In Your Honor
by Foo Fighters
  • Record Label: RCA
  • Release Date: Jun 14, 2005
Metascore
70

Generally favorable reviews - based on 26 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 26
  2. Mixed: 11 out of 26
  3. Negative: 0 out of 26
  1. The Guardian
    60
    Ten tracks of this kind of thing [on the acoustic disc] is pushing Grohl's ability as a Damien Rice, but it makes a neat complement to the first disc, and together they're pleasantly chewy.
  2. The A.V. Club
    60
    In Your Honor's acoustic half reveals Dave Grohl's songwriting shortcomings.
  3. Blender
    60
    Let's face it: Foo Fighters are dull. [Jul 2005, p.117]
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  5. cokemachineglow
    60
    Lurking somewhere in its spotty 80+ minutes lies an excellent 40 minute album, one of the best the Foos have ever done. As is, though, with its heaps of filler, dated production and needless segregation of rockers from ballads, it may actually be their weakest.
  6. Rolling Stone
    60
    Some of Grohl's lyrical shortcomings become exposed: The sameness and vagueness of his love lyrics blunt their impact.
  7. Q Magazine
    60
    [Disc 1] is impressive stuff--the sound of a muse regained. Pity the acoustic disc is nowhere near as good. [Jul 2005, p.109]
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  8. PopMatters
    60
    In Your Honor has some great tunes, but it is by no means perfect.
  9. Mojo
    60
    [Disc 1] is grunge-punk-metal boiled down to mere energy -- and calories don't rock. [Jul 2005, p.102]
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  10. Billboard
    50
    One can't help but think that by scaling back their ambitions, the Foos could have made one great album instead of two average ones.
  11. Drowned In Sound
    40
    Sure, the Foos are excellent at what they do. It’s just unfortunate that what they do is so unavoidably mediocre.
  12. Playlouder
    40
    'In Your Honour' is as rancid and moribund and as redundant of ideas as it is possible to be.

Awards & Rankings

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#37 Most Discussed Album of 2005
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#43 Most Shared Album of 2005

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User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 170 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 141 out of 170
  2. Mixed: 20 out of 170
  3. Negative: 9 out of 170
  1. j30
    Sep 28, 2011
    5
    Half of the songs are great and the other half feels filler and a bit boring. A really ambitious project and I applaud them for that.
  2. thedarkorb
    Jan 28, 2011
    6
    While it has a number of enjoyable tracks the problem with In Your Honor is the way it's twenty tracks are arranged. Rather then having aWhile it has a number of enjoyable tracks the problem with In Your Honor is the way it's twenty tracks are arranged. Rather then having a blend of hard and soft It groups all the "loud" songs onto the same disc and the "quiet" tracks onto a separate disc. While it's an interesting idea it doesn't work so well in practice and the end result is that both discs lack any kind of flow, both end up sounding the same from beginning to end. Of the two the acoustic disc fares better then the rock when listened to on it's own. About half the tracks feel unnecessary and if they had blended the best tracks from both discs we would have had a great album with a half decent b-sides release to boot.… Full Review »
  3. DonldTrump_45Th
    Jan 26, 2023
    10
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