- Oasis- (What's The Story) Morning Glory?
- Collective Soul- Collective Soul
- AC/DC- Ballbreaker
- The Rolling Stones- Stripped
- White Zombie- Astro-Creep: 2000: Songs Of Love, Destruction, and Other Synthetic Delusions of the Electric Head
- Ozzy Osbourne- Ozzmosis
- Van Halen- Balance
- Radiohead- The Bends
- The Smashing Pumpkins- Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness
- Alanis Morissette- Jagged Little Pill
- The Flaming Lips- Clouds Taste Metallic
- Todd Rundgren- The Individualist
- Ted Nugent- Spirit of the Wild
- Dokken- Dysfunctional
- Bon Jovi- These Days
Foo Fighters- Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters is the debut studio album by American alternative rock group Foo Fighters released on July 4, 1995. Although the band's name implies multiple members, the Foo Fighters' first album was solely written and recorded by Dave Grohl. Grohl was the former drummer of Nirvana who first appeared on band's 1991 album Nevermind (see "The Best Albums of 1991"). Foo Fighters charted at #23 on the U.S. Billboard 200 Chart and reached #3 on the UK Albums Chart, as well as charting at #5 in Canada. The album has been certified Platinum in the United States and Canada, and Gold in the United Kingdom.
The Foo Fighters' debut album includes four singles-- "This Is a Call," "I'll Stick Around," "For All the Cows," and "Big Me." Other notable songs on the album include "Alone + Easy Target," and "Exhausted." The album's singles were successful, with "Big Me" charting at #18 on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks Chart, "I'll Stick Around" reaching #12 on the same chart, and "This Is a Call" making it all the way to #6. Many of the songs on the album follow a similar 'soft-loud dynamics' alternative rock sound that was signature with Nirvana, where the verses of a song typically have a quieter and softer groove/mood when compared to the chorus/refrain sections of the song, such as in Nirvana's "Smells Like Teens Spirit" and "Heart-Shaped Box" to name a couple.
Notable of the album is that Dave Grohl is credited for vocals, guitars, bass guitars, drums, and production, with the only exception being the addition of guitarist Greg Dulli on the song "X-Static," who was watching Grohl in the recording studio working on the album at the time. Also, nine of the songs included on the album were written during or before Grohl's time spent playing with Nirvana before the death of Kurt Cobain in early 1994. Producer Barrett Jones and Dave Grohl produced the entire album in just one week, with four songs being recorded per day. Grohl has stated that during the recording sessions he would run from room to room in the recording studio and lay down tracks for different instruments one after another, with only a few stops for some coffee and to 'cool down' from sweating profusely.
Dave Grohl has stated in past interviews that he wrote and recorded the Foo Fighters' first studio album for fun and as a 'cathartic' experience. The album was largely influenced by the death of Cobain in early '94. After Cobain's death, Grohl sank into a deep depression and declined invitations by bands including Danzig and Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers to become their new drummer, stating that he couldn't even sit in front of a drum set or listen to much music again for several months without thinking of the death of his friend and former bandmate.
However, around October of 1994 Grohl figured he could record and produce an album of his own and was able to book a recording studio just a few blocks from his house in Seattle, Washington. Although much of the music of the Foo Fighters' first album was written prior to the recording studio sessions in October of '94, virtually none of the lyrics had been written. Grohl has stated in the past that most of the lyrics of the band's first album were "nonsensical lyrics written in the 20 minutes before recording began. I had seven days to record fifteen songs... there wasn't too much time spent sitting in a chair thinking."
Alexander Schwartz - JPageFan71
The Antagonists
The Antagonists
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