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Nov 12, 2014[A] remarkable exploration of and ode to American music.
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Classic Rock MagazineDec 16, 2014Even dislocated from the TV show, Sonic Highways remains among the most concise and powerful Foo albums yet. [Dec 2014, p.102]
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Kerrang!Dec 16, 2014It's a collection of eight good and great Foo Fighters songs. [15 Nov 2014, p.52]
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MojoNov 19, 2014The blueprint's not rewritten, but Something From Nothing and The Feast & The Famine dose the Foos format with steroids, while Grohl's earnest delivery redeems the occasional detour into cliche. [Dec 2014, p.89]
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Q MagazineNov 13, 2014Overseen by Butch Vig, there's a continuity to Sonic Highways, in spite of its on-the-road creation. At the same time, the band stretch themselves. [Dec 2014, p.117]
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UncutNov 10, 2014It's a muscular, Butch-Vig-produced behemoth that impresses. [Dec 2014, p.77]
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Nov 10, 2014Foo Fighters are providing the map, it’s up to the audience to explore. Therein lies its beauty.
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Nov 6, 2014When partnered with visuals, these songs will probably be a lot more impactful and resonant. As it stands, they're still pretty great. [Dec 2014, p.104]
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Nov 12, 2014All told, it’s a solid record with no glaring weak points (a first for the Foo Fighters) and with some of the band’s more rewarding and adventurous songwriting.
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Nov 7, 2014As solid as Sonic Highways is, the entertaining making-of stories may ultimately overshadow the album.
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Nov 20, 2014Sonic Highways doesn’t break new ground, but for those accustomed to these five guys’ wares, it’ll suffice when they desire a concise reaffirmation of what makes them appealing in the first place.
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Nov 19, 2014Even if there's a lingering predictability in the paths the Foo Fighters follow on Sonic Highways, they nevertheless know how to make this familiar journey pleasurable.
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Nov 11, 2014While the band and management are careful not to peg Sonic Highways as the soundtrack to the cable television series, the Foo Fighters’ eighth studio LP certainly remains a concept album and requires that lens to be appreciated fully.
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Nov 11, 2014Despite the high concept, this isn't exactly a major overhaul for the Foos: The eight songs on Sonic Highways have the same monster guitar crunch, pummeling crescendos and hard-pleading bridges found on every album they've made this millennium.
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Nov 6, 2014While the journey isn't quite as as spectacular as you'd hope, the destination is reassuringly familiar: Foo Fighters making fist-pumping rock'n'roll.
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Nov 19, 2014Everything musical seems startlingly familiar, and not in the paying-homage-to-the-denizens-of-rock-past way the album’s conceit might have you imagine.
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Nov 12, 2014Grohl’s quest is representative of an enthusiasm—rounded out by some overwrought lyrics--nearly swallowing itself alive, sure, but with Foo Fighters, hating the game seems more right than hating the player.
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Positive: 98 out of 148
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Mixed: 36 out of 148
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Negative: 14 out of 148
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Nov 14, 2014This review contains spoilers, click full review link to view.
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