Singer-Songwriters : Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

CDN$ 4.99

  1. The Pretender
  2. Let It Die
  3. Erase/Replace
  4. Long Road To Ruin
  5. Come Alive
  6. Stranger Things Have Happened
  7. Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)
  8. Summer s End
  9. Ballad Of The Beaconsfield Miners
  10. Statues
  11. But, Honestly
  12. Home

In 1997, Foo Fighters teamed with alt-rock production cornerstone Gil Norton to make their best album, The Colour and the Shape. Ten years later, they ve regrouped with Norton for a disc that s more sophisticated and diverse, if a tad less rockin . The curveballs include Stranger Things Have Happened, a solo soul-searcher where leader Dave Grohl s accompanied by just his acoustic guitar and a ticking metronome, and Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners, an acoustic guitar duet for Grohl and guest virtuoso Kaki King. Plus Summers End tickles the Foos classic-rock fetish with a dead-on Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young arrangement. There s still enough of the intense, snarling power-pop that s Foo Fighters longtime forte. The Pretender, Erase/Replace, and Long Road to Ruin combine sheer thrust, zeal, and melody like no other group currently on the charts. Yet the finale, Home, makes its clear that this is a changed band--or, at least, that Grohl s a changed man. With only his piano for company, Grohl s pleading voice reveals fragile layers of insecurity and loneliness as he sings all I want is to be home. Seems this rock & roll road warrior s mellowed some, albeit without compromising Foo Fighters vitality. --Ted Drozdowski

Excellence in one small package... - This is the journeyman s album. Play it in your car and drive - you ll understand why. It s reflective, honest, haunting and beautiful. The Pretender, their first single off the CD is defiant and classic Foo. Each song progressively pulls you in, but I have to say my ultimate favorite is the second song on the disk, Let It Die. There s a subtle show-stopper quality to it that keeps bringing me back. All in all, a fantastic album that deserves to be on everyone s shelf. You ll be able to listen to it again and again and never get bored.

I m a fan now! - So we all know that the Foo Fighters have been around for a while now but it doesn t mean I ve been a fan since they first came into the music scene.I ve listen to a couple of the Foo s older albums and they haven t grabbed my attention like this new album has. With past albums, I d give it a spin and that was the end of it. Basically, I wasn t a fan.Enter Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. WOW! Track after track this album proves to be not just a good Foo Fighters album, but a great album in itself! I was very surprised that the album was so good that it s one of the most played albums on my ipod.Tracks to look out for: The Pretender, Summer s End, The Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners..JUST TO NAME A FEW.From beginning to end I can honestly say that this cd is well worth purchase..and this review is coming from a guy who isn t that big a fan of the Foo Fighters previously released material. Is that a good thing? Who knows...but I certainly love this album!




Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace