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Skin And Bones  Hear it Now

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2006

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Since his old band made the greatest unplugged album ever, Dave Grohl deserves credit for simply having the stones to release a stripped-down Foo Fighters disc. But Skin and Bones -- recorded live during three recent Los Angeles shows -- lacks the revelatory power of its predecessor: Grohl sometimes seems unwilling to stick with bare-bones arrangements, pushing his giant band (which included the Wallflowers' Rami Jaffee, violinist Petra Haden and former Foo Pat Smear) into unnecessary big-rock crescendos in the final bars. Still, the album's best and most restrained moments -- the mostly guitar-and-voice opener, "Razor"; the plaintive, folky take on "Big Me"; and the climactic, slow-building "Everlong" -- illustrate how Grohl's songwriting gift moved him out of Kurt Cobain's shadow in the first place.

BRIAN HIATT

(Posted: Nov 27, 2006)

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Review 1 of 6

gyt18o1o13 writes:

3of 5 Stars


4000 is not enough and sometimes just one is too much.
This DVD has another story with it.
Anyway that was 2006, now we have 2008.

www.myspace.com/tendollarguitar

And WhoTF is supporting Foo Fighters in NZ on the 5th & 6th of May??

Rolling Stone do you even know??

Johnny Go

Apr 28, 2008 03:55:25

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Review 2 of 6

AAtheCritic writes:

4of 5 Stars


It's enchanting.

It is worth four stars just for Everlong, Walking After You, February Stars, and My Hero.


Best Of You is a fist pumped guaranteed.

Dec 13, 2007 16:12:24

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TheNothing writes:

4of 5 Stars


I don't think Dave and band wanted this to be a "Nirvana Unplugged Part 2." FF have always been a different band than Nirvana. Dave knows this and it shows because the Unplugged album was completely depressing, while Dave makes an album that you can rock out to and sometimes sing along to.

Mar 15, 2007 15:54:59

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Review 4 of 6

Jman25 writes:

3of 5 Stars


I think it takes a fairly hairy sac for a rock band like the Foo Fighters to strip down for their first live album. Yeah its not the hard rock we all know and love, and maybe even come to expect. However what we do get is new versions of old Foo Fighter classics in <em>Big Me</em>, <em>Everlong</em>, and the questionable <em>My Hero</em> (some my say that song rocks to hard to ever be taken advantage of by the shy and gentle acoustic guitar) Nonetheless <em>Skin and Bones</em> showcases the true talent of this band, where as many of todays "rockers" would find themselves more exposed then Bruce Willis in Color of Night. So let us give credit where credit is due and site tight for more hard rock tunes that are sure to come. For more music insight, sports, and the best rock music on the Internet stop over to my place, <b>Saw*Kick Radio</b> (a href="http://www.sawkick.com">www.sawkick.com</a>

Jan 10, 2007 21:37:24

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Review 5 of 6

jlhayes2 writes:

2of 5 Stars


I am a big foo fighters fan and I was disappointed in this CD. I am a sucker for live CD's so that's the only reason I bought it. The post below mine pretty much summed it up only I would recommend not to buy at all. Not the foo fighters I have learned to love.

Jan 9, 2007 20:56:51

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holycanoli89 writes:

3of 5 Stars


The last Foo Fighters album was a huge bang with fast, catchy songs and the softer side of Dave Grohl and this is just a live form of that. With a few older songs but pretty much the same thing. I dont believe unless you are a huge Foo Fighters fan that you should purchase this. Sometimes the cd sounds scratchy and nothing is new so its a pretty average album.

Dec 18, 2006 17:45:30

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