Foo Fighters (album)

Foo Fighters is the Foo Fighters' debut album. It was released July 4, 1995 through Roswell/Capitol Records.

Though he formed a band after the album was recorded, virtually the entire album was recorded by Dave Grohl. Grohl had been recording his own music for years, releasing a cassette called "Late!" during his time in Nirvana. The album was recorded by Barrett Jones, in Jones' basement, where Grohl had recorded previous demos.

Table of contents

1 Track listing
2 Singles
3 Charting singles
4 Personnel

Track listing

"This Is a Call" (Grohl) - 3:53
"I'll Stick Around" (Grohl) - 3:52
"Big Me" (Grohl) - 2:12
"Alone + Easy Target" (Grohl) - 4:05
"Good Grief" (Grohl) - 4:01
"Floaty" (Grohl) - 4:30
"Weenie Beenie" (Grohl) - 2:45
"Oh, George" (Grohl) - 3:00
"For All the Cows" (Grohl) - 3:30
"X-Static" (Grohl) - 4:13
"Wattershed" (Grohl) - 2:15
"Exhausted" (Grohl) - 5:45

Singles

"This Is A Call" was released in 1995 with "Winnebago" (Grohl/Turner) and "Podunk"
"For All The Cows" was released in 1996.
"Big Me" was released in 1996 with "Floaty (live)" (Grohl), "Gas Chamber", and "Up in Arms (live)" (Grohl)

Charting singles

Album position:

1995  Foo Fighters           The Billboard 200                No. 23

Singles positions:

1995 I'll Stick Around Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 12 1995 This Is A Call Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 6 1995 I'll Stick Around Modern Rock Tracks No. 8 1995 This Is A Call Modern Rock Tracks No. 2 1996 Big Me Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 18 1996 Big Me Modern Rock Tracks No. 3

Personnel

Jaq Chartier - Paintings

Steve Culp - Engineer
Curt Doughty - Photography
Greg Dulli - Guitar on "X-Static"
Foo Fighters - Producer
Tim Gabor - Art Direction, Design
William Goldsmith - Live Drums
Dave Grohl - Guitar, Vocals, Bass, Drums
Barrett Jones - Producer
Stephen Marcussen - Mastering
Nate Mendel - Live Bass
Charles Peterson - Producer
Jeff Ross - Photography
Rob Schnapf - Mixing
Pat Smear - Live Guitar
Jennifer Youngblood - Photography