Wasting Light

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While the demos that prompted Grohl to say the album would be their heaviest yet were not used on the album, Vig took the declarations to heart, [3] following three criteria while recording: "It's got to be hooky, heavy, and we're going analog all the way. The sessions were produced by the band alongside Butch Vig, with whom Grohl had worked on Nirvana's Nevermind.

In both Australia and New Zealand Wasting Light had the biggest first week digital album sales in their chart histories. Given the album was recorded in a garage, the band held a contest for which some shows of the promotional tour would be performed in eight fans' garages.Wasting Light' could be, not because it brings any new ingredients to the table, but because those ingredients are so expertly combined that the soggy salad sandwich that is the current rock scene suddenly seems quite unpalatable in comparison.

It was also listed among The Hollywood Reporter 's ten best albums of 2011, [74] and chosen as the album of the year by iTunes. The chorus has a warmth and feel good factor reminiscent of 1999's 'There is Nothing Left to Lose' album. The equipment was the same the band employed to record the albums There Is Nothing Left to Lose and One by One at Grohl's former house in Alexandria, Virginia.The technical reasons for this escape me, and there is no 33rpm version of this album to compare it to, however I can confirm that it sounds absolutely fantastic. Grohl wanted to create an album that would "define" Foo Fighters, as he felt Back in Black defined AC/DC or the Black Album defined Metallica: "It might not be their best album, but it's the one people identify the band with the most . On the week of Wasting Light 's release, 6 different tracks from the album made the UK Top 40 Rock Chart. He warned the band that they would have to play well, as mistakes were not easily corrected without digital technology. The mixing started at Chalice Recording Studios, but moved to Grohl's house as engineer Alan Moulder said it was the way "to make it sound like your garage.