• click here to return to the homepage •
Home > Categories > Music > CDs > In Your Honor review
'In Your Honor' is the 5th studio album from the Foo Fighters and is a work of extreme contrasts. It's a double CD: one disc is the Foos at their most powerful - a rocking collection of tracks that Dave even calls "brutal" and "aggressive". The other disc, an Acoustic affair, is the exact opposite, but perhaps could be seen as the yin to the yang. Dave refers to this disc as "delicate" and "beautiful". Grohl's philosophy behind the approach was that by polarising the discs in this way, it allowed them to fully explore the true nature of each song. Rather than forcing a gentle acoustic song into a rock format and vice versa, or worse still, trying to combine the two styles and have the song uncomfortably sit somewhere in the middle, this approach allowed much greater freedom for the band to produce an album without compromise.
The album also features some amazing guest performers including the very talented Norah Jones and one of Dave Grohl's musical mentors - John Paul Jones from the legendary hard rock band Led Zeppelin. Jone's played on three tracks with Mandolin, Mellotron and Piano, respectively. Grohl describes this as one of the musical high lights of his life!
"Best Of You" is the first single from 'In Your Honor' which rocks in true Foo Fighters style - the power and the hook to satisfy your senses and a little bit of lyrical questioning to keep our minds in check too.
Common Ground
Emotions 0.2 - Songs of Love & Life
All Access to All Things
The Chronicles of Life and Death
Creed - Greatest Hits
David Bowie : A Reality Tour
William Alwyn - Piano Concertos Nos. 1 and 2
Extraordinary Machine
Live at Fenway Park
Ultimate Collection
Continuum
Mushuy Callary (A New Start)
Black River DriveProduct reviews...
Review by: boggie (Hayden)
Dated: 24th of July, 2005
Foo Fighters wanted this album to be the one they are remembered for in 20 years time, and i think it will be. probably would of prefered if they only made the rock side, as the accustic is just a bit too mellow for me (hense the low score in composition). But the fact that they made an accustic side adds to the whole appeal of the album. The rock side, to me is pure brilliance each song has its own feel yet not going far from the Foo Fighter style of past albums, any one of them could do well in single release.
10 songs on each cd is another good feature as you dont end up with an overload of music from the band, as some cds with 15 songs per disc is a bit much
presentation of the whole cd is great, everything is well laid out and looks like they spent a bit of time on it.
Random listing from 'Music'...
Traditional storytelling comes alive as Simon M'zungu tells African folktales and sings traditional songs.
Born in Zimbabwe, Simon M'zungu grew up surrounded by the rich cultural traditions and folktales of his Shona people.
Simon's wonderful interpretation of these traditional stories will not only delight and entertain children but it will also stimulate their imagination and interest in African culture.
All trademarks, images and copyrights on this site are owned by their respective companies.
KIWIreviews is an independent entity, part of the Knock Out News Group. This is a free public forum presenting user opinions on selected products, and as such the views expressed do not necessarily reflect the opinion of kiwireviews.nz and are protected under New Zealand law by the "Honest Opinion" clause of the Defamation Act of 1992. KIWIreviews accepts no liability for statements made on this site, on the premise that they have been submitted as the true and honest opinions of the individual posters. In most cases, prices and dates stated are approximate and should be considered as only guidelines.
"In all affairs it's a healthy thing now and then to hang a question mark on the things you have long taken for granted."
Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
