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I have always found the Foo Fighters to be a bit generic. That said I really enjoyed reading about this album and its creation and lyrics. I had no idea that Grohl played all the instruments. I wish I had discovered this before listening to it and it has almost inspired me to give it a second listen. Almost.
It's pretty impressive what Grohl put together after a rough few years leading up to the release of this album. Loosing a band member (and frontman in particular) in such a tragic way would have been life altering, creating this album almost entirely on his own out of that time is pretty incredible - writing the whole thing and performing/recording every instrument is epic! The music would be 80% better if there was 30% less cymbals - its the main thing that puts me off the music. Foo Fighters have been on reasonably high rotation in my household as one of my husbands fave bands, but they don't really do it for me. This isn't the best of the Foo Fighters, but its an important and interesting addition to the list in terms of rock history and legacy. Fave Track: For all the cows FRESH POTSSSS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhdCslFcKFU
Killer tunes, raw production. Fave track - Exhausted
Meu favorito deles, basicamente Dave Grohl fazendo um pocketwatch comercialmente viável
alguns fillers e nunca achei que diria isso mas sinto falta dos cliché foo fighters
Solid listen. Some of the songs kinda blended together in my mind.
not for me, not nirvana sounding enough :/
Funny that I get this album right after The Germs. Guess it’s Pat Smear week over here. I always loved that this album existed. It was the nirvana continuance that I needed. “I’ll Stick Around” is the lead track and Grohl definitely stuck around. I’ve always loved that track. In the end though, this has too much of the noisy rhythm guitar that classifies 90s butt rock for my taste. They switch it up a bit with “Big Me” and find their Nirvana groove with “Alone + Easy Target” but it isn’t enough for me to voluntarily spin it.
Ow my head
I LOVE THE FOOFIGHTERS!!!!!!! But seriously this is a good album :3 Exhausted was my favourite song !!!!!
It's fun but overall decent
grunge/rock from the ashes of Nirvana
The first and still my favourite Foo Fighters album
Type shit
Like Nirvana but doesn't pack the same punch. Sounds fine. High 3.
I like this
6/10 - I liked some of the songs. It sounded like rock most of the time and I have heard big me before. It became to far out there for me when we reached some of the later songs.
I guess that long review I wrote a while back was actually all bullshit. This album isn’t groundbreaking or genre defining, but I liked the songs
Intense listening
kept me bopping along but also didn't really grab me
bello 🍌
Great album - I remember buying it when it came out this album was Dave ‘s therapy after Kurt’s suicide - Dave now playing guitar and singing ❤️ This is a call greaaat opener
I love Nirvana, but this has much more of a noisy grunge vibe, which doesn’t resonate as much for me.
A great EP followed by a bunch of 90s detritus. Above average detritus but not not really vital listening. But out of the gate the first three songs pretty much give you the three dynamics FF will cover for the next 15 years (beyond that they have drifted further afield -though no too far). Always great to hear Dave behind the kit - and his performance everywhere else is certainly competent to impressive but to what end. But Dave certainly announced his intentions.
3.5
They really did fight those foos
A decent enough debut. Plenty to build on for futre albums.
Enjoyable
Classic and amazing release after losing Cobain.
The debut from Foo fighters was great
Not my style
Nostalgia bomb off this one. Haven't much time for them at all any more, but there are some bangers off this and their second outing.
very mid
I've never listened to early Foo Fighters and I didn't realize how much some of their stuff sounds like Nirvana. Some songs literally sound like Nirvana songs. This makes sense but I always thought after Nirvana, Dave Grohl changed the sound quite a bit. I really enjoyed this and I think I enjoy it more than the Foo Fighters songs that I know and grew up listening to on the radio. I'm a fan of the 1 guy does it all DIY rawness to this album.
This was fun. Interesting that this was on the list. Its definitely a solid record, but the sophomore record is no doubt one of the best albums of all time. I guess this one is really foundational for alt-rock. Or is just foundational for the Foo Fighters? I guess Dave Grohl literally recorded all the instruments for this record, so is it even a band? IDK. It was good. I enjoyed it. And if you were born in the 90s, you have to enjoy or at the very least tolerate the Foo Fighters until the day you day. Because they're great. Musically, I had a lot of fun with this one. Its fun hearing the foundations of grunge, and alt rock but also fun to hear how hardcore heavily influenced Dave. Those were probably my favorite tracks. A lot of songs are pretty similar but I still enjoyed it. Solid 4.
01) This Is a Call – 9,0 02) I'll Stick Around – 9,0 03) Big Me – 9,5 04) Alone + Easy Target – 9,0 05) Good Grief – 8,0 06) Floaty – 8,0 07) Weenie Beenie – 7,5 08) Oh, George – 8,0 09) For All the Cows – 8,5 10) X-Static – 8,0 11) Wattershed – 7,5 12) Exhausted – 7,5 TOTAL: 8,29 (83/100) Current ranking: 114/404
An old favourite. Top tracks - alone + easy target, exhausted, good grief.
Emotions still running high from the loss of his friend, he couldn't run away from the life he led no matter how much he tried. So Dave Grohl returned under the name of "Foo Fighters", a one man band, and made a masterpiece of an album often considered to be the last breath of the dying but well lived genre of grunge.
Listened once and didn't feel like listening again.
Apart from the (great) drumming, the Foo Fighters' sound on this album is pretty anonymous, particularly for the already-oversaturated field of 90s alt-rock/grunge. Grohl continues faithfully in the footsteps of his previous band Nirvana, to fair effect – although the juxtaposition (for some listeners) between Cobain's roughened, emotional vocal and the weaker, blurrier one in this album can be stark. Grohl definitely made the right decision by distancing his Nirvana identity from the new music he wanted to spread and perform with the "New Foo". And maybe that separation of identity worked wonders back in the 90s, but with more hindsight information, I doubt it fools many people in the present day. Every track is pretty enjoyable, pretty energetic, with instruments that are pretty well performed – but not much more. The relatively mellow pop track Big Me is a highlight for having a warmer guitar sound and a generally more singable melody. The album opener, This Is a Call, is iconic enough as a full-fledged introduction to justify its place in my "key tracks" list as well. Most of the remaining tracks are inoffensive, perfectly fine tracks in a genre that had been (and still is) done to death. The Foo Fighters don't do much to distinguish themselves as artists, and combined with the lack of album flow (aside from the contrasting tone in Big Me and For All the Cows), I can't justify giving this any higher than a 3. 3/5 Key tracks: This Is a Call, Big Me, For All the Cows
Dave is just the talentedest
First listen. Not my kind.
Solid album cool grungy sound
Wel leuk, ik vind de laatste muziek wel beter geloof ik, 7.5/10
It's very sweet and earnest. I've heard a few other Foo records and this is certainly of the quality I would expect of them, though I do wish the production was a bit more airy and less squished down to shit. Nonetheless, deeply enjoyable stuff. Rating: 3.5 (closer to 4 stars)
A pretty ok debut album. Very impressive that Dave pretty much did it all but there is better albums over the horizon…
Great album. One of the greatest debut albums of all time. Loved every track. Even the duds were good. Great work Dave Grohl
Sorry I didn’t love this more, Dad!
Started out great and then faded in the second half. Cool that Dave played all the instruments, though. A decent debut.
For me there is nothing really stand out. Lyrics are decent but i lost interest with the similar sounding vibe throughout. The next Foo Fighters album is the good one, but I get it mourning the death of Kurt etc. But taking all that aside and just as a body of music it's ok... and that's about it
Ugh
I quite like the big songs but have never really got the Foo Fighters. Listened to it 3 times and still did not spark a reaction. I like Dave G but can take or leave this.
I've never heard this album before despite some Foo Fighters songs being some of my favourites. I think I'd only heard "Big Me" from this one. Really love hearing all the Nirvana DNA in these songs.
meh
The wet bread of rock music. I like to imagine Kurt killing himself again while listening to this. Occasionally there are some decent tunes though, deeply buried beneath Dave Grohl's very very mediocre vocals and zero personality. Also stupid-ass band name. Literally so average I can't even give it a 1⭐
Pretty cool album. I didn’t realize the foo fighters originally sounded like this. It makes me curious about the rest of their discography, although I doubt most of those albums will be anywhere near as good as this. Favorite song: Exhausted Least Favorite Song: For All the Cows
Good grief, Foo Fighters is a kick butt debut from Foo Fighters. Always thought Kurt was the songwriter and mastermind of Nirvana, not so sure anymore. Dave put together an epic album here! Great driving beats, guitar, and variety, all songs are good except Weenie Beenie (an annoying skipper) with Big Me at the top of the list. Will listen to this one again (4.3*s)
I was not impressed with this album other than the backstory. I didn't really get into any of the songs, I found them a bit grating and unpolished (while fully recognizing the purpose and setup of this recording). I've never been a big fan of Foo Fighters, although I do really like Dave Grohl, so this did nothing to convince me further. "Weenie Beenie" is terrible, "Big Me" is good, the rest fall somewhere in between. 2.45 for smashing drums and high energy.
In the wake of Cobain's death, Nirvana and the world were reeling. I did not know the full back story for this debut from the Foo but the fact that Grohl recorded this solo soon after is quite an achievement for a drummer. He is a multi talented musician and although this is not his strongest work I commend this effort. Take it for what it is and for a quick recording project, passed around amongst friends on cassette, gives is more meaning and def kicked off DG as his own force to be reckoned with. "Big Me" top track. Despite recent media negativity for some poor relationship choices, Dave is a good dude and I give this album gets a 2.8.
I'm a little surprised this album made the list as Foo Fighters has a lot of other work that far exceed the self-titled debut. I imagine nearly all of the consideration is due to the fact that Dave Grohl was able to throw this together on his own in a matter of about a week. It's an accomplishment no doubt, but I was surprised how basic and stripped down parts of this album are. Some of the tracks are little more than a demo tape with placeholder lyrics that never got fleshed out. The lone cool aspect is that you can clearly hear the groundwork laid for what Foo Fighters would grow into. Foo Fighters deservedly became one of the iconic rock bands of the 90's and beyond and have remained relevant for 25+ years. I don't dislike Foo Fighters debut album but I don't personally think it is a good representation of their work. Props to Dave Grohl for being able to rise from the ashes of the end of Nirvana and grow into the prototype for the modern rock star. I'm a big Foo Fighters fan but nearly all songs off this album get a skip from me when shuffling through their discography. 2.32 stars
This is probably the most flawed album that I will nonetheless give a 5 to. I just love it too much.
one of the okayest albums of the 90s
It's been a while, but this is a pretty good album. Don't love it, but nothing bad on here either. It was nice to give a close listen to after so long.
6/12/24 Not a fan of the Foos. I think they are bang average as is this album.
Foo is great post-grunge hard rock. Love it.
Waow such 90s
Когда эта музыка звучит как Sebadoh - супэр. Когда эта музыка звучит как весь этот гранж 90-ых - она звучит как весь этот гранж 90-ых, и соответственно не совсем понятно, что в этом альбоме такого особенного. Лучшая песня - Exhausted.
Damn. I really thought I would hate this. I kept finding myself turning the volume in my car louder and louder. Raw and not super polished but I loved that about it.
Yay! A great start to an even better run of work.
This is good as debut albums go, though it's probably my least favorite of the 90s/00s Foo Fighters albums.
'this is a call' - catchy. great chorus(es). vocals a little grating but typical for the genre. whinier than expected, only really enjoy that in skramz/emo. 'ill stick around' - MUCH better. catchy guitar riff in the chorus, and much better lyrics. 'big me' - a little boring, but i do like the airiness of the track. softer guitar. getting a weird beach boys vibe from this? 'alone + target' - ok this is a little better than TIIAC but these songs are starting to blur together a little bit. 'good grief' - the start intrigued me far more than anything else has so far. dear god i actually like this. a lot more fast-paced, maybe a little punk influence in the guitar. i think i just hate this guys singing 'floaty' - this track is if jeff buckley kind of sucked a little. meh 'weenie beenie' - everything is blurring again. theres only so many times you can have a chorus of the same thing. this was much more aggressive and yet felt so soulless. 'oh george' - okay now this is better than the previous track. im ignoring the realisation that it sounds like something directly off the sonic adventures soundtrack. much more solid. 'for all the cows' - man what. 'x-static' - by this point im already sighing by the time the next track plays in this album. get away from the microphone. this album smells warm and damp. 'wattershed' - Ugh 'exhausted' - no comment. Ok. thank god its over i am never listening to this again
meh
Relativ langweilig, kein Lied positiv hervorgestochen. Teilweise sogar Lärmbelästigung - Good Grief.
Wusste gar nicht, dass Foo Fighters so alt sind. Keine der großen Hits drauf, aber man erkennt den typischen Foo Fighter Sound. Trotz großer Rock-Fan als Teenager, war ich nie großer Foo Fighter Fan, hat mich jetzt auch nicht überzeugt. Songs der Playlist hinzugefügt: Keine
Epic
It's great
Initially finding the vocals getting lost in the production, however settled in and enjoyed the sound
2 stars for the importance and the impressiveness of Grohl writing and performing all parts. But the Foo Fighters have never really been my thing. Post Grunge just isn’t my favorite style.
Much more fun that In Utero - no surprises there, with the benefit of hindsight.
Amazing that Dave was able to pick up the pieces and record this gem all by himself. Excellent.
I've always felt that I should like Foo Fighters but their music too often feels a bit too safe to me and lacking in a bit of personality. I quite like a few tracks here and whilst most the rest are decent enough, I just don't have much desire to listen to them again. Unsurprisingly, I gravitated more towards the heavy and chaotic stuff on this, like Weenie Beenie, which is class There is something quite charming about this being recorded nearly solely by Dave Grohl though. I appreciate Dave a lot, but more for the work he's done with other bands (QOTSA especially), so I feel like I'm missing out Highlights: Weenie Beenie, Wattershed, Good Grief
This was a slow burn more than I realized.
Album che va scemando
Enjoyable American garage grunge punk rock. Not mind-blowing but very listenable, and I feel it's not taking itself too seriously, which I appreciate after dozens of self-important albums.
One year later. New job. New city. New kitten. Same me. Like Dave I've had to reinvent myself a little recently. Maybe I too will get cancelled in my 50s. Who knows. This album is the reason I came back, and I'd do it again. Better than I remember. Rougher, heavier, chunkier than new Foos. Solid album. Cheers lads.
fingernails are good
Not bad, but not nearly their best. Kinda forgettable honestly. They get better though.
A solid album that just about manages to find a way out of Nirvana’s shadow. 3.75/5
I’d never previously listened to this through. Can hear so much of their later stuff in this. Good listen but not one I’d rush back to so 3/5
HA! Heard it already! Nerds.
An alright album, no real standout songs.
Enjoyable but nothing really stood out
I’d kind of forgotten that I like the Foo Fighters. This was a lovely reminder.
fun! not super crazy, but i liked the vocals
Rock just isnt my thing
I was not familiar with this band. Most of the music falls in what I consider the loud and annoying to listen to music. I make an exception with the songs 'Big Me' and 'For All the Cows'.
Banger
Dit is dus zo'n band die super bekend en geliefd is en waar ik denk ik nog nooit een nummer van heb gehoord. Moddervette gitaren en dikke drumsolos, kan ik gelukkig best wel pruimen! Klinkt best wel decent dit zo! Merk nu al wel dat ik de rustigere nummers beter trek dan het scheurende gitaarwerk, hoe ik Pantera ooit best wel goed trok zal altijd een raadsel blijven. Weenie Beenie is echt een absoluut dieptepunt van dit album zeg, wat een herrie. En eigenlijk heb ik daarna niet het idee dat dit album op enig moment beter word. Dit is zulke standaard rock dat ik niet echt mn aandacht er bij kan houden. Ga niet liegen, ik had hier een stuk meer van verwacht dan wat ik nu hoor, dit vind ik nogal meh. FAVO: This is a call, Big Me
It's pretty much thirty years since I first heard this album. I thought it was ok then, and I think it's ok now.
I mean yeah, it's mid, it's the Foo Fighters, what did you expect?
This is so old. This is Foo Fighters' earliest album. I'm more familiar with their work almost a decade later. But you can hear their core characteristics.
Love this album and every album that followed.
Yup, it's the Foo Fighters. Exactly what I expected, no surprises.
Funsies
Good, solid debut album. Good songs. Love this album.
As the quintessential American dad rock band, the Foo Fighters are one of those artists who have a lot of material and only 2 good albums. This isn't one of those albums. I had to stop 4 songs in to see if *those* 2 albums were any good. Yup. Everlong and Monkey Wrench still rip. So what gives?
had a good time with this. this album is quite rough, but i can cut it some slack given its very short production time (5 days, with allegedly 45 minutes being spent on each track) and the fact that dave grohl did most of it entirely by himself. it's rough, a bit samey and formulaic, but it's no less electric for that, and it means a lot that at the time it was considered so good that it got picked up by labelheads despite it not even being intended as a commercial release, sold like hot pancakes and ended up influencing much of the genre that it represented.
Sounds like them
kinda boring NNN
Good listen
I've never been a huge fan, but this just sounded very repetitive and boring to me. Appreciate that he did all the instruments and singing but they've just never really done it for me aside from a few songs.
was incredibly bored for the entire first half, but enjoyed a few songs in the second half. i've always thought ff were overrated and this album did not change that perception
OK album, the hits are catchy, the rest is so so. score in 1997: 3 stars score in 2024: 3 stars
Solid rock album, but not very exciting. Nirvana light.
I did not know that Dave Grohl made this album on his own. The band came later. Anyway, it is superb (post-) grunge: dynamic, intense and melodic.
Not bad, less polished than their later stuff (not in a bad way, I actually liked that). I liked a couple songs but I’m just not a big FF fan
Nirvana lite
A pretty solid rock album. Some absolute bangers on this
I enjoy the Foo’s. This has a bit different sound - more raw than their later work and not very imaginative for the time. But considering that this was strictly Dave playing all the instruments at the age of 26 - it is really pretty damn impressive.
“It was really just an experiment,” said Dave Grohl. Well that worked out pretty well for him. I kind of like All for the Cows, even if the lyrics are basically surreal nonsense.
Unimaginative and shallow
Proto post grunge jams.
3.7
It’s an ok album.
Good debut by basically grohl alone. Definitely not the best foo record.
This is like the best "average music" ever recorded. It's like a 6/10 but the 6 is extra shiny. Does that make sense? Worthy inclusion on the backstory alone, but I don't think there's many people who'd consider this to be their favorite Foo Fighters album. Three outta five!
A straight forward rock album. Some good stuff on here, some just okay. Weenie Beenie is a standout for me.
There are some good songs on here and it's impressive that Dave Grohl essentially did this entire album by itself. That being said, the album The Colour and the Shape is superior in every way, so I would choose that one before this. But this is good for what it is.
The Album was great but sort of repetitive. It felt like there was quite a bit of repetition when it came to how the songs were laid out with few differentiations between each one. Some of my favorites from the album were For All the Crows, Oh George, and This Is a Call. I’d give it a 6/10. It’s a good album to listen to but didn’t wow me like Nirvana or other old grunge bands.
My mom is obsessed with the Foo Fighters so I found it funny to realize that she hasn’t listened to this album at all and was only familiar with “This is a call”, I don’t feel like she’s really missing out though. Personally I only really liked “Big me” and “For the Cows” and while each song had parts that I liked, especially “Exhausted”, the parts of the songs that I didn’t like are overpowering, especially that guitar all throughout “Exhausted” which just kind of tortured my ears. The problem that I have with this album is that it feels too messy and could probably have benefited from some refinement and a less is more mindset, I also wouldn’t mind if they stopped hiding Grohl’s voice behind all of the instruments because at certain points he’s really hard to hear.
Not the best
Right from the first note of This Is A Call, Dave Grohl is making a statement that it's time to move on from the sadness of Kurt Cobain's death - time to rock! I'm still amazed that Grohl essentally did all of the music and vocals on this album. Liked Songs Added: This Is A Call I'll Stick Around Big Me Alone + Easy Target Floaty Exhausted
Middling. Not any standout tracks, partly because they all sound the same. Will I listen to it again? No.
Grohl playing the drums on this really gives it a life I don't hear on their other stuff. I like Foo Fighters songs, I think this one has some of the most consistent writing on it. He just went and did his thing and it really shows.
Foo Fighters is actually pretty lame. I think they accidentally made Everlong, like it was good by mistake, and then every other song they’ve made is dorky.
Yes
Doofer Rock. 1,6
Sounds like a passable "next" Nirvana album. Does veer into a kinda grunge-pop vibe in places. I liked it but not anything that's going to stick. 3 stars
Interesting to hear Foo Fighters at their start. You can hear the remnants of grunge from the Nirvana days before they became dad rock
Really strong opening album from the Foo Fighters. A good variety of sounds and a few good bangers.
I'm not much of a foo fighters fan... find them to be too formulaic. However, their earlier stuff is significantly better. Every song on this album has an individual sound to it, and it was a great listen.
#53 Good rock. Weenie beenie was a bit much for my taste.
my mom love them, idk they're kind of whatever. not bad though
Foo Fighters have never been my thing. There’s obvious talent and well crafted songs. But I’m just bored the entire time. 2.5/5
The production is a little all over the place. I liked two songs very much but nothing close to Nirvana on this one
Really loved this. Sounds like a more thoughtful, more melodic Nirvana album. Enjoyed it more than later Foo Fighters.
Album opens very strong, kind of loses steam as it goes on. Solid grunge/alt rock album.
Heredero de la parte más melódica de Nirvana, Dave Grohl creó esta banda a mediados de los 90 manteniendo cierta sensibilidad punk mezclada con pesadas guitarras. Éste, su primer disco, fue prácticamente un puñado de grabaciones caseras del propio Grohl. Ya desde la primera canción, "This Is a Call", Dave Grohl muestra una alegría explosiva que recuerda a Nirvana. Pero también encontramos pop suave en una de las canciones que más me gustan del disco, "Big Me". También me gusta bastante la agresividad sonora de "Good Grief" o los sucesivos pasos desde la calma contenida a la potencia acelerada de "For All the Cows".
Fantastic riffs, sweaty and smelly. Chef's kiss. Best Song: Good Grief Worst song: X-Static
Watered down grunge. One dimentional and repetetive. I can't help but be mostly bored throughout this. The first half is so much stronger than the second half. Best song: This Is a Call Worst song: Watershed
Grungy debut from foo, loved Big Me a lot and for all the cows too. it feels a bit too similar to what nirvana and other acts were doing. Props to their endurance and presence, but I think it's just the start for them.
Classic alternative. First 4 songs are fantastic. There are a few songs that are just ok, but considering this was Dave Grohl just beginning to stretch his wings, a pretty good effort.
Great album, not my favorite album by them but solid nonetheless.
I remember this album from middle school. Or high school. Whichever. Pretty stoked that Nirvana's drummer was going to carry on and the first single was pretty decent. Then the next single wasn't. Then there was the kinda cute video aping the Mentos commercials but the song wasn't really all that great. Borrowed the album from a friend and was pretty disappointed altogether. Maybe they just needed to get the bad stuff out because the next album was pretty great.
Solid rock album, but I like their later stuff more
General impression: Rocks, but unmemorably Detailed review: This is an enjoyable listen. I’ve always been charmed by Foo Fighters. Dude loves to rock hard but knows how to keep it in the catchy, pop-oriented space better than most rockers. It’s hard not to enjoy the riffs, the drum beats, and the scrappy production all over this album. The problem is that none of the songs really stick in the mind. It’s a little bit faceless because of that. Still, it sounds great and makes me wanna head-bang. Deeper thoughts (context): Are there other Foo albums on this list? I’m mainly confused why this came up before some of the more popular albums with their real hits. We’ll see. I’d personally pick two or three other Foo albums before this one. Score: 3.2 (3 for this list) Number of albums left to review: 974 Number of albums from the list I’d consider “must-listens”: 15 Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 12 (including this one)
Ladies and gentlemen… foo FIGHTERS
I sometimes wish I liked the Foo Fighters more than I do. Dave Grohl is a talented musician, and I have enjoyed listening to him talk about music because of his passion for the art. But the band just has never done much to move me.
Solid 4. Could be a 5 by removing the last two songs and a middle one. Impressive what one drummer can do without any band mates.
I love this album front to back but will check my bias.
It's fine. I've always wanted to like Foo Fighters more, just because of the Nirvana lineage, I suppose. But it's just OK. My official policy on Dave Grohl is that I like him best behind the drums. 3.5*
Importante para confirmar a criatividade e a habilidade de Grohl como músico, letrista e canto.
Not my jam but I can appreciate their skills. 2
Mwah. Classic Foo Fighters, maar heb dat misschien een beetje te veel geluisterd vroeger
The drumming is the standout for me on this album. This Is a Call is such a kickass start to the record. Their most Nirvana-inspired record, which makes sense being their debut. I'll stick around reminds me of early Offspring. By the time you get to Good Grief this album starts to grate on me. A case of each song sounding the same. A good record to crank all the way up and drink some garage beers to. 6.9/10
I like Dave Grohl. It's really impressive he does every instrument here. He's got some great well written tunes here, "Big Me" is super catchy though I have no clue what he's talking about. Or talking about talking about. Some other standout tracks too I really enjoy. Just misses on the 5 star mark for me but I had a good time listening
Debut record, not really groundbreaking
Great record with a really fun vibe. Plenty of hits from this one that have stood the test of time and take me back to my younger days. Dave has such a distinct voice that carries over these upbeat tunes and emphatic instrumentation to really captivate the listener's ear. This is a really enjoyable one.
i feel like we had a strong start and it just fell apart. it was so sludgy and samey. are there any other foo fighters albums on the list or was this the best we could come up with?
well i wanted to like this, but it was kind of a big old nothingburger. I've never been a huge fan of the foo fighters because their songs always seemed to blend together for me. they're the cosmic latte of rock music, just the average of every popular band's sonic output blended together until smooth. this is a call and I'll stick around are pretty good. big me was kind of novel, if only because it was a song by them that's under three and a half minutes long and at a more relaxed tempo. i had no idea that song was huge (111M streams on spotify) and I'm not sure it has any right to be. must've been in a TV show or car commercial or something... i only know i'll stick around from the weird al polka it's in. that's just how it's gonna be here. favorites: this is a call, I'll stick around, big me
Great album. A classic 4 stars
Mid-ish, not my type of music, but I see the quality within.
6/10. Had some good songs (3 made the playlist) but most of the album was pretty “meh”
This is a classic for me. I bought it the day it was released and have listened to it off and on for the past 30 years. It will always trigger a sense memory of a certain time of my life, I was listening to it so much. Love it.
Not my cup of tea. Everything sounded the same.
Kurt is dead and Dave is sad so he makes his own "band" which doesn't actually exist because he plays all the instruments and only after the album gets actually new guys to form a proper live and recording band... yeah... The self-titled debut album of the "band" released a little more than a year after Kurts death with a more Pop oriented Grunge and Alt-Rock record that at some points plays with some Shoegaze. Of course Dave Grohl isn't nearly as good of a songwriter as Kurt was but he is at least solid and the ongoing career of the Foo Fighters which with their 2023 album "But Here We Are" that turned to a new and surpisingly well made high of the band, shows exactly that. This album right here is solid with a couple of standouts and a couple that aren't that noteworthy. 'This Is a Call' opens the album with a pretty good one which feels like a mix of Jeff Rosenstock, The Beach Boys and well, Nirvana. It's a pretty wild clash of ideas and genres but the melody as well as the vocals do tie it all together pretty nicely. It also feels much less formulated which you'd might excpect from someone's first attempt at own songs. Instead it doesn't really build around certain things and just flows from part and idea to the next which at a lot of points works really well but also shows already the weak point of the record. It can often feel unstructed, thrown together and like it's missing substance. This one right here is really great though. 'I'll Stick Around' goes much more into Hard Rock riffs as well as a certain Noise Rock additude which does work well with the style's that Grohl went for. Sonically, this is fitting and pleasing with the vocal style but the main problem is that there isn't really much to grip onto. It just plays and you enjoy it but it doesn't get you excited except for when the chorus starts to get really raw. It's a good song but with options for improvement. The quite drastic change of sound on 'Big Me' which sees him go into a direction of Jangle Pop with a more relaxed and warm feeling. Again, it's a pleasent listen but the feeling of not enough substance gets even more prominent because although I enjoy what I hear, I don't really care for it or really attach to much that he does. Especially the chorus feels very, very weak. It's still a nice track. The Noise Rock inspiration together with more Grunge returns in a very Nirvana fashion on 'Alone + Easy Target'. This could've been an outtake from "In Utero" that Grohl presented the band but ultimatly was denied. The delivery, the chorus, the way it builds up. All of it screams Nirvana. I don't mind it of course, but it does very much feel like an imitation that was done after a certain expectation which seems to ruin some of the emotional value you'd might expect to find. I personally like the song but are a couple moments that seem very plain and formulaic to me. The shoegazey guitar on 'Good Grief' does add a nice little extra to it which only gets better with the pretty good songwriting that Dave puts on this song. The lyrics seem lost within the song itself but very much like it was intended that way and that adds a certain unknowingness and lostness to the song. Sadly, the chorus ruins this feeling and leaves behind a shallow version of what it was at the start. The dreamy guitar sound returns on the bridge which is the second highlight after the first chorus but it overall feels bland and like it very much lost its own potential. 'Floaty' begins with some very pretty acoustic guitars that suddenly break into a pure Shoegaze and Noise Pop song very reminiscent of "my bloody valentine" with noisy, dreamy and very melancholic songwriting that is easily the best song on the entire album. It's just beautifully crafted together an while it's not perfect, it is an incredible song with some very outstanding moments that especially with the start of the verses show the potential that Dave Grohl had. The albums second half starts with the Post-Hardcore Punk inspired 'Weenie Beenie' and while I see his vision, the way it's done is just unfitting, weird and not really all that interesting. It's not bad or anything but there is just nothing of any bigger value to find. It's just very plain and basic. With 'Oh, George' he returns to the more Power Pop inspired songwriting which does suit him much, much better. Still, it feels like all the ideas were drained out and he's reusing certain ideas which is very much what most of the song feels like. The only parts that feel unique are the chorus and the bridge with the guitar solo but that's it. I can enjoy it but it's again nothing that really excites me. The Blues and Country inspired guitar on 'For All the Cows' together with a songwriting and delivery that very much feels like Elliot Smith at the start kind of throws me off because I think it doesn't really fit into the album. Additionally, the chorus comes and goes too fast and is too strong of a sonic difference that it throws you more off than intrigue you. He returns to the noisy shoegaze on 'X-Static' which sadly isn't a step up in terms of songwriting quality. The chorus is pretty neat but it ends way to early to really make it interesting. The verses and the bridge all feel thrown together and not properly finished which again, doesn't help the song. It does have some potential especially with the chorus but the result is somewhere between boring and annoying. 'Wattershed' again turns to a very Punk Rock inspired sound which is actually pretty well made. It's definitely a territory where Grohl can make music that sounds like he knows what he's doing. The songwriting is alright, it's not too long. It has some nice energy. While yes, this isn't a great song, it's still a good one. The very Noise loaded closing track 'Exhausted' might sonically be the most challenging but it's also one of the better tracks on the album. His songwriting neatly works within the very strong Noise Pop and Grunge levels. If it was a tad bit shorter and maybe had a more clearly fleshed out chorus, this would've been one of the albums best. The dreamy Shoegaze sound with the not so coherent vocals do add some very interesting parts but the bridge and mainly the strong walk towards a more Rock sounding song near at the second half does destroy some of the aspects that I like about it. It's still a good song but with options where improvement would've been useful. favourites: Floaty, This Is a Call, Alone + Easy Target least favourites: Weenie Beenie, X-Static Rating: decent to strong 6 https://rateyourmusic.com/~Emil_ph for more ratings, reviews and takes
enjoyable 90s rockar, pleased to listen
eh. pretty average rock. not horrible and i would listen again, but i wouldn't put it on this list
I forgot how fun this album was! I remember when Foo Fighters first came out and how fresh it felt, especially discovering it on MTV back in the day. The album really did feel like a breath of fresh air at the time. Listening to it again, you can definitely hear echoes of Nirvana’s sound, almost like a natural continuation of where they left off. It’s also interesting to compare this album to their newer stuff, you can see just how far Foo Fighters have come. And let’s not forget the slightly sobering realization that the band has been around for nearly 30 years now… which, honestly, makes me feel kind of old!
Finally a good band. It’s been a long list of bands I’ve never heard of. And then the Foo Fighters. They are legitimately one of my top ten bands. I love every thing they do. And I think this album shows why. For a debut album this really showcases a wide variety of rock styles. There are some absolute bangers here. 5
Good in places
Kickoff for the Foo. With hindsight you can hear how this album lead to all the other Foo albums. Reminders of Nirvana with a sound headed to the future. Dave definitely living the rock & roll life.
A great first release from Dave. I feel like lyrically we are still a bit cryptic and we are still afraid to bear our soul, but musically we are hearing a lot of what becomes a staple sound from the FF. standouts with Big Me, This is a Call, I’ll stick around, floaty, and Good Grief.
I've always heard of foo fighters but never listened, really enjoyed it
Dave is gonna sound like Dave!
Dave is in a bit of trouble at the moment well with his wife anyway! This album always impressed me as it was not long after Kurt passed and that Dave recorded all of the instruments. I saw them tour the second and third album at Brixton Academy which is a small venue for them these days. I can't say I listen to the Foo's much these days but hey still fun on the radio. This album is a bit more raw and has the grunge vibe still. Stand out tracks - This is a call - I'll stick around - Big Me - Floaty - Weenie Beenie
Liked one song
Fav: Good Grief Least Fav: Weenie Beani Supremely boring and generic, was very happy for this to end. Dave Grohl can’t sing
This is the first time I've ever listened to the Foo Fighters though I've known of them. I could get on board with this, I enjoyed it. I'm probably closer to a 3.5 but I'll round up to 4.
Good but not life-changing. But at least by then the band wasn't as obnoxious as it would become later from the third album onwards.
Great debut album but not better than the colour and the shape. 3.5/5 1. This is a call 2. Floaty 3. Good grief
decent but kinda same sounding throughout; favs are big me, wattershed, and exhausted;
Hard rock på en rockede måde, det bliver lidt for generisk
I just don’t get the appeal of foo fighters. It sounds so boring to me
I love fighting Foo and this album is the start. It's raw simple and yet unique. It starts with some hits and moves into some lesser known songs that still rock like Floaty and Weenie Beenie.
The album starts off strong with hits: This is a Call, I'll stick Around, Big Me. And after one listen the rest of the album was just kind of okay. But this album is totally worth a second and even a third listen. Also reading the lyrics to the songs really helped me appreciate the poetry. If you are expecting catchy rock songs, this isn't their best album but some gems for me were: Good Grief (yes!), Floaty (the lyrics are like zen poetry), For All the Cows (dig the swingy vibe), Wattershed (this song just fucking rawks!). I love that I was reading the lyrics to Wattershed on genius.com. They try to break the songs down into chorus and verse but this song is so fucking whack that it's got a verse, chorus, "hook", AND a "pre-chorus". lol. Exhausted. If I had a song called Exhausted, I would probably put it last. I mean, where else would you? Pretty cool song. Drums are awesome too on this whole album. And wikipedia says Dave Grohl recorded the whole thing by himself. damn. Sometimes you just have to grab your career by the Weenie Beenie and do it your damn self. Good job Dave!
Love me some Dave Grohl and the Foo Fiighters. Just a cool, grungy rock and roll album with some great hits on it. Fave song I didn’t know well was Floaty.
Really like big me. Chill rock music
I’ll Stick Around // Exhausted
A classic
Grunge is one of my favorite genres, but this album just failed to move me in any way
Love their sound
This album started off really good, I do like the sort of 50s/60s drumming combined with more grunge stuff. However the back half was just meh
Generischer Rock. Langweilig.
wowww foo fighters
I hate to say it, but this album seems kinda generic now. I played it for my teenage son, thinking that he's really the right age for it, and his response was ehhh, it's all right. Damning with faint praise.
3.8
I kind of like it. It's a big hard and a bit fun!
It was good but I wasnt drawn to it.
Quality debut album from the Foos. 3.5 stars
I don’t like goo foghets
I remember what a surprise and a big deal this was at the time. I mean it's difficult to understate how much Nirvana changed music - 'alternative' music, rock music, music in general. And then Kurt Cobain committed suicide and then the drummer made a solo record???!! But musically it makes a lot of sense: it's got the same energy and pop sensibility as Nirvana on Nevermind but a bit more commercial and powerpoppy and without any of Cobain's contrariness (and some funny video's instead. That was this one, right? With the Mentos parody?). No wonder it was a big success. And still sounds pretty good these days. Have no interest in current Foo Fighters but this was nice to hear again. Oh and more people should know about the band's weird Aids denialism advocacy in the late nineties. They like to pretend that never happend but that was some awkward shit and they never really apologized.
it was ok
I like some, but not all of this.
Unidentified Flying Bangers
Nice to get something I'm already familiar with. I knew several of the songs already, by virtue of being a millennial who watched a lot of MuchMusic growing up. Foo Fighters aren't my favourite from this era, but the singles are great.
I always thought of Foo Fighters as Nirvana-Lite, but I now realize they're their own version of Lite beer.
Not my favorite foo album but definitely not the worst!
So, being a huge Nirvana fan, I bought this debut when it was released, liked it a lot at the time, then I lost the CD when I didn't care that much for Dave Grohl's band anymore (except for "Everlong", one of the ten best songs *of all time*, found on sophomore album *The Colour And The Shape*). Then, some time later, I bought a Foo Fighters "Greatest Hits" compilation, and I never felt the urge to buy the band's debut again. There's certainly something endearing to the latter's partially lo-fi sound, probably stemming from the fact that Grohl recorded all the instruments himself. But like all the later (and cleaner-sounding) LPs, that first album is mostly worth its singles, i. e. the first three tracks opening the proceedings (plus "Alone And Easy Target", along with the mesmerizing, shoegazy closer "Exhausted"). Apart from that, "essential", really? The answer to that question is still as hard to find as a box containing alien DNA in an area 51 warehouse... It's a good album, don't get me wrong. But there's nothing in it that hasn't been done at least equally well by quite a few bands of a similar style. And you can't cram them all, can you? 3.5/5 for the purposes of this list of essential albums, rounded up to 4. 8.5/10 for more general purposes (5 + 3.5) Number of albums left to review: 52 Number of albums from the list I find relevant enough to be mandatory listens: 408 Albums from the list I *might* include in mine later on: 238 (including this one) Albums from the list I won't include in mine: 303
Not bad for Dave's first solo album. I like how he recorded this himself. They still have better albums to come.
Грязный, мощный панк-рок. Пришлось прослушать 5 раз, чтобы полюбить. Даже после распада Нирваны ее музыканты дают крутую музыку
Love this album, David Grohl is a beast doing this himself, carrying Rock and Roll into the next century
It’s not bad at all, but always a bit too safe. A bit of the Nirvana “DNA” is noticeable in tracks like “Alone + Easy Target” if that’s what you’re hoping for, but overall it’s just pumpkin spice for white guys.
Just no. Foo Fighters are your Gym teacher’s favourite band. The favourite band of your distant cousin who’s “really into his music”. Decked out in a plaid shirt and scraggly beard, the Foo Fighters fan is the kind of guy who memorises album sale statistics before the song lyrics. If you’re under the age of 36 and still listening to this band, god help you. Just tragic. Like a bread sandwich or a pint of air, Dave Grohl’s songwriting has always just struck me as the most offensively inoffensive tosh you could possibly listen to. And from a guy who is a genuine music fan with some serious trauma in the business, his lack of insight is unpardonable. Ironically, I think this Foo Fighters record almost belongs on this list, since while the band has since become a soulless corporate behemoth churning out throwaway stadium anthems, on this record they actually sound like a band. And the irony, of course, is that this is the only record they recorded where they weren’t actually a band. Grohl is in complete control here and, shock horror, it isn’t terrible. In fact, if you told me “Good Grief” was a lost cut from Guided by Voices I would have completely believed it. The trouble is that for every decent song, there are about three or four which just clog up your sound waves. A microcosm of Foo Fighters’ career, if you throw enough shit at the mixing desk something is bound to stick - but don’t shove it down our throats and pretend we like the taste of said shit. On the whole, not good (but about half as bad as I expected, which is good). Got it?
189/1001
Not great. Could not get through it.
Great album that I'm very familiar with. It came out the year I graduated 8th grade.
Not the best of their albums
Considering Nirvana is one of my all time faves I've never been a Foo Fighters fan. Even though Dave Grohl always seemed like the soundest guy in rock, it seems these days that's all an image that he projects and with the latest adultery and secret child, it seems apparent that all isn't as it seems. Anyway, back to the music. I've considered foo fighters to be dad rock for a while. However, I enjoyed this album more than I did in 95 when I first heard it. It sounds fresher and naive like a lot of good 90s music. There is some influences from other bands of the time. It doesn't sound as formulaic as more recent hits. 7/10
Cool to listen to their root sound, so many changes through the years
Lots of decent stuff, can tell they are trying to find their feet as a band! Nothing horrible, happily 4 stars, maybe 3.75 really.
It was hard to divorce what I know of the Foos from my listening experience. It’s not as good as what came later, but on its own isn’t a bad album.
Laut und sonst? Gefällt mir nicht!
4-
Second half of the album got better. Kinda cool you can tell this is early, raw Foo Fighters
Not my favorite foo fighters album but still good music
I could be biased as this was one of the albums of my young adulthood. I've not listened to this in a while, and it's a nice to have a revisit. Oftentimes, music of old doesn't quite live up to the nostalgia we have for it. That does apply to some extent here - after all, a lot of music has come and gone in 30 years. In places, it feels a little tired and 'small-towny'. And then you get a track like 5, Good Grief... and good grief, what a thumping tune. 7, Weenie Beenie, whilst it wasn't on the Road Rash (PS1) soundtrack, it takes me straight back there. 9, For All The Cows... gosh, not heard this in forever. I used to *love* this, with its jazzy chords. Slow rock track X-Static (10), with gentle vocals floating above the heavy guitar and drums, has a very different feel to the next track, Wattershed - energetic, shouty, punky... I never really thought of Foo Fighters as having this range. Or maybe they were just finding their feet / their sound...?
Not a massive fan 4/10
Not their best. Gotta start somewhere though. Seeing it live is better than this production.
I remember this record as the very end of MTV. Musically it's not all that though.
Apparently not really my thing? Felt like a totally forgettable album.
i love it
Väldigt generiskt, vet ej varför det är en "must hear"
Keine große Weiterentwicklung gegenüber Nirvana.
Alright enough. Don't care to listen to again.
I was expecting to enjoying this more than I did. Some great songs and for a debut it’s a banger but it didn’t make me reach for the volume dial once.
Absolutely fine, probably wouldn’t listen again, but I was so at ease I accidentally listened twice!!
Foo Fighters? More like, the uh, Poo Fighters! Dave Grohl's "confession" gave me yet another reason to dislike the band. I'm not big on Nirvana (the "parent" band) to begin with, and Foo Fighters is even more loud and substanceless.
rough, a bit repetitive, but pretty cool
The Foo Fighters, or more specifically Dave Grohl, have been in the news quite a bit over the last few days. Maybe not for the right reasons though. I will not let the marital affairs of the band leader affect how I review this album though. I have respect for this band. To the dismay of many. I think what Dave has managed to do is impressive in and of itself. But when put in context with what was going on personally for him, it makes it even more interesting. This debut record, which was actually recorded entirely by Dave himself, was a bounce back in many ways. Loss is never easy, and to spend years recording and touring with someone only to lose them to mental health is devastating. He doesn’t spend the entire length of this record speaking about Kurt. As far as I know, none of these songs were written about him. But there is definitely an energy present here. I feel like we were witnessing a man secretly vent out all of his frustrations and built up emotions. And doing so in the only way he knew how. Now I personally believe Dave to be a genuinely talented songwriter. I had no doubts that the drumming would be amazing, because this is Dave Grohl we are talking about. So many amazing fills all over this that just make me giddy. But everything else going on is still worthwhile. It comes in hard, and from front to back, is dominated by double tracked guitars that are distorted and blown out to shit. It’s easily the most raw and aggressive record the band has ever released, even delving into shoegaze territory at some points. I think this group often gets a bad wrap. And to a degree, I think it’s justifiable. By nature, they make music that falls more on the basic side. It isn’t meant to challenge anyone or alter the way someone looks at music. But it fulfills a very specific desire for a sound that many people have. It’s why the band remains so popular. And I’ll admit that I too have a soft spot for something like this. Now of course, I’ve heard much more sophisticated albums that completely blow this out of the water. But that doesn’t mean I can’t appreciate what’s here. Rating: 7/10
78 Big love, great debut, solid 8/10
Foo Fighters are never terrible, never outstanding, just fine. Every album has one or two catchy songs and the rest is okay.
6/10. Good! Didn't know what to expect and was surprised in a good way. Some great songs, some were a bit boring to me. I can enjoy good guitar in music but this is definitely for people who love guitar solos and prioritise the ability of them playing the music... if that makes sense? So it's good but not for me. My favourite songs were This Is a Call, I'll Stick Around, Floaty, Weenie Beenie (the best one) and X-Static.
Great album until u get to the last song 3 stars
The foo is coo
It's a powerhouse of raw energy and infectious riffs. It's like a sonic punch to the gut that leaves you wanting more. Dave Grohl's drumming is a force of nature, and his vocals are full of passion and grit. The whole band is firing on all cylinders, delivering tracks that are both heavy and melodic.
This Album had a nirvana vibe
If rock music was a roasted pig, the foo fighters would be a thinly sliced ham from a packet. It's so vanilla, its so bland. It needs salt, it needs flavour, it needs something
Jeg syntes egentligt at jeg har hørt meget Foo Fighters igennem årene, men jeg blev overrasket over at jeg ikke kunne huske ret mange numre fra den her plade. Så jeg kunne høre det med friske øre. Albummet er godt, men der manglede lidt den chatchyness som de lever højt på senere.
Et album frontloaded med singlerne, men der er meget guld der venter længere henne. Det er et album der stikker i mange retninger. Der er throwbacks til Grohls tid i Nirvana, der er numre der peger i den poprockede retning en del af Foo Fighters diskografi senere fik. Der er Hardcore perler som Weenie Beenie og Watershed og så skal For All The Cows også fremhæves med sin blanding af jazzet lounge og skramlede omkvæd. Jeg er godt underholdt og tæt på at smide alle 5 stjerner
Starts off strong and while the middle sounds same-y there’s no bad songs. Finishes well too
Good debut album with some good variety. The album didn’t pick up for me until the middle, not a boy fan of This Is a Call. Couldn’t really dig into the album like I expected to. Standouts: Alone + Easy Target, Good Grief, Floaty, For All the Cows, and Exhausted.
nirvana wannabes...not even close to the talent.
very nirvana-esque and it makes sense since it was released the next year after cobain's death, i guess mr grohl didnt quite found his footing yet with foo fighters found someone using this template, found it fun Production: 13/20 -kinda raw but thats probably intentional Songwriting: 14/20 Innovation: 8/20 Bangers: 9/20 Emotional response: 10/20 -not big on nirvana and this is almost a lesser nirvana =54/100 -> 3/5
Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters (1995) O primeiro disco de uma trajetória estelar (cadente?). Após a morte de Kurt Cobain em 5 de abril de 1994, Dave Grohl, então ex-baterista da banda Nirvana, em segredo, gravou todos os instrumentos e vocais para um álbum de uma banda, que não era banda ainda, e que não tinha nome ainda, e o resultado foi Foo Fighters e disco homônimo lançado em 4 de julho de 1995. A aventura musical começa com uma sensação de continuidade do grunge do Nirvana com as músicas “This Is a Call” e “I’ll Stick Around”, que é brevemente interrompida por “Big Me” mostrando um novo lado do ex-baterista da lendária banda, mas que já volta ao ritmo anterior com a boa e enérgica canção “Alone + Easy Target”. O álbum segue com essa pegada grunge, com mais três músicas muito boas, “Good Grief”, “Floaty” e “Weenie Beenie”, mantendo a energia do disco alta, principalmente a última música da sequência, que conta com a utilização de vocais rasgados e cheios de efeito com um instrumental bastante influenciado pelo heavy metal. Adentrando o chamado lado B, vale destacar o experimentalismo da “For All the Cows” que traz alguns elementos novos, como andamentos mais calmos, seguidos de explosões de intensidade, mas depois a toada do disco volta ao equilíbrio do rock grunge com um ou outro momento em que se pode notar a influência do heavy metal, como a música “Wattershed” e “Exhausted”. Finalizando, no geral é um bom disco de boas-vindas do Dave Grhol e por consequência do que viria a ser a banda Foo Fighters que conhecemos hoje em dia como uma das maiores bandas de rock do anos 2000-2010. Melhores Músicas: Alone + Easy Target, Good Grief, Floaty, Weenie Beenie, Wattershed. Piores Músicas: N/A 4/5
never heard this before; in fact the only record by them i heard besides the obvious one was the one that came after that UPD: i HAVE in fact heard this before and i didn't really like it *** super interesting how this record feels much more like it's picking up where Nirvana's In Utero left off as opposed to Foo Fighters next record where there's much more assorted influences in the music and the direction & production are pretty different kind of feels like New Order's Movement in that regard oh but it also makes total sense that it was Grohl who played nearly all parts on this; it's not as much Nirvana letting go of Nirvana: the album but Dave Grohl himself i can definitely imagine I'll Stick Around and Alone + Easy Target with Kurt's vocals even still, Good Grief almost sounds like a Naked Raygun song, doesn't it? it's super good Floaty lowkey sounds like something Title Fight would make wtf oh hey Weenie Beenie could be on a Queens of the Stone Age album; aren't they friends with Josh Homme? very nice record that rubs me the right way even compared to Nirvana and later Foo Fighters with an interesting story behind it
Some yes, some no.
If you wanted a 1995 grunge sound, this is exactly that. Kinda weird to get this album only a day after Dave Grohl came out that he had a child out of wedlock. It wasn't bad but nothing stood out as amazing. I probably will not revisit this album.
It's a really solid debut album with a sprinkling of really great tunes in there. The opening trio of This is a Call, I'll Stick Around and Big Me is just great. There's proper riffs and melodies in here, and good variation. I quite like the grungy, raw production, as it adds to the overall vibe. It's pretty accomplished overall.
Pretty cool he wrote and recorded pretty much every part of that album
Before I get started into this album, I'll admit up front that I do not like the Foo Fighters. It's not that I specifically _dislike_ them, I just don't understand the broader appeal that they have garnered for what I find to be pretty bland music. That said, Dave Grohl seems like a genuinely great guy and I'm happy for his success. This album is their first and doesn't contain any songs that stand out immediately to me -- this could be a good thing. Also, this is a true solo project, which is always impressive. First thing I notice is the tinniness of the mix. Feels like a garage recording with the amount of compression. Despite the production quality, This Is a Call is a fine opener. Good energy and well written song. Tbh I didn't know I'll Stick Around was a Foo Fighters song -- I really like it. Some solid grunge-pop (if that's a thing). Reminds me a bit of The Vines album that we listened to on here. Good Grief is a jam too more in line with the grunge tradition. Weenie Beenie is surprisingly angsty and stands apart from the rest. Incoherent vocals fed through layers of distortion and a guitar riff to match. I was less focused in the back half, but enjoyed what I was hearing. This definitely is not the same Foo Fighters from which my earlier opinions were derived. While I'm not a fan of the overly compressed production on some of the songs, I understand the grunge appeal and it does work in a lot of places to give this a campy atmosphere. I enjoyed the range at work here -- alt rock to be sure, but with grunge over(and under)tones. Some songs lean into the punky aggression and others giving a glimpse at the alt-pop-rock mega-group that the Foo Fighters came to define themselves as on their follow-up album. More to like here than not -- this is a solid 4 imo.
unpopular opinion, foo fighters are kind of annoying. This album isn't doing much for me. I'm giving it a 3 stars
Don't know if I have ever listened to this one from start to finish. I believe every instrument on this one was done solely by Dave. Weenie Beenie was an interesting turn with an interesting track name. I thought the first half was pretty good with Big Me being a favorite of mine. The second half felt a little less inspired. This feels like a 3.5, but I'm going to round down because I'm sure I am biasedly enjoying it a bit more because I listed to FF a lot. Also rounding down because Dave went ahead an sired a child out of wedlock which is kinda fucked up dude.
Extremely raw Foo Fighters which was great to listen to because I have never listened to this album. I can see how a lot of these songs were building blocks to their monstrous commercial success. Didn't think I knew any songs on here but Big Me was definitely familiar. Not the best album in a musical vacuum but still extremely important as Foo Fighters first album.
Ah the debut Foo. This Is a Call is such a jam. Great opener. Also love that Grohl plays every instrument on this entire album. Big Me is also a jam. They played Weenie Beenie at 9:30 Club a few years ago and it was scary. This album has great heavy and soft moments. For All The Cows fux. Oof in classic rockstar fashion just read Dave Grohl cheated on his wife and is having a baby with another woman. I'm not angry I'm just disappointed :(
this is just.... fine lol all the songs blend into one another and they sound like every other foo fighters song, with some exceptions that have a bit more grit but even those end up sounding like Nirvana knock-offs
Nice to know that he did everything for this album
This is a pretty weak album from a band I generally like. I think if the follow up albums hadn’t been very strong, then Foo Fighters would have been forgotten. This is a Call could have been a Stone Temple Pilots b-side. I’ll Stick Around could have been a Nirvana b-side. Big Me is the first song that feels like an original voice.
Excellent, especially considering its Dave's 1st album and he played all the instruments on it (except on one song). 3 Hits and I found one I never heard before "Weenie Beenie" which i though was quit good.
Just some good ole fashioned 90s alt/grunge rock. I don't think it's particularly special (other than Grohl doing this all by himself), but it's still very good, and there's no drop off in quality throughout the whole album. Just some quintessential 90s rock. Favorite Song(s): X-Static, Floaty
Great album, super tempo
this is a call- 3 or 4 ill stick around- 4 big me- 4 alone + easy target- 4 good grief- 2 or 3. real sonic adventure menu screen floaty- 4 weenie beenie- 4 or 5 oh george- 3 or 4 for all the cows- 4 or 5 x static- 4 watershed- 3 exhausted- 3 or 4 its just not very good is it
Good band but not my favorite.
If this fairly rough album can launch a band into super stardom, you too can achieve anything!
Over rated, how did they get as popular from that debut album
I love that. I will listen again.
This was a great intro album for a band, and considering it only consisted of 1 person doing everything it's pretty damned amazing.
Sure! I listened to Foo Fighters' self-titled debut album from 1995 as part of my 1001 albums challenge. I found it okay and appreciated its Nirvana-like tones, but I felt it was more suitable as background music and didn’t fully engage me. My favorite track was "Beanie Weenie." I also noted that the album lacked Nirvana’s characteristic quirkiness and weirdness, even though it had some similarities.
4/5. The OG Foo Fighters album all written and recorded by Dave Grohl. As a successor to Nirvana, this first Foo Fighters album achieves just that. There are grunge elements, there are definitely Nirvana riffs, lyrical patterns, and song structures incorporated into this album. Overall, a fun listen.
Softer
I honestly thought it was boring, especially by Foo Fighters standards. A couple of good licks but nothing stuck out to me.
Life changing.
Never understood the love for this band, as opposed to other guys like Nickelback for example. Sounds like the most generic "grunge" music you could come up with.
Not bad for a self made album. Probably one of the most bland rock band ever, but their first two albums are listenable.
This album might be important in a historical point of view, as it's the first move Dave Grohl did after Nirvana, and it's a pretty wild move, but... The album is also not that good and he was going to do much better with the second Foo Fighters. It's a 2.5 to me, but let's give it a 3, has we know the man was going the blow our mind later.
If it wasn't for the fact that Dave Grohl was in Nirvana, this album would rightly go completely unnoticed. It's not bad, it's just mediocre.
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# 311 ; They've done a pretty decent job, good album, I like the hits of course, Just kinda sounds like rock music, nothing too innovative or special and I wouldn't spend my hard earned on this, but I'd listen to someone else's copy again ;-) Favourite Track : This Is A Call
Good listen but nothing wowed me.
I’m a Dave Grohl fan, but not really a foo fighters fan. I love what he does for music. This album is better than the hits and worth the listen.