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List Price: $8.99 | | Label: RCA
Salesrank: 6591
Released: December 16, 2003 |
| Our Price: $6.58 |
| Used Price: $5.24 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Foo Fighters Track Listing:
1. This Is a Call
2. I'll Stick Around
3. Big Me
4. Alone + Easy Target
5. Good Grief
6. Floaty
7. Weenie Beenie
8. Oh, George
9. For All the Cows
10. X-Static
11. Wattershed
12. Exhausted
Editorial Review:
Limited Edition Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2007..
Description of Foo Fighters:
Assuming former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl dreads the thought of forever being known as "the guy from Kurt Cobain's band," the last thing he'd want to hear is that the debut album from his new band Foo Fighters sounds much like one from the deceased duke of grunge. Unfortunately, Nirvana comparisons are not only inevitable, they're bound to consume the dialog surrounding his quartet entirely. Perhaps it was unavoidable osmosis: Grohl, Foo Fighters' lead singer-guitarist, wrote most of these tunes during breaks from beat-keeping for his former band leader. It's natural that Cobain's knack for balancing hard and fast with musical and melodic would wear off on Grohl, as well as on bandmates Pat Smear (who also played with Nirvana), William Goldsmith, and Nate Mendel (both of Seattle's Sunny Day Real Estate). Grohl even unveils vocal cords that tread lightly on Cobain's gorgeous growl. Of course, many Nirvana-be's have tried to capture Cobain & Co.'s teen spirit, and all failed; that Foo Fighters succeed in creating a powerful heavy rock album that's neither noisy nor stale is a measured accomplishment in its own right. So bask in the familiar neo-garage punk (a.k.a. grunge) of "I'll Stick Around," "Oh, George," and "Good Grief," because we certainly won't hear anything from the style's originator in the near future. And, who knows, you might even be surprised by Grohl's own pop chops on the mellow Byrds-like folk rock "Big Me" and catchy rave-up "This Is a Call." The Foo Fighters prove that even if you can't go home again, it sure is comfortable hanging out next door. --Roni Sarig
Foo Fighters Reviews:
Life after Nirvana 
2009-09-07 - At first I hated this album only because of Dave Grohl's voice as I felt he was better as drummer instead of a guitarist/vocals but after listening to this and the newer albums I come to like his voice. I never knew Grohl was talented in bass and guitar as well as drums and didn't know that he recorded the entire album by himself. The album really sounds like it was rushed in production like its missing polish to sound even better its like it was recorded in a garage type atmosphere. The lyrics are very good kinda remind of Nirvana's music and the music is straight grunge/rock/pop/punk as each track sounds different from the rest. An overlooked album as the latter Foo Fighter albums are better and so much mature and improvement for Dave Grohl. Its still a good album that any fan of Nirvana/Foo Fighters should check out if they haven't already.
Foo Fighters - Self-Titled Album 
2009-06-07 - I like alternative rock. For me, what makes a 5 star album is the quality of the singles. It's all about music and I don't listen much to lyrics. Like Kurt Cobain once said: "music first, lyrics second". And I totally agree with the quote.
The album begins with 3 solid singles, for a total of 12 great songs. I find every of its songs catchy. It alternates very well, from soft to more grungy. I think this Foo Fighters album is excellent and among the 90's greatest.
I could hardly be more pleased. This is one of my favorite!
"The drummer's doing an album."
2009-01-31 - I recall the hype about the Foo Fighters' 1995 debut album being almost as big as the Smashing Pumpkins' third proper album that same year. Cobain's death was still a current depressing reality as opposed to the morbid nostalgia for twenty/thirty-somethings and the "I wish I was old enough" ruminations of teenagers these days. But, it was a year later and it was time for people to move on, including Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl.
This is an album that pretty much met my expectations. I wasn't expecting a masterpiece nor was I expecting your "typical" sideman solo album; I just wanted a set of solid alt rock tunes and that's pretty much what I got. While Foo Fighters didn't break any new ground, they (or he) filled a particular void for some people who had difficulty coming to terms with the fact that their messiah band just had no way of getting back together. Grohl employs the soft/loud dynamics that made Nirvana such a success and reveals himself to be a pretty decent songwriter, but frankly, the genius Kurt Cobain possessed was, and is, out of reach for him. Foo Fighters' debut is a notch above MOR post-grunge, but it doesn't approach the level of the music that broke through between '91-'94, which remains mainstream rock's true last hurrah.
I know the Nirvana comparisons might be a bit unfair but, hey, that's what everyone was doing fourteen years ago.
Wow. Fourteen years.
This is just a loud, fun album to listen to. Even more impressive is the fact that Grohl pretty much did all this himself (eat your heart out, Trent). While I don't have a problem with polished production, this album retains a raw feel that I think the later albums lack. The Colour And The Shape and There Is Nothing Left To Lose are great and all, but I just prefer this type of sound better. Foo Fighters, as a listening experience, peaked here.
A great start 
2008-09-19 - 3 1/2
A good argument the multi-talented Grohl and his new project as guitarist-singer in this more-poppy-but-still-plenty-rocking band was poised for longevity, but undoubtedly starts off stronger then concluding.
Baby Booming Woodstockers will like this!
2008-07-11 - Even though this is fairly modern rock, which many Baby Boomers abhor and revile in preference to their beloved Hendrix, Dylan, Joplin, The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, etc., most of these Woodstuck Heads (like me) will be pleasantly surprised with the tunes on this fine CD.
So, what in the heck IS a Foo Fighter? Just about any surviving WW II military pilot who flew in the European Theater could tell you right away!
On December 22, 1944 an Allied pilot flying at 10,000 feet over enemy territory was trying to spot out German aircraft. At one point he saw two large and orange glowing balls coming at him. The radio operator saw these UFOs as well. These phenomena did not resemble enemy fighters in any way.
The curious objects quickly leveled off and commenced following the allied plane. In an attempt to lose them via evasive actions the pilot maneuvered his plane into a steep dive and the objects followed him down. Then he tried a sharp bank but the objects stayed right with him, seemingly with great ease. For several more minutes the pilot effected multiple aviation tricks in an effort to lose these pursuers, a fruitless exercise which failed. At just about the moment the pilot was ready to give up the objects suddenly vanished into the night. During this entire incident not a shot was fired.
This was a typical example of an encounter with a Foo Fighter. Toward the end of World War II pilots continually reported seeing these strange glowing balls flying around their aircraft at night. They appeared to maneuver with terrific speed, the chief concern of the Allies being that their German adversaries had possibly developed a secret new weapon with high-tech capabilities.
These objects were named Foo Fighters in connection with a popular period comic strip, Smoky Stover. Smoky's frequent line was, "Where there's foo there's fire," the objects seeming to be round, firey shapes.
So we can accurately assert that this band, the Foo Fighters, sort of "pulled their name out of the air" (witless pun intentional). But as to Foo Fighter music, it's quite thoughtful and nicely-executed.
We are typically benefitted in these little reviewing endeavors when some sort of analogy or measuring stick (or both) are cited for comparison purposes. Here, I can say that the Foo Fighters' music manifests clear essential connections with the music of The Beatles, particularly in regard to the early "minimalist" period of that historic and notable rock group. Strangely, I also hear some Black Sabbath in here, ergo, "I'll Stick Around," the second track of the CD, albeit, the Foo Fighters' music "flows" a bit more than Ozzie's stuff did and it exudes a much lighter ambiance. Taking that same song, you'll hear those memorable and innovative [The] Beatles "resolution chords" here and there as well as the latter band's early clarity. One can also experience this all-too-rare effect in particular on the very next track, "Big Me."
All these tunes are best played by a guy in a Mustang convertible (summer day, top down, of course!) cruising along new Route 66 with a pretty girl in the passenger seat, and rolling down the asphalt at about 85 miles per hour with one hand strategically placed on her leg. This is road music at its best... not really dance music so much unless you're into some of the weird new unromantic gyrations.
In any case, this is fine recording for ALL fans of rock music and, having heard the subsequent Foo Fighters CD, this is the superior choice of the two. My highest recommendation.
