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Skin And Bones
Here's Dave Grohl as you've seldom seen him before: not just live, but as the title Skin
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And Bones may hint, stripped down to his acoustic core. Well actually, not quite. Rather than just Grohl and a six-string, this collection - recorded at the Pantag...
And Bones may hint, stripped down to his acoustic core. Well actually, not quite. Rather than just Grohl and a six-string, this collection - recorded at the Pantag...
And Bones may hint, stripped down to his acoustic core. Well actually, not quite. Rather than just Grohl and a six-string, this collection - recorded at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles - harks back to the ensemble feel of Nirvana's 1994 album Unplugged In New York, familiar songs rebuilt by the Foos and a cast of musicians including violinist Petra Haden, keyboardist Rami Jaffee and even a member of that now legendary Nirvana session, Pat Smear. Stripped of the anthemic breeziness and solid, muscular riffing that have become Foo trademarks, Skin And Bones relies more on prettifying the arrangements with strings, shakers and slow splashes of cymbal, and occasionally uncovering new levels of pathos beneath the sweat and grit. "Walking After You" feels custom-written for this format, while the crescendos of "My Hero" gain a little more humanity in this more intimate setting. And when the bigger hits come, Grohl makes up for the absence of feedback and fireworks with sheer frontman charisma, summoning up some throaty Springsteen emotiveness on "Best Of You" and climaxing with a heroic "Everlong". --Louis Pattison
Advantages: An amazing sound and new feel to a lot of old favourites Disadvantages: I wasn't there to hear it for myself
...This isn’t the case with Skin and Bones as Grohl has mixed in a variety of old favourites with a couple of tracks specifically performed to give it something new. Of course this album is more than just a stripped down version of all the old favourites. Grohl and co have carefully selected the more touching songs from the back catalogue and created a new sound that really suits the style of tracks.
The pace of all the tracks has been slowed right ... ...5. My Hero 6. Next Year 7. Another Round 8. Big Me 9. Cold Day In The Sun 10. Skin And Bones 11. February Stars 12. Times Like These 13. Friend Of A Friend 14. Best Of You 15. Everlong ...
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Advantages: Great live performances Disadvantages: Not as heavy as studio recordings (more a comment than criticism)
...Day In The Sun
10. Skin And Bones
11. February Stars
12. Times Like These
13. Friend Of A Friend
14. Best Of You
15. Everlong
The last three tracks are performed as encores, and 'Everlong' is a wonderful acoustic end to such a brilliant CD of live performances. My favourite track is 'Cold Day In The Sun', which features drummer Taylor Hawkins on vocals. It is a stellar performance, as are the majority of the tracks. The clinical nature of ... ...treated to a live performance from one of the best gig rock bands around at the moment. There are moments of acoustic brilliance from Grohl, and there are no weak links.
The only criticism I have is that you do not feel the full force of the Foos' power like you sometimes do on their recorded tracks, again due to the live nature of the recording.
This is an awesome album. It's in my car and my front room, and I annoy my wife constantly by playing ...
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Advantages: 15 Magnificent tracks on one album Disadvantages: None
Foo Fighters - Skin and Bones
Put your headphones on, turn the lights off and let yourself soak up the stunning performances in the 15 tracks included on this 'unplugged' CD.
The CD was recorded live in Hollywood in August 2006 in the well known 'unplugged' style with the usual powerful electric guitars mostly replaced by acoustic guitars.
The usual Foo Fighters line-up of:
Dave Grohl
Taylor Hawkins
Nate Mendel
Chris Shiflett
Were joined ... ...Hester - percussion & vibes
Rami Jafee - piano, mellotron, accordion & organ
Pat Smear - Guitars
The whole album is stunning, I had to listen to it three times consecutively and it's still in my CD player now. Having seen the Foo Fighters several times live, I know what to expect - raw, powerful, often emotional performances led by Dave Grohl who is a giant In the Rock world and a natural performer. However, this album threw up some surprises, ...
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Advantages: A wonderful album*Anything by the Foos is an advantage! Disadvantages: Makes you jealous because you were not there!
...up-tempo performance on the CD.
Skin & Bones - New Track - I was hoping for more from a new song, but as it is against my nature to criticise the Foo Fighters I will say no more!!
February Stars - The Colour and The Shape '97 - one of those songs which you can listen to without it raising a single thought apart from "that was perfect"
Times Like These - One By One '02 - another classic rock song, the original is immense and in my opinion it possibly ... ...- I love it!
Skin and Bones, in my opinion, is one of those albums which you can put on and just lose yourself in your own little world while listening to it, with each song from start to finish being performed perfectly.
I would highly recommend the album to all Foo Fighter fans and also to anybody looking for a laid back, acoustic rock cd.
*Credit goes to the original reviewer - I had to refer to his review to get the exact details of the 4 ...
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Foo Fighters - Skin and Bones
Listen to this Album its wicked, great vocals, I mean if you love Acoustic then this is the Album to buy for the year and reason are blow on each track.
Tracks
1. Razor (This is really Good)
2. Over and out (This one grows on you if you know what I mean.)
3. Walking after you (I love this song, its emotional to me.)
4. Marigold (Good)
5. My Hero ( A Classic and even better as an acoustic version.)
6. Next year ... ...the sun (Good)
10. Skin and bones ( I'm not really liking this one to be honest.)
11. February stars ( Very Good)
12. Times like these ( Another Classic)
13. Friend of a friend ( Really like the song, related to it)
14. Best of you ( Love this so much, listen to this all the time.)
15. Everlong ( Great)
Good lyrics, well sung - emotional. This is a really wicked Album to have in your collection, as I have all the Foo Fighter Albums.
Enjoy ...
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Label / Distributor: RCA / Sony BMG/Arvato Services
Engineer: Nick Raskulinecz
Pieces in Set: 1
Studio / Live: Live
Stereo: Stereo
Format: Performer
EAN: 828768885727
Catalogue Number: 82876888572
Additional notes
Album Notes: Foo Fighters: Chris Shiflett, Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Taylor Hawkins.
Album Reviews: Alternative Press (p.139) - "The sound quality is top notch and includes the appropriate audience reactions to create a great concert atmosphere."
Titles on disc 1
1.: Razor
2.: Over And Out
3.: Walking After You
4.: Marigold
5.: My Hero
6.: Next Year
7.: Another Round
8.: Big Me
9.: Cold Day In The Sun
10.: Skin And Bones
11.: February Stars
12.: Times Like These
13.: Friend Of A Friend
14.: Best Of You
15.: Everlong
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