Wasting light is a simply fantastic album in my opinion the best the foos have done and easily one of my all time favourites.
Foo fighters wasting light album.
It was released on april 12 2011 on roswell and rca records and is the first album to feature rhythm guitarist pat smear since the colour and the shape 1997 as an official member as he s appeared on their previous album echoes silence patience grace 2007 as an additional member.
Wasting light does not mince words it s punchy crisp and feels like an amalgamation of everything they ve done in the past.
It s their best collection of songs since the colour and the shape the kind of record they ve always seemed on the verge of delivering but never have.
While on tour with them crooked vultures dave grohl thought of the master plan for when ff returned.
Perhaps butch vig working with grohl for the first time since nevermind and that s not the only nirvana connection as krist novoselic plays bass on i should have known should take some credit for the ferocious sound of wasting light but the album isn t the foo fighters best since their 90s heyday because of its sound.
This album is split across 2 12 records played at 45rpm with 2 3 songs per side.
Wasting light is the foo fighters seventh album released in 2011.