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Foo Fighters - The Colour And The Shape (10th Anniversary Edition/Remastered & Expanded) [Digipak] (CD 2007)

Track Listing
1. Doll
2. Monkey Wrench
3. Hey Johnny Park
4. My Poor Brain
5. Wind Up
6. Up In Arms
7. My Hero
8. See You
9. Enough Space
10. February Stars
11. Everlong
12. Walking After You
13. New Way Home
14. Requiem (bonus track)
15. Drive Me Wild (bonus track)
16. Down In The Park (bonus track)
17. Baker Street (bonus track)
18. Dear Lover (bonus track)
19. Colour And The Shape (bonus track)

Details
Number of CDs:1
Producer:Gil Norton
Recording Type:Studio
Distributor:Sony BMG/Arvato Services
Recording Mode:Stereo

Album Notes
Foo Fighters: Dave Grohl (vocals, guitar, drums); Pat Smear (guitar); Nate Mendel (bass); William Goldsmith (drums).Recorded at Grand Master Studios, Hollywood, California; Bear Creek, Woodinville, Washington and WGNS Studios, Washington, D.C.THE COLOUR & THE SHAPE was nominated for a 1998 Grammy for Best Rock Album. "Monkey Wrench" was nominated for a 1998 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance.Now that Dave Grohl has gotten through the intense scrutiny leveled at the Foo Fighters' debut, this follow-up finds him flexing his creative muscles a little easier. Forgoing the autocratic approach of FOO FIGHTERS, THE COLOUR & SHAPE allows the other members of the band a greater amount of influence, which quickly becomes evident. The punk-pop nuggets outnumber the thrashier moments on this record. Nevertheless, Grohl's time on the D.C. hardcore scene is never far from the creative process, whether it's the first squeals and squawks that pop up around the hooks and screaming vocals of "Hey, Johnny Park" and "My Poor Brain" or the alternating, Nirvana-like dynamics of "Enough Space." Elsewhere, the dreamy pop of "Walking After You" (recorded in one take by Grohl at Washington, D.C. radio station WGNS) and "Up In Arms" rubs shoulders with the Catherine Wheelish sheets of guitar flowing through "My Hero."

Editorial Reviews
3 Stars (out of 5) - ...COLOUR has a big, radio-ready, modern-rock sound....gives the impression that Grohl is working out some romantic issues--there are lots of relationship tunes both about breaking up and about a new love...Spin (7/97, p.113) - 6 (out of 10) - ...That's Dave Grohl, a simple rock guy in a simple rock band who occasionally manages to write some really good songs. He'll probably never come up with a godhead masterpiece, but then again, he already played drums on one.Entertainment Weekly (5/23/97, pp.62-63) - ...The band heard on THE COLOUR & THE SHAPE is not a ragtag slacker unit but a bunch of confident, powerful pros--brawny, metallic, able to shift gears and tempos on a dime....In fact, the album often feels like the new-wave metal Metallica should have but didn't concoct with LOAD... - Rating: BQ (1/03, p.54) - Included in Q Magazine's 100 Greatest Albums EverNME (12/20-27/97, pp.78-79) - Ranked #46 in NME's 1997 Critics' Poll.Melody Maker (12/20-27/97, pp.66-67) - Ranked #21 on Melody Maker's list of 1997's Albums Of The Year.
Rolling Stone (05/29/1997)

Reviews
  what a fuckin awesome album, Dave Grohl for president!!
Review created: 11/06/08

This is probably one of the best albums ever written!! The foo fighters have proved their god like rock genius with this inspirational, magical record! monkey wrench... my hero... everlong... say no more!!


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  Foo Fighters Rock!!!!!
Review created: 05/12/07
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I'm a massive Foo Fighters fan and unfortunately my original copy got damaged so I had to replace it just like the review I post for the Foo Fighters (2003) CD.
This is a mega album.There just aren't enough characters allowed for reviewing, that can describe it.
With the speedy riffs of Monkey Wrench and the more chilled Next Year and Walking After You to the classic Everlong you cannot go wrong with this CD.
So...I recommend that you all should buy it and play it until it's worn out.
Ans as the man says..'There goes my hero...'


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