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The second Foo Fighters compilation arrives 13 years after the first, after the group racked up four additional Top Ten albums. Wasting Light, Sonic Highways, Concrete and Gold, and Medicine at Midnight provide a fair chunk of material on Essential Foo Fighters -- "These Days," "Rope," "Walk, "The Sky Is a Neighborhood," "Waiting on a War," "Making a Fire" -- added to the alt-rock perennials that were also on 2009's Greatest Hits. Nearly all of Greatest Hits is here: of the 13 core songs there -- a batch that includes "Everlong," "Monkey Wrench," "My Hero," "Big Me," "Best of You," "This Is a Call," "Learn to Fly" -- only "Skin and Bones" didn't make the cut here, with the acoustic version of "Everlong" being the only one of the two bonus tracks carried forward. The end result is that Essential Foo Fighters winds up as a stronger comp than its predecessor, with its nonchronological sequencing helping to highlight the consistency of their catalog.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Foo Fighters, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nate Mendel, Bass - Ryan Boesch, Assistant Engineer - Chris Sheldon, Mixing Engineer - Gil Norton, Producer - Todd Burke, Assistant Engineer - JASON MAUZA, Assistant Engineer - Dave Grohl, Composer, Lyricist, Drums, Guitar, Vocal - Bradley Cook, Engineer - Pat Smear, Guitar
(P) 1997 Roswell Records, Inc.
Foo Fighters, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Greg Kurstin, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards - OMAR HAKIM, Percussion - Mark "Spike" Stent, Mixing Engineer - Darrell Thorp, Engineer - Barbara Gruska, Background Vocal - Inara George, Background Vocal - alex pasco, Engineer - Julian Burg, Engineer - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer - Samantha Sidley, Background Vocal - Laura Mace, Background Vocal - Matt Wolach, Assistant Engineer - Violet Grohl, Background Vocal
(P) 2020 Roswell Records, Inc., under exclusive license to RCA Records
Foo Fighters, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nick Raskulinecz, Producer, Recording Engineer - JIM SCOTT, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2002 Roswell Records, Inc.
Foo Fighters, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Vig, Producer - JAMES BROWN, Engineer - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer - ALAN MOULDER, Mixing Engineer - Joe LaPorta, Mastering Engineer - Rami Jaffee, Keyboards - John Lousteau, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2011 Roswell Records, Inc. under license to RCA Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Foo Fighters, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - D. Grohl, Composer, Lyricist, Drums, Guitar, Vocal - N. Mendel, Bass - Ryan Boesch, Assistant Engineer - Chris Sheldon, Mixing Engineer - Gil Norton, Producer - Todd Burke, Assistant Engineer - JASON MAUZA, Assistant Engineer - Bradley Cook, Engineer - P. Smear, Guitar
(P) 1997 Roswell Records, Inc
Foo Fighters, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Nate Mendel, Bass - Ryan Boesch, Assistant Engineer - Chris Sheldon, Mixing Engineer - Gil Norton, Producer - Todd Burke, Assistant Engineer - JASON MAUZA, Assistant Engineer - Dave Grohl, Composer, Lyricist, Drums, Guitar, Vocal - Bradley Cook, Engineer - Pat Smear, Guitar
(P) 1997 Roswell Records, Inc
Foo Fighters, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Taylor Hawkins, Vocal - Mike Terry, Recording Engineer - Nick Raskulinecz, Producer, Bass Guitar - ELLIOT SCHEINER, Mixing Engineer - Dave Grohl, Drums - Rami Jaffee, Keyboards
(P) 2005 Roswell Records, Inc.
Foo Fighters, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Rothrock, Mixing Engineer - Rob Schnapf, Mixing Engineer - David Grohl, Composer, Lyricist - Steve Culp, Engineer - Barrett Jones, Producer
(P) 1995 Roswell Records, Inc.
Foo Fighters, Composer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Drew Hester, Percussion - Brian Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Adrian Bushby, Engineer - Rich Costey, Mixing Engineer - Gil Norton, Producer - Claudius Mittendorfer, Assistant Engineer - Rami Jaffee, Keyboards - John Lousteau, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2007 Roswell Records, Inc.
Foo Fighters, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Bisharat, Violin - Greg Kurstin, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Piano, Strings - OMAR HAKIM, Percussion - Mark "Spike" Stent, Mixing Engineer - Darrell Thorp, Engineer - Alma Fernandez, Viola - Songa Lee, Violin - Barbara Gruska, Background Vocal - Inara George, Background Vocal - alex pasco, Engineer - Julian Burg, Engineer - Jacob Braun, Cello - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer - Samantha Sidley, Background Vocal - Laura Mace, Background Vocal - Matt Wolach, Assistant Engineer - Violet Grohl, Background Vocal
(P) 2020 Roswell Records, Inc., under exclusive license to RCA Records
Foo Fighters, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Mike Terry, Recording Engineer - Nick Raskulinecz, Producer, Mixing Engineer
(P) 2005 Roswell Records, Inc.
Foo Fighters, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Taylor Hawkins, Drums - Nate Mendel, Bass - Chris Shiflett, Guitar - Nick Raskulinecz, Producer, Recording Engineer - JIM SCOTT, Mixing Engineer - Dave Grohl, Guitar, Vocal
(P) 2002 Roswell Records, Inc.
Foo Fighters, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Brian Gardner, Mastering Engineer - Adrian Bushby, Engineer - Rich Costey, Mixing Engineer - Shari Sutcliffe, Contractor - Gil Norton, Producer - Claudius Mittendorfer, Assistant Engineer - Audrey Riley, Conductor, Arranger - John Lousteau, Assistant Engineer - Eric Gorfaine, Violin - Daphene T. Chen, Violin - Leah M. Katz, Viola - Richard A. Dodd, Cello
(P) 2007 Roswell Records, Inc.
Foo Fighters, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Tom Rothrock, Mixing Engineer - Rob Schnapf, Mixing Engineer - David Grohl, Composer, Lyricist - Steve Culp, Engineer - Barrett Jones, Producer
(P) 1995 Roswell Records, Inc.
Foo Fighters, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Charlie Bisharat, Violin - Greg Kurstin, Producer, Engineer, Keyboards, Piano, Strings - OMAR HAKIM, Percussion - Mark "Spike" Stent, Mixing Engineer - Darrell Thorp, Engineer - Alma Fernandez, Viola - Songa Lee, Violin - Barbara Gruska, Background Vocal - Inara George, Background Vocal - alex pasco, Engineer - Julian Burg, Engineer - Jacob Braun, Cello - Randy Merrill, Mastering Engineer - Samantha Sidley, Background Vocal - Laura Mace, Background Vocal - Matt Wolach, Assistant Engineer - Violet Grohl, Background Vocal
(P) 2020 Roswell Records, Inc., under exclusive license to RCA Records
Foo Fighters, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Vig, Producer - JAMES BROWN, Engineer - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer - ALAN MOULDER, Mixing Engineer - Joe LaPorta, Mastering Engineer - Rami Jaffee, Organ - John Lousteau, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2011 Roswell Records, Inc. under license to RCA Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Foo Fighters, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - ANDY WALLACE, Mixing Engineer - ADAM KASPER, Producer, Recording Engineer - Ted Reiger, Mixing Engineer
(P) 1999 Roswell Records, Inc.
Foo Fighters, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Alison Mosshart, Background Vocal - Taylor Hawkins, Drums, Background Vocal - Nate Mendel, Bass - Chris Shiflett, Guitar - Greg Kurstin, Producer - Darrell Thorp, Engineer, Mastering Engineer, Mixing Engineer - Dave Grohl, Guitar, Vocal - Pat Smear, Guitar - Brendan Dekora , Engineer - David Ives, Mastering Engineer - Thomas Lea, Viola - alex pasco, Engineer - Julian Burg, Engineer - Rachel Grace, Violin - Chaz Sexton, Assistant Engineer - Ginny Luke, Violin - Samon Rajabnik, Engineer - Kinga Bacik, Cello
(P) 2017 Roswell Records, Inc. under license to RCA Records, a division of Sony Music Entertainment
Foo Fighters, Composer, Lyricist, Producer, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - John Nelson, Mixing Engineer - ADAM KASPER, Producer, Mixing Engineer, Recording Engineer
(P) 1999 Roswell Records, Inc.
Foo Fighters, Composer, Lyricist, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Butch Vig, Producer - JAMES BROWN, Engineer - Emily Lazar, Mastering Engineer - ALAN MOULDER, Mixing Engineer - Joe LaPorta, Mastering Engineer - John Lousteau, Assistant Engineer
(P) 2011 Roswell Records, Inc. under license to RCA Records, a unit of Sony Music Entertainment
Foo Fighters, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Dave Grohl, Composer, Lyricist - Geoff Turner, Recording Engineer
(P) 2009 Roswell Records, Inc.
Album review
The second Foo Fighters compilation arrives 13 years after the first, after the group racked up four additional Top Ten albums. Wasting Light, Sonic Highways, Concrete and Gold, and Medicine at Midnight provide a fair chunk of material on Essential Foo Fighters -- "These Days," "Rope," "Walk, "The Sky Is a Neighborhood," "Waiting on a War," "Making a Fire" -- added to the alt-rock perennials that were also on 2009's Greatest Hits. Nearly all of Greatest Hits is here: of the 13 core songs there -- a batch that includes "Everlong," "Monkey Wrench," "My Hero," "Big Me," "Best of You," "This Is a Call," "Learn to Fly" -- only "Skin and Bones" didn't make the cut here, with the acoustic version of "Everlong" being the only one of the two bonus tracks carried forward. The end result is that Essential Foo Fighters winds up as a stronger comp than its predecessor, with its nonchronological sequencing helping to highlight the consistency of their catalog.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:25:10
- Main artists: Foo Fighters
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: RCA - Legacy
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
This compilation (P) 2022 Roswell Records, Inc.
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