Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
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| Studio album by Foo Fighters | |||||
| Released | September 25, 2007 | ||||
| Recorded | March – June 2007 at Studio 606 West in Northridge, Los Angeles, California | ||||
| Genre | Alternative rock | ||||
| Length | 51:03 | ||||
| Label | RCA | ||||
| Producer | Foo Fighters, Gil Norton |
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Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace is the sixth studio album by the Foo Fighters, released on September 25, 2007.
The album debuted at the top of the UK album chart, selling 135,685 albums in its first week. The album also went platinum in its first week in both Australia[1] and New Zealand. In the U.S., it entered the Billboard 200 album chart at #3, selling 168,668 copies in its first week,[2] and has since been certified gold. As of September 4th, 2008, it has sold 792,612 copies in US.
The album was the band's fourth to have a song reach the top of the Modern Rock Tracks, with "The Pretender", as well as "Long Road to Ruin" and "Let It Die". With 18 weeks at the summit, "The Pretender" also set the record for longest stretch at #1 on Billboard's Alternative / Modern Rock chart.[3] With "Long Road to Ruin" (7 weeks at #1) and "Let It Die" (4 weeks at #1), the album has a total of 29 weeks atop the chart, making it the most successful album on the chart since Linkin Park's Meteora. Also with "Let It Die", it is the group's first album to spawn 3 Number One hits from the same album on the Modern Rock Tracks charts, it is only the ninth album in history to spawn 3 number 1 hits on this chart.
The album won the 2008 Grammy for Best Rock Album and "The Pretender" won for Best Hard Rock Performance. The album was also nominated for Album of the Year, while "The Pretender" was also nominated for Record of the Year and Best Rock Song. The band had previously won Best Rock Album Grammys for There Is Nothing Left to Lose and One by One. The album also won Best International Album at the 2008 Brit Awards.
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[edit] Background
In an interview with XFM on April 26, 2007, front man Dave Grohl noted,
"We've been in the studio for the past month and a half, and we've got about another month to go. We've been recording with our friend Gil Norton. He worked on our second record (The Colour and the Shape), he's a good guy and he makes amazing albums. So we're making a really big powerful record, which I'm very excited about... I can't wait to jump on stage and do this stuff, it's gonna be great."[4]
Kaki King makes a guest appearance on "Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners". The instrumental was written by Grohl prior to a meeting with one of the miners involved in the Beaconsfield mine collapse.[5]
The album's first single, "The Pretender", was released on September 17, 2007 to CD single, however was released as music download and radio play in August 2007, preceding the album launch.[6] "Long Road to Ruin" was released as the second single in December 2007.
The album's title comes from a lyric on the album's final song, "Home".
[edit] Reception
Initial critical response to Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace was positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 71, based on 30 reviews.[7]
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Chris Shiflett and Nate Mendel, unless otherwise indicated.
- "The Pretender" – 4:29
- "Let It Die" – 4:05
- "Erase/Replace" – 4:13
- "Long Road to Ruin" – 3:44
- "Come Alive" – 5:10
- "Stranger Things Have Happened" (Dave Grohl) – 5:21
- "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)" – 3:41
- "Summer's End" – 4:37
- "Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners" (Dave Grohl) – 2:32
- "Statues" – 3:47
- "But, Honestly" – 4:35
- "Home" – 4:52
[edit] B-sides
- "Once & for All" (demo) - 3:47
- "Seda" - 3:44
- "If Ever" - 4:13
- "Bangin'" - 3:48
- "Band on the Run" - 5:07
[edit] Personnel
- Dave Grohl – vocals, rhythm guitar, piano on "Summer's End", "Statues" and "Home"
- Taylor Hawkins – drums, piano on "Summer's End", backing vocals on "Erase/Replace", "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)" and "But, Honestly"
- Chris Shiflett – lead guitar, backing vocals on "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)"
- Nate Mendel – bass
[edit] Additional musicians
- Drew Hester – percussion on "Come Alive", "Let it Die", "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)", "Long Road to Ruin" and "Summer's End"
- Rami Jaffee – keyboards on "Let it Die", "Erase/Replace", "Long Road to Ruin", "Come Alive" and "But, Honestly", accordion on "Statues"
- Brantley Kearns Jr. – fiddle on "Statues"
- Kaki King – guitar on "Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners"
- Pat Smear – guitar on "Let it Die"
- Strings by The Section Quartet (arranged and conducted by Audrey Riley)
[edit] Production
- Gil Norton – producer
- Adrian Bushby – engineer
- Jake Davies - protools engineer
- John Lousteau – assistant engineer
- Rich Costey – mixer
- Claudius Mittendorfer – assistant mixer
- Brian Gardner – mastering
[edit] Album charts
| Chart (2007) | Peak position |
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| UK Albums Chart[8] | 1 |
| Official Canadian Albums Chart | 1 |
| Australian ARIA Albums Chart[9] | 1 |
| New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart | 1 |
| Billboard Hard Rock Albums Chart | 1 |
| Official Swiss Albums Chart | 2 |
| Official Irish Albums Chart | 2 |
| European Top Albums Chart | 2 |
| U.S. Billboard 200 | 3 |
| Official German Albums Chart | 3 |
| Dutch Mega Album Top 100 | 6 |
| Official Finnish Albums Chart | 7 |
| Italian Albums Chart | 15 |
| Official Hungarian Albums Chart | 33 |
[edit] Singles charts
| Year | Song | Chart | Position |
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| 2007 | The Pretender | Mainstream Rock Tracks (US) | No. 1 |
| 2007 | The Pretender | Modern Rock Tracks (US) | No. 1 |
| 2007 | The Pretender | UK Singles Chart (UK) | No. 8 |
| 2007 | The Pretender | RIANZ Singles Chart (NZ) | No. 9 |
| 2007 | The Pretender | ARIA Single Chart | No. 10 |
| 2007 | The Pretender | Irish "IRMA" Top 50 | No. 11 |
| 2007 | The Pretender | Dutch Mega Top 50 | No. 13 |
| 2007 | The Pretender | US Hot Digital Songs | No. 18 |
| 2007 | The Pretender | Billboard Hot 100 (US) | No. 37 |
| 2007 | The Pretender | Swedish Top 60 | No. 46 |
| 2007 | The Pretender | US Pop 100 | No. 47 |
| 2007 | The Pretender | Official German Singles Chart | No. 72 |
| 2007 | Long Road to Ruin | UK Rock Chart | No. 1 |
| 2007 | Long Road to Ruin | Modern Rock Tracks | No. 1 |
| 2007 | Long Road to Ruin | Mainstream Rock Tracks | No. 2 |
| 2007 | Long Road to Ruin | New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart | No. 28 |
| 2007 | Long Road to Ruin | UK Singles Chart (UK) | No. 35 |
| 2007 | Long Road to Ruin | Australia Aria Charts | No. 38 |
| 2007 | Long Road to Ruin | German Singles Chart | No. 79 |
| 2008 | Long Road to Ruin | Billboard Hot 100 | No. 89 |
| 2008 | Let It Die | Modern Rock Tracks (US) | No. 1 |
| 2008 | Let It Die | Mainstream Rock Tracks (US) | No. 5 |
| 2008 | Let It Die | Bubbling Under Hot 100 (US) | No. 6 |
| 2008 | Let It Die | Canadian Hot 100 | No. 60 |
[edit] Awards
| Year | Winner | Category |
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| 2008 | The Pretender | Best Hard Rock Performance |
| 2008 | Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace | Best Rock Album |
| Year | Nominated | Category |
| 2008 | The Pretender | Record of the Year |
| 2008 | The Pretender | Best Rock Song |
| 2008 | Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace | Album of the Year |
| Year | Winner | Category |
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| 2008 | Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace | International Album |
| 2008 | Foo Fighters | International Band |
[edit] References
- ^ "Fooies Album Goes Platinum!!". Sony BMG. September 26, 2007.
- ^ Katie Hasty, "Rascal Flatts Races To No. 1 In Debut-Heavy Week", Billboard.com, October 3, 2007.
- ^ Josh Groban Ties Elvis Presley
- ^ "Foo Fighters deep into recording". TheRockRadio.com. April 27, 2007.
- ^ Cohen, Jonathan. "Foo Fighters Let It Rip On Sixth Album". Billboard.com. July 6, 2007.
- ^ "The Pretender" release notes. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
- ^ "Foo Fighters:Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007): Reviews". Metacritic. CNET Networks, Inc. http://www.metacritic.com/music/artists/foofighters/echoessilencepatienceandgrace. Retrieved on 2009-03-24.
- ^ Top 40 Albums Chart
- ^ Top 50 Albums Chart
| Preceded by All the Lost Souls by James Blunt |
Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album October 1, 2007 |
Succeeded by Exile on Mainstream by Matchbox Twenty |
| UK number-one album 30 September 2007 - 7 October 2007 |
Succeeded by Magic by Bruce Springsteen |
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