Reviews (page 3 of 14)
I haven't really been impressed with much Foo Fighters music in the past, but I ended up liking this a lot. This was their first album after Kurt Cobain's death, when the band was more of a Dave Grohl solo vehicle than an actual band, and there's an element of him tinkering with the sound to see what works for him that makes this a very charming listen. This retains the heaviness of the grunge sound, but adds some shoegazy reverb and more poppy melodic structures in a way that feels very predictive of the direction rock would be headed in the 2000s. Grohl isn't the greatest songwriter ever, but he knows his way around a good hook and has a lot of charisma, and the dense and slightly lo-fi production manages to pick up the rest of the slack. He does a fairly good job playing most of the instruments, but of course the drums stick out the most, providing the necessary aggression to keep the energy up across the runtime.
Good stuff
Shouty
*1995. *Big Me is the big hit here. *90s alt is my jam, but I'm just not a huge Foo fan. They're just meh for me. *This sounds like all their stuff to me - all their mellow stuff sounds the same and then all their uptempo stuff sounds the same to me. RATING - 6.5/10
Somehow I completely missed out on Foo Fighters. I had brushed them off as Nirvana-lite or I was listening to other stuff at the time but I never listened to their albums in the 90's. Now, this album sounds great to me and is right in my wheelhouse. Weird how that works. Just the first 3 songs alone make it 4 stars for me and conjures melodic grunge utopia (if not Nirvana). And the fact that Grohl did it all himself is even more impressive.
This is kind of the perfect 3.5 for me, but closer to a 3. Catchy, good 90s alternative, but lacks the rawness of Nirvana or the really memorable hooks of Foo Fighters later stuff. Kind of baffling this one is on the list and not their followup, which was really their breakthrough
Not for me
Meget sterkt debut album , hører mye av nirvana i det her og synes albumet speiler tiden det ble gitt ut godt! Nostalgisk!
Man, I don't think any Foo Fighters album should even be on this list.
Big Me has some Beatles vibes to it. Lot of healing in this album. No standouts like other Foo songs but the whole amalgamates? I'm looking for a word. It gels as a collective. 4. Would 100% listen tip to tail with a drink remembering Kurt and loving Dave.
C’est pas mal, un peu mou quand même Good grief est bien, j’ai l’impression que ça monte en puissance ! La musique préférée de l’album des gens (la première) n’est pas du tout la meilleure Et exhausted finit bien, très bonne impression générale au final, je le réécouterais bien 8/10
Like some Foo Fighter songs but all these were samey.
This only pales in comparison to his previous band, but it’s a solid album with good pop rock tunes.
sexo
Overall pretty solid but blends into itself on the back half. Still really enjoyable rock 3.5
Dave Grohl is a legend. This is a call to all the millennials that grew up with the Fooey's. I see you there! Honestly not my favourite Foo Fighters album (the colour and the shape is mine) but they're a terrific band and it was great to see Grohl move on from Nirvana after the tragedy of Cobain and come up with such a classic sound. They haven't had to change it for 30 years! The good songs off this album are excellent, but there's also a few filler tracks. ****
Kako loše, ne mogu. Ne znam tko sluša ovo aktivno, evo stvarno ne kužim. 1/5, 1/10
I didn't have a lot of expectations going into this album, but I was pleasantly surprised. I will say that the more punk-rock/metal-leaning songs didn't do much for me, but I definitely noticed a talent for writing, catchy melodies, even those that include interesting accidentals and harmony. On a similar note, I was also impressed by some of the chords used and harmonies constructed. I think this album would merit another listen for those reason reasons, which is enough to convince me to give it a light three
This one's a little weird to rate. A lot of these songs good. But I've also heard them on the radio a LOT. I think I used to own this CD. But I think it was this overexposure that eventually convinced me to offload it. Best tracks: 1, 3, 5; still pretty good: 2, 6. 4 starts good, but then gets less interesting. 8's good, too. The last few songs seemed a bit lower quality, though not bad. Foo Fighters are a little like bands like Blue Oyster Cult (or, I suppose, Nirvana) in being hard/heavy rock (at times), but also melodic, and also mixing things up, musically, in terms of tempo and mood, etc. (I'm assuming you know that leader/drummer/singer Dave Grohl was the drummer in Nirvana- actually, I just learned that he did this album pretty much entirely by himself, in 6 day in October 1994, kind of in reaction to/to deal with Kurt Cobain's suicide, earlier that year.) Anyway, I think this one deserves at least a (low) 4. But I suppose a 3 vote is reasonable, too. You guys'll prolly give it a 2, lol. Love ya! P.S. I listened again to tracks 9-12, and liked 'em (11 less so) a bit better, so feel a bit more secure with my 4 vote.
straightforward rock music. It doesn't interest me that much but at least it's well-executed and there are some good melodies
Way to start a band!
The Color and the Shape is way better than this, but I'm overall a fan of this sound.
Remember listening to this as a kid.
Rockin sound
The stuff you know - 5. The stuff you don’t - 1. Average to a 3.
Why this over color and the shape
Jo men aah
Holy fuck this is so boring. Another album skipped. RYM: N Saved a song: N
Great energy and general sound. But the songwriting ist not there yet.
A classic 90s alternative album. Some great moments on here.
I like the Foo Fighters for like, two songs but then they just sound so similar. And this album lacks a bunch of the crowdpleasers from their later stuff. It's a fine album, but that's all for me. 3/5
Debut power-pop solo record by Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl who plays all instruments here but would recruit other members for a proper band later on. Recording sounds almost demo-level, but that just adds to its charm. Lots of good ideas and plenty of poppy rock riffs and melodies but also some complex and unique Cobain-esque chord progressions as well. Front-loaded with the singles "This Is a Call", "I'll Stick Around", and "Big Me".
Really enjoy the Foo Fighters, but this is not my favorite album of theirs.
the beginning of a great musical project
I love the Foo Fighters!
Phenomenal. Long live The Foo Fighters
Fingernails are pretty, fingernails are good...a strong start to competing with ole Bob for the most nonsensical lyrics. At least the instrumentals and voice is far superior. Overall, I was excited to see this band/album pop up, but I was a bit disappointed. Maybe their later stuff was better and more distinct. There were some cool musical intros to songs or sections that I thought was going to really hit it, but I never really felt or got the payoff. Would not be unhappy to hear again, but wouldn't be excited.
Way too compressed to enjoy listening to the album. And that is too bad because I like the songs! Oh well.
I mean it's Foo Fighters. You knew I couldn't go lower than 3. But then I don't know if I'll ever find myself reaching 4 let alone 5 for them. They have great sound but I rarely feel like, inspired by their songs.
Good album. Very high energy. But it didn't really blow me away, either. I think Colour might have gotten a higher rating.
Great album, band, and live show.
Its one that i like more, because i liked that genre off music. I really love rock but this one its not heavy metal ou anything like that, its more off a grunge or soft rock for me. But its pretty good.
First 3 tracks are probably the highlight. A solid debut album from Dave Grohl.
Doesn't hold up
Alright
A great Grohl DIY project
Aye it's alright. Just decent Rock Music TM
Love it!
The Nirvana at home
Listening to this one through one headphone because the other decided not to charge - despite that, this is slapping! Overall, i enjoyed but probably wouldn’t put on myself - it’s not the sort of music i choose to listen to often
Ah yes 'Foo Fighters' starring Dave Grohl as Dave Grohl, including Dave Grohl as Dave Grohl, featuring Dave Grohl as Dave Grohl and introducing Dave Grohl as Dave Grohl. Written and directed by Dave Grohl. Based on the true story of Dave Grohl. Solid album. Brilliant musician. Incredible story behind it.
Rate: 8.5/10.
It's all a bit too generic for me. Third star because of Dav Grohl, who I cannot possible dislike.
First album from the Foo Fighters! I didn't know Dave sang so good (or at least goes really well with this record). The album starts off strong and keeps that momentum for the next two songs. But the bigger picture is that it emulates a lot of the alt-rock/grunge sounds that were going on at the time, so not much stood out to me after the fact. What I did like was that compared to his time in Nirvana, this was more melody and hook-focused. Perhaps this debut is where the Foo Fighters gets its "foo"ting (3.5).
Generic and uninteresting, though I appreciate Dave protecting us from Foos
Buen album, relax inicios de Foo
Outstanding
слишком громко в одних местах и недостаточно мелодично в других( барабаны конечно хорошие, но я пока не в барабанном знании
pretty nice. exactly what you would expect it to be but ends up being better than you think it would be
Just not my style for the day
Thought I was going to hate this, surprisingly liked it a lot more than I thought. Whole point of this project prob. 3.5 more like.
For some reason I have never liked this band, but to be fair I have never heard an album. Surprisingly the tunes were catchy and Big Me was great.
A very solid rock album. I personally would have included some later work by Foo Fighters instead of the debut, but this is a good album too. I'll Stick Around has always been among my favourites.
have you ever heard of this little underground band called Foo Fighters? and it's actually just this one guy! (well, at least for this album)
Pretty good even with none of the hits on it
Sympa mais sans plus
I never liked Foo Fighters and their bland brand of alternative rock. However, I've never listened to an entire album from them, so it's only fair that I give them a proper chance. This debut is surprisingly solid at the start, but it very quickly becomes annoyingly dull and uncreative, with very weak songwriting and uninspired riffs. Even if there was anything interesting happening in these songs, the loud-above-all approach to production would completely bury it. I'm open to different approaches to mixing, but if this is the way to go for the band, at least show some shred of attitude or charisma to back it up. Sadly, Foo Fighters avoid both of these attributes like the plague. I shudder at the thought of what the rest of their discography sounds like, because here they already sound like a 20-year-old band running out of ideas.
While this isn’t the Foo Fighters album I’d pick for this list if I only had one, it’s still fucking awesome. I’d like to imagine a world in which Cobain lived and Nirvana continued with Grohl as a co-lead singer (Kurt would have at least entertained the idea). If only…
Jeg savner tiden når Foo Fighters var kul. Rufsete og fengende.
+big me +this is a call + exhausted Har lyst å like resten av låtene å men lite som setter seg.
Noen ok låter. Men føler at de leter etter formen på dette albumet og musikalsk havner på en slags intetsigende middelvei.
Diet Nirvana. Mitt største problem med Foo Fighters e gitaristen Dave Grohl. Han spille så sykt kjedelig gitar. Selv i dag med tre gitarista. Helt ok rock. Big Me klart beste sang
Imponerende debutplate. Savner litt av Nirvana-mørket, men det forsvant vel med Cobain.
Strong album.
tbh nie sluchalqm jakos intesywnie ale git
Meh, this sounds like nirvana still... liked one song only
Geweldige debuutplaat
goeie rock ma veel herhaling 3.5
Amazing debut, even though Dave had been in several bands by this stage. Plenty of good songs to choose from here, the first 4 songs are all definitely winners. After that is a bit more uneven, as you might expect for something that Grohl cooked up in his spare time around the aftermath of the end of Nirvana. Just short of 5 stars due to the less impressive 2nd half of the record, but nevertheless very good.
4/5 Favorite Song: Weenie Beenie
Não é o melhor álbum, mas é bom
Tiene sus momentos. POr momentos es demasiado rockcito para mi gustop pero va bien. Dave es un pajero y cagó a la señora así que eso le resta puntos
Forgot how good this album was! Not a bad song on it. Grungy Foo’s is a million times better than any of the dad rock shit they are doing nowadays
Its a bit uncool to like foos these days. However, arguably the first four songs are really good. Weenie beenie coulda been on in utero. Ill never forgive dave for blowing it with melissa auf der maur though so i can never respect him, the tosser
Its decent, but the foo's just do a lot for me. A lot of the songs just sound the same on this album. No killer songs on it for me that wants me to play it again. Generous 3
Good album, though Foos have 3 or 4 better albums. Think this is on here as its Grohl's solo album after Kurt's death, so suppose it is significant. Some bangers and gems on here.
My personal favourite foos. The first few songs are class
Leider zum Ende raus den Schwung verloren 3/5
meni je ovo bilo katastrofalno loše. nisam uopće imao pojma kako zvuče fufajtersi, mislio sam da je kao neka nirvana za siromašne. no ovo je naprosto smeće i preteča bendova poput nickelbacka. štoviše, da mi je netko podvalio ovaj album kao nickelbackov, ne bih ni u jednom trenutku posumnjao da nije nickelback. pjesma »for all the cows« ima neke dijelove koji su podnošljivi, ne mogu baš reći dobri. refren u toj pjesmi, kao i ostatak albuma: smeće
Hell fucking yeah. This is some good rock. And to think Grohl recorded everything himself "for fun". Sure, maybe not as good as their other albums but for a debut this is some serisouly good shit. 5/5
I remember a good amount of this record from childhood, as i was 4 when it came out and my mom became a huge Foos fan for a while. This is my first time listening to it in full as an adult! Pretty solid stuff!
Pleasantly surprised me. Wasn't expecting to enjoy a foos record as much as I did but this was actually pretty tasteful.
Loved it
Not Foos best. But great. Weenie Beenie still slaps.
They're fine. Dave Grohl does his job. Couple good ones, but it's mostly noise.
How timely I was just watching the Foo Fighters tiny desk concert the day before this album comes up
I remember this album from the 90s but I did not realize it came out in 95. Kurt died in 94. Damn, Dave! That was quick! Anyway, good clean rock album with a non-grunge sound. Definitely worth to listen.
Was okay, started strong
I don’t think I had heard this one. It’s pretty good. Interesting to hear an earlier one that doesn’t have any of their hits on it. Made it less annoying.
Album n.6 Id like this is a call if it was like a minuite shorter, the songs on this album get boring fast. I dont have much to say about the first half, its not bad but like i dont really care. Theyre nice, for a while. The second half is better. I did enjoy most of the songs there. Favorite songs are: weenie beenie, x-static and wattershed. I rate it 3.2 Justice for all the cows
Not their best album but even not their best is better than many others.
Dave Grohl seems a good sort. Nice enough, like a big ol' puppy dog. I have absolutely no hatred of Foo Fighters and wish them the best. And there's absolutely nothing wrong with basic, earnest, slightly bland music percolating away in the deep, deep background as I otherwise live my life.
I always feel a little bit embarrassed listening to the foo fighters. I even looked over my shoulder & double-checked the Bluetooth headphones were properly connected before pushing play. Big Me and whatever the first track is called are good tunes, the rest just feels a bit uninspiring
no es mi estilo de música, solo he escuchado una sola canción de ellos o quizás no es mi estilo de álbum
Really interesting lore, lyrics are hilarious sometimes hahah. Good
Good album
everybody was foo fighting
Fun
Familiar with a few of these and enjoyed those but the new stuff to me was a bit too screamy for me. Don’t really get what makes it special. This is not for me and that’s okay.
5 out of 5—what more is there to say?
An album that rose from the ashes of Nirvana. Best foo fighters album and monkey wrench is such an awesome song
Solid rock album, especially seeing that it's a one man show. Plenty to grab you and keep you coming back. It's not riff driven, because Grohl is a drummer and treats the guitar like another rhythm instrument, which makes the guitar stab more than strum. It's good, very good. My Rating: 4/5
Ehh idk
It’s not bad just really not my thing
Rv
I love one-man bands. There's always something to appreciate about one guy doing absolutely everything on an album. Granted, Foo Fighters was a one-man project for like a week, but it's still neat to think that this was made by one guy. It's also definitely a better attempt to radio-ify Grunge than something like Celebrity Skin. I like the inspiration the album took from Shoegaze and that whole section of Alt-Rock. Some of the songs are surprisingly noisy for a Grunge album. I'd still say I definitely prefer the more traditionally punky songs like Weenie Beenie, but I wasn't expecting to like this as much as I did.
Standard rock 'n' roll, nothing exceptional. Deserves to be forgotten.
Eh
goes hard when you're waiting in a long line at Kroger
An album that encapsulates my thoughts on the Foo Fighters- they have some very good songs, but probably more filler on balance. This starts off well, with the first few songs not exactly breaking new musical ground but representing a high quality example of the sounds of mid-90s American rock. It’s fairly similar to Nirvana’s hard edge, but does show some signs of evolution. Unfortunately, I think some of that evolution is towards some fairly cookie-cutter rock that had lost my attention by the end. A mixed bag.
This was a decent record, with nice vocal melodies, but sounds like a lot of the kind of alternative rock that was coming out around that time. As such, it wasn't really particularly groundbreaking, but a good listen all the same and there's some tracks I'll be sure to revisit.
It's not terrible, but it's not very good either. It seems a bit unfair to judge it too harshly given that Dave Grohl was really just trying to find his feet again after Kurt Cobain's death, but it does have a pretty bland, generic 90s rock sound as far as I can tell. The better tracks are concentrated in the first half (‘This Is a Call’, ‘Big Me’ and ‘Good Grief’ were probably my three favourites) and by the second half I was rapidly losing interest. The Nirvana influence is unsurprisingly pretty clear, even in Grohl’s vocals on some tracks.
Favourite Songs: I'll Stick Around Weenie Beenie Exhausted
Los amo a los tipos. Banda del carajo. Y un álbum con mucho mérito por haber sido grabado todo por Grohl y ya empezar a notarse que el tipo tenía un talento natural, tanto para tocar muchos instrumentos como para armar hits. Pero este álbum podía ser un EP. Le sobra demasiado. Más o menos una constante en albumes de ellos. 6/10
"big me" just makes me think of the almost a year i was on a web of hospital machines, laid up with no real immune system at 8 years old, playing video games, watching Nickelodeon, trying to not think of how i was probably going to die. good shit.
- top heavy - i’d revisit but didn’t leave much of an impact on me
Rather bland, but there was something there that was almost interesting?
I can obviously imagine why Grohl decided to record this album entirely by himself, but it does make every song sound like a demo; a sketch without any of the energy or chemistry between players that would go into a solid rock track. But to be fair the songs themselves, putting all that aside, are also lifeless and shit.
It sounds very typical for the 90s, but it's really good.
Viel besser als erwartet! Ich hab die ja immer für belanglos gehalten...
Ich kann seine Stimme echt nicht mehr hören. Finde die Band generell langweilig.
Pleasantly surprised. Nothing particularly groundbreaking, but does what it does really well.
I definitely hear a lot more Nirvana influence here than you get on later Foo Fighters records. Didn’t blow me away, but I enjoyed it. 4/5 Highlights: - This Is a Call - Weenie Bernie - Oh, George - Exhausted
Felt a little generic, but I was into it Rating: 5/10 Favorite Song: I’ll Stick Around
Good album but I suspect they have better ones.
Ah their debut album! Just love it. Also my favorite FF album. What I also remember is the damn funny "Big Me" video. Well I have nothing more to say. 4/5
I actually forgot how much I enjoy the foo fighters. I don't think I've actually listened to this album all the way through before. I enjoyed it, soulful rock music with a comforting vibe
I didn't care for this back in 1995, and I don't really care for it now. It's not bad, it's just pretty uninspired.
Niet helemaal mn ding Vind het ook niet slecht, maar heb niet veel onthouden 5.5/10
I've always liked Grohl - sad I didn't get to see him in one of his pre-Nirvana bands in DC. Weenie Beenie is an actual greasy spoon take out down here in Arlington!
It’s not their best album and not the one I would put on this list but still very solid. My only complaint is the mastering is a bit flat, maybe there’s a better sounding remaster out there. Foo Fighters are one of the very best bands I’ve seen in my time, proper rock band that puts on a top quality and memorable show. The best drum solo I’ve ever seen live was in their headline set at Reading 2019. RIP Taylor Hawkins
If anyone but Dave Grohl was the lead of Foo Fighters they’d probably be a post grunge footnote. It’s good but it’s not great. The mix is bad on some songs. Dave hadn’t found his stride. But there are some bangers on here
I pity the foo that has to fight the foo. You have to admire Dave Grohl for wanting to continue after Nirvana. Imagine you're part of one of the biggest bands, but your front man has serious issues and dies by suicide. What next? You record an album hoping that people will like it, and continue on with a new band, making decent music. That's the life, man.
I've been patiently waiting for this one, so I was excited when I saw the cover, but I was awestruck when I read the wiki. I didn't know Dave Grohl had the capacity to be such a good one-man band. It suddenly makes sense why his name is so important in general. Conceptually, the slight sci-fi spin, the cathartic act of songwriting, the emotional composition, this album is pretty aced. Had I been a young adult in 1995, I probably would've appreciated this record a lot more. I mean it starts off pretty tight, but it sure does end in a bang. I'm really glad I gave this a listen and took the time to explore its background. On the other hand, I'm not sure I'm gonna be visiting this again. When I think of Foo Fighters, this is definitely the energy, but the songs have a much stronger hook. Nothing but the end track is calling out to me, so maybe this would be better for the record collection than for daily listening. It's a cool experience, it's deep when you reflect with it, but if I had to choose any somewhat aggressive and well executed record, I'd have too many outstanding options to fit this one as a possibility. 3.3/5
Solid debut
yelling but enjoyable
For fans of the Foo this will be a great listen, for me personally I am not a fan. I like Dave just never got into the Foo Fighters. I really can't stand the production on this album, it all sounds muddled. I am impressed that Dave played and produced the whole thing. Just like every other album by them there a couple rockers and the rest is meh
I’m a big Foo Fighters fan, but I was only familiar with songs from their 2nd album and beyond. I was really excited to get this album and start from the beginning! And it delivered more than I could’ve hoped for. This is a SOLID rock album. Unsurprisingly, it gave me Nirvana vibes but Dave Grohl is such a unique vocalist and has always laid his own path.
Perfect alternative rock background music 👍
Pleasantly surprised by this. Enjoyable mid 90s rock album where you can hear the lingering grunge influences.
3.5
I didn't feel very strongly about this. It was very monotone, very uniform, and all the interesting harmonic moves were drowned out by the uniform dynamics. Not a fan.
I think this was included solely because it's the first thing released by Dave Grohl after Nirvana ended. It's not their best album, but I get why this one was included and not another one. It's a good record, very important because of the events surrounding it, but The Colour And The Shape is their best work by far. They established themselves with that one. But I don't mind this one either.
5/5
amazing. glad its being recommended to others
Sounds like the foo fighters but just didn’t really stand out to me. It’s fine but not essential to me
cmon bro the day after i afk this site.... this fye. foo fighters rlly has a distinct stagnant beat in their songs which i can appreciate 2 - this is coo none of the songs really stood out to me cuz i was distracted LOL
Foo fighters are to butt rock as Nirvana is to grunge
It is a grunge thing. Autopelirokkia. On vähä mid
niinku muksut sanois että mid
Onhan se loistava levy, Foo Fighters on kuulostanu itseltään jo ekasta levystä lähtien.
First Foo Fighters album I've listened to all the way through. Pretty good. Raw energy from Dave. The album bopped along just fine, but not a lot of wow factor for me. Maybe it depends on the day, or maybe it's just ok. I'll give it a 4 anyways.
I've been a fan of the Foo Fighters over the years, but I don't think I've ever really listened to any of their/his albums in full before now (ironically including the one album that I own, the 2007 "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace"). It's a fun album, although definitely not Dave Grohl's strongest work, nor really the sound that Foo Fighters would later become, and also not all that well mixed/produced, oddly (although maybe that's just because he played every note and bang and word). I recognized and enjoyed the first three or four songs on the album, and was struck by how much Grohl was channeling Nirvana on hits like "I'll stick around" and most of the other tracks (especially "Good grief" and "Weenie beanie"), but thankfully experimented with a different groove on "Big me" (with a too-kitschy video) and a few others. A shame that this is the lone Foo Fighters album in the collection, as it's not what we deserve to hear from the Foo Fighters before we die, but at least we got some post-Cobain/-grunge from the gracious and talented Grohl.
feels like an album written by AI, where the songs sound pretty good but then you realize the lyrics don't make a whole lot of sense
not a big fan
Would I listen again: nah It was grungy and loud and reminded me of Nirvana but worse. Another foo fighters song came on after this album finished and I immediately liked it better than the whole of this album.
Never really been my thing. All a bit safe and boring, tbh
Not a fan of the foo, but I gotta give this album its flowers
Foo Fighters sound like Foo Fighters. To me, they’ve always been a little corny. One of the most popular rock bands of a decade in which rock had already been dead for a long time. Idk. 4/10
Feels like he has the ingredients and they are all in the mixing bowl but not yet cooked. A solid preview is what is to come but just to much in its infancy. Better Foo Albums could have been here.
Foo Fighters are a band that I somehow have never paid much attention to. I found this to be tuneful commercial alterna-punk, which of course owes a lot to Nirvana, but feels very watered down in comparison. I didn't need to turn it off at any point, but I also wasn't really into it. 3 stars
Unidentified Flying Objects.
very nice album
fine
DNF
Forgettable
A very strong beginning. I was thinking it might be a five. The second half is also quite good guess it’s indeed a five. They found some very cool chords and wrote good music.
i respect this album being on here. as a huge foo fighter's fan, i get that the story behind this album is great. and its a super solid album. for Dave Grohl doing everything on his own and then just circulating it to friends, its a great album. however, i will say that 'The Colour and the Shape' got robbed. 4 stars, partly nostalgia and rose tinted glasses, party because its a solid album for a cool idea.
Loved it. I’m not the biggest grunge guy so I liked that this was a little post grunge.
I can’t say it’s my favorite Foo Fighters album, but when you add together the brilliance of Dave Grohl, the backstory of the album, how it changed alternative rock going forward, and more than a few catchy songs, it’s hard to deny it a place on this list. I can understand arguments for a lower rating, but for me, it was a five from the get-go.
This is not the best Foo Fighters album, but it is the best Foo Fighters story. Not only did Dave Grohl, compose and record the entire thing by himself, he also released it under a pseudonym. He wanted to see if he could succeed again on the merits of his music and not his name. I really cool story and a solid album to back it up.
Amazing album. Definitely one of my favorite Foo Fighters albums along with There Is Nothing Left To Lose and The Colour and Shape. It has some of the most underrated tracks on here and it really deserves more credit. It's insane that Dave Grohl played every instrument on this album. It takes a lot of talent and skill to be able to do that. The influence of Kurt Cobain is heard in some of the songs, which isn't surprising, judging by the fact that they were bandmates while Nirvana was still together. Terrific album!
This Is a Call - 4/5 I'll Stick Around - 4.5/5 Big Me - 4.5/5 Alone + Easy Target - 4/5 Good Grief - 4.5/5 Floaty - 4/5 Weenie Beenie - 3.5/5 Oh, George - 3.5/5 For All the Cows - 4/5 X-Static - 4/5 Wattershed - 4/5 Exhausted - 4/5 As everyone else has pointed out, despite this being a pretty good album it should not have been the representative for Foo Fighters as a whole, as it should have gone to The Colour and the Shape for the sole "one album" By these guys. There aren't any of "these guys" on this album, as Dave Grohl solely played nearly every instrument on this more raw and unpolished form of Foo Fighters, with most of the creative processes coming from him coping with the loss of Kurt Cobain, even coming close to never playing music again. Thankfully he decided to continue playing, resulting in this fairly raw and unpolished FF album that would be a launching point for the rest of the band's career. Overall: 4/5 Favorites: I'll Stick Around, Big Me, Good Grief
Imagino que después se pone mejor, pero no me dió mucho. Nota: 3.1
3/4 of this album is absolutely awesome with a few songs that feels like filler/generic rock songs, but we will blame that on the CD era and labels wanting bands to fill up a certain amount of run time. Pretty close to a perfect rock album.
This is a decent album but if I'm in the mood for any of the versions of rock that this band purports to play, I can probably find a band I like way more to play it.
Album of the perfect lenght
Not my style of music, but it was cool
Overrated. Totally okay 90s grunge rock, just about holding up today. Sometimes solid, sometimes decent, cleaving close to average.
foo FIGH-ters
I don’t care for Dave Grohl‘s ADHD youth pastor vibe. His persona makes it seem like we should be having a lot more fun and rocking a lot harder than we actually are.
Sans plus mais ok
Kinda repetitive
Didn't care for this, OK songs but nothing standout
Dave Grohl is a musical genius.
wel grunge/rocky maar niet perse te erg.
Unremarkable rock music. I love rock music. This is rock music for people who have never heard any other rock music and just want the dumb-as-nails fundamentals. This album doesn't bother me, but there's nothing on it that I like.
Really fun, I listened to the whole album. Most of the songs have really good 90s movie vibes. Floaty is going on my mp3 player for sureee, which is funny cause people are saying it sounds like deftones (I love deftones). Big Me is good too, I get why people like it. Favourite Songs: Floaty, closely followed by Exhausted and Alone + Easy Target
Definitely not a bad album, a logical continuation of Nirvana's music and style; but still not something that left too strong of an impression on me 🙃
6/10 - 1001 is so many albums that I think you have to include some albums because of the narrative or because of the backstory. Grohl wrote and performed almost all of the instruments on this album as a way to process the passing of his friend. It’s not a perfect album but going from Nirvana and accidentally starting the Foo Fighters is an album worth listening to even if it’s only a 3.
A solid debut that starts off really strong and tails off at the end. I can hear the Nirvana influence in these songs. Strong 6/10
Not my thing at all. Think this runs quite similarly to Nirvana in the fact I don’t get the hype. This sourt of thing just doesn’t excite or impress me.
This just feels tired and a bit stale to be honest. I found it's energy to be very up and down, and it was missing a bit of flow. I found it listenable I've disliked albums more on here, which isn't saying much.
3.6
First foo album, solid but weaker than the ones that followed
Dober
It’s fine, fun to listen to but not even my favourite of their albums
Hate this band
Kurt had to die for Grohl to realize his true potential and finally put an end to the Foo once and for all
This is a call and big me are excellent paint by numbers rock songs. This is a very quick response to nirvana ending and some songs have similarities. Overall it's a very decent first album with a lot of formulaic guff
Heard Before? Sad but true. Notes: - thankfully this isn't as obscenely overplayed as "The Color and the Shape". - my initial impression (when i first heard this at 14) was these are watered-down versions of better songs from the underground scene that birthed them. I wasn't wrong. - and yet, what's so wrong with a clear mix? with hooks? with conventional pop structures? nothing, really. listening again, these are fine songs. - everything just sounds so tired. tempos are all the same. these guitar tones were stale by '95 and even more so now. the vocals sound unintentionally bored and phoned in. - only the drums are an exception. yes, he's hitting too hard and frequently rushing, but he at least sounds alive. - none of the lyrics stood out in any way, which is fine by me. Verdict: Competent edgeless normcore. There are worse things. Listen Again? Glad I tried it one more time, but no.
Feels like they were still getting to grips with their style and what they wanted their music to sound like. An odd inclusion for me
Good classic grunge
Day844 - it’s crazy dave grohl sat behind the nirvana’s drums with all these awesome songs in his head.
4+/5
I love that Grohl made this album entirely himself not thinking the project would go anywhere, yet here we are 30 (!) years later. I’ve always thought the production could be better, but I love these songs. I love this band.
Raw and unpolished Foo Fighters. A superb album with multiple banging songs on it
meh, it's not innovative, a bit boring, just basic rock. ok but nothing special
Great first album, I like other Foo albums better though
Der er glimt af det Foo Fighters, som jeg godt kan lide, men jeg synes ikke rigtig det når i mål på debuten her. Skoleband lyder hænger lidt ved, de har ikke heeelt fundet samspillet endnu, Grohl synger heller ikke rigtig fedt her. Det er OK, det er OK... 2.5
Jeg gik ind til Foo Fighters relativt neutralt. Jeg har hverken meget positivt eller negativt at sige på forhånd. Tbh nok mest negativt, måske. Har dog aldrig hørt denne plade eller nogle af numrene før. Jeg synes, det bliver kedeligt. Instrumentelt er det meget monotont, meget hurtigt. Teksterne er heller ikke noget at skrive hjem om i min optik. Jeg kan ikke forstå, at man kan have været en tredjedel af Nirvana og så lave det her. Ikke fordi man kun skal holde sig til, hvad man altid har gjort, men der er i hvert fald et stykke fra Nirvana til Foo Fighters, og det er en pipeline, jeg ikke forstår. Det bliver det samme nummer igen og igen. Hver gang en sang starter og lyder lidt anderledes, er det som om, at Grohl gør alt hvad han kan for lynhurtigt at få ensrettet den med den foregående. Undtagelsen er fx For All the Cows - men alligevel klinger omkvædet lidt som de foregående. Jeg er bange for, at det ikke bliver til meget mere end: 2.3 Jeg har åbenbart stadig en Foo Fighters-åbenbaring til gode, og jeg er ikke blevet mere håbefuld af denne plade.
One of my favorite bands. Great to revisit where it all started.
I thought I would be more impressed by this album, but it’s very generic 90s rock, I feel the next album the foo fighters sound is more consolidated and the hits start to come out
Is oke
Foo Fighters are like fried rice. You know what you're going to get, and it's always good. This album was no different
My first thoughts were that this wasn't going to be great cos I ain't heard of any of these songs. Granted, I'm not a mega Foo Fighters fan so I'm kind of only aware of what's popular but I thought maybe, given this is their first album, some improvement took place from their debut and so those songs are better known. But, I disagree with myself from about an hour ago, in a way I prefer the sound of these songs to their later stuff. I've always thought Everlong and Best of You etc. were always a bit deliberately anthemic if not for a better word and more importantly, songs I am almost guaranteed to hear down at my local pub. By no means do I dislike them, I just feel like they suffer from a softer touch brought on by the purpose of popularisation and here I prefer the earlier, maybe more raw quality of the band when they were lesser known.
Disappointed that this is the Foo Fighters album they picked but whatever. I feel it's not quite got what makes them a great band - probably cause it's only Dave Grohl
Nie lubiem post grungu
Wild this was done in six days by only one guy. Great 90s rock classics.
Hard
This never really landed with me when it first came out although listening to it now, I am surprised because it essentially set the same template that they seem to have repeated ever since. Much like AC/DC, they’re the best at being them and doing what they do and if you like one of their albums, you can probably find something to like on all of them.
Highlights: Alone + Easy Target, Oh George, Weenie Beenie. In a nutshell: picking up where he left off. I think Kurt would be proud of Dave for this album. It sounds like Nirvana in parts (see Alone + Easy Target) and in others Grohl is exploring a new direction (Oh, George is a glimpse of Foo Fighters we know today). Don't expect poetry here. It's just Dave doing everything. And yes, he is in Animal mode when on the drums. Enjoy it for what it is. Overall: 5/10
No me gusto
Raw. A first foray into a solo album for Grohl with an insight into Foo Fighters before their existence as we know it. Cookie cutter rock so meh from me. A couple good songs save this from a 2. Shoutout Weenie Beenie.
Favorite Song: I'll Stick Around
This is a call - 5 I'll stick around - 5 Big me - 4 Alone + easy target - 4 Good grief - 4 Floaty - 3 Weenie beenie - 3 Oh, george - 3 For all the cows - 3 X-static - 3 Wattershed - 5 Exhausted - 3
I used to love Foo Fighters when I was younger and I’ve heard this album a thousand times, though it’s been awhile. I feel like now that I’m older this album feels so long, and it starts to drag after the first four songs. My favorite Foos song always used to be For All the Cows for some reason and I think that remains true.
1995. Debut studio album. Former Nirvana's drummer (Dave Grohl) wrote the entire album after Kurt Cobain's suicide. Considered to have established the post-grunge genre.
Dave Grohl.
Enjoyed it, fun listen, but not exactly my style. Would listen to it again tho no problem.
Even when I was young and my personality was based around rock music, this band just never really did it for me. Sort of generic and uninspired.
Foo Fighters.. or the first result you get if you google generic rock.
This album was ok. There are some damn good songs but this was the early days for foo fighters. Dave grohl was the only member and wasn't long after the end of Nirvana, so the grunge sound was still very prevalent in a lot of songs on this album . It hadn't quite found its footing yet with establishing its own identity separate from Nirvana. But there are still some good songs like This is a Call and I'll Stick Around. Dave Grohl was the only member at the time so they wouldn't become a fully fledged band until the next album. Not a bad album but still too close to nirvana to make an impact yet.
I like the Foo Fighters, but this album was so meh. Surprised me. But I still like the Foo Fighters.
Ugh this is so dull.
Great. I've never listened to this before, but it felt like I have, in a good way. I guess that would make it not particularly exciting, if the overall vibe of the album is just "comfortably predictable" but eh whatever, I've really enjoyed this. i) heard before: no ii) would i buy a copy: yea iii) based on this one, would i like to listen to other albums from the same artist/band: yup. 1. this is a call: 5 2. i'll stick around: 5 3. big me: 4 4. alone + easy target: 5 5. good grief: 4 6. floaty: 3 7. weenie beenie: 4 8. oh, george: 3 9. for all the cows: 2 10. x-static: 2 11. wattershed: 3 12. exhausted: 2
cool album. never heard it before.
Δεν με πείραξε ιδιαίτερα που ήταν κάπως μέσος όρος grunge rock τραγουδιών. Δεν θα το άκουγα όμως και εσκεμένα Good Grief
...i didn't like this, sorry dave x
cue head banging 🙂↕️🤘🏻
Would give 3.5 if I could.
3/5
I never listened to it in the '90s, but somehow I heard it anyway? Good stuff, as Dave Grohl politely steps away from Nirvana (now and then sounding like Eels!), and opens the curtain on a fine new band.
Decent album, nothing really jumps out about this tho. The songs are all decent and generally speaking the album is solid. I haven't ever sat down and listened to a Foo Fighters album before, but I feel that they can do better than this. This definitely isn't their most popular record, but it's a good jumping off point for what the group will become. It's decent, but not pushing any boundaries for the genre. Fav Track: This is a Call
not the biggest foo fighters fan past their first three records (plus wasting light, i enjoyed that one a lot), and a few singles really. but this album is cool because aside from one guitar part it's all grohl, kinda like the first paul mccartney record. the lyrics are pretty stupid at times ("venison is pretty, venison is good"), but it's all very tuneful and it comes together in a very solid album.
What an album! Foo fighters only had 2 good ones and The Colour and The Shape was their breakthrough so people often forget how good the debut was. If they stopped after 2 and Dave Grohl didn’t become a Bore-Rock superstar this album would be lauded as an essential classic. The two weaker tracks for me are still decent (big me and for all the cows) and Exhausted is perhaps the best song DG has ever written, certainly musically I think so. It’s a banger 4.7
Strong record with a lot of good songs and 2 or 3 great ones. Can't understand why this is on the list and not colour and the shape though, which is their only genuine 5 star album in my opinion. Wish they still sounded like this now. They've been so mediocre for the last 15-20 years.
Another nostalgia fest, not as good as I thought it was as a teenager
There are worse 1 stars but it’s just not for me
Actually enjoyed this a lot more than I thought it would. Surprisingly accomplished considering the circumstances etc and considering it was recorded by Grohl himself in around a week. Wouldn't listen again but a solid 3
I went with this in 1995, hard not to in those days given DG’s immediate past, but I don’t go with it now, a horrifying re-listen scraping into the two stars. Tom.
The album sucked, I rlly did give a try at first and it was bad, then I gave it another and it was awful. It was so bad I had to turn it off and go for a walk.
Not a fan of the Foos. This is probably the one I rate the most.
Anderen gaan hier misschien hard op, maar ik hoor d'r eigenlijk niet veel bijzonders aan. Ruige rockherrie uit de jaren negentig, met veel vervorming, harde drums en geen enkel deuntje dat bij mij blijft hangen. Het zal wel weer godslastering zijn, maar alle druktemakerrij laat me volkomen koud. Dit is mijn uitspraak en daar moet u het mee doen.
"It's a shame we have to die my dear. No one' getting out of here. Alive" Ok, dat staat niet op dit album. Maar het is het beste nummer om mijn gevoel bij de Foo Fighters te omschrijven. Dave Grohl komt ergens vandaan.Muzikaal komt hij uit de hoek van de rauwe grunge en persoonlijk van een weg met succes en verlies. Dat weet hij muzikaal om te zetten in een bijzondere combinatie. Ja, de zware ervaringen mijdt hij niet. En ja, de bak muzikale energie die hij mee heeft genomen, wordt vol open gezet. Maar beide, zijn muzikale en persoonlijke verleden, zitten niet in de weg dat hij muzikaal vrolijkheid weet te brengen. Zie de man op het podium; en je weet dat hij geniet. Het aangehaalde DOA laat velen voluit meeblèren over een zwaar thema. Bijna als enkele door mij gehate smartlappen ook voor elkaar krijgen. Dave maakt het grunge geluid toegankelijk. En nee, daarmee wordt het niet de happy hardcore van de grunge. Er is een goede balans. De energie blijft sterk. Hoe zit dat dan op dit debut? Nou, de basis voor mijn beleving van de band is al zeker aanwezig. Bijvoorbeeld bij Alone. Het wordt voor later werk doorontwikkeld. Maar dit is nou een debut dat wel een plekje in deze lijst verdient. Maar de updates van het boek, hadden toch wel een later album mogen toevoegen. 4+ sterren en bonus voor de positieve energie.
Dit is zo'n album waar ik van tevoren al weet dat ik 5 sterren ga geven, omdat ik het van voor tot achter ken. Voor een band die inmiddels misschien wel groter (en dan bedoel ik niet invloedrijker of legendarischer hoor) is dan Nirvana, hoort er natuurlijk een album in deze lijst. Misschien is 1 zelfs een beetje karig als je ziet wat er allemaal nog meer in staat, dat overduidelijk minderwaardig is en die zelfs meerdere noteringen hebben (Kings of Leon??). Zoals ik al weer vaker roep de laatste dagen/weken: waarom in godsnaam?? Dit album is zoals ongetwijfeld op de wiki staat eigenlijk een veredeld soloproject van Dave Grohl, een mixtape met ideetjes van hemzelf en waar sommige nummers ook misschien wel bedoeld waren voor Nirvana. Er staan heerlijke nummers op, maar is niet per se een echt Foo Fighters album. Dat kwam naar mijn idee pas bij het volgende album, the Colour and the Shape, dat eigenlijk de betere keuze was geweest als je er maar 1 had mogen kiezen. Op dat album staan namelijk de evergreens Everlong en My Hero, nummers die nu nog steeds op vele jaarlijstjes terechtkomen. Vervolgens sloot ook de betreurde Taylor Hawkins aan en komen we bij de hoogtijdagen van de Foo Fighters. Al moet ik ook wel eerlijk bekennen dat muzikaal het hoogtepunt wel geweest was. Albums als One by One en In Your Honor deden het commercieel nog uitstekend, maar het aantal liedjes in het collectieve rockgeheugen werd wel iets minder. Op dit album staan dus nog wel een aantal pareltjes (als je hem nog niet kent, check ook de clip bij "Big Me", een parodie op een Mentos reclame). Wat zeg ik: eigenlijk zijn alle nummers goed, ook al zijn het slechts (amper) kleine hitjes geweest. En hoeveel albums kennen we, waarop alle nummers goed zijn? Dus ik kan zeker leven met de notering van dit album in de snoblijst, sterker nog het hoort erin, maar het is gek dat the Colour and the Shape er niet in staat. Voor beide albums zou ik namelijk de maximale score uitdelen.
Cool Album. Feel like you can still hear some Nirvana vibes sometimes. Feels a bit crispy.
GenX staple. Never been a huge Foo fan, but I respect Dave’s talent for what it is. Probably 3.5 but will round to 4.
Meget MTV start med "This Is a Call". Kunne godt være noget underlægningsmusik til Jack Ass. Leverer den her meget Foo Fighterske måde at skrue helt ned for vokalen, så den nærmest forsvinder i rocken. Har endnu ikke regnet ud om det er et stilistisk valg eller, fordi teksterne er alt for simple til at amplify. "Big me" bliver lidt for Disney Channel/sitcom på Kanal 5 til mig. Jeg keder meget lidt for meget igennem dette uimponerende debutalbum. Især taget i betragtning af, hvad de efterfølgende har bidraget med til genren!
Lyder som et papkasseband, men selve musikken er ... ok, I guess?? Jeg har aldrig forstået hvorfor Foo Fighters skulle være the shit. Musikken er så uendelig kedelig. Historien bag albummet hiver dog en stjerne ekstra hjem.
*67 Niveauet falmer lidt når man har hørt Nevermind i Letbanen på vej til arbejde, og skal høre gode gamle Dave forsøge solo, når man kommer frem. Om ikke andet et album med perioder af ganske fornuftig kvalitet, men også perioder som er lidt stenern. + point for at trække ray gun i boks på sit første album cover.
Bliver MEGET det samme, men synes generelt set at det er god lyd! Der er meget 3'er-rock i den her liste : )
Jeg gik ind til Foo Fighters ekstremt neutralt. Jeg har hverken meget positivt eller negativt at sige på forhånd. Jeg synes dog, det bliver lidt kedeligt. Instrumentelt er det meget monotont, meget hurtigt. Teksterne er heller ikke noget at skrive hjem om i min optik. Jeg kan ikke forstå, at man kan have været en tredjedel af Nirvana og så lave det her. Ikke fordi man kun skal holde sig til, hvad man altid har gjort, men der er i hvert fald et stykke fra Nirvana til Foo Fighters, og det er en pipeline, jeg ikke forstår. Det bliver lidt det samme nummer igen og igen. Hver gang en sang starter og lyder lidt anderledes, er det som om, at Grohl gør alt hvad han kan for lynhurtigt at få ensrettet den med den foregående. Undtagelsen er fx For All the Cows - men alligevel klinger omkvædet lidt som de foregående. Jeg er bange for, at det ikke bliver til meget mere end: 2.3 Jeg har åbenbart stadig en Foo Fighters-åbenbaring til gode
Jeg elsker Foo Fighters, men lige dette album er ikke ligefrem deres peak
Foo Faen det er bra!
Slet ikke i tvivl om Grohls evner og er generelt meget godt underholdt i selskab med FF, men kan altid blive imponeret over at et band, der har eksisteret i over 30 år, har formået at få alle deres sange til at lyde ens. Jeg synes albummet kæmper lidt med en balancegang, hvor de hele tiden risikerer at krydse over i enten Foo Fighters lidt intetsigende rock eller i at lyde som en (knap så interessant) udgave af Nirvana, men jeg synes faktisk, at Grohl formår at klare udfordringen forbavsende godt. Nok meget sigende for mit forhold til bandet, at mine yndlingsnumre her er nogle af de mindst streamede, men synes især Weenie Beenie og Watershed formår at skille sig ud og bryde det ellers lidt monotone lydbillede
Not into their own, yet.
solid
The grand-daddy of rock songs for people who don't listen to rock. Most of the tracks are not very interesting, but I must give credit to them being attrcative songs.
I always liked this album idk. some people here say it sounds generic but this album and its fame is literally the reason why, if you ask me. Might also be because of Grohl's generic voice.
Perfectly competent butt rock.
Nej fy vilken jobbig rock. Och bara ett år efter MTV unplugged som har toppen. Svag tvåa
Jävla solskenshistoria att hästpojken vid trummorna i Nirvana hade det här i sig. Ytterst svag för den här skivan, vars omslag jag minns tydligt från min storebrors cd-samling i barndomen. Bra blandning av ös, fräcka riff och fina popmelodier.
Hoppas inte Foo Fighters har med mer än en skiva men varför isf är det den här? Dom låter ju typ mer som Nirvana än Foo Fighters här. Med det sagt, har jag absolut ingenting emot det här. Mycket lättlyssnat, men måste man verkligen höra den här innan man dör?
mesigt och bredbent
Låter verkligen som ett mellanting av Nirvana och Foo Fighters. Inte dåligt men känns mest som en tjock massa som bara flyter på utan toppar eller dalar. Kan bero på den, enligt historieskrivningen, enkla produktionen. Hittar ju verkligen rätt på nästa skiva.
Dave Grohl is a beast. The man played everything on this album and recorded it in 6 days. It's a little rough and raggedy, but mourning your friend while playing everything by yourself almost off the cuff in 6 days will probably do that to you, so it's to be expected. And it's damn impressive for it to sound as comprehensive and good as it does. Standouts tracks for me are "I'll Stick Around" "Big Me" and "Floaty" For me, its a really solid album. I like the rawness. Now the question is: is this a 4 or 5 star album? A lotttt of people bitch that Foo Fighters is boring. Some of it, sure, could be better. I'd like to see anyone lay down 12 songs on an album in a week playing every instrument yourself and do better. Factor that into this and how big Foo Fighters got, this is a crazy starting point. It's hard to judge this album based on other FF offerings in their catalog. They have "better" work. But considering this standalone, I think I'm going for a 5. It was just a fun, fuzzy listen. It's an insane origin story.
Pensé que me iba a gustar más
Nostalgia overload used to listen this on the way to college, some fillers on there but a thoroughly solid debut album
This and The Colour and The Shape are my two favorite Foo albums.
Foo Fighters are rock with a lower case R. Generic and mostly boring. Had a hard time making it threw da hole bit.
no killer on it that’s worth a five
Back to back self titleds. Another great rock album.
YES! One of my favorites.
Dave Grohl loves to be like “I never even took music lessons” yeah buddy we can tell.
Foo Fighters always gonna be one of my rock favorite band.
It’s not my style
Some very nice combination of pop , grunge hard rock metal and punk very artsy
Le bajo un punto porque encontré pocas canciones que me gustaran :(
Not the best from them