemaal mijn album

It’s fine

This is a decent generic US rock album from the mid-90s. It sounds exactly like you'd expect. I had heard maybe three songs before and the rest of the tracks were unsurprising. Does this mean it's a bad album? No. It's slightly too long but it's fine. Better than Soundgarden and not as good as Hole. If there was a way of giving a 2.5 - right in the middle of the ratings system - I would. It's just .. there.

You can tell this was Dave trying to write nirvana songs, hadn't really come into his own yet. Definitely the sound of someone finding their feet, not that I'm the biggest foo fighters fan ever but they for sure got better after this.

Disappointing and generic, doesn’t have the same emotional conveyance as some of the other songs I’ve heard from the foo fighters

This was really bland and somewhat grating.

Generic rock music

The dad rock album to end all dad rock albums.......... Have not heard this. Know a couple Foo Fighters songs. Not too excited, but not dismissive either. We shall see. This is a Call starts things off aggressive and noisy, as expected. Really like the drums! I like what I can understand of the lyrics. I like this. Next track sticks with the exact same sounds, but it isn't as exciting. It sounds angrier, which is something, but not better by any means. Big Me slows things down, which is a very welcome change of pace. Nice, but very short. Aaaaannnddd we're back to the noisy noisy "look how much noise my guitar can make". This is just notttt my thing. This album is very repetitive. Same drums, same guitar, same vocal delivery throughout. Just nothing that feels all that inspired. Not even halfway through, damn. Floaty at least changes the sound a bit, even if it's still in the same palette Yeah, these tracks are just going by without leaving any mark. Just waiting for it to end at this point. For All the Cows is great! My favourite since the first track. X-Static is the most interesting thing that's happened so far. Reminiscent of shoegaze. More songs like it would have been nice. Of course that change of course couldn't last long. Feel like I'm gonna go deaf from this. What an absolute waste of always worsening my hearing habilities. The closer's a bit interesting too, but not much is done here either. Each song in this album is indistinguishable from the next. There are no build-ups, no developments, every song starts and ends the same way. I don't know, maybe the genre is just really not for me, but this was yet another miss from the heavy rock crowd. But this is just noise for the sake of it. Nothing feels earned. I'm sure this album was important for the time, and I can understand its inclusion here, but this does absolutely nothing for me. There are no subtleties, virtually no developments. Just nothing of note. For me. Bye

2 stars I’ve known Foo Fighters for over 25 years but don’t think I’ve listened to a full album. While I was familiar with some songs on this, it’s mostly a blind spot. I can appreciate that this is an impressive recording by Dave Grohl alone. However, taking a step back and comparing with all albums, I don’t know that this fits with a must listen. It has some good tracks, some inoffensive but not memorable tracks, and forgettable things. There is no pull to return to it. Foo Fighters ended up making much better music from here, making this more of a historical document than something you have to experience.

Oh...

Pretty ok album, not amazing production, but fun to see the genesis of Foo Fighters

Ah man. I don't hate them by any stretch, but I've never been a big Foo Fighters person. I'm trying to give this album an honest go. But ultimately, most of this just isn't doing anything for me. At least it has Big Me on it, a song I do legitimately like.

I really like the Foo Fighters, but havent listened much to this album, which was their first. It is quite heavy, which is the reason it turned me away in the past. Still not the biggest fan though. Love their later work a lot more.

A record like this illustrates why Kurt Cobain was so important to the band Nirvana. Grunge didn't just mean simple and bastardizing the majority of the work of mainstream rock over the 70s and 80s, but a feeling of angst and frustration by a group of people growing up in a time that needed a release. This album shows that not everyone can capture that and why Cobain was such a loss to the world. They would go on to make some better tunes, but this is a collection of moslty slop. Generic, but loud and better than some. 3/10

Not a fan of the Grohl, cringe Dad rock

Not my favorite but I can appreciate the album a lot. Again, an album my Dad would love to hear that I listened to. Favorites are Alone + Easy Target, Good Grief, and X-Static

Very boring mostly

A couple good tracks, but overall not enough melody for me.

Non il mio genere 2

Not my cup of tea at all

I thought I had some sympathy for THE FOOIES despite their one note music being overplayed on every commercial rock station on every jobsite in australia, but it seems that the stuff i'd heard that was an enjoyable listen came from later albums. Never heard the debut album by this famous group of AIDS denialists and secret family havers but interesting to note that their sound hasn't evolved AT ALL in THIRTY YEARS.

I'm really not a fan of the extremely fuzzy and blown out recording quality of the album. I find that the songs all sound very similar in style and substance to me, both in lyrical content and in actual melodies and rhythm. I would prefer to listen to any Nirvana album over this ten times out of ten. I don't mean to disregard the value of this album to Dave, but it's certainly not for me.

Are you a commercial pop-orientated radio station that wants to occasionally play something "edgy"? Presenting the Foo Fighters. Whilst admiring Grohl's "fuck it, I'm just going to play everything", it's hard to believe this would have got any traction at all if it hadn't been Grohl. If I'd gone into the only bar in town in Nowheresville USA on a Friday night in 95 (a) I would have been underage and (b) had this been playing, I wouldn't have thought - these guys are gonna make it.

klimacik 7/10, znałam jedna piosenkę, dla mnie za dużo się tam dzieje więc na dłuższą metę męczy

Dave est un super mec, mais alors qu’est ce que cet album est chiant N’apporte rien de plus à ce qui existait déjà, un ersatz de nirvana

Rompish

The blandest band to ever be the world's biggest rock band. Maybe their least bland album. Still pretty bland though.

My least favourite of Dave Grohl's side project. +1 for low

Right off the cusp of Kurt murdering Dave Grohl and wearing his skin so that he could leave the spotlight of Nirvana to pursue other ventures. This is the other venture. You can hear the early forms of the Poo Attackers greatest hits that didn’t quite turn out to be a greatest hit. There were multiple times where a line delivery made me think Kurt was going to burst from the Grohl seams and start destroying a guitar in the sound booth. But he kept his cool and produced some really mediocre songs that I almost instantly forgot and then went home to cheat on his wife with someone half his age. 4/10

Not my thing

It is good alt-pop-rock with wide appeal, but a little to ho hum sounding for me with no hook. I don't think the vocals are super strong on this album either.

Starts strong with a lot of fondly remembered Foo Fighter songs, like This Is A Call, I'll Stick Around, and Big Me. Lots of repetitive phrasing. Alone + Easy Target and Good Grief are obnoxious listens. Good Grief is a generally good song but annoying way "Hate it" is repeated is very grating. Floaty is a step up from Good Grief, but isn't a song I'd come back to. It seems to be attempting a "floaty" vibe, which I enjoy in songs that execute it well, but this just sounds like the same song but less intense. Weenie Beenie starts pretty annoying. The vocals are intentionally made to be extremely grating. I think that can work but it doesn't seem like they've mastered song writing at this point in order to make that work. Oh, George sounds like a "Foo Fighters" song, but kind of a boring one. It lacks the energy of some of their more well-known classics. For All the Cows was a nice positive spot in a part of the album that's started to drag. Not good enough to warrant further listens, but I wouldn't be unhappy to hear it again. X-Static puts me to sleep. That being said, it could definitely find its way on a more lowkey, chill playlist with the more whispered vocals. I vibe with this. Wattershed is meh. Tries to be a high paced, heavy metal joint but it doesn't work. Exhausted is a quiet "exhausted" song. Honestly, a pretty good way to close off the album. Overall, after my initial listen, probably a 2-2.5 for me.

3/10…grunge / 90er rock

really boring

Huolellista, jopa kekseliästä rockia, jonka esteettiset ominaispiirteet (kevyen hämyilevät sointuvaihdokset ja rytmitajuton Biitti isolla B:llä) heikentävät lopullisen tuotoksen tehoa.

Not my favourite foo fighters album. A bit too grungy rock for me.

Ai tämä on näin puuduttava? Samanlaisia kappaleita pötkössä. Jotenkin ankeaakin soundeiltaan, joka selittynee sillä että Grohl taisi soittaa kaikki soittimet itse.

Big respect for Dave Grohl...the ultimate rock fan and its best advocate. This first album is a tour de force, as Grohl played all instruments, finding his own voice and sound. But I just do not really dig it. I prefer the man's work behind the drum kit.

This is so far from In Utero, a bit too cheesy to me. An ok follow-up to Nirvana with some really good songwriting. Foo Fighters (actually Grohl alone) have proved they could last 30 years and keep winning people over long after the grunge era faded away… and that’s already saying something. Seen them live back in the 90s and it was really boring, so I am not very enthusiastic.

Cool riffs in Weenie Beenie. Love the Foo Fighters & Dave Grohl but didn’t really love this album. Not much that stood out, seems like the same song rewritten for the most part.

Pretty straightforward album, without much surprises. This is as generic as it gets, pure radio rock. There is not much of interest on the album, the chord progressions are simple, the lyrical themes are fine, nothing new, there are no solos or fills of any kind. Only every now and again there is a semi interesting song, but they also tend to repeat the same ideas and the simple song structure throughout. The whole album was written and recorded by Grohl, which is impressive before you listen to the album, since it does genuinely sound like it was written by a single person. There are no interesting parts on any of the instruments, they just do the same thing throughout the song, there is no special musicianship skills which every individual artist which is a master of their instruments brings to the table. Having in mind, this is not the only "one man" album out there, and there are some great ones, some work from Price for one, so this is no excuse. Was between a 2 and a 3, some of the songs are not complete filler, and the fact that the whole album was performed by Grohl himself, weren't enough to pull me to a 3.

By halfway through I was bored as hell. All the songs are at a similar tempo and the vocals are sleepy. There are some good moments that sound very Nirvana-y, when the tempo picks up and the sounds get janglier. It’s a good reminder that Nirvana wasn’t all Kurt Cobain and that Dave Grohl has talent too. But this has aged into dad rock at this point.

Never was really into Foo Fighters and listening through this didn't sway me one way or another. I guess this was rougher around the edges than their latter music, but didn't really hit a nerve of any kind.

Nope

Meh

Interesting sort of footnote almost to the Foo Fighters experience as it continues today. On some tracks, ol' Dave seems to have found his voice and vibe, and others I find to be more generic '90's Rock' fodder. Very interesting that this made the list of must listens for me, as the Sophomore effort has all the big tracks.

Eh, it’s really not my thing. It is the epitome of that thing, though.

da fehlte noch so einiges

Dave solo - großartig!

The Good: We’ve got Dave Grohl The Bad: the Foo Fighters are a band, not a one-man piece of entertainment… The Ugly: you guessed it… another album named after the band, which in this case, isn’t a band… When this album came out, I did not really pay much attention to it, though I did enjoy the music video a lot! Just listening to the drumming on this album, it is so basic, and many of the songs just kind of exist to fill space. I really appreciate Dave Grohl, for all he did with Nirvana, the Foo Fighters, or just in general. This album, I could have skipped it, which makes me sad… I do hope that The Color and The Shape is included in this list, because that album is an easy 4* This one, hardly a 3*

Meh!

2.5

Sucked!

Me: Mom, can we have nirvana tonight? Mom: we have nirvana at home. Nirvana at home is this just this album.

não foi dessa vez foo fighters

mamae compra nirvana pra mim? nao filho ja temos nirvana em casa a porra do nirvana em casa:

None of the songs on this have cracked the top 10 of their songs on Spotify. I mean it is a fun debut but "This Is a Call" is maybe the only thing worth hearing on it.

Cool and admirable that Grohl recorded everything himself. Emotionally interesting that he used the recording to cope with Cobain’s suicide. You can hear echos of Nirvana’s grunge and the roots of Foo Fighters stadium rock. But really it’s a guy playing some demos. Echos and roots are cool but they’re not fleshed out in either direction.

Man, I never could get on board with the Foo Fighters thing. I’m trying to listen with open ears, but I remember hearing Marigold (the In Utero outtake) way back in the day and I kind of thought Grohl was just trying to cash in. (Everybody with any sense did and it felt like a shitty and very un-punk thing to do.) And then came this album. It’s very mid. I didn’t like Sunny Day Real Estate then and I don’t much care for them now and that’s half of the band. I don’t know. Maybe I was just jealous of the man’s success and (at the same time) too chickenshit to go out there and try to make a name for myself. It’s easy to criticize. I’ll say that I’m sure Grohl would have faced a lot of criticism and bullshit from people like me (falling into the trap of comparing him and his songwriting to Cobain’s) and it’s admirable that he kept putting himself out there despite all of that. But, without any of that baggage, I really don’t think this music is for me. The lyrics and the vocal stylings are uninteresting, the guitar work is mostly barre chords and they don’t have any real verve. The hooks don’t really get you. The harmonic structures don’t imply or reveal any melodic information that’s compelling at all. Big Me is okay, but it’s really just a basic 50’s 101 rock ballad with really lame guitar work. I don’t know if I’m going to be able to listen to this whole thing.

I saw the Foo Fighters last year at the Jazz Fest. We left after about 25 minutes, bored by their repetiveness. This disc is a good reminder of why.

.. uh

A tepid first album, far from the bangers they've had later on. It has its moments and starts off well, but becomes bland by the end.

I didnt know that big me was a foo fighters song so that’s something. I added it to my playlist which is the first time I’ve done that so far but also I think that was the only song I liked off of this album. Oh George was alright as well but the rest weren’t for me. Which is something I’ve been saying often in these notes I think. But I’m determined to keep listening because I think I will find something I’ll really like. At least this one was a bit more modern.

Sounds more like smth I would listen to. The guitar and drums are insanely cool

4/10

I can appreciate that Grohl did everything here, but this thing bled together into one big 90s rock soup. Gave me the snoozes. That said, I enjoyed "For All the Cows" a lot. It was distinguishable from the rest of the tracks.

Opening track is great, rest a bit mediocre for me…

This feels rather generic and unmemorable to me. I don't think it's bad, it just doesn't stand out from the rest of the crowd.

they have a few decent songs. none of them are on this album

Mehr foo fighters, leider auch mehr mid Sehr vergesslich

Rock isn't my genre, and this album did nothing to change my mind. None of these songs sounded nice. I heard some truly awful sounds in a few of them. In some of the songs, the music was too loud to hear the lyrics. It was just all over the place. To be honest, I was expecting more from the Foo Fighters. Unpleasant.

Didn’t love this and wasn’t the best road trip music! There were a few more melodic songs I enjoyed, such as Big Me, which I thought was the best song on the album.

Can we suss a good one soon please

Not bad but lacking real creativity in my opinion. Some songs, in particular “Floaty”, reminded me a lot of Weezer’s blue album, which was released the year before and is far better. Best track: Floaty

I have listened to the Foo Fighters before, but not this album. Listening conditions: Driving to work for the first few songs. The rest gardening on a Saturday morning. Ngl all the songs kinda just merged together for me. Very background drown out the thoughts vibe. This is the only review I have written fully after I finished listening to the album, and that made me realise how forgettable every song was. I’m a little surprised because I have some Foo fighters songs on my playlists. I wish I could give it a 2.5. Feeeling annoyed to this shit is getting a 2

Kurt died for this.

meh, a bit of a snooze

A super generic rock album where every single song sounds the same. Also the Foo Fighters best album.

not for me, not nirvana sounding enough :/

Funny that I get this album right after The Germs. Guess it’s Pat Smear week over here. I always loved that this album existed. It was the nirvana continuance that I needed. “I’ll Stick Around” is the lead track and Grohl definitely stuck around. I’ve always loved that track. In the end though, this has too much of the noisy rhythm guitar that classifies 90s butt rock for my taste. They switch it up a bit with “Big Me” and find their Nirvana groove with “Alone + Easy Target” but it isn’t enough for me to voluntarily spin it.

Ow my head

I love Nirvana, but this has much more of a noisy grunge vibe, which doesn’t resonate as much for me.

very mid

Listened once and didn't feel like listening again.

First listen. Not my kind.

Ugh

I quite like the big songs but have never really got the Foo Fighters. Listened to it 3 times and still did not spark a reaction. I like Dave G but can take or leave this.

The wet bread of rock music. I like to imagine Kurt killing himself again while listening to this. Occasionally there are some decent tunes though, deeply buried beneath Dave Grohl's very very mediocre vocals and zero personality. Also stupid-ass band name. Literally so average I can't even give it a 1⭐

I was not impressed with this album other than the backstory. I didn't really get into any of the songs, I found them a bit grating and unpolished (while fully recognizing the purpose and setup of this recording). I've never been a big fan of Foo Fighters, although I do really like Dave Grohl, so this did nothing to convince me further. "Weenie Beenie" is terrible, "Big Me" is good, the rest fall somewhere in between. 2.45 for smashing drums and high energy.

I'm a little surprised this album made the list as Foo Fighters has a lot of other work that far exceed the self-titled debut. I imagine nearly all of the consideration is due to the fact that Dave Grohl was able to throw this together on his own in a matter of about a week. It's an accomplishment no doubt, but I was surprised how basic and stripped down parts of this album are. Some of the tracks are little more than a demo tape with placeholder lyrics that never got fleshed out. The lone cool aspect is that you can clearly hear the groundwork laid for what Foo Fighters would grow into. Foo Fighters deservedly became one of the iconic rock bands of the 90's and beyond and have remained relevant for 25+ years. I don't dislike Foo Fighters debut album but I don't personally think it is a good representation of their work. Props to Dave Grohl for being able to rise from the ashes of the end of Nirvana and grow into the prototype for the modern rock star. I'm a big Foo Fighters fan but nearly all songs off this album get a skip from me when shuffling through their discography. 2.32 stars

Когда эта музыка звучит как Sebadoh - супэр. Когда эта музыка звучит как весь этот гранж 90-ых - она звучит как весь этот гранж 90-ых, и соответственно не совсем понятно, что в этом альбоме такого особенного. Лучшая песня - Exhausted.

Relativ langweilig, kein Lied positiv hervorgestochen. Teilweise sogar Lärmbelästigung - Good Grief.

2 stars for the importance and the impressiveness of Grohl writing and performing all parts. But the Foo Fighters have never really been my thing. Post Grunge just isn’t my favorite style.

Rock just isnt my thing

I was not familiar with this band. Most of the music falls in what I consider the loud and annoying to listen to music. I make an exception with the songs 'Big Me' and 'For All the Cows'.

Dit is dus zo'n band die super bekend en geliefd is en waar ik denk ik nog nooit een nummer van heb gehoord. Moddervette gitaren en dikke drumsolos, kan ik gelukkig best wel pruimen! Klinkt best wel decent dit zo! Merk nu al wel dat ik de rustigere nummers beter trek dan het scheurende gitaarwerk, hoe ik Pantera ooit best wel goed trok zal altijd een raadsel blijven. Weenie Beenie is echt een absoluut dieptepunt van dit album zeg, wat een herrie. En eigenlijk heb ik daarna niet het idee dat dit album op enig moment beter word. Dit is zulke standaard rock dat ik niet echt mn aandacht er bij kan houden. Ga niet liegen, ik had hier een stuk meer van verwacht dan wat ik nu hoor, dit vind ik nogal meh. FAVO: This is a call, Big Me

As the quintessential American dad rock band, the Foo Fighters are one of those artists who have a lot of material and only 2 good albums. This isn't one of those albums. I had to stop 4 songs in to see if *those* 2 albums were any good. Yup. Everlong and Monkey Wrench still rip. So what gives?

kinda boring NNN

I've never been a huge fan, but this just sounded very repetitive and boring to me. Appreciate that he did all the instruments and singing but they've just never really done it for me aside from a few songs.

Unimaginative and shallow

It’s an ok album.

My mom is obsessed with the Foo Fighters so I found it funny to realize that she hasn’t listened to this album at all and was only familiar with “This is a call”, I don’t feel like she’s really missing out though. Personally I only really liked “Big me” and “For the Cows” and while each song had parts that I liked, especially “Exhausted”, the parts of the songs that I didn’t like are overpowering, especially that guitar all throughout “Exhausted” which just kind of tortured my ears. The problem that I have with this album is that it feels too messy and could probably have benefited from some refinement and a less is more mindset, I also wouldn’t mind if they stopped hiding Grohl’s voice behind all of the instruments because at certain points he’s really hard to hear.

Doofer Rock. 1,6

Foo Fighters have never been my thing. There’s obvious talent and well crafted songs. But I’m just bored the entire time. 2.5/5

Watered down grunge. One dimentional and repetetive. I can't help but be mostly bored throughout this. The first half is so much stronger than the second half. Best song: This Is a Call Worst song: Watershed

Not my jam but I can appreciate their skills. 2

The drumming is the standout for me on this album. This Is a Call is such a kickass start to the record. Their most Nirvana-inspired record, which makes sense being their debut. I'll stick around reminds me of early Offspring. By the time you get to Good Grief this album starts to grate on me. A case of each song sounding the same. A good record to crank all the way up and drink some garage beers to. 6.9/10

Hard rock på en rockede måde, det bliver lidt for generisk

I just don’t get the appeal of foo fighters. It sounds so boring to me

Generischer Rock. Langweilig.

I hate to say it, but this album seems kinda generic now. I played it for my teenage son, thinking that he's really the right age for it, and his response was ehhh, it's all right. Damning with faint praise.

I don’t like goo foghets

Just no. Foo Fighters are your Gym teacher’s favourite band. The favourite band of your distant cousin who’s “really into his music”. Decked out in a plaid shirt and scraggly beard, the Foo Fighters fan is the kind of guy who memorises album sale statistics before the song lyrics. If you’re under the age of 36 and still listening to this band, god help you. Just tragic. Like a bread sandwich or a pint of air, Dave Grohl’s songwriting has always just struck me as the most offensively inoffensive tosh you could possibly listen to. And from a guy who is a genuine music fan with some serious trauma in the business, his lack of insight is unpardonable. Ironically, I think this Foo Fighters record almost belongs on this list, since while the band has since become a soulless corporate behemoth churning out throwaway stadium anthems, on this record they actually sound like a band. And the irony, of course, is that this is the only record they recorded where they weren’t actually a band. Grohl is in complete control here and, shock horror, it isn’t terrible. In fact, if you told me “Good Grief” was a lost cut from Guided by Voices I would have completely believed it. The trouble is that for every decent song, there are about three or four which just clog up your sound waves. A microcosm of Foo Fighters’ career, if you throw enough shit at the mixing desk something is bound to stick - but don’t shove it down our throats and pretend we like the taste of said shit. On the whole, not good (but about half as bad as I expected, which is good). Got it?

Not a massive fan 4/10

Not their best. Gotta start somewhere though. Seeing it live is better than this production.

I remember this record as the very end of MTV. Musically it's not all that though.

Keine große Weiterentwicklung gegenüber Nirvana.

Alright enough. Don't care to listen to again.

Foo Fighters? More like, the uh, Poo Fighters! Dave Grohl's "confession" gave me yet another reason to dislike the band. I'm not big on Nirvana (the "parent" band) to begin with, and Foo Fighters is even more loud and substanceless.

If rock music was a roasted pig, the foo fighters would be a thinly sliced ham from a packet. It's so vanilla, its so bland. It needs salt, it needs flavour, it needs something

If you wanted a 1995 grunge sound, this is exactly that. Kinda weird to get this album only a day after Dave Grohl came out that he had a child out of wedlock. It wasn't bad but nothing stood out as amazing. I probably will not revisit this album.

Over rated, how did they get as popular from that debut album

I honestly thought it was boring, especially by Foo Fighters standards. A couple of good licks but nothing stuck out to me.

If it wasn't for the fact that Dave Grohl was in Nirvana, this album would rightly go completely unnoticed. It's not bad, it's just mediocre.

holy heck. miten tämä bändi joka soitti 20 vuotta vanhaa poppipunkki musiikkia 90 luvun lopulla on yksi maailman tunnetuimmista ja kuunnelluista musiikkibändiryhmistä? 3.55 mun pippeli.. mun pilis on niiin VITUSTI iilimatoi............ tylsää kakkelia kakkihätä......kakkihätä..... PYYHKIMÄÄN!!!!!!!!.... PYYYHKIMÄÄÄN!!!!!!!! food fighters.. fat dave grohl! bulk fighters.... noh emt ehkä parantuu tämä bändi mutta en kuuntele haha pakko tulla vastaan täällä heh.... ai ei tule heh ok...... exhausted

peepee doodoo fighters. unserious and dave grohl cheated on his wife !

Every song sounds exactly the same: mid

I don't think I had ever heard any of these FF songs except big me. You can tell the ingredients for FF are in here, but this is not them at their prime. 2* Highlights: big me

dont like it

Not for me 2/5

"buzzy" rock, nothing grabbed me too much

There are better Foo Fighters albums.

🎧This does basically nothing for me, except for Big Me which is actually an excellent song

I'm a huuuge FF fan but a despite that album

this album is meh. I want to like the Foo Fighters, but they don't do much for me outside a handful of songs, none of which are on this album.

They got better later at least

Not my jam.

Nothing that I’d care to revisit—though polished, it just sounds unexceptional.

Never been into Foo Fighters and this didn't convince me I've been missing out. Nothing wrong with the album it was just incredibly generic.

Every song sounds so washed out, thid is a call gets interesting towards the end but goes nowhere with it and then the song ends. Nothing on the album sounds as hard, sharp or punchy as it should. Instead of a hearty stew of hard it is the auditory equivalent of dirty dishwater. Weenie Beenie is definitely the best track by a mile as it doesn't sound like milquetoast watered down hard rock and actually has a little edge and punch. Cool album cover though. An album from an artist at a time it couldn't fail. The fact that this is even remotely compared to anything Nirvana put out is a joke. Listen to Milk by Nirvana and then anything off this album and tell me it's even remotely comparable. Mid production at best. Didn't help that after this album finished a them crooked vulture track came on and immediately shat on everything in this album. Fav tracks - Good Grief, Floaty, Weenie Beanie, Watershed, Exhausted Least Fav - This is a Call, I'll Stick Around, Big Me, Alone + Easy Target, Oh George, For All The Cows

Very good debut album by a great band.

Quite mid. Weak songs/songwriting. Gotta start somewhere 🤷

Really not my jam, as I think the young people would have it. Didn’t hate it mind, just felt a bit “yeah whatever” about the experience.

These fellows are undeniably skilled, and something from them absolutely deserves to be on a list like this because they have been as present and impactful on the music scene as anyone can be. But why this album? It didn't have anything close to what I'd call their best. I've appreciated their skill for many years, and Dave seems to be one of the nicest, coolest guys on the planet, but unfortunately I've rarely enjoyed their music. This album didn't change that. I'd LIKE to like it, but I felt nothing but a sigh of relief once the album finally ended. For All the Cows had some fun charm during the verses, but it lost my interest during the chorus. I'm glad this project encouraged me to give it a spin. Perhaps one day my ears, my brain, will shift and open anew to their work.

Sucks

★★½

This was one of the first CDs I ever bought, and I was desperate to like it. It was the guy from Nirvana so it had to be good. And the music video was so goofy and fun. But that's all it was in the end, a novelty act with good pedigree but not much in terms of musical ideas or memorable songs. I wasn't mad, just disappointed. Nowhere near as good as the other mid 90s alt rock radio staples, but they somehow outlasted them all became one of the longest running most beloved bands of the last 30 years, which I'll never understand, they're so boring and generic. A band for people who've heard of rock music and like the idea of it. An album for big fans of room temperature water. Even saying that, I'd put The Color and the Shape on the list because there are some much stronger songs on that, but this album is just factory settings post-Grunge. Every mildly good moment on this album sounds just like something Weezer or Smashing Pumpkins or Stone Temple Pilots or Bush or whatever other band from the time did way better. Favorites: Floaty, exhausted, this is a call

This was fun but I found it to be highly irrelevant. Forgot I was listening to it most of the time. Most boring rock I've heard

Like Foo Fighters, but not this album

Good musicianship from an absolute legend. Poor songwriting/production prevents this record from being any masterpiece. 2 stars.

Meh. Don’t care for it

Meh

Samey

Das hat man tausend mal schon woanders gehört. Aber deshalb ist es nicht schlecht.