Foo Fighters ( album ) - wikipedia Foo Fighters ( album ) For the band article, see Foo Fighters. Foo Fighters Studio album by Foo Fighters Released July 4, 1995 Recorded October 14 -- 20, 1994 Studio Robert Lang Studios, Seattle, Washington Genre Alternative rock grunge post-grunge Length 44 : 24 Label Roswell Capitol Producer Barrett Jones Dave Grohl Foo Fighters chronology Foo Fighters ( 1995 ) The Colour and the Shape ( 1997 ) Singles from Foo Fighters `` Exhausted '' Released : June 12, 1995 `` This Is a Call '' Released : June 19, 1995 `` I 'll Stick Around '' Released : September 4, 1995 `` For All the Cows '' Released : November 21, 1995 `` Big Me '' Released : February 25, 1996 `` Alone + Easy Target '' Released : 1996 Foo Fighters is the eponymous debut studio album by American rock band of the same name, released on July 4, 1995 by Roswell and Capitol Records. Dave Grohl wrote and recorded the entire album himself, apart from a guest guitar spot by Greg Dulli, with the assistance of producer Barrett Jones at Robert Lang Studios in Seattle, Washington, in 1994. He claimed that he recorded the album just for fun, describing it as a cathartic experience to recover from the death of Nirvana bandmate Kurt Cobain. After Grohl completed the recordings, he chose the name `` Foo Fighters '' for the project to hide his identity, and passed cassettes copies of the sessions to personal friends. When the tapes attracted record label interest, Grohl signed with Capitol and recruited a full band to perform the songs live. The album was promoted through extensive tours and six singles, two of which received music videos. Upon its release, Foo Fighters earned positive reviews, praising its songwriting and performances, and was also a commercial success, becoming the band 's second - best - selling album in the United States. It also peaked within the top five of charts of United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand. Contents 1 Background 2 Recording 3 Music and composition 4 Packaging 5 Release and promotion 6 Critical reception 7 Commercial performance 8 Track listing 9 Personnel 10 Charts and certifications 10.1 Weekly charts 10.2 Certifications 10.3 Year - end charts 10.4 Singles 11 References Background Dave Grohl wrote and recorded the album 's songs by himself. Following the death of Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain in April 1994, drummer Dave Grohl entered a state of depression, and found it difficult to both listen to music and play instruments. He was uncertain of what to do next, even considering abandoning his musical career despite a few invitations by bands such as Danzig or Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers to become their drummer, because `` it would just remind me of being in Nirvana ; every time I sat down at a drum set, I would think of that. '' Grohl 's first musical performance following the demise of Nirvana was performing with The Backbeat Band at the 1994 MTV Movie Awards in June, during which he was invited by Mike Watt to take part in his album Ball - Hog or Tugboat ?. After enjoying the performance, Grohl figured he could do his own musical project, which could work as `` some sort of cathartic therapy, to go out and record these songs that I 'd written by myself. '' Grohl afterwards booked six days at Seattle 's Robert Lang Studios, which were located near his house, where he would record `` my favorite songs I had written in the past four, five years that no one had heard '' with the assistance of producer Barrett Jones, with whom he had recorded the demo tape Pocketwatch in 1992. The idea was to have Grohl playing all instruments and release it under a name that would make people believe it was a band, similar to Stewart Copeland 's Klark Kent. Recording `` The first Foo Fighters record was not meant to be an album, it was an experiment and for fun. I was just fucking around. Some of the lyrics were n't even real words. '' -- Dave Grohl in 2011 Grohl and Jones produced the record across a period of one week in October 1994, with Grohl on vocals and all instruments. Both would arrive in the morning at Robert Lang Studios, start production by noon and do four songs a day. According to Grohl, during the recording process he would run from room to room, `` still sweating and shaking from playing drums and ( then ) pick up the guitar and put down a track, do the bass, maybe another guitar part, have a sip of coffee and then go in and do the next song ''. The only performance by an outsider was a guitar part on `` X-Static '' provided by Greg Dulli of The Afghan Whigs, who was watching Grohl record the songs. Grohl eventually asked him if he wanted to play and handed him a guitar. Each song took about 45 minutes to be completed, and the compositions were recorded in the same order that became the album 's track listing. The only song that required two run - throughs before completion was `` I 'll Stick Around ''. Grohl was insecure about his singing, and added effects to his voice in `` Floaty '', and tried to enhance the performance through double track -- `` You know how people double their vocals to make them stronger ? That album the vocals are quadrupled. '' In an attempt to keep his anonymity, Grohl planned to release the songs under the name Foo Fighters. It would be a very low - key release, with only 100 LP records being pressed after the sessions were finished. Grohl also went to a cassette duplication lab in Seattle and created 100 cassette copies of the session and started handing them to friends for feedback and `` I 'd give tapes to everybody. Kids would come up to me and say ' Nirvana was my favourite band ' and I 'd say ' well here, have this ' ''. Eddie Vedder premiered two songs from the recording on January 8, 1995 during his Self - Pollution radio broadcast. The recordings quickly circulated amongst the music industry, which in turn created record label interest. A deal was eventually signed to Capitol Records, as president Gary Gersh was a personal friend of Grohl ever since he worked on Nirvana 's label Geffen Records. The mixing sessions of the album began in Robert Lang Studios ( which were used on the 100 tapes Grohl gave away ) but eventually those mixes were discarded and the sessions moved to Rob Schnapf and Tom Rothrock 's `` The Shop '' studio in Arcata, California. Mixes were done on a 32 channel API DeMedio console, custom built by Frank DeMedio in 1972 for Wally Heider Recording 's ' Studio 4 '. A Stephen 's 24 track 2 '' tape machine was used for playback. Processors used in the mixes included an Eventide Omnipressor compressor for vocals and guitar solos, an Alan Smart stereo compressor for `` squashing '' the drums and mixing them back in as well as being used over the entire mix. Other processors included UREI 1176 and LA3A compressors as well as an Echoplex for delays and a `` crappy digital reverb ''. Mixes were `` nothing that crazy '' Rob described, adding that he `` mixed ' Big Me ' in 20 minutes ''. During the sessions, Grohl was invited by Tom Petty to perform with The Heartbreakers on Saturday Night Live one month later. The performance was followed by an invitation to be a full - time member of the Heartbreakers, but once Petty heard about the Foo Fighters, he instead encouraged Grohl to move on with this solo project. Grohl soon recruited a full band, which included bassist Nate Mendel and drummer William Goldsmith of the recently disbanded Sunny Day Real Estate, as well as Nirvana touring guitarist, and former Germs member, Pat Smear. Music and composition I 'll Stick Around Sample of `` I 'll Stick Around '', the album 's second single. Dave Grohl described it as `` a very negative song about feeling you were violated or deprived '' and considered `` it the strongest song I 've ever written, because it was the one song that I actually meant and felt emotionally. '' Problems playing this file ? See media help. Nine of the songs in the album were composed before or during Grohl 's tenure with Nirvana, and existed in demos created by Grohl on his home 8 - track tape recorder. The only compositions done after Cobain 's death were `` This Is a Call '', `` I 'll Stick Around '', `` X-Static '' and `` Wattershed ''. The music mostly followed a hard rock sound with the soft - loud dynamics seen in Nirvana tracks such as `` Smells Like Teen Spirit '' and `` Heart - Shaped Box ''. Variants include the melancholic `` Exhausted '', which Grohl defined as a song that 's `` sad but makes you feel good ''. Most of the lyrics in Foo Fighters are nonsensical lines written by Grohl in the 20 minutes before recording began. As the frontman, Grohl explained, `` I had seven days to record fifteen songs. I was just concentrating on everything being as together as possible, having everything be tight and in sync. There was n't too much time spent sitting in a chair thinking. '' Grohl would add that the gibberish was deliberate, given that, `` there was too much to say, '' following Cobain 's death and, `` a lot of emphasis placed on the meaning of the first Foo Fighters album. '' Grohl still considered that `` the things you write down spur of the moment are most revealing. Now I look at them and some of them seem to actually have meaning '', and revealed that a few songs have lyrics inspired by `` personal experiences of the last four or five years '', with the standout being `` Big Me '', an `` out - and - out love song '' to Grohl 's then - wife Jennifer Youngblood that he described as his favorite track on the album. Contrasting with the aggressive and rebellious themes of Nirvana, Grohl had positive and cheery tunes such as `` This Is a Call '', defined as `` a ' hello ' and a ' thank you ' '' to everyone that had played a key role in Grohl 's life ; the playful `` For All the Cows '' ; and `` Wattershed '', with a title referencing Mike Watt and lyrics that described Grohl 's `` love of hardcore and old school punk rock ''. Packaging The name `` Foo Fighters '' was taken from the description World War II aircraft pilots would use to describe various UFOs. This science fiction theme is further continued with the name of Grohl 's Capitol Records imprint, Roswell Records, a reference to the city of Roswell, New Mexico, known for the Roswell UFO incident of 1947 ; and the album cover done by Grohl 's then - wife, photographer Jennifer Youngblood, featuring a Buck Rogers XZ - 38 Disintegrator Pistol. Some reviewers considered the gun on the cover as insensitive, given Kurt Cobain died by shooting himself, but Grohl dutifully disregarded it as just a coincidence. Goldsmith later explained, `` It was all pretty much based on the whole Foo Fighters thing -- Roswell, the space stuff, an antique Buck Rogers raygun. It 's really a completely separate thing. Dave was n't even conscious of that. '' Despite Grohl being the album 's only contributor, at Capitol 's insistence the liner notes included a picture of the full band that Grohl had recruited. Release and promotion In spring 1995, the Foo Fighters embarked on their first ever United States tour supporting Mike Watt along with fellow tour newbies Hovercraft, whose line - up included Vedder at the time. As well as performing with their own bands, Grohl and Vedder each picked up a role as a member of Watt 's backing band throughout the tour, supplying drums and guitar respectively. On May 1995, radio stations KROQ - FM and KNDD started playing some tracks of the then - unreleased album before receiving a cease - and - desist from Capitol. That June, `` Exhausted '' and `` This Is a Call '' were sent to college and modern rock radio stations. One week later, `` This Is a Call '' became the band 's first commercial single. Foo Fighters was released July 4, 1995 on Roswell Records, distributed by Capitol Records. The band promoted the release that summer by completing another US tour with Wool and Shudder to Think, with 25 concerts in little over a month. The Foo Fighters also made their network television debut on the Late Show with David Letterman in August 14, where they performed `` This Is a Call ''. Afterwards, the band played several of their largest shows up to that point, making their debut on the European festival circuit with performances at Pukkelpop, Reading and Lowlands. `` I 'll Stick Around '' was issued as the second single on September 4, 1995 and would also mark Foo Fighters music video debut, directed by Gerald Casale. That fall, the band continued to tour extensively, with a European tour with Built to Spill, and visits to Japan, Australia and New Zealand. The tour was wrapped with a performance at the Phoenix Festival on July 20, 1996. The Foo Fighters performed nearly 100 concerts throughout 1995, and over 70 dates the following year. Three more songs of the album were issued as singles : `` For All the Cows '' in 1995, and both `` Big Me '' and `` Alone + Easy Target '' in 1996. `` Big Me '' was the first commercial single made available in the US, and the second song from the album to see release as a music video, a parody of the Mentos television commercials directed by Jesse Peretz. Critical reception Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating AllMusic Blender Chicago Tribune Entertainment Weekly B+ NME 9 / 10 Q Rolling Stone The Rolling Stone Album Guide Select 4 / 5 Spin 7 / 10 Foo Fighters earned mostly positive reviews upon release. Many critics compared the album to Grohl 's previous band, Nirvana. Reviewer David Browne of Entertainment Weekly considered that `` ( Grohl 's ) songs pack the riffy wallop of unpolished Nirvana demos, and his voice has Kurt Cobain 's lunging, over-the - top passion. '' Writing for Spin, Terri Sutton stylistically compared the album to Nirvana 's second album, Nevermind, saying that `` the album 's first half (... ) owes much to Nevermind, and it 's tempting to hear it in the way Nevermind taught us to hear. '' Paul Rees of Kerrang ! admitted that `` Foo Fighters can not fail to evoke Kurt Cobain 's memory, whether if through Grohl 's ragged howl of a voice or the way a number of its songs go soft - soft - loud '', but ultimately considered the record `` more than strong enough to stand or fall in its own merits ''. Billboard complimented the `` inspired songwriting and passionate performances '', adding the album could please grunge fans and `` also remind fans of other rock and punk taste makers, from Green Day and The Offspring to Better than Ezra. '' The album received minor criticism for its lack of intensity, which many proposed was due to the fact that Grohl played all the instruments himself. AllMusic reviewer Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote, `` Since he recorded the album by himself, they are n't as powerful as most band 's primal sonic workouts, but the results are damn impressive for a solo musician. '' Rolling Stone 's Alex Foege described the record as a `` remarkable yet coolly understated solo debut '' and felt that `` the album 's only disappointment is that despite its home - studio feel, it ultimately reveals little about its creator. '' New York described both the overall melodies and Grohl 's singing as derivative of the grunge sound, but praised the `` tight Beatlesesque harmonies '' and lyrics that `` key into the more poetic moments of dudespeak. '' Robert Christgau wrote in The Village Voice that the band shows `` spirit '' but lacks an `` identity '' and cited the songs `` Big Me '' and `` This Is a Call '' as highlights. He later rated the album a three - star honorable mention in his Consumer Guide book, indicating `` an enjoyable effort consumers attuned to its overriding aesthetic or individual vision may well treasure ''. The album was nominated for Best Alternative Music Album at the 1996 Grammy Awards ceremony, but lost to MTV Unplugged in New York, an album by Grohl 's former band Nirvana. Kerrang ! named Foo Fighters the best album of the year, and Rolling Stone put it second on their list, behind PJ Harvey 's To Bring You My Love. It also ranked sixth on the Village Voice 's Pazz & Jop poll, and 20th on Spin 's list. Commercial performance The commercial performance of Foo Fighters was also successful. In the United States, it debuted at the Billboard 200 on number twenty - three, with first - week sales of 40,000 units. The album debuted at number two in New Zealand 's album chart, three in the UK Albums Chart, and fifth in Australia 's ARIA Charts. It also peaked at number five in the Canadian Albums Chart. By December, it had reached 900,000 units domestically and 2 million worldwide. On September 27, 1995, the album was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America ( RIAA ), being later certified Platinum on January 26, 1996. By 2011, Foo Fighters had sold 1.468 million units in North America, being the second most successful release of the band behind follow - up The Colour and the Shape. It was also certified Platinum in Canada, and Gold in the United Kingdom. Track listing All tracks written by Dave Grohl. No. Title Length 1. `` This Is a Call '' 3 : 53 2. `` I 'll Stick Around '' 3 : 52 3. `` Big Me '' 2 : 12 4. `` Alone + Easy Target '' 4 : 05 5. `` Good Grief '' 4 : 01 6. `` Floaty '' 4 : 30 7. `` Weenie Beenie '' 2 : 46 8. `` Oh, George '' 3 : 00 9. `` For All the Cows '' 3 : 30 10. `` X-Static '' 4 : 13 11. `` Wattershed '' 2 : 16 12. `` Exhausted '' 5 : 45 Total length : 44 : 06 show Japanese edition bonus tracks ( Normal version and 2007 Reissued Mini-LP version ) No. Title Length 13. `` Winnebago '' ( Grohl, Geoff Turner ) 4 : 13 14. `` Podunk '' 3 : 04 show Special Oz Tour Edition bonus disc No. Title Length 1. `` Winnebago '' ( Grohl, Geoff Turner ) 4 : 13 2. `` Podunk '' 3 : 04 3. `` How I Miss You '' 4 : 54 4. `` Ozone '' ( Ace Frehley cover ) 4 : 16 5. `` For All the Cows '' ( Live at Reading Festival 26 August 1995 ) 3 : 33 6. `` Wattershed '' ( Live at Reading Festival 26 August 1995 ) 2 : 15 Album Reissued in 2003 ( CD ) and 2011 ( LP + MP3 Download ) with normal track list. Personnel Foo Fighters Dave Grohl -- vocals, all other instruments, production Additional musicians Greg Dulli -- guitar on `` X-Static '' Krist Novoselic -- bass on `` Big Me '' ( discussed by Grohl on stage Dec 5, 2017 at Foo Fighters concert before sit - in with Novoselic ) Technical Jaq Chartier -- jacket artwork Steve Culp -- engineering Curt Doughty -- photography Tim Gabor -- art direction, album design Barrett Jones -- production Stephen Marcussen -- mastering Charles Peterson -- photography Jeff Ross -- photography Tom Rothrock -- mixing Rob Schnapf -- mixing Jennifer Youngblood -- cover photo, photography Charts and certifications Weekly charts Chart ( 1995 ) Peak position Australian Albums ( ARIA ) Austrian Albums ( Ö3 Austria ) 13 Belgian Albums ( Ultratop Flanders ) 23 Belgian Albums ( Ultratop Wallonia ) 16 Canadian Albums ( RPM ) 5 Dutch Albums ( MegaCharts ) 22 European Top 100 Albums ( Music & Media ) 10 Finnish Albums ( Suomen virallinen lista ) 21 German Albums ( Offizielle Top 100 ) 33 New Zealand Albums ( RMNZ ) Swedish Albums ( Sverigetopplistan ) 18 Swiss Albums ( Schweizer Hitparade ) 26 UK Albums ( OCC ) US Billboard 200 23 Certifications Region Certification Certified units / Sales Australia ( ARIA ) Gold 35,000 Canada ( Music Canada ) Platinum 100,000 United Kingdom ( BPI ) Platinum 374,187 United States ( RIAA ) Platinum 1,300,000 sales figures based on certification alone shipments figures based on certification alone Year - end charts Chart ( 1995 ) Position Euro Top 100 Albums ( Music & Media ) 80 Singles Year Single Peak chart positions US Air US Alt US Main US Adult US Pop AUS CAN CAN Alt EU IRL NLD NZ UK 1995 `` This Is a Call '' 35 6 -- -- 9 29 14 16 32 11 5 `` I 'll Stick Around '' 51 8 12 -- -- 61 -- 49 -- -- -- 18 `` For All the Cows '' -- -- -- -- -- 69 -- -- 70 -- -- -- 28 `` Big Me '' 13 18 23 11 65 16 58 27 -- -- 19 References Jump up ^ Hyden, Steven. `` Foo Fighters ' debut was a bridge between Nirvana and mid - ' 90s alt - rock ''. 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Foo Fighters Dave Grohl Nate Mendel Pat Smear Taylor Hawkins Chris Shiflett Rami Jaffee William Goldsmith Franz Stahl Studio albums Foo Fighters The Colour and the Shape There Is Nothing Left to Lose One by One In Your Honor Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Wasting Light Sonic Highways Concrete and Gold EPs Five Songs and a Cover Songs from the Laundry Room Saint Cecilia Live albums Skin and Bones Compilations Greatest Hits Medium Rare Media Everywhere but Home Skin and Bones Live at Wembley Stadium Foo Fighters : Back and Forth Foo Fighters : Sonic Highways Singles `` This Is a Call '' `` I 'll Stick Around '' `` For All the Cows '' `` Big Me '' `` Exhausted '' `` Alone + Easy Target '' `` Monkey Wrench '' `` Everlong '' `` My Hero '' `` Walking After You '' `` Learn to Fly '' `` Stacked Actors '' `` Generator '' `` Breakout '' `` Next Year '' `` The One '' `` All My Life '' `` Times Like These '' `` Low '' `` Have It All '' `` Best of You '' `` DOA '' `` Resolve '' `` No Way Back '' / `` Cold Day in the Sun '' `` Miracle '' `` The Pretender '' `` Long Road to Ruin '' `` Cheer Up, Boys ( Your Make Up Is Running ) '' `` Let It Die '' `` Wheels '' `` Rope '' `` White Limo '' `` Walk '' `` Arlandria '' `` These Days '' `` Bridge Burning '' `` Something from Nothing '' `` The Feast and the Famine '' `` Congregation '' `` What Did I Do ? / God as My Witness '' `` Outside '' `` Saint Cecilia '' `` Run '' `` The Sky Is a Neighborhood '' `` The Line '' Other songs `` Friend of a Friend '' `` Marigold '' Concert tours Foo Fighters live performances Sonic Highways World Tour Concrete and Gold Tour Associated acts Nirvana Late ! 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Question: when was the first foo fighters album released
Answer: on July 4, 1995