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The Colour And The Shape (Legacy Edition)
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- Foo Fighters
- Released 2007
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Since the first Foo Fighters album was a collection of Dave Grohl solo recordings, their second, The Colour and the Shape, is in many ways their official debut, and it certainly does sound different than its predecessor. Producer Gil Norton has tightened up the sound considerably -- his control was so tight that drummer William Goldsmith left the band during the recording, leaving Grohl to record the rhythm tracks for the bulk of the album. Certainly, Norton's big, shiny production makes The Colour and the Shape sound more professional than the debut, but the presence of a full band makes a difference, too. The full Foo Fighters make Grohl's songs heavier, not punkier, which may be a little unsettling to fans of the debut's ragged, amateurish edge. It's also strange that the album has such a glossy, arena-ready sound, since Grohl's songs are introspective, quite different than the endearing punk-pop of its predecessor. They're also not quite as catchy as before, but the band compensates by delivering them with a brutal energy. Still, the lack of immediate hooks prevents The Colour and the Shape from truly catching fire. [The 2007 expanded Legacy edition included six bonus tracks.] ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
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The album actually has a point
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- By dryIceb0mb144
- 1/27/2009 12:14:12
- This album isn't just one of those albums that doesn't make any sence. if you actually listen to the lyrics it has a point, and a good one at that. Monkey Wrench is basically about a kid that feels like his parents are controlling his life, so he says quit using me like a tool. Nickleback has Songs like this to. "If Everyone Cared" is about really if anyone cared there will be no sickness, poor, or crying in the world (which we all know thats not going to happen anytime soon). I love sociology and i believe that music most deffinetly has an affect on kids. But! Foo Fighters has hard rock right? so wouldn't the kids listening to this album cause kids to be nasty killers? NO!!! I hate that when people tell me that because they don't listen to lyrics! Belive it or not you actually listen to lyrics sub-connsesly! Your brain prosseses them as a conversation. It's like a Jahovas Whitness coming to your door. If you listen to long you will start to believe them. If you listen to music that has drugs, suicide, and murder in them (even if you only like the beat) you are more likelly to do all those things because your brain reads them as a conversation. You probably didn't get to the end of this but if you did good job. If you have anything to say in what i believe just message me at dryIceb0mb144. I am looking forward to your comments and complaints.
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um... yeah
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- By LostinPie
- 11/25/2008 18:14:31
- What he said lol
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Modern Rock Excellence
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- By bossxtreme
- 9/23/2008 15:23:14
- Some albums are definitive in their sound. The music on them is so ingrained into a generation or genre that they become trademarks of that moment in time. The Foo Fighter’s “The Color and The Shape” is such an album. While it was the second album in the band’s catalog, it will be the one the band is most known for. It made front man Dave Grol famous as more than just the ex-drummer from Nirvana and solidified this bands place as an alt rock mainstay. “The Color and The Shape” is forever the sound that all other Foo Fighter albums will be measured against. Everything here made them stars and gave birth to hits like “My Hero”, “Everlong”, and “Monkey Wrench”. This is an album that finds a way to grip a hold of the listener from start to finish and doesn’t let go with it’s cast iron, white knuckle grip. “Doll rolls up the hill in anticipation before “Monkey Wrench” sends you down the steep hill and into the loops of “Hey Johnny Ballpark” and “My Poor Brain”. From there it cruises and rolls along, giving you thrills and chills before getting rough with “My Hero.” The up and down aspect of the music keeps going into heavenly “February Stars” and shooting into the ultimate thrill of “Everlong” . In the end, it’s an album with nothing to skip over.
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