Foo Fighters - One By One (CD 2002)

very good album, personally better than their latest album (2005-2007) very upbeat music. no disapointment

Big Foos fan and just purchased tickets to their concert in london in june 2008 so wanted to get up to date with their music.
Theres nothing to dislike when it comes to the Foo Fighters....

As always, the Foo Fighters delivered a good solid album of post-grunge hard rock. It features their usual range of material, with their hard-hitting rhythms and great sound throughout, and it feels very well produced.
That's the problem though. This album may be technically accomplished, and the band may play more tightly than ever before, but the rough, raw edge, and brutal delivery that made much of their earlier material so powerful is missing. And that power is needed more on this album than on any of the previous releases, because sadly the songs are not as good as I had come to expect from them. Of course there are some great tracks here, but overall it seems a bit flat and tired, even formulaic. Every Foo Fighters album delivers musical ups and downs, but on "One by One" the highs aren't high enough, and there are far too many lows. There are very few of the instantly memorable themes that previous releases gave us.

On the positive side, the band plays as a tight cohesive musical unit on this album, and the guitar, and especially the drums sound superbly focused and impressive. There are perhaps 3 or 4 great tracks on the album. "All My Life" is a brilliant opener, full of snarling, chopped guitar and machine-gun drummimg, with a surprisingly catchy melody line, and tortured lyrics - one of their best ever. "Times Like These" is a impressive track which builds from a restrained but interesting opening to a much heavier (and much more pleasing) climax. "Have It All" is an intense rhythm workout, where the group flexes it's muscles to maximum effect, and once again comes to a very satisfying conclusion, with clashing cymbals and overdriven power chords. "Burn Away" features one of the best guitar intros ever, but doesn't quite hit the mark overall.

This album is a very good one, and there are some really excellent tracks here, but it is perhaps the weakest of their albums overall. Try "In Your Honour", their latest and best, to really hear what makes the Foo Fighters such a great group.

The reason I bought the cd was because im a big foo fighters fan!!!=D - what i lyk about the cd is the songs on it-"all my life" is one of the greatest songs in my opinion which foo fighters has done (all my life ive been searching for sumthing , sumthing neva comes neva leads to nuthin)-also "times like these"-another great song with a great combination of lyrics and music!!! =D. in my conc;usin its a great cd!!! =D!!.

The Foo Fighters are fantastic and this album is fantastic as well every song is well worth listening to unlike a lot of albums. What makes it even better is that i got it for an absolute bargain.

my disk is broken and keeps getting scratched up, i bought a new one and i have found that the more expensive the item the better condition it is in

i went to woolworths and they where selling it for 9.80, what a rip off, this guy is selling it for a fiver, corh, bargain with a capital B