Greatest HitsFoo Fighters
Release Date: 11/03/2009
Original Release:
2009
# of Discs:
2
J&R Item # 1091771_VY
UPC # 886973692110
Label: RCA Records (USA)
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Disc: 1
1.
All My Life
2.
Best of You
3.
Everlong
4.
Pretender, The
5.
My Hero
6.
Learn To Fly
7.
Times Like These
8.
Monkey Wrench
Disc: 2
1.
Big Me
2.
Breakout
3.
Long Road To Ruin
4.
This is a Call
5.
Skin and Bones
6.
Wheels
7.
Word Forward
8.
Everlong (Acoustic Version)
Performer: Foo Fighters
Distributor: Sony Music Distribution ( Notes: Dave Grohl formed Foo Fighters with ex-Germ Pat Smear and the rhythm section of early-emo-warriors Sunny Day Real Estate shortly after the sudden tragic end of Nirvana. That what was seemingly an overshadowed drummer's side project became one of the leading alternative rock bands for over a decade is one of the more impressive stories of the post-grunge era. A deft mix of emo's pomp, punk rock's kick, and power pop's hooks, Foo Fighters scored a run of hits, from the playful "This is a Call" to the brooding "Everlong" to the wistful "Learn to Fly." GREATEST HITS collects all of the band's many hits on one disc.
Unbeknownst to most Nirvana fans, drummer David Grohl was also a singer/guitarist/songwriter who wrote numerous songs on his own during his tenure with the band. After Kurt Cobain's death in 1994, Grohl decided to head out on his own and formed the Foo Fighters; he recruited sometime Nirvana consort Pat Smear (ex- of the Germs) and swiped the rhythm section from early-emo gods Sunny Day Real Estate and assumed frontman duties. The delightfully silly debut single "This is a Call" was a good indication of where the band's intentions lay as the Foos reflected Grohl's former band's melodic-punk-pop, but with a somewhat lighter attitude, a sound they would ride to over a decade of pop superstardom.
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