Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace by Foo Fighters

Pros:

Excellent., mature mix of powerful arena rock and beautiful slow songs.

Cons:

Some might not be ready for the large amount of softer material

The Foo Fighter's fifth album, In Your Honor, was a double disc set, each CD featuring a different side of the band. There was the heavy side that we'd been well aware of since 1995, and there was the soft side, exhibiting a gentler style that ...

Pros: "The Pretender" and "Let It Die" have song of the year credentials.
Cons: A handful of sub par tracks, particularly the droopy ballads.

For 2007, the Foo Fighters had initially planned to take time off from touring to rest up, unwind, and start penning a few songs for a future album. That plan was shelved when it dawned on vocalist Dave Grohl that he was fast approaching forty years old, ...

Pros: Great rock songs as you'd expect from the Foo Fighters.
Cons: Never generic, but possibly too "normal."

In an effort to shed some light on the big Grammy winners and why they won the awards they did (or why they shouldn’t have), I’m going to review the albums that made it to the big stage. **** Oh, how I love my Foo Fighters. There’s ...

Pros: Great album with a superb selection of songs.
Cons: I didn't see them on tour!

This album (the 6th from The Foos) is just amazing. It almost sounds like a greatest hits album with the previous 5 being rehearsals for this one. There are great stomping rock tracks, classic Grohl melodies, acoustic and piano based 'ballads'. As ...