Greatest Hits (Foo Fighters album)

Greatest Hits
Greatest hits album by Foo Fighters
Released November 3, 2009
Recorded 1994–2009
Genre
Length 63:48
Label RCA
Producer Barrett Jones (tracks 9 & 12)
Gil Norton (tracks 3, 4, 5, 8, 11, 13 & 16)
Adam Kasper (tracks 1, 6, 7, 10 & 17)
Nick Raskulinecz (track 1, 2, 7)
Butch Vig (tracks 14 & 15)
Foo Fighters
Foo Fighters chronology
Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
(2007)		 Greatest Hits
(2009)		 Wasting Light
(2011)
Singles from Greatest Hits
  1. "Wheels/Word Forward"
    Released: September 29, 2009

Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album released by American rock band the Foo Fighters on November 3, 2009

Release

Greatest Hits includes a selection of Foo Fighters hit singles. Two singles from their 1995 debut, Foo Fighters album ("This Is a Call" and "Big Me") are included. Three singles are included from 1997's The Colour and the Shape album ("Monkey Wrench", "Everlong" and "My Hero"). The Colour and the Shape remains the band's biggest selling album in the US. Two singles are included from 1999's There Is Nothing Left to Lose album ("Learn to Fly" and "Breakout") as are two singles from 2002's One by One album ("All My Life" and "Times Like These"). One single ("Best of You") is included from the band's biggest worldwide selling album In Your Honor, released in 2005. "Best of You" remains the band's highest charting hit on the U.S., UK and Australian singles charts. Two singles are included from 2007's Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace album ("The Pretender" and "Long Road to Ruin"). Greatest Hits also contains two new songs "Wheels" and "Word Forward".[1]

"Wheels" is the first single taken from the album, which premiered on radio on September 23, 2009. The single was officially released on September 29, 2009. "Wheels" and "Word Forward", which was written for Dave Grohl's friend, Jimmy, who had recently died,[2] were composed during the Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace tour and recorded specifically for the compilation with producer Butch Vig.[3]

A deluxe edition of the compilation includes a book and a DVD featuring some of the band's music videos and live performances. It also includes a video for "Wheels" directed by Sam Brown, who also worked on "The Pretender".[4]

Release controversy

Dave Grohl has stated his displeasure with the release of a greatest hits album, stating he would have preferred to wait until after the band had retired. The band's label, however, had been wanting to release a compilation album for four years, and exercised a clause in the band's contract that allowed them to do so.[5] Grohl has also mentioned that he would have preferred a different track listing, featuring an alternate track listing.[6] In the liner notes of the album, Grohl writes:

These 16 songs are what we're calling our "Greatest Hits." Not to be confused with "Our Best Songs" or "Our Favorite Songs," it is a collection of the songs that have defined our band's identity to most people over the years. The other 65 album tracks... well, some of those might be our greatest songs. "Aurora", "New Way Home", "MIA", "Exhausted", "A320"... depends on whom you ask. Personally, I don't think we've written our greatest songs yet. But that door is always open.[7]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
The A.V. Club(A)[9]
Kerrang![10]
Pitchfork Media(7.0/10)[11]

Reception was mostly positive for the compilation. Music critic Stephen Thomas Erlewine noted in his positive review that the compilation was missing some of the band's successful singles, most notably "DOA" and "I'll Stick Around".[8] Matthew Perpetua of Pitchfork Media also noted the lack of "I'll Stick Around" on the compilation and suggested that the release would have been stronger with the inclusion of rarities and fan favorites, such as their cover of Prince's "Darling Nikki" or their popular soundtrack contribution "The One".[11] Perpetua also writes "Like nearly all songs recorded specifically for [greatest hits compilations], 'Wheels' and 'Word Forward' are catchy but uninspired, and have no place among the heavy hitters in this collection."[11] As of December, 2015 it has sold 1,009,000 copies in the U.S.[12]

Track listing

CD

No. TitleWriter(s)Originally from Length
1. "All My Life"  Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris ShiflettOne by One, 2002 4:24
2. "Best of You"  Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, ShiflettIn Your Honor, 2005 4:16
3. "Everlong"  GrohlThe Colour and the Shape, 1997 4:10
4. "The Pretender"  Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, ShiflettEchoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, 2007 4:27
5. "My Hero"  Grohl, Mendel, Pat SmearThe Colour and the Shape 4:19
6. "Learn to Fly"  Grohl, Hawkins, MendelThere Is Nothing Left to Lose, 1999 3:56
7. "Times Like These"  Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, ShiflettOne by One 4:28
8. "Monkey Wrench"  Grohl, Mendel, SmearThe Colour and the Shape 3:53
9. "Big Me"  GrohlFoo Fighters, 1995 2:14
10. "Breakout"  Grohl, Mendel, HawkinsThere Is Nothing Left to Lose 3:22
11. "Long Road to Ruin"  Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, ShiflettEchoes, Silence, Patience & Grace 3:48
12. "This Is a Call"  GrohlFoo Fighters 3:55
13. "Skin and Bones"  GrohlSkin and Bones, 2006 4:04
14. "Wheels"  Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, ShiflettPreviously unreleased 4:38
15. "Word Forward"  Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, ShiflettPreviously unreleased 3:49
16. "Everlong" (Acoustic version)GrohlPreviously unreleased 4:11
Total length:
 63:48

DVD

No. Title Length
1. "I'll Stick Around"    
2. "Big Me"    
3. "Monkey Wrench"    
4. "Everlong"    
5. "My Hero"    
6. "Walking After You"    
7. "Learn to Fly"    
8. "Next Year"    
9. "All My Life"    
10. "Times Like These"    
11. "Low"    
12. "Best of You"    
13. "DOA"    
14. "Resolve" (Non-glow version)  
15. "The Pretender"    
16. "Long Road to Ruin"    
17. "Wheels"    
18. "Everlong" (Live at Slane Castle, Slane, Ireland - 'Everywhere but Home DVD, 2003)  
19. "Breakout" (Live at Hyde Park, London, England - Skin and Bones DVD, 2006)  
20. "Skin and Bones" (Live at the Pantages Theater, Hollywood and Vine, Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, August 2006 - Skin and Bones DVD, 2006)  
21. "All My Life" (Live at the Wembley Stadium, Wembley, London, England, June 2008 - Live from Wembley Stadium DVD, 2008)  
22. "No Way Back" (Hidden bonus video)  

At the main menu, there is bullet hole that you can click, and it shows Dave Grohl performing "Home" (from the album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace, 2007) on the piano.

Personnel

Charts and certifications

Weekly charts

Chart (2009–15) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] 1
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[14] 10
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[15] 3
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[16] 28
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[17] 6
Croatian Foreign Albums (HDU)[18] 24
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[19] 23
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[20] 9
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[21] 22
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[22] 8
Irish Albums (IRMA)[23] 6
Italian Albums (FIMI)[24] 14
Mexican Albums (Top 100 Mexico)[25] 62
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[26] 1
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[27] 7
Scottish Albums (OCC)[28] 4
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[29] 25
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[30] 12
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[31] 15
UK Albums (OCC)[32] 4
UK Rock & Metal Albums (OCC)[33] 1
US Billboard 200[34] 11

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/Sales
Australia (ARIA)[35] 4× Platinum 280,000^
Austria (IFPI Austria)[36] Gold 10,000*
Belgium (BEA)[37] Gold 15,000*
Canada (Music Canada)[38] Gold 40,000^
Ireland (IRMA)[39] Platinum 15,000^
Italy (FIMI)[40] Gold 30,000*
New Zealand (RMNZ)[41] Platinum 15,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[42] 3× Platinum 900,000^

*sales figures based on certification alone
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Year-end charts

Chart (2009) Position
Australian Albums Chart[43] 21
Chart (2010) Position
Australian Albums Chart[44] 50
US Billboard 200[45] 159
Chart (2011) Position
Australian Albums Chart[46] 50
Belgian (Flanders) Albums Chart[47] 27
Chart (2012) Position
Australian Albums Chart[48] 63

References

  1. ↑ "Foo Fighters to Release Greatest Hits". XFM London. September 8, 2009. Retrieved October 3, 2009.
  2. ↑ Word Forward Songfacts
  3. ↑ Brannigan, Paul (December 2010). "Kerrang's 50 albums you need to hear in 2011 - Foo Fighters (Interview)". Kerrang!.
  4. ↑ Foo Fighters Reveal “Greatest Hits” Track List
  5. ↑ "Grohl unhappy about Greatest hits album". contactmusic.com. November 5, 2009. Retrieved November 6, 2009.
  6. ↑ "Grohl unhappy with greatest hits release". breakingnews.ie. November 5, 2009. Retrieved November 19, 2009.
  7. ↑ Amazon, Greatest Hits: Foo Fighters Amazon.com Greatest Hits product page
  8. 1 2 Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Greatest Hits - Review". Allmusic. Retrieved November 1, 2009.
  9. ↑ Ryan, Kyle. "Foo Fighters: Greatest Hits - Review". The A.V. Club. Retrieved November 7, 2009.
  10. ↑ "Foo Fighters: Greatest Hits (RCA) KKKKK. Dave Grohl & co get the retrospective treatment", Kerrang! (1285), p. 50, October 28, 2009
  11. 1 2 3 Perpetua, Matthew. "Album Review: Foo Fighters: Greatest Hits". Pitchfork Media. Retrieved November 7, 2009.
  12. ↑ "Foo Fighters Earn Sixth Million-Selling Album", Billboard.com. Retrieved January 2016
  13. ↑ "Australiancharts.com – Foo Fighters – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  14. ↑ "Austriancharts.at – Foo Fighters – Greatest Hits" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  15. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Foo Fighters – Greatest Hits" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  16. ↑ "Ultratop.be – Foo Fighters – Greatest Hits" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  17. ↑ "Canadian Albums: Nov. 21, 2009 | Billboard Chart Archive". Billboard. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  18. ↑ "Top Stranih [Top Foreign]" (in Croatian). Top Foreign Albums. Hrvatska diskografska udruga. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  19. ↑ "Danishcharts.com – Foo Fighters – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  20. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Foo Fighters – Greatest Hits" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  21. ↑ "Foo Fighters: Greatest Hits" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  22. ↑ "Officialcharts.de – Top 100 Longplay". GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  23. ↑ "GFK Chart-Track Albums: Week 45, 2009". Chart-Track. IRMA. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  24. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Foo Fighters – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 7, 2015.
  25. ↑ "Mexicancharts.com – Foo Fighters – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  26. ↑ "Charts.org.nz – Foo Fighters – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  27. ↑ "Norwegiancharts.com – Foo Fighters – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  28. ↑ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  29. ↑ "Spanishcharts.com – Foo Fighters – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  30. ↑ "Swedishcharts.com – Foo Fighters – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  31. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Foo Fighters – Greatest Hits". Hung Medien. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  32. ↑ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  33. ↑ "Official Rock & Metal Albums Chart Top 40". Official Charts Company. Retrieved March 20, 2016.
  34. ↑ "Foo Fighters – Chart history" Billboard 200 for Foo Fighters. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  35. ↑ "ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 2015 Albums". Australian Recording Industry Association. Retrieved March 6, 2015.
  36. ↑ "Austrian album certifications – Foo Fighters – Greatest Hits" (in German). IFPI Austria. Enter Foo Fighters in the field Interpret. Enter Greatest Hits in the field Titel. Select album in the field Format. Click Suchen
  37. ↑ "Ultratop − Goud en Platina – 2010". Ultratop & Hung Medien / hitparade.ch.
  38. ↑ "Canadian album certifications – Foo Fighters – Greatest Hits". Music Canada.
  39. ↑ "Irish album certifications – Foo Fighters – Greatest Hits". Irish Recorded Music Association.
  40. ↑ "Certificazione Album fisici e digitali settimana 34 del 2012" (PDF) (in Italian). Federation of the Italian Music Industry. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
  41. ↑ "New Zealand album certifications – Foo Fighters – Greatest Hits". Recorded Music NZ.
  42. ↑ "British album certifications – Foo Fighters – Greatest Hits". British Phonographic Industry. Enter Greatest Hits in the field Keywords. Select Title in the field Search by. Select album in the field By Format. Select Platinum in the field By Award. Click Search
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  44. ↑ "ARIA Top 100 Albums 2010". ARIA. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
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  46. ↑ "ARIA Top 100 Albums 2011". ARIA. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
  47. ↑ "Ultratop Belgian Charts". Ultratop (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved February 13, 2013.
  48. ↑ "ARIA Top 100 Albums 2012". ARIA. Retrieved January 15, 2015.
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November 9, 2009–November 16, 2009 		Succeeded by
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Preceded by
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