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Elite.
Eu odeio Foo Fighters. Sempre achei o som deles muito básico, aquele básico irritante, sem cor, sem vida; música de pai divorciado, sem sal nenhum: o post-grunge em sua mais pura forma, a dominação capitalista sobre a música. Mesmo com esse ódio imenso por essa banda e tudo que ela representa, eu surpreendentemente curti o álbum. Não tá nem perto de ser um ótimo álbum, mas não é tão ruim e morto quanto eu achei que seria. Deve ser porque é de 1995, um pouco antes do BOOM do post-grunge, o Dave Grohl ainda tinha um pouco daquele espírito sujo, rebelde e energético do grunge.
Love you Dave but this is average. Not FF’s best. 3
I hate his boring droney voice. The boring guitars and the drums thrashing away. Classic example Xstatic. Boring x one million. This album confirms my dislike for this band. Last song sums it up Exhausted
I enjoyed reading about the album more than I enjoyed listening to it. It's surprising that this is their second highest commercial success, given that none of the songs from this collection are considered their main hits. I appreciated how Grohl transitioned into Foo Fighters mode post-Nirvana, but I certainly wouldn't think this among his best work. It was still ok though.
bello, sarebbe un 3.5
This is mid 90s nostalgia so the way. I enjoy the second album more, but this brought back some 15 year old vibes. Love the first three songs on this one. 7.5/10 Top song... Big me
It really does sound like a demo now listening to it. Just a high production demo. Some interesting bits and ideas on here. But a bit all over the place.
Just about the only Foos album I can still enjoy as an adult. Still kind of sounds like Nirvana 0.0%
🔫🥁🎸🎤🤘🏻
A favourite, but probably not a 5
ETA: upgrading from a 3 to a 4 after another listen
some pretty solid pop rock writing (vocal harmonies in particular) irretrievably buried under an avalanche of guitar fuzz.
Honestly the Foo Fighters hype has never made sense to me, I liked some of their songs as a kid, but growing up all their stuff kinda sounds the same. But my friend was really excited that this popped up in the generator, so I was hoping that it would change my mind about them. Unfortunately, I can't say that it did, it sounds like everything else I've heard from them. There's a couple really good songs on here, but basically everything else on the album sounds like it's a demo of the good songs. It's just not interesting to listen to, I don't get why people love them so much. Favorites: Big Me, Weenie Beenie, Exhausted
You can clearly hear the influence of Nirvana in some of the tracks. The album is okay, but not good enough that I feel I absolutely have to listen to it in its entirety again. 3/5
gut
Really really liked this one! And the fact everything on it is just Dave Ghrol is pretty impressive.
Tight shit. Foo fighters fans seem to poo poo it ,but actual rock fans know that after this everlong and some of the rest of colour shape shits it was all downhill to a generic valley. This however goes hard, makes little sense.
Weirdly, I like the slower tempo parts. The sheet of guitar noise is not my favorite. There's a sameness to the sound.
Hello friends. I hope you're having a wonderful day. Let's be honest, you and I both knew what the reviews would be like before we even arrived. So, I've bought 3 Foo Fighters albums and the experience is the same: listen a few times, then never again. The good songs are really good, the rest; meh. Except for this one. This one is good. Ignore the haters on this one.
Never listened. Expectations: Mid - Verdict: Very Good - This Is A Call sounds exactly the way I expected this album to sound. I don't mind the Foos but I don't particularly like them either. It's a fairly strong opener and I'll Stick Around is also good. A few of the tracks are then a bit bland but I enjoy Good Grief and Floaty is really good. Weenie Beenie is another very fun track and X-Static is great. Exhausted is a good closer. I was really surprised at how much I enjoyed this and will definitely give it another listen soon.
I have tried to get into the Foo Fighters multiple times over the years. I think he’s obviously a crazy talented musician, but outside a few singles. I can’t seem to enjoy it.
Was familiar with the singles, less so with the album as a whole. Some tracks I’d come back to, others maybe less so.
Yep that’s the foo fighters alright…nothing to really rave on about here
It was fine, you can definitely tell Dave just left Nirvana. Not upset that I listened to it, but I probably wouldn't choose to just sit down and listen to it again.
Listening to the Foo Fighters debut is sort of like seeing an old picture of your dad in the sense you realise they weren’t always sell outs. Except your dad sold out to put food on the table and the Foo Fighters sold out to make rock music for children. Nothing wrong with that mind, children need rock music too.
Generic pop rock, I know. But for their association with other bands, the Foos may have been relegated to a footnote despite their longevity. But they are fun. The videos alone for this album were epic. They are an amazing live act. Musically, not the most interesting artist on the list, but all the intangibles give them an easy star, star-and-a-half.
A bit boring
Thought the album was great when I first heard it in the 90's. The songs are still strong, just the sound is a bit too raw for me, some of the later stuff seemed to be over-compressed as well. Mix is a bit hit and miss as well.
Really solid but not quite enough for a 5.
A decent album but no song really excites me much. 3 stars or C+.
More dad music. Its a good hard rock album, but never becomes great. Dave Grohl is a great musician but he doesn't really have the "sauce" that Nirvana did. I don't dislike any of the songs on here so it gets a 4.
Average
I'm not sure this album started as well as I remembered, but it fell to the ground like the balloons in "This Is a Call." Obviously a terrific origin story, but questionable on the merits.
Apparently this was admittedly just a collection of notes, never meant to be an actual album which is quite apparent. Not sure why this is included on this list other than being the bridge that transitioned from Nirvana to the Foo Fighters. Considered giving this album 3-stars due to the backstory, but overall the music is just not that good.
Decent first album. Seems slower or more indie than their modern stuff.
not terrible - not great. pretty inoffensive album overall with some good parts like floaty and x static
Favorite Track: This is a Call
Classic and inspiring revelation of Dave Grohl’s expansive musical talents.
Favorite track(s): If this is who we got fighting foo, I say just leave the foo be.
there are probably more critically acclaimed ff albums but this is the one for me
Hej, Detta album var ändå rätt najs. Jag ger det 7/10!
3.5 stars
The Foo is one thing gen X can hold up high.
Never been a big foo fighters fan. This didn't change that. They are alright. I don't dislike listening but I would never want to listen to them
Really good album loved it when it came out now I feelnits not as great as I remembered. Still better than most at the time of release
Melodic, flat, no stadium anthems, 2 stars
Decent
Impressive that Dave Grohl did this whole album pretty much by himself. Great debut for one of the most enduring bands of the era.
Better than I expected but too long
I remember listening to the Foo Fighters back in the day. This was a fun nostalgic album. It was a good representation of them.
Who does like a song about fingernails!!! Still solid
3 rocks ok not gonna think about it at bed time nice gun
Certainly nice listening but nothing world changing
I do like some FF stuff, not. Touch on Nirvana, though I do like Dave Grohl, he comes over as a top bloke
Inte Foo Fighters bästa men ändå riktig bra. Bättre än de skivor de släppt på slutet. Allt efter Wasting Light är lite sub-par. This is a call, I'll stick around och Big me är en stark start på skivan som tappar lite på slutet.
JL : 3, Floaty
Bon album rock. Une bonne énergie.
Ok. Fine. Yeah.
estoy entre 3 y 4 creo que es 3.9 me gusta como suena bien de la epoca
It’s crazy how consistent their sound was from the beginning, even when they were just one guy.
This is not a good album. It was boring, bland, and unimaginative. And I mean I love Foo Fighters, Dave Grohl is a great guy and musician but this album was anything but “it.” From beginning to end I was hoping that there would be some sort of special song that would blow me away but everything felt like the kind of music that would play on “Rock Hard, Hard Rock Radio” and you’d turn on for your friends who listen to the most white chicken and rice with no seasoning pop music and wanted to get “adventurous.” And that’s my problem, this is just average. Its a dime a dozen record that was the debut of one of the most well known drummers of all time. And it’s featured as one of the albums you have to listen to before you die. No thanks, the only thing I was fighting was my boredom as I listened to this album. 1.7/5 Favorite Track: Floating.
Nah man, this is fire. You're telling me Dave Grohl was able to build this in a cave? With a box of scraps? Seriously though. This is already a damn good album. Grunge, post-grunge, whatever you want to call it. But when you add to that that this is ENTIRELY one fucking dude? And that dude happens to be one of the most likable people on the planet? Nah. This is an easy five. 4 stars for the music, 1 star for sheer talent and respect.
Meh.
foo fighters rrrrrrrrraaahhh
This one's not too bad
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Another really bad album
Dull, tedious, derivative, repetitive
This was pretty poor. Extremely generic rock in every regard.
If one were to hear this album without any context, they could easily believe that this was an album of Nirvana B-sides. This album is one of the many that emerged at the apogee of the grunge wave and has all of the building blocks. It is a fine album, absolutely nothing wrong with it, but it is not enough to break away from the shadow of Kurt Cobain.
Post grunge just gets more and more irritating to me, and there were a LOT better 90s music acts going on than Dave Grohl.
ok yeah
I thought I wouldn't know much from their first album but I did! I didn't pay super close attention to what tracks were what on this one :/
Somehow remember a bunch of these songs...must have been a staple on KROQ, or Aunt Tina had the album or something.
what a steamroller of a a release. without bells and whistles but remarkabley with a lot of heart and drive. enjoyed it more than the newer stuff!
It’s really a bummer that the Foo Fighters eventually became generic boring corporate rock, because this album is great. There are shades of generic rock here, but songs like Alone + Easy Target, For All The Cows, and X-Static are what I wish there was more of in the Foo’s catalog.
I love the foos but I actually only have a few of their albums so I this one I only knew the singles, but ya the rest was great also. It’s cool that he did this all solo before there was actually a full band. More raw sound for sure. Some of the screamy isn’t for me as much but I’ll let it slide.
Used to be a massive foo fighters fan, have seen them live twice yet was in a way surprised to see this album make the list as I believe The Colour and The Shape is much superior, with this album pretty much being put together by a one-man band in Dave Grohl. First half of the album is strong and the closer Exhausted is a very underrated song in the FFs catalogue. Having said that there is a fair bit of material in the second half of the album that I find inferior to what the Foos would put out 2 years later. I’ll Stick Around and This is A Call remain great tracks but this album is lacking a truly massive single that the band would consistently churn out at least one of with every album following this for 20 years. Overall a decent listen and an album pretty reflective of the mid-90s alt rock era that was coming out of grunge’s peak, nothing game changing.
Not their best album by a long shot. To all intents and purposes, this is an album of demos and you can tell by the recording and production quality. That said, there are gems of songs in here and I love how Dave Grohl just went ahead and made an album because he wanted to. I'm not a huge FF fan but I hate when they are dismissed as a safe stadium rock band. They have some great singles in their albums and I've seen them live a couple of times - always a good gig! 3/5
Uncontroversial: foo fighters are better than Nirvana. This albums alright, but not their best.
The Colour and The Shape really should have been the Foo Fighters album on the list. This one is basically a Dave Grohl solo album. It's good, but not great. The best tracks are the alt rock tracks with a little grunge guitar. The more grunge tracks just sound like Nirvana song, but they are missing a lot. 3.5
And once again, The List chooses their debut over their best album. Which is, their second album, The Colour & The Shape. This would be considered a Grohl Solo album since he did everything on the record & recruited the rest of the Foos later. I used to think that Dave cribbed from Kurt's songbook on this but then I heard Marigold. The song he wrote & sang with Nirvana. It's par for the course for the Foo Fighters. Highlights: This is A Call Big Me I'll Stick Around And my personal favorite: For All the Cows I have this album on cassette. Note the present tense. Not had, have. So I'm a lil bias. 5
This is just a classic and fun album.
Not a fan of this or the Foo Fighters in general I hate how their fans make out they're the greatest band of all time, and it was just generic dad rock. And thats generous to even call it rock tbh 2 ⭐️
No problem listening to all the songs.
favorite track: good grief least favorite track: x-static three track run: alone + easy target, good grief, floaty
It's probably a 3.5 star album for me, but I'll leave it at three stars for this rating. This album and the follow up (The Colour And the Shape) are my favorite Foo Fighters albums. Nothing crazy or genre defining here, just a decent rock and roll album.
I didn't really listen to the FFs when this album came out (and still don't really) and all I can really say about this album is that is sounds like what I would expect a FFs album to sound like......not good not bad -- although this album didn't have any truly catchy songs like their later ones...
Damn, what happened to these guys? Great record.
A much less interesting album than I remember. A handful of solid tunes, but mostly so-so power pop. Still, much better than the turgid shite that was to follow from FF.
Classic mid 90s feel. Brings back some memories.
The eponymous Foo Fighters album is pretty good, but I'm really surprised that The Color and the Shape or Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace didn't make it on here instead as those are better albums in my opinion.
👍 4/5 ⭐️ 242/1089
This one is okay
I will never understand how these guys became popular. They're the cool band for people who don't really know rock & roll. Every song sounds the same, slow start, decent intro, digressing into a scream-fest by the end. You know I'm right. So generic and just don't get them. Every album has one cool song, the rest is filler, but I can count on three fingers the songs I wouldn't change the radio dial for. This is their definitive album and man did it get a lot of airplay then and even today. "This Is The Call", "Big Me" & "I'll Stick Around" are the big three radio hits. Even in 1995 when I was neck deep in music, I never listened to this full album, the singles never intrigued me enough to do so. Not bad for a drummer who never sang a lick in his previous gigantic legendary band. No one saw this one coming. Grohl's bombastics propelled Nirvana to great heights and people missed that sound, it's obvious why they got the traction and fame they got. But honestly, they can't hold Nirvana's jock - the songs aren't as good, the tightness isn't there, the production isn't on par, the hooks are missing & the vocals are average. I know I shouldn't compare but it's hard not to, they're just so average. After those three tracks it's a load of filler songs that all sound the same to me. God bless them for rolling out the same album year after year and still getting people to buy it and come see them. I always felt Nirvana's songs were dark but lively and had a punch, these songs are just dull and dark outside of "Big Me". I won't beat this to death, not a fan, but I HUGELY respect what they've accomplished the last 30 years and I think Grohl is one cool dude. I've seen 300 big name bands in my day, but skipped Foo every chance I had, even though I like to collect concert scalps. 3 stars.
Quand même vrm cool
The good songs are prety good, the bad song are prety bad. Its a bit bland but I liked it. 3.5/5
floaty é tipo beeem boa. O álbum todo é, mas o que esperar de um dos inventores do grunge. Esse é provavelmente o melhor (e mais grunge, talvez até bem punk) álbum deles. Gosto muito de dirty water e dá pra ver muito desse álbum na música, que veio anos depois em concrete and gold. Lembra muito o início de Nirvana, não sei se só pra mim, pelos sons rasgados, a gritaria, a influência do punk, a guitarra estouradassa (pra um grunge). Enfim, muito bom
Pretty good debut album coming out of the ashes of Nirvana. Side A has all the hits and Side B does not. I think I got this album from Columbia House as a 12 CDs for a penny deal and then successfully as a teenager submitted the postcards faithfully to not get any more unwanted cds, a major accomplishments in the 90s and a thing that is absolutely foreign to the youths of today.
Not my kind of noise
You could hear that Dave played in Nirvana before. I liked a few songs, but I could really find something great besides "Hero"
This rocked. A few of the heavier songs are too grungy for me, which holds it back from five stars, but it was close!
This isn't an album filled with good songs. Hell, it's not even filled with OK songs. It's still a three because of what comes after, but this is pretty weak.
classic but not my favorite Foo collection, he is a passionate writer and it comes through!
Foo Fighters Pre-listening: I got really into Foo Fighters when they were really hitting their stride (1998-2005). But fell off as a fan in the 2010s in search of new styles of rock, but man what a time that was…The iconic Learn To Fly video. The phenomenon that still exist with Everlong. The power of All My Life and The Best of You. All from the creative mind of David Grohl. I had listened to this albums lesser known tracks without truly listening to it, but will be curious how it sounds when I seek it out and dive in. Best: I’ll Stick Around. “I DON’T OWE YOU ANYTHING!” The big middle finger to Courtney Love resonates with me each and every time I remember that Cobain is no longer with us. Thank you, David. Runner-Up: Floaty. A very repetitive and vague song that leaves the mind to wonder while having a catchy but driving sound to seek an unknown answer. Third: Exhausted. After the fast pace with 9 of the 11 previous songs, it’s easy to feel exhausted by the final send-off to the album and the sound of it really captures it. With lots of reasons to feel exhausted, it’s a perfect way to make the fans know it’s time to hit stop on the cd changer and come back to the album when you’re rejuvenated. Honorable Mention: Big Me. Any ironically upbeat song about letting a loved one go and the most easy song to throw in a late 90s movie soundtrack for transition shots has to at least be mentioned. Being the Nirvana freak I became in my teen years, you can hear the transition from the sound of Nirvana come through in this album as if trying to recreate yourself and break your old habits along the way but it’s recorded. Given that it was 95, you can tell Grohl is trying to move on from Nirvana’s tragic end while not forgetting his loyalty to the band. It feels like what would have been Nirvana’s 4th album had Cobain been alive. It did and didn’t surprise me to find that Grohl recorded all the instruments himself, wrote all the songs, produced the album, marketed it out, and then found musicians to make up the band after its success called for it. Haters will always say FFs are generic and lazy. I’ll just call them great and not let jealousy get the best of me. 9/10; 4/5 Stars.
Sounds a bit like Nirvana…
I definitely prefer this album to most Foo Fighters stuff. It’s pretty varied, Dave Grohl trying to figure out his sound post-Nirvana. I just wish he hadn’t settled on the shit they’ve been doing for 30 years now.
mid
Listening session: august 24th, while getting ready in the morning Listened to before: no Thoughts: enjoyable album but definitely not the best I’ve heard of the Foo Fighters Favourite tracks: I’ll Stick Around & Exhausted
Kurt died for this
Eerste nummer is nice, de rest pakt me niet. Veel van hetzelfde. Niet zo'n sterk album als de rest.
Man here we have another band that I just haven’t ever been able to latch onto. FF’s debut sounds like a castrated version of Nirvana lacking the engine that made it go. I’ll admit if it’s anyone doing this other than David Grohl it probably gets more of a pass, but that still doesn’t make this any less generic and sloppy. And I know, this was originally just supposed to remain a demo tape, but damn don’t release it then. I can admire it for what it is though, it wasn’t a hard listen. It just blends in with all the other 90’s rock of its time. I’ll give it some more spins for sure and see if my thoughts change.
How do you diversify yourself from one of the most important and influential bands of all time, while also grieving the loss of your beloved friend and artist. You spend hours writing and performing everything. Dave Grohl just wrote, like you’re supposed to do just capture all his feelings and grief upon a page and blessed us with the debut of the Foo Fighters and it sounds polished and it tries everything it’s grunge it’s a bit new wave but it’s a learning of the soul how can Dave find himself out of Nirvana now try his own ideas and you hear the drums just going on a tear here which is so Foo Fighters and Dave. You hear so much homage and love for Kurt in this and the new stuff even sounds great. Foo Fighters now is just okay to me but this album may be a masterpiece in grief and human suffering in the wake of all the eyes on him dave did something incredible he sat and waited and left the legacy of nirvana something that was seemingly lost, hope. A hope of a new tomorrow despite being exhausted thinking of the same thing over and over. Dave hopefully has found peace since and I don’t think any Foo Fighters album can top the pure candid nature of this one.
I’ve heard weird things floating around about Dave Ghrol. I always liked Foo Fighters without feeling… strongly one way or the other about the project. By this time, my love for Nirvana was a late to the party acceptance and I had no issues with former band members making a new start. I actually watched a few interviews from the Nirvana period because of this project. He always comes off as sweet and humble in those days, very un Courtney Love. So idk. Drummers ARE good musicians with good ideas who can start their own bands. 4 Boolean: True
I’ve never been the biggest foo fighters fan. They’ve always sounded like radio rock to me. Rock music for the masses. Dave Grohl has also fallen in my estimation as of late.
Big early guitar/drum playing album for me. I think it’s probably my favourite foo’s album. There’s a lot of emotion, a lot of riffs, and a respect for someone just doing it on their own. 4/5 Best Song: For All The Cows
Its a well made album, and it's very cool that he plays everything but the music is quite pedestrian and at times boring
I feel like I remember this coming out when I was in the backseat of my parents car when I was little. Never listened all the way through. Great album. Reminds me a little of Ween?
meh. there are no songs that i love, the music "style" is kind of generic grunge rock. I like nirvana much better. i didnt really feel any feeling while listening to this album and to be honest, i was contemplating not finishing it. it made me restless.
Fun fact, I have never once intentionally listened to a foo fighters track by my own volition. Another fun fact, I have no idea why I never did. This stuff is BITCHIN ROCK.
I liked this more than I've expected which is always nice! I was afraid it's going to be grunge (which I don't like very much, except for Nirvana or Pearl Jam's first album). But it was way more rocky than grungy, with some genuinely catchy tunes.
I hate the Foo Fighters. Awful American rock nonsense. I was dreading this listen from the start today, and unfortunately, it did absolutely nothing to change my mind. There is genuinely nothing I like about this album. There’s no variety, no interesting harmonies, no storytelling and nothing musically that grabs me. It all just blends into the same generic sound and leaves absolutely no impression on me. I know the Foo Fighters are hugely popular, but I just don’t get it. This literally does nothing for me at all. I have absolutely no idea how this made it into the challenge.
3.5
3.5
Starts off pretty strong. I enjoyed it but it be nothing more than a 3 for now. It does seem to have more grit than later Foo Fighter releases. It’s pretty good and “Big Me” is one of the best singles they’ve done.
Thought i was going to like this more - high 3
mostly good, big me is butt
1995 post grunge, Grohl did everything, gibberish Big me X-static
нот бед, нот зет гуд ізер. прікольні поцики
boring and inoffensive
I'm as much of a Foo Fighters fan as their radio singles allow (which are very good), so it was interesting to listen to a non-Colour and Shape album. I never knew this album was a solo project by Dave Grohl which makes me respect the record a little more. Pretty sterile (what isn't compared to Nirvana), but there are some good songs in here and Dave plays around with a few different rock genres that make it pretty interesting at times. 3.25/5
It's just completely not for me. And that's okay.
A bland rock album to be honest, Big Me is a standout, but in general this album doesn't feel inspired. 1. Big Me 2. For All The Cows 3. Exhausted
Me gustan cuando no tienen distorsionador su guitarreo. Igualmente me caaaaansan
An interesting thought experiment with this is to imagine what my reaction would be if it was just an anonymous 90s band and not the Foo Fighters. I think it would still be forgettable, but maybe reactions would be less polarised.
These guys were a bridge between grunge and y2k radio rock. They weren’t the best at either style, but they did fill in the gap capably. For me, the second half of the album is better as they seem to loosen up a bit. Not bad.
Dave Grohl is certainly talented, but I found this album to be a little boring. Everything kind of meshed together. It was fine though.
favs: good grief oh, george x-static rating 1.3/5
Starts strong but sags a bit by the end. Wish the Foo Fighters choice here had been The Colour and the Shape.
Like it 3/5
(7.5) Nothing Special
RIP Taylor Hawkins
Dave Grohl’s group. I have heard some of their stuff. Most of the songs are grunge like. Nothing exceptional here. Nirvana influence strong. Lots of good guitar work here. Drums are good. They do use different styles but most songs are grunge like. I liked the quieter songs like Big Me. An average album. Three stars.
kind of better if you don't think about the band that came after it, but however you slice it, this is largely really average stuff. there's a fleetness to the best songs here - genuine power-pop gem Big Me, the Hum-biting Floaty - that Grohl would often have trouble recapturing elsewhere on the record, nevermind subsequent releases. it is still, though, the least-labored Foo Fighters record, and even the duller stuff has a looseness to it i find a little bit charming
Not bad, kinda surprised by the lack of sense in lyrics. Not 'it' for me either.
Grohl is a fan of Naked Raygun, which “Good Grief” reminded me of when I began to recognise a certain wobbliness to the wall of distortion. Most songs have a mix of undulating fuzz and guitar melodies that wriggle out of the subconscious to be sung out loud, the crunchy riffs playing the part of percussion. This is power pop with slabs of Hüsker Dü jet whoosh, and I like it far more than I expected. I read that these were rushed off as sketches, which may explain why they appeal to me tonight - there’s a rawness and velocity that I associate with all kinds of lost tracks I remember from late night John Peel radio shows in the mid-90s. I might prefer it to Nirvana.
Incredibly dull, 3rd-rate late-era REM b-sides sung by someone with a voice better suited to mime. I get Dave Grohl is a "great guy" but this music is terrible and their popularity is so perplexing. Most songs would be rejected by a high school garage band, if not even awful enough to be distinguished as a one star album. Go away.
Not bad just not my favorite sound
Nostalgic, energetic, just plain fun; everything you would want in a dad rock classic.
I never paid much attention to Foo Fighters. The radio songs were catchy but nothing out of the ordinary. I think they got a leg up based on Grohl
Prob should listen to this again
This isn’t a bad album by any means, but putting it on the list over The Colour and The Shape is a choice. “I’ll Stick Around,” “Big Me,” and “Good Grief” are the best songs on the album, but it’s all pretty good even though it fades a bit at the end. A good 90s rock album, but Foo Fighters have better.
I mean its good but nothing special, like a really decent rock album Exhausted is really amazing though
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5/10 This is very much a Foo Fighters album. Every song sounds like something they'd do, from guitars and drums to vocals and lyrics. Unfortunately, after a while it sounds a bit same-y. Nothing wrong with this album (and in fact there's a lot right) but I do find it dull and nothing special.
247. 3.5
Had grote verwachtingen van de nieuwe band van Dave Grohl na de dood van Cobain. Ik kocht dit debuutalbum meteen en was mega-excited. Na meerdere luisterbeurten was mijn teleurstelling enorm. Ik hoopte dat "Nirvana" uit de dood was herrezen. Helaas. Tot enkele jaren geleden heb ik de Foo Fighters geboycot. Zeker het feit dat de massa hen geweldig vond, was voor mij een reden te meer om hen de rug toe te keren. Enkele jaren geleden heb ik hen toch opnieuw een kans gegeven... en hun sound objectief herbeluisterd. Ik moet toegeven: ze zijn lekker.
1 extra sterre omdat ik jarenlang dacht dat ze saai waren.
If you don't like Dave Grohl, you won't like this, as it is almost 100% Grohl. I wasn't sure before this came out, maybe the world wasn't sure. We knew we liked Nirvana, but it was unclear how much of that was Dave and how much was Kurt. This album isn't perfect, but it won me over.
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it was middd, I lost interest like when there were 2 songs left. maybe because I was doing school work. but it was not that good, everything sounded the sameeee, idk just not my kind of music. my fav was prob Alone+Easy target
The most grunge and Nirvana influence of any of the Foo Fighters albums.
Starts off pretty great in the first half, but then it dies down significantly in the second half and really doesn’t recover until the last couple tracks. Will say though, for a debut album, it gets the job done, and introduces the world to the Foo Fighters in a pretty good way. Still, there are some better options from this same era, but still. Not a bad option! It’s a good album, very fun, but nothing mind blowing.
Amazing that such upbeat music emerged from such sadness. I liked this a lot. I added “Big Me” to my playlist.
Big Me is such a fun tune. Other songs like Weenie Beenie are too thrash metal for me. This album feels like Dave Grohl trying out different personalities for his band.
This is better than i remembered. I don't believe i had ever listened all the way through despite owning this on CD. I like Everlong more but this is the debut from an excellent band.
Dave's attempt to distance himself from Nirvana was a success with him doing the entirety of this album by himself... I really enjoyed this album when it came out and still do, but felt that the rest of the albums got progressively more stale/conforming (as most bands do). I give it 4 stars for all the cows
It's nice I guess. I prefer The Color and the Shape.
Good
Big me is nice but the rest of this doesn’t really stick out
De primeira eu achei meh. Mas com o tempo e principalmente na segunda ouvida eu dei mais valor. Por mais que não tenha nada muito wow viciei nessa aqui, mas algo sobre a sonoridade e o timbre/efeito da produção é bem nostálgico e satisfatório. Algumas são bem boas e meio shoegaze/deftones-like até. Destaque para: - X-Static - Exhausted - Big Me - Good Grief
+1 for x-static
A band that should not have been. To be honest, Everlong is their only song I think worth anything. Dave Grohl is talented to be sure, but the Foo Fighters have never been for me.
This is by no means perfect, but I love the atmosphere on this album
מושלם.
A good album, but later ones would be better in terms of songs and production. You can hear him pulling away from the sound of Nirvana, experimenting and reinventing, and on its best songs it’s superb.
A quite unremarkable record that might have had a place in 1995 but doesn’t merit replaying today.
Solid 4. Exhausted the clear standout but enjoyed most of this. Big Me and X-Static also very good
I love this album! It was consistently good from start to finish.
It still blows me away that Grohl played all of the instruments on this album.
É muito interessante ver as músicas que Dave preparou quando ainda estava inserido no Nirvana. Algumas canções ainda tem muita a cara da cena "Grunge", mas a maioria do álbum já dá pra notar a cara própria do Foo Fighters. TRIxHBB Kai.
My seventh grade anthem
Good, not great album. Personally think The Colour and the Shape is a better choice here.
7/10
Es un pepinazo de disco, aunque me ha sataurado un poco al final. Aguante fufaiters.
I always looked back on this album with fondness. Nostalgia blurred me. Besides the three opening singles, the rest is pretty run of the mill. 3.5/5
2nd listen to this this year and slightly preferred it, maybe it’s a grower but I won’t be listening again so I will never know.
not one for the top shelf, but a good listen.
Seeing everyone in the reviews shitting on FF and Grohl for being the most cookie-cutter radio-friendly alt-rock imaginable gives me joy, because I've never particularly cared for FF. This however is a solid lightly grunge-y rock album that still has a soul and doesn't sound anything like modern FF. I like it.
Kinda mid and doesn't give me too much to say except that the production is super muffled and that it should have been much better.
I learned today that this album was recorded in my hometown, so this review is certainly going to be a bit biased. As a PNWer who was born to love grunge, I'm bound to be a fan of a Dave Grohl project (not to mention the fact that this album is solely his). This was a fun listen as someone who's been a casual Foos fan and hasn't heard much of their earlier stuff. The drums are killer (as expected), and this is definitely a pivot from Dave's grunge roots toward something much more rock-centric, but one that's welcome in my book. 3.5/5 Favorite tracks: Good Grief, Floaty, X-Static
We got approximately 8 seconds of silence before anything started. Fun riffs in the intro song tho very funkayyy. The vocals sound kinda scuffed but still good. With the second song, "I'll stick around", the style is very reminscent of Nirvana with a far grungier sound. Brilliant chorus with some very fun guitar. Song 3 is short and very boring. Song 4 returns with that nirvana sound. Song 5 has a nice instrumental and decent vocals, ok riff but not that interesting. Floaty (song 6) gives heavy deftones vibes in terms of vocals. It has a very fun riff around the chorus but not that interested in the chorus itself. Song 7 has a great riff throughout the song and an interesting effect on the vocals that makes it sound like hes constantly screaming. Probably my favourite on the album so far. Song 8 sounds a lot more like modern foo fighters but is very boring. Song 9 has a nice leadup into the chorus but the song feels flavourless. Song 10 was boring. Song 11 is super punchy and raw. Has really good sound production, also sounds like a more modern foo fighters song. Final song has a melancholy, depressing grunge sound. Very outro-beat type outro song. Has some interesting noise-rock influences towards the end. Also sounds weirldy muse-like, but in a more upbeat way.
The start of the Foo Fighters. You can tell where it will be heading if you listen to it 30 years after its release, but at the time I could see this being something different and unfamiliar with people
Ok sound but not for me.
7.5/10
loser rock. gwn average rock slop.
goed rock album
5*
Lots of upbeat jams that would be at home on my workout playlist. Not sure I’d visit them outside that environment though.
Solid album but I have a feeling their come into their own in later entries.
Foi bem divertido, mas ter baterias que repetem por três músicas e três solos iguais me quebram um pouco o ânimo, mas muito bom 7,5
Good rock, love Dave Grohl
I only know like 2 FF songs so this a great introduction to them. 7/10
my fave foo fighters album
Quite dull and forgettable, all told. Even the more energetic and vigorous numbers on here just lack any real sense of danger or excitement. It's all methodically contained within itself and rather boring.
Good tracks but not so good pacing/tracklisting. Also - the clearly superior follow up didn’t make the list?
3/5.
This album was just mid all the way through, nothing special and nothing unique. I can't even name a song I really like.
I understand why people like this, but for me its just too much of a wash of crashing cymbals, droning guitars and yell singing. Just not my style. 25
What a debut, an absolute cracker of an album which I still love today. If only Dave had kept his melody... Mid 4s.
3,5
Not a bad song on the album but nothing stand out either. Standard Food.
Very teenage angst, some good songs tho
It was ok.
Kind of gritty and rough around the edges, but I enjoyed. Songs blended together a bit, but new to me liked Grief best.
Nice and spicy
Ah the classic ‘Dave played all the instruments’ album. Maybe Dave should have continued playing all the instruments. Most Foo Fighters records stink but I liked this one a lot.
I remember being so excited for this album to be released. There was a number you could call and it would play a preview of "This is the Call", I must have called that number 20 times. Whether its the ache of nostalgia, or an enduring legacy of a well crafted album, the Foo Fighters debut just speaks to me in a way that neither of their follow up albums ever did.
This album is a great debut album, loved the energy, I love the drummer of nirvana so much 🤤 but allot of the songs are catchy and it surprises me that Dave can make pretty good guitar parts, overall it was an enjoyable listen but I wouldn’t say it was perfect, it was missing that thing that makes an album perfect, but it is a perfect debut album tho
Good Background Music So I went into this album already knowing and liking "Everlong" and "The Pretender" from Foo Fighter's other albums, but I'd never heard their debut. To be fair I never sat down to listen to a Foo Fighters album period. The story behind this thing is pretty cool. Dave Grohl recorded this all by himself after Nirvana ended, basically a therapy session. You can hear that energy in some places but overall, this album is just nice background music. It's almost impressive how mid all of it is. Like there isn't anything below a 4 for me because I like rock, but nothing above a 7. Occasionally a song will start with a cool riff, but then after about a minute it doesn't go anywhere. It doesn't help that Grohl's vocals can kind of kill the momentum. The main problem with most of the album is that there isn't really much to grip onto. It just plays and you enjoy it, but it doesn't get you excited. "This Is a Call" – Fun simple start. Very 90s alt rock. Such a well-established sound that it just sounds like baseline rock. Nothingburger, very middle-of-the-road poppy grunge. 6/10. "I'll Stick Around" – Great energy, especially when the chorus hits. Really like when he starts singing "I'll stick around." 6/10. "Big Me" – Nice and chill. I like the line "Beg me to talk about it." Not offensive, decent background music. 5/10. "Alone + Easy Target" – Nice riff, fun, catchy. Still repetitive. 5-6/10. "Good Grief" – The best on the album. Almost has a J-Rock feel to it, sounds fresh and different. Like an anime opening. 7/10. "Floaty" – Super strong beginning, that start is good. And then BANG the rock starts. Unfortunately the vocals really hold it back. Could have been a 6 but alas. 5/10. "Weenie Beenie" – Fine. Just generic. 4/10. "Oh George" – Riding the fence between melancholy and not. Wish it went somewhere. Kind of meanders. 5/10. "For All the Cows" – Farm rock lol. Fun contrast but not anything I like. 4/10. "X-Static" – Pretty decent. I like the more melancholy ones. 5/10. "Watershed" – Not bad, just fine. 4/10. "Exhausted" – Melody is actually kind of nice def one of the better ones. 6-7/10. The album is just kind of generic alternative rock. But I don't mind it. Despite being nothing special, the album is very consistent, which I enjoyed. It's not a terrible impressive record in any way, shape, or form, but I liked it. Rating: 6.5/10
Bit too long...all get a bit samey after a while
it was fine. not particularly memorable?
Debo reconocer que es una banda con estilo registrado. Eso hace que ni bien uno escucha una canción, ya reconoce que es de los Foo. Al mismo tiempo, se vuelve un poco repetitivo. Me cae bien Dave Grohl, y la banda es potente. Pero no puedo ponerle más de 3.
I really enjoy Dave Grohl and Foo Fighters, so yeah I had a good time listening to this album. Not a perfect album for me, but still enjoyable. 4/5
Avausraidan This Is A Call melodia kuulosti ilman bändiä ihan alussa siltä, että ois voinut olla Beach Boysin melodia. Alone + Easy Target hieno ja yllättävä melodia. Good Grief hieno tunnelma! Floaty heti perään mahtava muutos soundissa, mutta harmi kun piti muuttua taas tuohon säröön… Ekat kuusi biisiä mulle 4/5, loppu suurimmalta osin 3/5, mutta keskiarvo nousee 4:n. X-static jälleen mielenkiintoinen kontrasti vahvan soiton ja hennon laulun välillä.
Tykkäsin ihan mutta ehkä ei ihan just mun koska vähä liikkaa taustasärinää ja rumpuja
Hyvä ääni, ja välillä ihan kiinnostavia melodioita ja sointukiertoja. Silti vähän tylsä. Biiseistä X-Static oli ehkä tällä kuuntelulla lempparein.
Some cool moments. I like the production too, pretty raw. Just not super engaging for me.
They hadn’t fully figured out their dad rock formula yet. Some songs are classics but the majority of the album is extremely average. Foo fighters live are a must see but any of their albums only ever has a handful of songs I like.
Butt Rock
this bored me but grohl is epic on the drums so it has some merit.
Foo Fighters' debut album is more than a musical milestone; it's a powerful document of resilience. It captures the moment Dave Grohl transformed grief into a raw, vibrant, and unpretentious rock statement, laying the foundation for one of the world's biggest rock bands . | Aspect | Review | | :--- | :--- | | **Lyrics** | Largely nonsensical and written in the moment, which is both a point of charm and its main criticism. The few direct moments carry significant weight . | | **Music** | A masterclass in raw, energetic, and melodic alt-rock. The playing is phenomenal, though the sonic palette can feel limited . | | **Production** | Captures a perfect "in-the-room" immediacy, a byproduct of the album being recorded in a week. It's a defining feature, though not without its rough edges . | | **Themes** | Centers on catharsis, moving on from the past, and the sheer joy of making music. It's a deliberate contrast to the angst of his previous band . | | **Influence** | Fundamentally launched the Foo Fighters' career and became a bridge between grunge and the more radio-friendly rock of the late '90s . | ### 📜 A Deep Dive into the Album's Core * **Lyrics: The Sound of Nonsense and Vulnerability**: Grohl has been famously self-deprecating about the album's lyrics, revealing he wrote them minutes before recording and that much of it is "nonsense" . He described the verses to "This Is a Call" as "bullshit" written in a bathroom, while the chorus was a crucial "goodbye to my past" . This approach was partly deliberate; there was too much to say following Kurt Cobain's death, so he didn't try to say it directly . However, some songs offer clear glimpses into his mindset. "I'll Stick Around," while denied by Grohl for years, is widely interpreted as a pointed message to Courtney Love, with its chants of "rehearsed insanity" . "Big Me" is a straightforward love song to his then-wife, and "X-Static," one of the few songs written after Cobain's death, offers a more direct, contemplative look at his post-Nirvana headspace . * **Music and Production: The Sound of a Solo Vision**: The album is a testament to Grohl's pure musical talent. He played every instrument himself, except for a guitar part from Greg Dulli on "X-Static" . Recorded in a frantic six days, the music crackles with a DIY energy . The drumming is predictably massive, and the songs are built on a foundation of anthemic, punk-informed power-pop . Tracks like "This Is a Call" and "Alone + Easy Target" showcase his gift for blending heavy, distorted riffs with soaring, Beatles-esque melodies . The production, handled by Grohl and Barrett Jones, is raw and immediate, perfectly capturing the "one-man-band" ethos . * **Themes and Influence: A Bridge Between Eras**: The album's central theme is one of catharsis and moving forward. It was Grohl's personal therapy, a way to "punch through" the darkness he was trapped in . The album skillfully balances the musical DNA of Nirvana—the loud-quiet dynamics, the abrasive guitars—with a more positive, melodic, and accessible energy . This positioned *Foo Fighters* as a crucial bridge, connecting the grunge era to the "post-grunge" and mainstream alt-rock that would dominate the mid-to-late '90s . Its success proved that there was life after Nirvana and that Grohl had the vision to lead it. ### 👍 Pros and Cons: A Balanced Verdict **Pros:** - **The "One-Man Band" Feat:** The sheer achievement of a musician writing and performing an entire, successful album alone is remarkable . - **Raw, Immediate Energy:** The album's six-day recording sprint gives it a spontaneous, invigorating energy that feels distinct from the band's later, more polished work . - **Strong Foundation:** It established Grohl as a gifted frontman and songwriter, providing a sturdy and memorable foundation for the band's future stadium-filling anthems . - **Cultural Impact:** The album's success and iconic music video for "Big Me" (a spoof of Mentos commercials) cemented its place in '90s pop culture . **Cons:** - **Inconsistent Lyrics:** The focus on melody over lyrical depth means many songs feature nonsensical or forgettable words. Grohl himself has been the harshest critic on this point . - **Limited Sonic Range:** The reliance on a few core sounds and production techniques can make some tracks blend together, creating a sense of sonic repetition . - **A "Transitional" Record:** While a classic in its own right, it's often seen as a stepping stone. It lacks the anthemic punch, dynamic range, and cohesive songwriting of its immediate successor, *The Colour and the Shape* . *Foo Fighters* is a snapshot of an artist in flux—grieving, uncertain, yet bursting with creative energy . Its imperfections are part of its charm, making it a compelling, honest, and enduring debut. Is there a particular song you'd like to explore in more detail, or would you be interested in a comparison with their follow-up album, *The Colour and the Shape*?
Some of these songs are phenomenal and others are okay.
deciding if i have no desire to finish the album then i probably don’t care
Very few drummers have survived the transition to guitar player. Crazy that this is only 1 year after Kurt Cobain died? Totally different sound - kinda like softer Dinosaur Jr or less fun Superchunk? Nice that Dave Grohl is a little more of a skinny kid still and not in annoying tough guy rock-and-roll uncle mode.
disappointed
After the death of Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl recorded this album just for fun. It turned into a long-running band history and a form of therapy. The record can be described as grunge; it’s raw and gritty, yet has a few beautiful moments. A good debut album. 4 stars.
Nice change of pace. I never really got into the Foo Fighters (other than the classics) and this was fun
I give a lot of 3’s for albums I should rate higher but just pick 3 to get the entry done. I give these guys get a 3 because of how average they are.
Fun times
Foo Fighters have never grabbed me, because of it being very safe radio rock
Pretty good
Post Nirvana and tragedy, Ghrol gets to the studio and comes out guns blazing. The rest of the world has mostly moved on from grunge and the Foo Fighters have ultimately ridden the wave since then to mediocre area rock as one of the biggest bands in the world. But here, at the beginning, there really was something special. The first four songs her are amazing and really leave me with a huge smile always. The album falls off but ultimately, rides that high to the end. The next album, recorded with a a full band will include some of their biggest and best hits but this one will always be special.
I have never listened to a Foo Fighters album. The beginning is strong, but it dies down as you make your way through.
Punk rock, grunge, alternative rock, melodic hardcore, post-grunge.
There's a lot of Foo worship among people around my age. I get it, it's good music incredibly well-written and recorded, just far too safe.
not great throughout but kinda brought it back by the end. GREAT closing track. the final stretch of 4 tracks brought it up for me but the rest of the album was very hit or miss. 2.8/5
Foo Fighters are the essence of rock. Timeless.
I really like this album. A lot people commented saying that Foo Fighters in general is generic but it’s just rock/alternative music, it sounds like that. It’s nothing groundbreaking or revolutionary but it’s enjoyable.
Muy nirvanense así que like. Necesito más tiempo para ver si desarrollo una conexión emocional.
Really incredible that Dave Grohl was able to pick up the pieces post-Nirvana and singlehandedly create one of the best rock albums ever to exist on his first try. Even crazier that their style really hasn't changed all that much since the debut.
I just don't have much of an opinion on this one
blah, not for me (3 songs in and I'm bored)
Super, heerlijk om mee op te staan
Ja super natuurlijk wow
I haven't listened to this album, despite being a very casual fan of Foo Fighters. I enjoyed it but nothing stood out.
I'd been waiting for this one. I love this album and I knew it would be here for its historical significance. It's not the best Foo Fighters album (that honor goes to Wasting Light), but it is fascinating, and there are some absolute bangers. Dave wrote and performed all the songs by himself, and it's pretty much impossible to understand now that there was a time when Dave Grohl wasn't a PRESENCE. But when he made this album and even when promoting this album, Dave had to learn how to be a frontman. Watch the music video for I'll Stick Around (one of the aforementioned bangers). He looks super awkward fronting the band. It's insane. The opening vocals of the album are quadruple tracked and don't match pitch with each other as well as his double tracked vocals do on every other Foo Fighters album. The songwriting is unusual and subversive and catchy and great. Dave recorded this performing by himself in six days and the tracklisting is the order in which he recorded the songs. It's truly insane to think that this wouldn't exist and the Foo Fighters wouldn't exist if not for the tragedy that ended Nirvana.
Meh
Honestly a bit of a let down, prolly not their best album
Det hele blev stort set spillet af Dave Grohl, hvilket er imponerende og så jo selvfølgelig at han kommer fra Nirvana og så genopfinder sin egen lyd efter tabet af Kurt, men synes bare ikke det har så meget sin egen identitet igen på en eller anden måde. Jeg er ikke rigtig solgt på Foo fighters endnu, da jeg kun kan se det som om, at det står i skyggen af noget større tidligere. Men det er jo stadig imponerende selvføgelig, men gjorde ikke det store indtryk andet end det. Ville hellere lytte til Nirvana i det fleste tilfælde tror jeg, selvom jeg var til en mega fed fooo fighters koncert på roskilde.
It’s competent rock, I’m gonna like it
Fine
Sounds like every other foo fighters songs. Not amazing, not disappointing. No interesting songs 6/10
Crazy that after years of listening to Foo Fighters I've never listened to this album. It sets a really strong consistency for their sound and throughout the years it's always been their fingerprint
10/10
It is impossible to love or hate the Foo Fighters as they are the platonic ideal of mid. They are of room temperature water. They are spaghetti without sauce. They are envoys of the endless void of nothingness that awaits us all.
I was given this CD as a kid. Probably one of the first CDs I ever had and the only one I was given where nobody could really tell me what song was the big hit. So I'm not sure I ventured much past "This Is A Call", "I'll Stick Around", and "Big Me" as a kid.
Super solid album by Mr Grohl himself.
Singles band, and a painfully generic singles band at that. Basically every song on here is indistinguishable from one another and from a lot of other rock of the time. Also Dave Grohl is a huge piece of shit
Very much “rock” but well executed and diverse in compositions. Never really listened to Foo Fighters but this feels like an appropriate debut.
Yes! Absolutely amazing! I loved this album. Bangers!
The last few songs are sooo cool, shoegazey and feedback heavy. Only reason it’s not a 5/5 is personal preference; I wish they sung more and held notes but this foo fighters not Adele
A very apt album for 4th July. Some real hidden gems on here, and as a pretty big Foos fan I don’t give it nearly enough attention
Not a bad album, some good tracks, though I've listened to this one a lot and revisiting it's just a little boring and monotonous sounding.
I only like the first 2 FF albums. Probably a time in life because everything since them i really can't stand them (too formulaic). These first two are pretty cool.
Solid 3!
- I like the Foo Fighters' sound, even if it is often about as inoffensive as post-grunge can get. But not much here stands out. My favorite is definitely "Big Me," mainly because it was such a departure from most of the other tracks. - Impressed that Dave Grohl essentially recorded this album by himself.
This didn't hit with me when it came out and it doesn't particularly hit with me now. It's still okay
In retrospective it feels so demolike compared to what was to come after. Practically is a Dave Grohl solo with a guest guitar on one of the tracks. Rises from the ashes of Nirvana, but it isnt quite as good.
not my favorite of this era. it's fine.
I remember when this came out, singing "fingernails are pretty, fingernails are good" in a green Nissan Sentra, owned by my best friend's older brother. Big memories here. There are a pretty good handful of tracks on this I don't remember at all. Floaty and For All the Cows are a couple of those, and that's unfortunate; I quite like them and could have been listening all along. I honestly don't think I have sat down with this album in its entirety since I was a teenager. I never would have thought it back then, but some 30 years later, I'd be at a Foo Fighters show, listening to what I guess you'd call "our song" with my wife, trying to sing along with a huge lump in my throat and just crying instead. I get all emotional about music, and this moment was maybe the peak of that phenomenon. Who would have thought this album would lead to that? Great memories on this disc, and following albums...
Seems paint-by-numbers now, but back then it was when "alternative" became "alt-rock" and the nineties hit their stride.
Monday, 29 June, 2026 It’s a good album. Some very good songs. Easy to listen to. Good exploration of the genre. Sets the stage for Dave Grohl’s push of the grunge genre into pop grunge. It gets extra points for being so focused on the death of a friend. Not quite to four stars, though.
Not available on Apple Music
Pleasant pop music from the pretty percussionist
First time hearing this one by them. And I feel like I slept on it. Did not realize it’s basically a Grohl solo album. This rocked. Not as good as Color and Shape though. 4/5
3/5
I don't think I'll revisit.
It was fine, but I didn't find myself feeling any desire to finish it when I had to put it down temporarily.
Really solid debut, impressive how he plays all the instruments here and the pivot from the Nirvana sound
7/10
Nice rock and roll, but didn't really struck my nerve. 6/10
It’s alright, but most songs sound really similar
pretty good. some songs are really great and others a little less so but overall it's nice to listen to
Great start for Dave Grohl that started a career and band that outshone his work in Nirvana. I like Colour and the Shape better, but this was a great debut for a great band.
I’ll give this three stars because at least the frontman didn’t have a baby out of wedlock…wait, WHAT? I’ve never connected with Foo Fighters in any way, I like a couple hits. I can listen to an album and not be bummed, but I’m not thrilled either
There better not be more than 1 foo fighter album on this list….
-drum heavy -not fully my style, but I like it -repetetive -listened while driving
One of the flattest albums I've listened to in a long time. Weenie Beanie is the only standout.