The Essential Foo Fighters

by Foo Fighters

Overview

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

Product Details

Release Date:	10/28/2022
Label:	Legacy / Rca / Sony Music
UPC:	0196587377526
Rank:	10030

Tracks

1. Everlong
2. Making a Fire
3. Times Like These
4. Rope
5. Monkey Wrench
6. My Hero
7. Cold Day in the Sun
8. Big Me
9. Long Road to Ruin
10. Shame Shame
11. Best of You
12. All My Life
13. The Pretender
14. This Is a Call
15. Walk
16. Learn to Fly
17. The Sky Is a Neighborhood
18. These Days
19. Everlong [Acoustic Version]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Foo Fighters   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Dave Grohl   Composer
Foo Fighters   Composer