The Essential Foo Fighters

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The Essential Foo Fighters
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Greatest hits album by
Foo Fighters
ReleasedOctober 28, 2022 (2022-10-28)
RecordedOctober 1994 – 2021
Genre
Length85:00
Label Legacy Recordings, [1] [2] Sony Music
Producer
Foo Fighters chronology
Medicine at Midnight
(2021)		The Essential Foo Fighters
(2022)		 But Here We Are
(2023)

The Essential Foo Fighters is a greatest hits album released on October 28, 2022 by American rock band Foo Fighters. [3] [4] It is part of Sony Music's The Essential series . It was the first Foo Fighters release after the death of longtime drummer Taylor Hawkins on March 25, 2022.

Contents

Reception

The album debuted at number eight on Billboard's Top Album Sales chart, making it the first in the Essential series to reach the top ten of that chart. It also debuted at number 42 on the Billboard 200 . [5] In a review by the German edition of Rolling Stone , Kristina Baum stated that "With a new hits compilation which now bears the more modest name The Essential, it becomes clear in 2022 what has happened in 13 more years of band history" and that in "12 to 15 years another Foo Fighters Best Of could probably be released without any problems. Could it still be the end of the Foo Fighters chapter due to the sad circumstances ? It would be a shame". Baum also rated the album four out of five stars. [6]

A review by Drew's Reviews stated that "I suspect The Essential Foo Fighters will sell well", but was critical that some tracks were omitted from the album: "Seriously, how do you leave out "Congregation" off Sonic Highways ? In fact nothing off Sonic Highways. Weird." Drew's Reviews also noted that it is missing the song "Run" from the Concrete and Gold album which is only represented by one song, "The Sky Is a Neighborhood". [7] A review by AllMusic was more positive stating that 13 years since the band's last Greatest Hits album Foo Fighters have had an additional four Top 10 albums which provide a "fair chunk" on The Essential Foo Fighters and that "The end result is that The Essential Foo Fighters winds up being a stronger comp than its predecessor". [8]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Foo Fighters except where noted

The Essential Foo Fighters track listing
No.TitleOriginally fromLength
1."Everlong" (Dave Grohl) The Colour and the Shape , 19974:10
2."Making a Fire" Medicine at Midnight , 20214:15
3."Times Like These" One by One , 20024:27
4."Rope" Wasting Light , 20114:19
5."Monkey Wrench"The Colour and the Shape3:52
6."My Hero"The Colour and the Shape4:20
7."Cold Day in the Sun" In Your Honor , 20053:28
8."Big Me" (Grohl) Foo Fighters , 19952:12
9."Long Road to Ruin" Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace , 20073:46
10."Shame Shame"Medicine at Midnight4:17
11."Best of You"In Your Honor4:16
12."All My Life"One by One4:24
13."The Pretender"Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace4:27
14."This Is a Call" (Grohl)Foo Fighters3:54
15."Waiting on a War" (not included on CD version)Medicine at Midnight4:13
16."Walk"Wasting Light4:17
17."Learn to Fly" There Is Nothing Left to Lose , 19993:56
18."The Sky Is a Neighborhood" Concrete and Gold , 20174:05
19."Breakout" (not included on CD version)There Is Nothing Left to Lose3:22
20."These Days"Wasting Light4:58
21."Everlong" (acoustic version) Greatest Hits , 20094:12
Total length:85:00

Personnel

Foo Fighters

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
New Zealand (RMNZ) [29] Gold7,500‡
United Kingdom (BPI) [30] Gold100,000‡

‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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