| Product Summary | | Label: RCA | | UPC: 00828768885727 | | Release Date: 11/7/2006 | | Buy.com Sku: 203141979 | | Item#: M37DW4 | Format:  CD |
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| Skin and Bones, Foo Fighters' first live album, captures the band's critically-acclaimed 2006 acoustic tour with 15 special performances of songs spanning the band's career.
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Foo Fighters: Chris Shiflett, Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, Taylor Hawkins. | | Additional personnel: Pat Smear, Petra Haden, Rami Jaffee, Drew Hester, Danny Clinch. | | Recording information: Studio 606, Northridge, Cailfornia; Pantages Theatre, Hollywood, California (2006). | | Recorded during Foo Fighters' 2006 acoustic tour, SKIN AND BONES finds the perennially popular alternative-rock band drawing from its decade-plus history, even going so far as to include a spare rendition of "Marigold," a tune by frontman Dave Grohl that was originally issued as a Nirvana B-side. Augmenting the group's usual guitars/bass/drums line-up are pianist/organist Rami Jaffee (the Wallflowers), violinist Petra Haden, and additional percussionist Drew Hester, who add subtle flourishes to the stripped-down renditions of revered FF tunes such as the emotive "My Hero." While this concert release (also available on DVD) inevitably showcases the more sensitive side of the typically revved-up ensemble, it also reinforces Grohl's status as one of the most sincere and committed rock performers of his generation, as best revealed on the Foos' raw, intense take on "Best of You." Though SKIN AND BONES is a must-have disc for fans, its unplugged setting makes the album inviting to newcomers not as partial to Foo Fighters' rocking sound. |
Engineer: Nick Raskulinecz |
| Entertainment Reviews
 | CD Review: Foo Fighters' Skin And Bones Cinema Blend CD Reviews Published on: 11/16/2006 | | Make no mistake about it?the Foo Fighters rock; they rock long and hard. Unfortunately, the beloved rock that we have grown accustomed to in the modern head-banging universe, is absent from their first live album Skin and Bones. It must have been the 2003 radio demand for the acoustic ?Times Like These? that made them think we required a full record of melancholic lullabies. ...read the full review |
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| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 11/07/2006 | | Original Release Date : 2006 | | Catalog ID : 688857 | | Label : RCA (USA) | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Live | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00828768885727 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (p.127)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "[T]he mostly guitar-and-voice opener, 'Razor'; the plaintive, folky take on 'Big Me'; and the climactic, slow-building 'Everlong' -- illustrate how Grohl's songwriting gift moved him out of Kurt Cobain's shadow in the first place."Q (p.141)
- 3 stars out of 5 -- "[I]t adds extra dimension to familiar songs. The title track -- an obscure B-side from 2005's DOA single -- is both gently cantering and creepily off-centre." Alternative Press (p.139)
- "The sound quality is top notch and includes the appropriate audience reactions to create a great concert atmosphere." Kerrang (Magazine)
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- "[V]iolins, harmonicas and percussion twinkle in and out, adding depth, changing perspectives." |
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