a piece of rock genius

this album will have a track that'll please everyone who has working eardrums. this is my personal favourite of the foo' work. it has everything from hard hitting anthems like 'monkey wrench', through punchy ballads like 'february stars' to God-like stadium rockers 'everlong'. buy this disc, stand in the middle of your living room and jump around like a mad person with your hands firmly placed in an air guitar position.a genuine object of mastery that dave grohl problably sleeps with under his pillow.

everlong rocks!!!

not that the rest of the album isn't good, but the song everlong alone is to me enough reason to want to buy this album. there isnt really any way to choose a best song from this album, they all rock. but i would have to say that everlong and hey, johnny park! are really good. i mean, really, really good. i mean, well, you get the idea

Foo Fighters

I thought this was a great album. I have heard many of their albums but the guitars on this are splendid. In some ways after listening to Nirvana for so long I hear a bit of them in this album. Even the drumming sounds a bit the same. I could never compare the two. Kurt will be sorely missed, but Dave is still going strong.

foo fighters.

the foo fighters are nothing like nirvana,and thats a good thing. cause cobain made that style of music and foo fighter were to try to sound like him would just not work,,, i think he does a good job at guitar/vocals and i really wish pat smear wouldnt have left the band , i would actually give this album a ten but it on goes up to 5 stars/

Magnitude warps space and time...

"Colour and the Shape" is plain and simply one of the best albums I have ever heard. Dave Grohl's musical genius should never be discounted, and his talents far surpass almost anyone in the business today - simply put, he is a living legend. CATS is simply awesome, from the mellow opener 'Doll' to the sonic assault that is 'Monkeywrench'. Sonic assault is the perfect word to describe this album. The setup is interesting, as it goes from a series of short songs, that lead up to big ones. 'Up In Arms' is one of the small songs (great one at that) but its message and length is perfect as the drum intro to 'My Hero' begins. The last 4 tracks are an absolute treat and 'Everlong', 'Walking After You', and 'New Way Home' is about a strong a 1-2-3 punch to finish of an album as I have ever seen, rivaled by none other. "Colour and the Shape" is an absolutely essential album. Many years from now, the ripples left behind by Dave Grohl will be alongside names such as Dylan, Lennon, and Morrison, as the true legends of rock music. Very highly recommended.

The second best alternative band ever

Oddly enough I thought that Nirvana, the band that Dave Grohl drummed for from '91 - '94 was the greatest grungepunkalternative band of all time. When Dave decided to be a frontman I was a bit concerned since he was such a great drummer and I thought thats where he belonged. When Dave released the Foo Fighters self-titled debut album it went platinum even though Dave didn't have a band and the album was just made up of demos written by Dave during the Nirvana era. There is no question that Dave learned some things from grunge god Kurt Cobain, but in this album the student becomes the master.

This album is much more powerful and melodic than Daves first, now he has a band! Dave Grohl has now decided to be lead vocalist and rythem guitarist with Pat Smear, a person who used to tour with Nirvana on lead guitar and some other great musicians on rhythem. A songs that really stands out is 'November Stars' which in my opinion is the albums best song, mainly because its a ballad! I've really never heard a ballad from an alternative band before. Dave is one of the most talented musicians ever, like Alice Cooper said before me, quote "Dave... What a drummer and then he puts down the drum sticks and decides to be lead singer" unquote, that alone makes him great. This is probably the second best Foo album next to 'Theres nothing left to lose'. Buy it if you like Nirvana, grunge, late eightiesearly ninties music, alternative or just rock in general.