Foo Fighters

Solid album, but a weird choice for what I believe is the only Foo Fighters album on the list. I would say that their next handful of albums, maybe even up to 6 or 7, are better than this one. The Colour and The Shape is almost unquestionably MUCH better than this album. Go listen to that one instead if you're just looking for a great Foo Fighters album.

Rough around the edges but clearly has the seeds of greatness. It's genius in its simplicity, raw and emotive

I recently saw someone call Foo Fighters "surprisingly safe radio rock" which I assume stems from the prior band Dave Grohl was apart of sounding not too similar to what Foo Fighters outputs. However, I would say it makes complete sense if you look at the music Grohl actually chooses to engage with. He may play the drums more intensely than the average band, but the man cried about the newest ABBA album, so I think he's a bit more sensitive than just "the heavy drummer should only make the heavy music". I know sensitive is a silly word to use, but you can kind of feel it here, since this album was pretty much solely made with the intention of being a sort of therapy after Kurt Cobain's passing. I think later Foo Fighters could get away with being called generic rock, but I think there's enough here for this to seem like a genuine effort. Having songs like "Weenie Beenie" sound the way they do gives off a Nirvana-esque energy, and having something like For All the Cows just two songs later, which is a completely different style tells me it's at least not all generic. I will admit there are some songs here that go in one ear and out the other, but I think this is more than just a pay check trying to be made.

Jamais je n'avais vraiment écouté d'album des foo fighters. C'est du bon rock et j'ai bien aimé comme premier album. 4.25

What a great, colorful, after-Nirvana debut which sometimes can be a bit too redundant regarding songwriting but in its best moments can also segue between poppy hymns and Post-rockish deconstructivsm. 3.5

3.5 - not worth repeating but definitely a solid debut of better things to come. Some good songs

god damn. i just read the story about this album before listening to it. dave grohl seriously did these tracks all by himself? i mean obviously the versions on this cd are done by a full band, but during the original creation of these tracks he'd do every single instrument himself? running from room to room in the recording studio, hopping from drums to guitars to whatever else? making up random vocals 20 minutes before recording began and then just rolling with them? what an intense recording environment. makes sense though, since it was supposed to be just about dave's personal catharsis after losing kurt cobain and wasn't actually intended to be a mainstream musical project in any way. what an intimidating prelude. i am of course familiar with the foo fighters - have listened to them a bunch, although not as much as i could have. they were always my friend dave's thing more than they were my thing. and 'my friend dave' is not referring to dave grohl lmao. my actual irl friend, who is also coincidentally called dave. except thats not much of a coincidence at all because dave is like the most common men's name in the west. can't take a piss in the street without splashing some dude named dave. i've never listened to this particular album before. i mostly listened to the colour and the shape, and nothing left to lose. knowing the context of its recording, i can see why this is a little more rough around the edges than some of the later stuff, but you know what? i had a fantastic time with it. what i have surmised is that i really need to listen to the foo fighters more often. favourite track: big me

A bit of nostalgia with this album. I was a big Foo Fighters fan back in middle and high school but have definitely fallen off over time. This is a really impressive debut album, especially as it was recorded in full by Dave Grohl. It's wild to me how this was released just a year after Nirvana ended, it feels like it could have been a decade and I would have loved to know how Nirvana fans at the time felt or expected from this album. I still really like this album but it's not one I listen to all the much anymore. Maybe I'll give some early FF another listen again though because of this exercise. Really solid songs throughout. Standout Tracks: This Is a Call, Big Me, Good Grief, Floaty, Weenie Beenie, Wattershed, Exhausted

Love it or hate it, this is an incredibly influential album both for it’s time and still today. Any song on this album can be thrown on at any time which makes it very versatile. The album itself isn’t making a very big statement as it’s the definition of garage band dad rock, but I found the whole thing entertaining and enjoyable. I liked it. 4/5

The literal one man band. A few bland ones but mostly keepers.

I respect this for what it is-- I didn't love it and don't need to return to it, but I have a lot of love and respect for Dave Grohl for making it.

nirvana-esque (how surprising lmao)

I didn't realize the first Foo Fighters album was a one-man show with Dave Grohl playing all the instruments and vocals, quite a feat for a drummer from his fairly well-known previous band. With this in mind, this album is an impressive feat, it's solid from start to finish and the energy and urgency gives the record it's strength, quite the debut! I can't say I'm a Foo Fighters fan, but from what I've heard on this and their later releases, I can't say I don't like it. This is probably my favourite Foo Fighters album, but it's the only one close to being essential.

Great album, not as good as their later stuff imo, but a big favourite of mine in my late teens.

8/10

yeah

Still my favourite Foo's album. Raw and shows Daves punk roots before the stadium rock metamorphosis started on the colour and the shape. Alone + Easy Target is still a favourite

What a great record. Fun fact, Dave Grohl played all of the instruments on this record, so it’s basically a Dave Grohl solo record. Sure, it’s got the typical ‘90s alternative rock sound. But it’s mostly Nirvana songs that Dave wrote and Kurt never got a chance to record. It’s really a “what could’ve been” if Kurt was alive to record these songs.

A classic from my childhood that holds up incredibly well.

W większości nie dla mnie, ale szacunek dla płyty

A really good album. Sort of metal but without the lead guitar shredding nonsense - liker skater punk on steroids. Musical, listenable, good stuff.

The back story of this album is heartbreaking, but Foo Fighters went on to be just as big as Nirvana.

Bursts out of the gate and even if it tapers off a bit at the end, its still a cracking album.

It's so much better than a first album by a member of a bigger band ever needed to be. Obviously, 27 years on it's obvious that Dave Grohl is a star, but it wasn't until this. He was just the funny drummer from Nirvana. It opens fully at legendary - the first three tracks are essential, but drops off a bit after that (except For All the Cows). So imperfect, but great.

Great album even though they really fleshed out their sound on later albums

Pretty strong release. They are not the best foo fighters because they have significantly improved in the last few years. The record made only by Dave Grohl is a well-known anecdote but always incredible to hear about his process.

Decent continuation of Nirvana. Very approachable but that's not necessarily a bad thing. It's catchy and well refined. Much better than their / his later stadium rock stuff. (3.8)

Made on a bit of a lark after the death of Kurt Cobain, this was the album that revealed the sly talent Dave Grohl had been keeping to himself. The sound is a little rough, but there are some real flashes of talent here, as well Grohl's strong pop sensibility, which really elevates a lot of these songs nicely. The fact that this is basically Grohl playing all the parts himself is really impressive. The lyrics are a little cryptic, but no more than most of Grohl's peers at the time. Fave Songs: Big Me; Exhausted; Floaty; I'll Stick Around; For All the Cows; Oh, George; X-Static

First time listening to the Foos debut album in full. Rocks!

Gonna listen to more

I've really grown to respect and like the Foo Fighters over the years but I'm not really familiar with their music. After Cobain's death, I didn't really get caught up with what Dave Grohl was doing. Yes I loved Big Me when it was played on the radio and was surprised to see Grohl out from behind the drums. Over the years I've come to really respect Dave Grohl and I think the success of Foo Fighters is such a testament to simply working and playing music. I looked up a quote from him worth remembering: "Musicians should go to a yard sale and buy an old f****** drum set and get in their garage and just suck. And get their friends to come in and they'll suck, too. And then they'll f******* start playing and they'll have the best time they've ever had in their lives and then all of a sudden they'll become Nirvana. Because that's exactly what happened with Nirvana. Just a bunch of guys that had some s***** old instruments and they got together and started playing some noisy-a** s***, and they became the biggest band in the world. That can happen again! You don't need a f****** computer or the Internet or The Voice or American Idol ." Well, there is some luck involved too. But the sentiment about just getting out and playing is what I took to heart. Back to this album...this is the type of rock I really like. Hard but not too hard. Throbbing drums. Good lyrics. Loud but not noise. And Jesus! He did all of this by himself over 5 days as a way to process his grief over Kurt. I ended up listening to this album two times yesterday---inspired and moved by Grohl's positive manifestation of mourning.

A funny one, this album. I owned it on cassette as a teenager, and I only kinda liked it. The heavy riffs were a bit too angular for my ears, but the poppy stuff rang true. Goddamn though, they fuckin NAILED that mix on their next two albums. And to get THERE, they started HERE. 3.5 rounded up to 4.

This is such a great record. I remember when it came out that it completely vindicated my view of Dave as the backbone of Nirvana and, IMO the true talent. This record is a great cross-section of Grohl's varied influences. There are many power pop references and angular punk chord progressions.

Full of anthems and surprisingly crunchy riffs. Great album.

Always dug the FF's ....however this os not one my favorite records. No skips just not on my funeral playlist

Not their best, but a classic debut of talent. Lyrics lack, energy does not.

This entry exposes an inexplicable hole in my personal collection. I know the Foo Fighters. I enjoy their music. Yet, out of over 37 days worth of music on my computer, I have a grand total of three FF songs ("Big Me," "Everlong," and "Learn to Fly"). What the shit is that about? I can't explain it. This album proves to me that I need to fill that gap. It's undeniably classic '90s rock. But what's truly mind-blowing to me is the fact that Dave Grohl wrote and recorded this entire album by himself (minus some of the guitar in "X-Static"). I knew he was a well-rounded musician, but that's exceedingly impressive. With regard to the actual music, I think the album drags a little toward the end, but who cares? Given how good the album's good bits are and the fact that Grohl essentially did this by himself, this is an easy four stars (and a reminder that, seriously, I need to get some more damn Foo Fighters in my collection).

I mourned Nirvana so deeply I could never get into the Foo Fighters. It sounds silly, but it was a deeply personal feeling that I still carry. For the first time, I listened to a FF album in its entirety - and it was pretty great. Sure it's mainstream rock, but it's done well & some of the songs go pretty hard. I'm glad this was on the challenge, otherwise I never would've listened on my own.

I'm still amazed Dave Grohl wrote and performed this entire album (guitar, bass, drums, vocals) by himself and released it under the name Foo Fighters unbeknownst to anyone at the time after Kurt Cobain died by suicide. The album is a solid mix of grunge, punk, and rock with a handful of notable singles that still get radio play today. I don't gravitate toward the FF often, but I'm always happy to hear a FF song.

Destined for greatness, but this album is a little rough and ready

Watershed was incredible. Overall solid, some moments that didn’t really stand out, but a good first effort, and easy to see how they got as big as they are.

Last half better.

I wasn't aware that this was basically a Dave Grohl solo project. Making music by himself and then trying to pass it off as a made up band, sounds like someone else I know, ha-ha. Anyway, this is a great album. The Nirvana comparisons are inevitable but this has got a carefree charm of it's own, especially on the jazzy "For All The Cows". Other highlights include the lead single "This is a Call" and "Floaty".

There are a fair amount of reviews on this album that are ragging on the Foo Fighters, but this is not really a Foo Fighters album, it's a Dave Grohl solo project. He gave the appearance of it being by a band, mostly for anonymity and throw people's preconceptions. When you think about the production process, it's all Grohl. He had the drive, energy, skills and something to prove! The Foo Fighters (as a band) were later "retcon'd" into existence upon its success. While this isn't my favourite Foo Fighters album, I much prefer the following up, The Color and The Shape (or should we be calling that Foo Fighter's first album?), do I think it's a significant rock album, yes totally. It's more about the journey than the destination, and without the backstory, it would have less impact.

Impressive how Dave Grohl did everything on this album. That's incredible. Really good music and glad I finally got to listen to this because I completely missed the Foo Fighters kind of forever.

A one man album from the man who resisted banishment from music after his front man death. Amazing effort of which I can only say may be too long. This was before Taylor and gaining worldwide recognition. Even with its filler lyrics, is better than they latest (and maybe final work).

4.5

High energy without being too much, with hooks that grab you all the way through.

Very very very good album by one of my favorite rock bands! The coo fighters know how to rock and I highly recommend this album

An absolute banger of an album, especially for a debut.

Gas

4/5

Enjoyed this a lot. A lot of Nirvana-esque elements.

Surprisingly, Grohl turned out to be a rare pop talent, able to create melodies, rhythms and riffs that are easy to listen to and totally on trend in the post-Cobain world. (7/10) FT: This Is a Call, Big Me

I love the Foo Fighters. IMO, they are one of the greatest rock bands of all time. I also love this album - but more for the story than the music. This album was a therapeutic experience for Dave that he didn’t necessarily mean for anyone to hear. He recorded it in a week and it consists of stuff he wrote prior to or during his time with Nirvana, which raises so many questions about what the future of nirvana may have sounded like. There are some great songs in here and some that are clearly him finding his voice. Whatever it is, I love it.

🟩 77 🥇 Alone + Easy Target 🥈 There is a Call 🥉 Weenie Beenie

Треки мелодичные, хотя это и считается альтернативным роком. Мне понравилось, звучит свежо.

Five stars for the music, but the lyrics and vocals are not as good.

I enjoyed this one. This debut album is a good mix between where Nirvana left off and the poppier, accessible alternative rock songs I knew from Foo Fighters.

Daleko najbolji album foo fighters iako zvuči ko tribute husker du. Ili možda baš zbog toga 😄

Love this album, definitely a high 4. This band will always hold a special place in my heart for being my first concert.

That's fucking rock and roll

Foo Fighters definitely have the hits. I liked this album more than expected even though it doesn't have any of the biggest FF tracks. Good mix of hard rock with punk influence.

It's good rock, and it's fun. I admit I'm having some nostalgia bias here. I love the unpolished sound. This is the kind of debut that makes you excited for what's to come. For me, Foo Fighters ended up in a direction I don't care for, but there's always this album to take me back.

I've never had a stomach for the Foo Fighters, it's like rock music but with too much polish. This album, however, I like more than the later stuff I'm more familiar with - it's a little scrappier and I like it for that.

In terms of my personal enjoyment I'd say this a 3 but the story behind it and the fact that he recorded pretty much everything on it by himself makes me have to round up to 4. Gotta respect that. Plus, Dave Grohl seems like a solid all around dude.

Written and recorded by Dave Grohl in the aftermath of Kurt Cobain’s death, this debut album is a strong start to what would become one of the best known alternative rock acts of the 90s and 2000s. The first half is its strongest, and is clearly reminiscent of Nirvana, Grohl’s previous band. The melodies are strong and some moments remind me of the Beatles and Oasis. Overall I’m not a huge fan of the Foo Fighters, but I appreciate this album for what it is and what it allowed Dave Grohl to do.

Jawel, een klassieker.

Geweldig album!

Ik had vroeger een T-Shirt met de hoes van dit album erop. Ik was enorm fan! En nog altijd vind ik dit een geweldig album. Inmiddels vooral vanuit nostaligisch oogpunt, want ik hoor nu ook wel dat het niet zo briljant is als ik destijds vond. Maar het hele verhaal er omheen (Dave Grohl die dit hele album in z'n eentje heeft ingespeeld) maakt het een soort mythisch iets.

Love the Foo Fighters.

Every great band starts somewhere and in this case, Dave started it all here. Knowing Dave did this entire album himself really helps you understand the musician he is. It's not a perfect album but without this we wouldn't have all the Foo Fighters songs we have today.

I’m biased as a huge Foo Fighters and Dave Grohl fan, but this is a solid debut album for any band. The fact that the whole album instrumentally was done by Grohl makes it that much cooler. Not my favorite Foo album but still has great tracks like Big Me & Good Grief

hilariously dumb yet catchy lyrics and whiney Pac Sun 90s vocals and vibes

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Dave Grohl is perhaps the coolest dude in the music business. However I don't love the Foo Fighters, I for whatever reason never find myself wanting to listen to a whole album. I can't figure why. Out of all the the FF albums I've probably listen to this one the most.

Even though he doesn’t appear in this brilliant record from Dave Grohl, it’s eerily strange that Taylor Hawkins died this same day. Love this record, love Dave Grohl, love FF. RIP TH ☹️

Don't think i've listened to this since the 90s. Holds up. Great opening of This is a Call and I'll Stick Around.

Classic post-Nirvana grunge-rock from Dave Grohl

Just a solid rock record from start to finish.

Good stuff from the Foos, before they became rock behemoths as today. There's a freedom and release compared with the last throes of Nirvana here, as Dave Grohl breaks free of the grunge mould

good but got a little bit sick of the noise by the end

The backstory to this album is amazing - every track every instrument is Dave Grohl, and he tried to keep that secret which is peak Dave Grohl. Bonus star for being 100% Dave Grohl, loses a star as I'm afraid I'm not a grunge fan. Sorry Dave.

Powerful youth

Klassík. Hresst og skemmtilegt rokk. Meira svona!

Great debut album. Grungy sound. Not as poppy as later albums

Genre: Alternative Rock 4/5 A hugely enjoyable, almost Power Pop-esque onslaught of tracks, Dave Grohl’s one-man-band debut effort was a huge step forward in the post-grunge, alt-rock scene. Dave Grohl is no technical craftsman, but the melodies and production throughout this thing are much better than demo quality, and lay the foundation for his later solo work quite well. The whole album is full of great riffs, great drumming, and great lead vocals from Grohl. While none of these songs endure today as classics, cuts This Is a Call, Big Me, and Weenie Beenie are perfect glimpses into the future of not just the Foo Fighters, but acts like Green Day and Third Eye Blind, who are just a couple of bands that owe a debt to this project. Good shit all around.

Can't say I've ever listened to a Foo Fighters album. Can't be as bad as they are live, but that's not down to the music, it's just the fact that Dave Grohl talks for 95% of the set. They play about 1 song every 4 hours. This was better than expected actually. Good for them.

Pretty decent slacker, pop, rock, quiet, loud, quiet, loud, melodic, shouty, melodic, shouty, whatever. I just wish they'd knocked it on the head after this album rather than continuing to write the same album over and over again with ever diminishing returns for the rest of eternity.

Eipä ole tätä levyä tullut juurikaan kuunneltua aiemmin, vaikka bändistä kovasti tykkäänkin. Aika hurjaa, että tämä lätty on julkaistu vain reilu vuosi Cobainin itsemurhan jälkeen. Levy kuulostaa ihan Foo Fightersiltä, hyvin on tyyli säilynyt vuosien saatossa. Ei varsinaisesti hittibiisejä, mutta tasaista suorittamista alusta loppuun.

Foo Fightersin toiseksi paras levy, jolla bändi vielä vähän hakee suuntaansa. Osa biiseistä kuulostaa ihan Foo Fightersilta, mutta selvästi myös Nirvana-taustaa on haluttu tuoda esille joidenkin kappaleiden sovituksissa. Vaikken ole koskaan oikein Foo Fightersille täysillä syttynytkään niin onhan tämä ihan mukavaa rokkimeininkiä. Paitsi levyn paras kappale Big Me joka on mukavaa poppimeininkiä. 3,5, joka nousee neloseksi.

Great rock album, few songs are a bit too heavy but the rest is great rock that is hard to dislike

Loe this, didnt realise how many great FF songs are off this album 4 stars

Really liked this. Also didn't realise this was basically a dave grohl solo album. Impressively talented man.

Excellent in parts, sol8d throughout.

3.5

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Enjoyable

Not their best album (that would be The Colour and the Shape) but the first and the one that got me in to the Foos. The lyrics are pretty obscure and you can tell from the way the vocals are mixed that Dave is not used to being the front man yet.

I had forgotten how much I enjoyed this album when it came out.

I’m a fan.

Rocky

More bang than I remembered!

This was very good, and I really liked the first song. I'm not a huge Foo Fighters fan, but this was a little more stripped down/developing, which was good.

Classic, grungy, quality.

Look up rock n roll in the dictionary and this album appears. Just a great rock album.

The first three songs are classics. The rest wasn't quite as good.

pretty good not a big fan of grunge/metal but I really appreciated this i’ll give it an 8/10, probably won’t listen again but definitely special

This album only gets better with time. Quintessential mid-90's alt-rock.

Definitely one of my favorite bands from the grunge & post-grunge era, but not their best work (I'm waiting for The Colour and the Shape or In Your Honor). Still, this was pretty much just Dave Grohl playing all instruments with one buddy helping produce it. The band formed after this album. So pretty damn impressive for a solo project, even if it has some Nirvana feel. Like Nirvana did, Grohl fills your ears with a lot of noise from only a few instruments - not overly complex but well arranged and with ferocity. Makes up for some of the unevenness of the album. Most people know the first 3 tracks (all great) but I also really like the lesser knowns Alone + Easy Target, Floaty, and Wattershed. Probably a 3.5 but I'll round up.

I really enjoyed this album (especially second time through). I don't usually let the story of the album dictate whether I like it or not, but this really does feel like an amazing heretofore hidden talent going into the studio and working out, "What shall 90s music be?" and then influencing (or reflecting?) so much of what came after. I'd never taken much time to explore Foo Fighters or Dave Grohl's story before and how he was exploring himself as a musician post-Nirvana, but I felt it in this album. I did think that something had gone terribly wrong with my wireless headphones when "Exhausted" came on. With that, I can't say that there were no "misses" on these experimentations, but all in all I liked this album very much.

Classic Foo. Much prefer their first 3 albums to the newer stuff.

good album. not the best foo fighters album but still a 4/5

This is just a great album

As far as hard punk rock goes, I like this. Big DG fan

Solid rock album for the birth of one of the best alternative rock groups. There are some signs of the nirvana sound before they really hit their stride with the hits. This album was all rock which makes it strong and different from other bands from the 90s. 7.7/10

much more relaxed than grohl's later stuff but pretty good

This album goes down in quality after the first three songs but still a thoroughly great album from start to finish.

Rock sin escrúpulos. Voz en ocasiones desgarradora. Guitarrero y con buenas melodías

Not the best foo album imo

This album is really good. Much better than later Foo Fighters albums. It’s amazing to think that Dave Grohl played and recorded this all by himself.

Solid 90’s grunge rock.

Pretty decent debut with a few bangers. The singles still rip. And a few of the deep cuts are great. Really liked the closer too.

Good background noise, not my kind of music but good still and I understand why people like it.

I liked da second song a lot

It was ok!

I think I like the Foo Fighters?

Brilliant, especially when you consider it’s basically just a bunch of demos

Very fun rock record, showing Dave Grohl step out of Kurt’s shadow less than a year after his death and come out with a sound that was his own. Earns its way to 4 stars as Dave Grohl being a one man band for the whole record. I still think some of their later stuff like The Colour and the Shape or Wasting Light has stronger songwriting, however.

Pure nostalgia trip into my introduction to rock.

This isn't my favorite Foo Fighters album or even their best (maybe second or third next to color and shape and nothing left to lose), but it's an awesome album that I really love.

One of the best debut albums ever

Amazing energy on every track. Hard to believe that Dave Grohl played each instrument himself!

Dave Grohl is a musical genius and all around good guy! I liked this album - very good rock n roll music. A few radio hits that are very familiar, and the rest get the job done, but not my go to music. 3.5 stars, but rounding up for the cool factor, and memories of the one Foo show I attended where they blew me away with one of the best live performances I’ve seen.

Man nobody makes modern rock sound as *correct* as Dave Grohl

Needs to be listened to loudly. Good stuff.

Best album I've gotten in a while

Nicht zu krachig, schon sehr 90er

Grunge. Bastante bueno.

Nice

Oh, early Foo! I remember picking this album up at Karma records on Indiana in 1995 when I visited IU as a high school senior. As a big Nirvana kid, I had read that Dave Grohl was spinning up a new band. He'd sung one Nirvana song that had surfaced at the time- Marigold. I didn't know what to expect, but when I spun that CD for the first time I knew it was good. They didn't really get a ton of love until their second album and this first one gets discarded at times in the great Foo pantheon, so I'm glad it made the cut. Props to Grohl for playing all the instruments on this (because the band didn't technically exist when he recorded).

Me parece un disco que trasciende la frontera de su época, se desmarca un poco del Grunge que reinaba a finales de los 80's, principios de los 90's. Sin embargo tiene una excelente energía y hasta se podría considerar easy listening.

awesome album. I remember loving the I fell in two music video when I was a kid

Love Foo Fighters. This isn't my favorite of their albums, but I enjoyed listening to it

Not bad! Was cool to hear the 1st album from them.

- Best tracks: This Is A Call Big Me

Some good tracks. Typical Foo Fighters

elements of rock and roll and hard rock. easy listen. 90s rock

Great 90’s grunge album!

Impressive when you hear about how Dave Grohl is behind the entire project.

Really don’t love this as much viewed through today’s lens. They’ve been making the same song for 25 years.

Räväkkää rokkia. Muistan kuinka eräs itsekin rumpuja ja kitaraa soittava nuori mies hypetti tätä levyä ja tuli hänen kanssaan jokunen sata kertaa kuunneltua läpi.

Classic rock sounds of the 90s.

I've mostly listened to the singles from this record before, glad I sat down and listened to it. Love the emo influences on here (wonder if there are any Jawbreaker records on this list?). Makes sense he would take some members of Sunny Day Real Estate for the next record. I enjoy the grittiness of this, especially seeing how polished the future records would become. Foos also put on a hell of a show. Favorite Tracks: "Good Grief", "Big Me", "For All the Cows"

I'm a massive Nirvana fan. This record is okay. Something was lost with Kurt that I don't expect Grohl to be able to replace. This isn't really the Foo Fighters as we know them today, it's just Dave Grohl playing all the parts, and for that reason it's a hell of a lot better than the saccharine arena rock they play in 2021. Just solid tunes with an occasionally raw aesthetic to them.

The idea of trudging forward in the face of tragedy was a new concept for Dave Grohl. Having been plunged to the darkest depths of the bottom, he had to figure out to cast a light and find a way back to the top. Fortunately for him, and for us listeners, he'd been preparing for some time. Foo Fighters, from cassette demo tape to wacky music videos and beyond, provided a path for Grohl to reach as the one man band turned into a full fledged outfit that would endure and endear to this day. Who would have thought that, after a most unfortunate start, that he'd stick around? Favorites: This is a Call, I'll Stick Around, Big Me, Alone + Easy Target, Good Grief, Floaty, For All the Cows, X-Static.

Surprisingly very good. Only listened once, so the ones that were more obviously melodic grabbed me more.

Fun time

Really disappointed by this. The Colour and The Shape is way better

“I’m not a slacker. I’m just on a really long holiday.” Reality Bites (1994)

It's not bad, there were some songs which I liked, but most of the album, it's a kind of music I am not that into. Too noisy most of the time, I liked some of the melodies.

is there a reason why some albums are so great in the first half and then complete shit in the second one?

This is the Pablo Honey of the Foo Fighters discography for me, and not just because it's their debut. For one thing, only one track particularly stands out from the rest, with everything else being largely forgotten about. Then there's the fact that thankfully the music gets a whole lot better in the next album and beyond. Lastly, whilst it's good, it's not all that great in my opinion, leaving a rather generic taste in the mouth. They would have been better off putting the second Foo album in this list.

I will say it's impressive that Dave Grohl created this whole album by himself and then later put together a band to go on tour with later. Like most Foo Fighters music it's a bit lackluster and boring at times. I didn't think I would know any of the songs on here but surprised myself.

Though familiar with the hits from this album, it's my first time hearing it as a whole. Honestly this album sounds more like a demo tape than a completed release. And I think that is both the strength and weakness of this album. It has a raw energy and spontaneity to it. But at the same time it would definitely benefit from the polish that comes from studio production and additional musicians. The result is great energetic songs on the one end, but lackluster unfinished sounding songs on the other. I definitely prefer Foo Fighters later work; 2011's Wasting Light is one of my favorite albums of that year. And at its best this debut foreshadows greater things to come.

I’ve heard a decent amount of Foo Fighters here and there and felt it’s all pretty solid. I would say the same for this, their debut, as it’s a good mix of the sounds from Grohl’s early work with Nirvana with a brighter tone and approach. This varies from track to track, naturally, as the band dips their toes into a few prominent rock sounds, from what I can tell. 1 listen Favorite Tracks: Exhausted, This Is a Call, I’ll Stick Around

good

3+. Helt greit, men litt kjedelig. Treffer meg ikke helt.

Jamais écouté avant. Enregistré en une semaine par le seul Dave Grohl, en guise de thérapie après le suicide de Kurt Cobain, Foo Fighters porte sans doute un peu trop les stigmates de ses conditions de réalisation artisanales. La production et le mix sont bordéliques, et beaucoup de moment qui pourraient être épiques semblent comme aplanis par le fait d'avoir été enregistrés en kit... Conséquence malheureuse : aucun morceau ne surnage vraiment ou ne marque réellement à l'écoute, et tout se noie dans un nuage rock certes pas désagréable, mais finalement assez standard. On peut néanmoins être honnêtement impressionné de la performance, d'autant que Dave Grohl concocte ici une recette qui fera le succès des Foo Fighters (devenus un groupe à part entière) dans les années qui suivront : un hard rock à mi-chemin entre grunge et pop-punk, à la fois bruyant et mélodique, ce fameux post-grunge qui ne produira pas que des chefs-d'œuvre, loin s'en faut... Top : This Is a Call Flop : Oh, George

7/10 Buen album, tiene mejores momentos que otros y el final es medio raro. Pero me gusto en su conjunto

3.5

Not my favourite Foo Fighters album. They have better ones such as The Colour And The Badger, There Is Nothing Left To Badger, Echoes, Silence, Patience & Badgers and Badger Highways… Concrete & Badger. Most of their other ones really except their newest one. I’ve felt a bit less about Dave Grohl ever since it was found he had a secret love badger child with a much younger badger who wasn’t his wife. So hard on the loving devoted wife who’s had three badger daughters with Grohl already.

¯\_ (ツ)_/¯

Love you Dave but this is average. Not FF’s best. 3

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

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%

🔫🥁🎸🎤🤘🏻

some pretty solid pop rock writing (vocal harmonies in particular) irretrievably buried under an avalanche of guitar fuzz.

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

Weirdly, I like the slower tempo parts. The sheet of guitar noise is not my favorite. There's a sameness to the sound.

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.

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.

A bit boring

A decent album but no song really excites me much. 3 stars or C+.

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.

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

3.5 stars

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

Decent

Better than I expected but too long

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

JL : 3, Floaty

Ok. Fine. Yeah.

This one's not too bad

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.

ok yeah

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.

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.

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.

The good songs are prety good, the bad song are prety bad. Its a bit bland but I liked it. 3.5/5

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.

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!

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

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.

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 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.

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

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

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.

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.

Not bad, kinda surprised by the lack of sense in lyrics. Not 'it' for me either.

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

I mean its good but nothing special, like a really decent rock album Exhausted is really amazing though

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

Дейв грол прикурил Мальборо

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.

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.

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

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

not one for the top shelf, but a good listen.

Ok sound but not for me.

7.5/10

loser rock. gwn average rock slop.

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

I only know like 2 FF songs so this a great introduction to them. 7/10

Good tracks but not so good pacing/tracklisting. Also - the clearly superior follow up didn’t make the list?

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.

Nice and spicy

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.

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.

this bored me but grohl is epic on the drums so it has some merit.

deciding if i have no desire to finish the album then i probably don’t care

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.

Foo Fighters have never grabbed me, because of it being very safe radio rock

Pretty good

I have never listened to a Foo Fighters album. The beginning is strong, but it dies down as you make your way through.

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

I just don't have much of an opinion on this one

I haven't listened to this album, despite being a very casual fan of Foo Fighters. I enjoyed it but nothing stood out.

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

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.

Very much “rock” but well executed and diverse in compositions. Never really listened to Foo Fighters but this feels like an appropriate debut.

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.

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.

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.

Pleasant pop music from the pretty percussionist

3/5

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