Foo Fighters Greatest Hits

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The Foos have sold millions of albums already, and two new tracks – Wheels and Word Forward – will be downloaded separately by many. Unusually long - namely 14 years and six albums long - the Foo Fighters have taken their time to release their first best-of album. One single (" Best of You") is included from the band's biggest worldwide selling album In Your Honor, released in 2005. Grohl was intimidated by Kurt Cobain’s writing for Nirvana – though he’d pen songs, he kept them to himself – but when the frontman committed suicide in 1994 Grohl struck out alone rather than man the kit for another group.

Not to be confused with "Our Best Songs" or "Our Favorite Songs," it is a collection of the songs that have defined our band's identity to most people over the years. We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others. Long-term fans will appreciate the ‘how to multitrack at home’ notes from Grohl, but said attraction aside this is straight-up Foos 101, best appreciated by fair-weather followers and absolute beginners. Two singles are included from 1999's There Is Nothing Left to Lose album (" Learn to Fly" and " Breakout") as are two singles from 2002's One by One album (" All My Life" and " Times Like These"). Grohl has also mentioned that he felt that the album did not include some of the band's best work and that it was "like a CliffsNotes version of what we've been doing for the last 15 years".Over the course of a full album the Foos can drag – 1997’s The Colour and the Shape may be the exception – but here the four-piece never allow attentions or affections to wander.

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So, the title Greatest Hits delivers what it promises - top-notch Foo Fighters material bundled on one disc. Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album released by American rock band the Foo Fighters on November 3, 2009.

A collection of what were little more than demos became the first Foo Fighters album, a band was formed to take the songs on tour (featuring half of Sunny Day Real Estate), and the rest, as they say, is history. These are big songs, full of cracking choruses; they are, at their centres, loud and proud pop songs dressed up as rock numbers simply because of the amplification addictions of individuals involved. Matthew Perpetua of Pitchfork also noted the lack of "I'll Stick Around" on the compilation and suggested that the release would have been stronger with the inclusion of rarities and fan favorites, such as their cover of Prince's " Darling Nikki" or their popular soundtrack contribution " The One".

It’s a perfect greatest hits set – all the songs you recognise, without any of those pesky numbers that never made it to radio.