Foo Fighters - Foo Fighters

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Jul 6, 2018 Sold Date

Mar 9, 2016 Start Date

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Artikel Name: Foo Fighters
Genre: Rock englischsprachig Produkt Typ: LP (Vinyl) Label: COL Titelanzahl: 12

Trackliste LP - 1

1. Foo Fighters - This Is a Call 2. Foo Fighters - I'll Stick Around 3. Foo Fighters - Big Me 4. Foo Fighters - Alone + Easy Target 5. Foo Fighters - Good Grief 6. Foo Fighters - Floaty 7. Foo Fighters - Weenie Beenie 8. Foo Fighters - Oh, George 9. Foo Fighters - For All the Cows 10. Foo Fighters - X-Static 11. Foo Fighters - Wattershed 12. Foo Fighters - Exhausted

Beschreibung

Essentially a collection of solo home recordings by Dave Grohl, Foo Fighters' eponymous debut is a modest triumph. Driven by big pop melodies and distorted guitars, Foo Fighters do strongly recall Nirvana, only with a decidedly lighter approach. If Kurt Cobain's writing occasionally recalled John Lennon, Dave Grohl's songs are reminiscent of Paul McCartney -- they're driven by large, instantly memorable melodies, whether it's the joyous outburst of "This Is a Call" or the gentle pop of "Big Me." That doesn't mean Grohl shies away from noise; toward the end of the record, he piles on several thrashers that make more sense as pure aggressive sound than as songs. Since he recorded the album by himself, they aren't as powerful as most band's primal sonic workouts, but the results are damn impressive for a solo musician. Nevertheless, they aren't as strong as his fully formed pop songs, and that's where the true heart of the album lies. Foo Fighters has a handful of punk-pop gems that show, given the right musicians and songwriters, the genre had not entirely become a cliché by the middle of the '90s. [Foo Fighters was also released on vinyl.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Stephen Thomas Erlewine