Cost: $0.92US
Song Count: 12
Yeah, I know this particular album has been reviewed a gazillion times. Trust me, I looked it up. Since I only had a pirated copy of this Foo's album, I saw it in the "very scratched" bin (not one issue playing it) I bought it for the princely sum listed above. To have and hold, to listen to, and to...lose. I lost it for a long bit. But, it has since been found between the seats of my car and has found it's way back inside the house. To be reviewed. For Stale Reviews.
Let me first get this out of the way: I am a total Foo Fighters geek. Love the fuckers. They can do no wrong, in my star-crossed eyes. With that out of the way...let's talk about Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. To me, and I've heard all the FF albums, this is where Dave Grohl and Company really hit their creative stride. While it may not be my favorite Foo Fighters record (that would be their newer offering, Wasting Light...just, wow), I have a profound respect for what the disc offers.
There are a couple of surprises on the album. For instance, amid all the ripping guitar work and pounding rhythms there is a softer side to the Foo Fighters that, on past albums, has always peeked it's head out but never fully emerged. Unless you count the "lighter" disc of In Your Honor. Crap...that was an entire disc. My argument is rendered invalid by my actually remembering something. Anyway, Stranger Things Have Happened and The Ballad... are different in terms of what the band normally does. And it works. It's an awesome disc. For real, yo.
I'm gonna stop gushing and give the track list and review. This might be a little longer than normal, but, fuck off...let me be a fanboy.
1. The Pretender - Actually, I didn't really like the song too much when this was released. It grew on me. Like a fungus. Like a tasty, tasty fungus. Love the song now.
2. Let It Die - A beast of a song. Great playing by T. Hawkins.
3. Erase/Replace - A supertune. Can't gush enough about this one.
4. Long Road To Ruin - It feels like a "statement song". It probably is but it's one of the best out there.
5. Come Alive - Great tune..."You saved meeee...when you came alive!"
6. Stranger Things Have Happened - Strangely enough, this is my favorite track on the album. Something about the way the click track (metronome) fits into the music...very cool vibe.
7. Cheer Up, Boys
8. Summer's End
9. Ballad of The Beaconsfield Miners - Wasn't this tune written about some people? Can't remember.
10. Statues
11. But, Honestly
12. Home - Another superb Foo Fighters song. Very well done and perfect as the disc closer.
That's it. That's the Foo Fighters' Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace in all it's glory. Shall I blaspheme a second? The Foo Fighters are actually a better band than Grohl's more "influential" band. Discuss.
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