Wasting Light

AlbumApr 12 / 201111 songs, 47m 52s
Alternative Rock Hard Rock
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6.4 / 10

The back-to-basics album Wasting Light reunites Dave Grohl with producer Butch Vig and former Nirvana mates Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear.

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The press materials for Foo Fighters’ seventh album, Wasting Light, emphasize a return to basics: The band recorded it in Dave Grohl’s garage in California, on analog tape, supposedly without computer assistance. It was produced by Butch Vig, who also recorded Nirvana’s Nevermind, and “Dear Rosemary” features Grohl’s…

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Check out our album review of Artist's Wasting Light on Rolling Stone.com.

Forget all that nonsense about Dave Grohl listening to the Bee Gees and ABBA when writing Wasting Light.

What the Foo Fighters do best...Feel sorry for Mr Dave Grohl's neighbours.

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With the release of this seventh studio album from the Nicest Man In Rock and his sweat-flecked colleagues, there can be no doubt that Foo Fighters have eclipsed the in-their-lifetime success of the o

Foo Fighters decide to strip things down for Wasting Light, their seventh album, repairing to Dave Grohl's garage for the recording, says <strong>Kitty Empire</strong>

The additions of Vig, Smear, and Novoselic end up doing little except reminding listeners of better days.

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Take rock into arenas and what do you get? Arena rock. Good job the Foo Fighters are OK at it, says <strong>Dave Simpson</strong>

Album Reviews: Foo Fighters - Wasting Light

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Foo Fighters - Wasting Light review: No filler! Finally, it's the album the Foos always had in them.

Wasting Light is surely the Foo Fighters’s defining moment. Rating: * * * *

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