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Foo Fighters - Wasting Light

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  • 01-04-2011 10:48pm
    #1
    EyesClosed
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    As the album has officially leaked, what does everyone think of it?


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    #2
    blindpilot
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    Didnt know it had leaked but think I'll wait and buy it on release day. Looking forward to it. Enjoyed that White Limo song thats been out for a while.


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    EyesClosed
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    blindpilot wrote: »
    Didnt know it had leaked but think I'll wait and buy it on release day. Looking forward to it. Enjoyed that White Limo song thats been out for a while.

    Yea on there facebook they said "Leak ? Rad. Was starting to think no one cared. Our version sounds better." and then posted this
    http://wastinglight.foofighters.com/


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    #4
    the_doctor199
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    Absolutely brilliant, love it. Best album from them in years.


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    EyesClosed
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    Yea its class, I have had it on repeat since yesterday. I really can't wait to see some of these tracks live


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    delbertgrady
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    darryn wrote: »
    Yea its class, I have had it on repeat since yesterday. I really can't wait to see some of these tracks live

    Get yourself to a cinema on Thursday night then. It'll be the next best thing.

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    jack presley
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    It's good alright but I think the quality drops off a bit towards the end.


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    EyesClosed
    Registered Users Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭EyesClosed


    delbertgrady wrote: »
    Get yourself to a cinema on Thursday night then. It'll be the next best thing.
    I work in a cinema so yea I should be at that


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    [Deleted User]
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    Leak?

    I wouldn't say that.

    It was streamed by the Foo Fighters themselves.

    Regardless, it's out theres now!!

    Wahoooo!!!

    I love the absolute heaviness of it! It's kickass.

    Rope & Miss Misery are ma faves so far!

    Although I had a look on kickasstorrents.com and it's already on there. :cool:

    It's weird they allowed it themselves!!


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    EyesClosed
    Registered Users Posts: 1,453 ✭✭✭EyesClosed


    Deleted User wrote: »
    Leak?

    I wouldn't say that.

    It was streamed by the Foo Fighters themselves.

    Regardless, it's out theres now!!

    Wahoooo!!!

    I love the absolute heaviness of it! It's kickass.

    Rope & Miss Misery are ma faves so far!

    Although I had a look on kickasstorrents.com and it's already on there. :cool:

    It's weird they allowed it themselves!!
    The album was leaked first then they saw it was leaked and posted it up on the website, which is well sound


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    Furious-Red
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    Leak?

    I wouldn't say that.

    It was streamed by the Foo Fighters themselves.

    Regardless, it's out theres now!!

    Wahoooo!!!

    I love the absolute heaviness of it! It's kickass.

    Rope & Miss Misery are ma faves so far!

    Although I had a look on kickasstorrents.com and it's already on there. :cool:

    It's weird they allowed it themselves!!

    Well its very hard for an album not to leak these days and plus there isnt much money to be made in Albums anymore


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    #12
    Mushy
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    Is miss misery an Elliot Smith cover?


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    fluke
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    Mushy wrote: »
    Is miss misery an Elliot Smith cover?

    no it's a completely different song called miss the misery


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    Mushy
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    fluke wrote: »
    no it's a completely different song called miss the misery

    Yeah i found out when I got to listen. Was written as Miss Misery above so unsure.


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    #15
    Royale with Cheese
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    Just had a first listen. Not bad, certainly better than their last few efforts. I thought some of the songs in the middle were let down by bland four chord choruses. Also a couple of them sounded like they were written on acoustic guitars and had the rock sound slightly forced on them.

    Best song on the album imo is white limo by a fair distance. Slightly disappointed it was the only song on the album with that kind of sound but that's what I was expecting.


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    Penfailed
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    Royale with Cheese wrote: »
    Best song on the album imo is white limo by a fair distance.

    Agreed. Much stronger record than the last one though (IMHO).

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    #17
    Shryke
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    I'm getting this now. I'm impressed with White Limo and Rope. Sounds like old Foos. This might undo In Your Honor.


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    MickShamrock
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    Need to check this out. Haven't enjoyed an album from them fully since "The Colour And The Shape".


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    homerun_homer
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    Really liking the album, a return to form. I had worried they had disappeared into MOR tedium. Really looking forward to the cinema Thursday night now.


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    HBK
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    Mmm agreed! This is a gem alright! Beats the socks off any of the last 2 or 3 efforts(that last album really was pants)!

    Contray to what some people have said, I think the quality is pretty even throughout, I dont find it tapering at the end at all!(IMO) :cool:


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    Minstrel27
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    The more I listen to it the more I love it. I can't wait to see them perform it live at the cinema tomorrow night.


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    #22
    thebigcheese22
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    I ****ing love this album! It's been a long wait, but this album is easily the best thing they've done for ten years. It's like it get's all the best things from each album and put them into one rocking record.


    Bridges Burning is one of the best openers for an album that I've ever heard. I've listened to Rope and White Limo for months and they never get old. On first listen, I wasn't mad about the middle bit of the album but it's really grown on me. These Days is radio rock as it should be, (and I say that in a good way), I love it.

    Sure the Foos detractors will not like this album either, because it's not metal enough, but shur that's what Probot was for!

    Standout tracks for me are White Limo, Bridges Burning, These Days, Should have Known and Walk is like a song that could have been on TCATS, absolutely phenomenal! When Dave screams 'I never wanna die', I really believe him!

    This album will be one of the stand out of this year, and dare I say, this decade... It's made me have to see these guys live again in the summer, that's the ultimate compliment coz I'm broke!


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    Penfailed
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    It's growing on me with every listen :D

    Gigs '24 - Ben Ottewell and Ian Ball (Gomez), The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Smashing Pumpkins/Weezer, Pearl Jam, Green Day, Stendhal Festival, Forest Fest, Electric Picnic, Ride, PJ Harvey, Pixies, Public Service Broadcasting, Therapy?, IDLES(x2)



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    Chairman Meow
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    Theyve been treading water with every single release post TCATS. Just listened to rope there with people rating it highly, meh. Seems like more radio friendly crap of the type theyve been churning out now for over a decade. White Limo sounds like a b-side from TCATS.
    I saw them in the SFX in 1995 touring the debut album, and they were ****ing amazing, then came TCATS which was brilliant, but with everything ive heard after that its just been a slow decline into absolute mediocrity. Hate to say it but theyre dad rock now.


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    Nephilim Wolf
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    Chairman Meow wrote: »
    Theyve been treading water with every single release post TCATS. Just listened to rope there with people rating it highly, meh. Seems like more radio friendly crap of the type theyve been churning out now for over a decade. White Limo sounds like a b-side from TCATS.
    I saw them in the SFX in 1995 touring the debut album, and they were ****ing amazing, then came TCATS which was brilliant, but with everything ive heard after that its just been a slow decline into absolute mediocrity. Hate to say it but theyre dad rock now.

    I have to agree with you there. I heard the whole album, and it's not anything near as class as TCATS, but it does have a couple of great songs like 'Bridge Burning, Dear Rosemary and walk. Most of the other songs just sound a bit bland with boring guitar riffs that are loud for the sake of being loud, without any guitar riffs that have any memorable parts to them.


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    HBK
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    You know....Its a typical response from some people. People like a bands first (and sometimes 2nd album) and then automatically, nothing will ever be that good again! Number of reasons:
      Like the age you were when listening to those albums, the nostalgia feel when you think back to that time, it was the first time hearing that band
    Its all personal opinion at the end of the day, but 'personally' its equally as good, as either of the first 2 albums.

    Dad rock or not! :rolleyes:


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    darryn wrote: »
    The album was leaked first then they saw it was leaked and posted it up on the website, which is well sound

    Indeed!!

    Pity now THOUSANDS of people will have downloaded it by now.


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    #28
    hoodwinked
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    it sounds good, i like it :)


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    #29
    iangobl
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    thebigcheese22 wrote: »
    Bridges Burning is one of the best openers for an album that I've ever heard.


    Agreed love that song. Only listened to it once online but so far i like it. need another few listens to get a proper opinion. I like the foo fighters so just going to buy this one (big deal)


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    RC88
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    just had a full listen, sounds ace, rope reminds me a bit of rush, also like bridge burning and i should have known


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    #31
    Vudgie
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    I am really liking this album, their strongest in a long time. Did anyone read that bullsh1t review in the Irish times yesterday? It is at odds with everything else I have read about the album and a real attempt at standing out from the crowd...pathetic. Everyone knows what to expect from the foo fighters by now and this album gives fans everything they could want. Shame they are only playin oxegen this summer.


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