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Foo Fighters - The Colour and the Shape results

The participants sorted by deviation from final results:
Great_Paul (10)
ChichiriMuyo (16)
MaxGalactica (16)
RyoCaliente (16)
FoolFantastic (22)
Sheep007 (26)
Seanchan (30)
HBJDubs (36)
Johnbobb (38)

General Album Comments

FoolFantastic: Foo Fighters have never done much for me. Their big singles are fun enough, but they're never pushing any boundaries. At the same time, they must be doing something right, because they certainly stand a league above other ordinary rock bands. I'll never seek out their music, but I'll also never complain if they come up on their own.

Like, even without being a fan, nothing on this album drags.

Sheep007: I'm a big Foo Fighters fan (less so these days, but I was particularly in my late teens and early 20s, where they were probably my favourite band), and while I don't think this is their best album (that title goes to Wasting Light), it's got their best song on it. Everlong is an absolute classic rock song. Dave Grohl is ridiculously talented as a vocalist, drummer, and guitarist, and all three of them shine through in this album. I think the songs surrounding the top four are unfortunately not the strongest - Foo Fighters songs often lack a bit of substance, and when the hook isn't straight up one of the best you've ever heard, they're "just" excellent sounding rock songs. Then again, just about every band out there would kill to have an album with no misses and multiple of the best songs of their genre. Like FoolFantastic says, they sound head and shoulders above your typical rock band. When you sound that good, you can get away with pushing the boat out less.

Seanchan: The top 2 are head and shoulders above the rest. The other tracks are fine but nothing special. I will say though that I was shocked the bonus track was actually good as those tend to be throwaway nonsense.

Foo Fighters is a band that I've tended to enjoy their various singles over the years and yet never listened to an album. This album did not convince me to change my mind. That said, in my mind they are a quintessential band of my initial formative music listening years, when 92.3 K-Rock in New York was where it was at.

Also going to pile on to the Everlong being "an absolute classic rock song" bandwagon. Funny thing, the first time I heard that song (and probably the Foo Fighters) was an acoustic cover, which the internet has thankfully archived: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0-89uZOIFok

. I eventually heard the "real" version and it kind of blew my mind a little; both are good, each in their own way.

RyoCaliente: Foo Fighters are fine. There's some really great songs, but generally speaking they're just solid imo.

MaxGalactica: I have very mixed feelings about this album. The big three songs from this album are all fantastic, particularly Everlong that's probably one of my top 50 songs of all time. The rest of the album is just kinda there to me and doesn't do anything to stand out or make me want to revisit it. I'll be satisfied keeping Everlong, My Hero, and Monkey Wrench on my regular rotation while ignoring the rest.

Fluttershy_Pony: I'll be sitting this one out; haven't had a chance to start listening until this morning & I'm not really feeling this after the first five tracks. Monkey Wrench was good though.

Great_Paul: Very solid album overall. My top 3 are definitely in a league of their own, which makes sense seeing as they're on the Greatest Hits album. Everlong also happens to be my #1 favourite song of all-time.

HBJDubs: Echoing the sentiments of others here, the singles are great (with Everlong being elite), and the rest is just solid. But hey, nothing wrong with being solid

ChichiriMuyo: This is a "loved the singles, not the the album" situation for me. There was a huge gap between the top three and number four, and the bottom three all made me want to give up on this one. I understand everyone in the band was going through some shit, especially Dave, and it shows. I definitely felt some of the pain they went through and didn't like it.