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Greatest Hits | 
| Artist: Foo Fighters
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: £15.99
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Rating:  5 reviews
Sales Rank: 16
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4
MPN: 736921
UPC: 886973692127
EAN: 0886973692127
ASIN: B002OFWG7E
Release Date: November 2, 2009 (New: Last 30 Days)
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | All My Life | | • | Best Of You | | • | Everlong | | • | The Pretender | | • | My Hero | | • | Learn To Fly | | • | Times Like These | | • | Monkeywrench | | • | Big Me | | • | Breakout | | • | Long Road To Ruin | | • | This is a Call | | • | Skin and Bones | | • | Wheels | | • | Word Forward | | • | Everlong (acoustic) |
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 A good introduction to one of the world's greatest rock bands! October 31, 2009
M. I. Watts (Wales)
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
Well who would have thunk it?! 13 years since the demise of Nirvana and inception of the first album, grunge's very own Ringo and his merry men have done well to elevate the Foo Fighters from performing to rammed-packed festival tents to stadium rock-god status, and well deserved too!
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br /What we have here are cleverly crafted rock songs contained with pop sensibilities. Avid fans will be familiar with the tracklisting, therefore, may find that this compilation offers nothing new with exception of two new songs. Unfortunately the two new songs 'Wheels' and 'Word Forward' come across as standard MOR rock affairs which do not stand in the same esteem compared to the likes of 'All My Life', 'Breakout' and 'Monkey Wrench'. Nevertheless this album will serve as a great introduction for new listeners or ideal for casual listeners. There are some notable omissions such as 'DOA', 'The One' and 'I'll Stick Around' which reflect some of the band's best work. However, this is being marketed as a 'Greatest Hits' package as opposed to a 'Best of'. For that, you will need to invest in the band's first three albums: 'S/T', 'The Colour and the Shape' and 'There is Nothing Left To Lose' followed by their most recent opus 'Echoes, Silence,Patience Grace'. A must-buy indeed!
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 Great for newcomers November 2, 2009
Ant Etches (England)
6 out of 6 found this review helpful
This short but sweet Greatest Hits compilation features some of the most memorable songs from Dave Grohl and co. They have been fairly ruthless in choosing the songs which they deem worthy of this compilation, but when you look at the songs you can see that they are some of the best. The only real puzzler is the absence of DOA from the track list. All the other hit singles are here, Big Me, Everlong, Monkey Wrench, My Hero, Breakout, Times Like These, All My Life and Best Of You. These are essential tracks to delve into for newbies to the band, and will provide the basis for further the band's expansive back catalogue. (Which will be rewarding because there are many other great songs that are not present on this album.)
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br /As for previously converted Foo fans, there are a few goodies on here for us too. Two new tracks Word Forward and Wheels, an acoustic version of Everlong, and the track Skin and Bones, only previously officially available on the Skin and Bones live album. (Although if you don't fancy forking out on a whole load of old tracks just to hear a few new ones, maybe you're best off buying them separately on Amazon MP3 or iTunes.
 Greatest Hits? November 5, 2009
D. Harvey (UK)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Are these really the greatest hits? Would the two new songs really have made this album on merit alone, i think not. They are just there to try and get hardened fans who already own all their albums to buy this. Personally scrap skin and bones, 2 new songs, long road to ruin and everlong acoustic (as much as i like it it doesnt feel right on this album with the normal version as well) and add For all the cows, stacked actors, DOA, February stars/Hey Jonny Park.
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br /Needless to say i won't be buying it and will assemble my own 'Greatest Hits'
Should have been called 'Missing Greatest Hits' November 3, 2009
Gemini-Phoenix (Ipswich, UK)
13 out of 19 found this review helpful
How can this be called a 'Greatest Hits' compilation when half of their most memorable hits are not even included? Where are DOA and Resolve for instance?
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br /And did we really require three extra tracks (One of them just being an acoustic version of another track, Everlong), especially when tracks which should have rightfully been on here were omitted? I would have personally preferred to have had the missing hits plus maybe their cover of Band On The Run as an added bonus, rather than two not-quite-hits plus the worst track which could have been chosen for an acoustic version...
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br /Over a decade in the making, yet they still struggled to manage to fill the album up with the tracks which mattered and made the Foo Fighters what they are now. And not even in chronological order either, which makes for painful listening - It would have been better to have heard their progression from Their debut Foo Fighters album up to Echoes, Silence, Patience Grace
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br /I'm giving it a two-star rating, mostly because most of the main tracks you'd expect to be there are present, but like Blur and Red Hot Chili Peppers before them, they lose kudos simply for neglecting to include some of their better tracks from their discography in favour of squeezing in some new material
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br /In all, it just feels like a non-Foo Fighters fan has compiled this Greatest Hits. At the very least, I had expected them to perhaps do as Michael Jackson previously did with his HIStory album and have one disc full of past hits, and a second disc full of new material and live performaces / covers...
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 Money grabbing much? November 4, 2009
Mr. K. S. Millar (Paisley, Scotland)
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
2 new songs and 13 greatest hits? Now i love the Foo Fighters but surely they could find a few more songs to put on this. 14 years they've been around for. Sterephonics last year... 11 years, 20 or 41 songs and two new ones. Snow Patrol this month, 11 years, 30 odd songs, old and new. Wyh only 13 for a 14 year old band?
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br /Great Band, but to be honest, im sure if you look around a bit you could pick up 2 or even 3 of their albums for the same price as this.
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br /5 stars for the songs. One star for there only being 13 actual "great" hits on the bloody thing.
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br /Poor show by Sony
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br /worth it though if your wanting to get into them though, as most greatest hits/ singles collections/ best of's are.
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