The Colour and the Shape
Foo Fighters
The Colour and the Shape
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Tracklist
| Track | Duration | Listeners | ||||
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Doll full track | 1:25 | 175,673 | ||
| 2 |
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Monkey Wrench full track | 3:49 | 310,974 | ||
| 3 |
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Hey, Johnny Park! full track | 4:07 | 161,890 | ||
| 4 |
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My Poor Brain full track | 3:32 | 152,869 | ||
| 5 |
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Wind Up full track | 2:30 | 150,403 | ||
| 6 |
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Up In Arms full track | 2:16 | 159,703 | ||
| 7 |
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My Hero full track | 4:18 | 380,868 | ||
| 9 |
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Enough Space full track | 2:35 | 158,395 | ||
| 10 |
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February Stars full track | 4:48 | 171,847 | ||
| 11 |
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Everlong full track | 4:09 | 476,947 | ||
| 12 |
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Walking After You full track | 5:03 | 225,211 | ||
| 13 |
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New Way Home full track | 5:38 | 132,523 | ||
| 14 |
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Requiem full track | 3:32 | 19,391 | ||
| 15 |
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Drive Me Wild full track | 3:13 | 20,406 | ||
| 17 |
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Baker Street full track | 5:36 | 40,579 | ||
| 18 |
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Dear Lover full track | 4:31 | 16,201 | ||
| 19 |
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The Colour And The Shape full track | 3:23 | 12,627 | ||
| 20 |
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See You full track | 2:26 | 159,589 |
About this album
The Colour and the Shape is the Foo Fighters’ second album. It was released May 20, 1997 through Roswell/Capitol Records.
The album was the debut of the Foo Fighters as a band, as frontman Dave Grohl had recorded all of the first album by himself with the exception of one guitar part by Greg Dulli. The Colour and the Shape was produced by Gil Norton, who was perhaps best known for his work with the Pixies. It was loosely conceived by Grohl as a concept album which documented the beginning and end of a romantic relationship. Over the course of the making of the album, Grohl’s own marriage to photographer Jennifer Youngblood ultimately ended in divorce.
After six weeks of work at Bear Creek Studios in Woodinville, Washington, the band took two weeks off from recording. Grohl returned to Virginia and wrote several new songs, recording one of them,Walking After You, by himself at WGNS Studios in Washington, DC. The band (minus drummer William Goldsmith) relocated to Grandmaster Recorders in Hollywood, California, and re-recorded most of the album with Grohl performing the drum tracks (some segments from the Bear Creek sessions with Goldsmith on drums appear on the finished album, including the entirety of Doll).
The album reached number three in the UK and number ten in the United States. The Colour and the Shape is the Foo Fighters’ biggest U.S. seller, having sold over two million copies according to Nielsen SoundScan.
The album was the debut of the Foo Fighters as a band, as frontman Dave Grohl had recorded all of the first album by himself with the exception of one guitar part by Greg Dulli. The Colour and the Shape was produced by Gil Norton, who was perhaps best known for his work with the Pixies. It was loosely conceived by Grohl as a concept album which documented the beginning and end of a romantic relationship. Over the course of the making of the album, Grohl’s own marriage to photographer Jennifer Youngblood ultimately ended in divorce.
After six weeks of work at Bear Creek Studios in Woodinville, Washington, the band took two weeks off from recording. Grohl returned to Virginia and wrote several new songs, recording one of them,
Walking After You, by himself at WGNS Studios in Washington, DC. The band (minus drummer William Goldsmith) relocated to Grandmaster Recorders in Hollywood, California, and re-recorded most of the album with Grohl performing the drum tracks (some segments from the Bear Creek sessions with Goldsmith on drums appear on the finished album, including the entirety of Doll).The album reached number three in the UK and number ten in the United States. The Colour and the Shape is the Foo Fighters’ biggest U.S. seller, having sold over two million copies according to Nielsen SoundScan.
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Shouts
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thejackyl wrote:
"The quality of their music dropped far too much after this album." true that
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markot93 wrote:
Best Foo Record !
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masterofppets wrote:
quality. best foo fighters album.
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bill_lives_here wrote:
peak for sure
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jotagomes wrote:
\/ True ):
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Liam-s wrote:
The quality of their music dropped far too much after this album.
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rolfeijg wrote:
Kutschurft (L)
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DeMaulwurfn wrote:
The whole album (L)
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Jonzo67 wrote:
New Way Home (L)
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mtolentino wrote:
Walking After You (L)
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viva__hate wrote:
february stars! (L)
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crimsonstigmata wrote:
Definitely their best album.. There isn't any bad album in their discography but this is just something else !!! My Hero FTW !!
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thegenuinemoz wrote:
As others have said, the best album they've done. I don't think there's a band song on it.
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x_dabs wrote:
One of the best albums I own (and I own fuckloads of albums).
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sistershit wrote:
BubiWallenius really like this album and TheBinge92 even bought it!Rozcieszka thinks is the best........
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Rozcieszka wrote:
Best album!
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BubiWallenius wrote:
This is a good album. Everything they have made after this is rubbish.
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TheBinge92 wrote:
Bought this today - great album.
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bernieandreu wrote:
On twitter: It's Friday ♬ Follow Friday Foo Fighters - How Many Followers Will Resist? ❤ #ff
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R_occi wrote:
Das beste Album der Foo Fighters, meiner Meinung nach. Da stimmt einfach alles!
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