“There Is Nothing Left To Lose” is a fabulous collection of musical masterpieces. The songs are good enough to lift your spirits even on the day that the Premium Fund has paid out, you’ve checked account and discovered that Ciao are demanding that you pay them £30 in compensation for the quality of your opinions. The album also has sombre tracks so if you’re in need of a calm down then this fantastic CD will help you to. Hey, its an all purpose medicinal album! I bet if you listened to it long enough it could heal your broken leg... or, well, maybe not.

If you were not a fan of Nirvana then there’s no reason that you’ll not like the Foo Fighers, their sound is more refined, they mixed sheer class with a fundamental understanding of what makes a “popular” song. If you did like Nirvana then you’ll probably like the Fighters just as much; they’re less grungy (sometimes) but just as sublime.

This was one of their released singles and was also used in the Jim Carey “Me, Myself and Irene” motion picture. The video for the song features clips from the film heavily but also has an extremely funny plot to it. I think this song is one of the best to quote when talking about the genius way in which the Foo Fighters are able to blend real mucic (rock) with those melodies that snuggle so nicely with more mainstream tastes. The guitar might play fast at times, the drums might go wild occasionally and Ghrol finds the time to screech into the microphone but yet it all holds together in a very pop-statistic way. If you imagine some Holywood director announcing that he wanted a hardcore rock song to feature in his movie which wasn’t really a hardcore rock song then “Breakout” would be on the of very few which could be used.

A gorgeous and touching song. The inspiration for this came from a personal level. One of the band members actually had a serious fear of flying (I forget which one) and this song charts the entire band’s efforts and help in getting him through it. It’s mellow in places and inspiring in others and, as ever with the Foos, it’s all held together with golden glue of genius. Yes, I’m a music video freak; the video for this song is one of the best ever! In order not to get caught in possession of drugs an aeroplane cleaning crew hides a packet of the stuff in the coffee maker. The problem is that they don’t succeed in finding a chance to retrieve the packet, the plane takes off and a distracted cabin attendant ends up brewing a pot of coffee with the drugs. A plane full of interesting people whacked up on coke is always going to be worth watching. As they sometimes do the various members of the Foo Fighters play –all- the passengers and crew on the plane, sometimes it is clever costuming which enables them to do this and at other times computer graphics are used to help.

The CD, which is reasonably priced these days, also comes with the nearly mandatory data track. If you plug this disk into your computer then you’ll be able to watch videos and link up with internet fan sites. The CD has always run for me (which doesn’t always happen on other albums) and the computer program which springs to life isn’t annoying (as the Sterophonics one certainly is when the entire band need to say “goodbye” before you can quit the bloody thing).