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{{Infobox Album | Name = Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace | Type = studio | Artist = Foo Fighters | Cover = Foos-ESPG.jpg | Released = September 25, 2007 (2007-09-25) | Recorded = March – June 2007 at Studio 606 West in Northridge, Los Angeles, California | Genre = Alternative rock | Length = 51:03 | Label = RCA | Producer = Foo Fighters,
Gil Norton | Reviews =

| Last album = Skin and Bones
(2006) | This album = Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
(2007) | Next album = | Misc = {{Singles 

 | Name          = Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace
 | Type          = studio
 | Single 1      = The Pretender
 | Single 1 date = September 17, 2007
 | Single 2      = Long Road to Ruin
 | Single 2 date = December 3, 2007
 | Single 3      = [[Cheep Up Boys (Your Make Up is Still Running
 | Single 3 date = April 7, 2008
 }}

}} Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace is the sixth studio album by the Foo Fighters, released on September 25, 2007. The album is produced by Gil Norton who previously worked with the group on their second album, The Colour and the Shape.

The album debuted at the top of the UK album chart, selling 135,685 albums in its first week. The album also went platinum in its first week in both Australia[1] and New Zealand. In the U.S., it entered the Billboard 200 album chart at #3, selling 168,668 copies in its first week,[2] and has since been certified gold.

The album was the band's fourth to have a song reach the top of the Modern Rock Tracks, with "The Pretender, as well as "Long Road to Ruin". With 18 weeks at the summit, "The Pretender" also set the record for longest stretch at #1 on Billboard's Alternative / Modern Rock chart.[3]

The album won the 2008 Grammy for Best Rock Album and "The Pretender" won for Best Hard Rock Performance. The album was also nominated for Album of the Year, while "The Pretender" was also nominated for Record of the Year and Best Rock Song. The band had previously won Best Rock Album Grammys for There Is Nothing Left to Lose and One by One.

Background

In an interview with XFM on April 26, 2007, frontman Dave Grohl noted,

"We've been in the studio for the past month and a half, and we've got about another month to go. We've been recording with our friend Gil Norton. He worked on our second record (The Colour and the Shape), he's a good guy and he makes amazing albums. So we're making a really big powerful record, which I'm very excited about... I can't wait to jump on stage and do this stuff, it's gonna be great."[4]

Kaki King makes a guest appearance on "Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners". The instrumental was written by Grohl prior to a meeting with one of the miners involved in the Beaconsfield mine collapse.[5]

The album's first single, "The Pretender", was released on September 17,2007 to CD single, however was released as music download and radioplay in August 2007, preceding the album launch.[6] Long Road to Ruin was released as the second single in December 2007.

The album's title comes from a line in the song "Home".

Track listing

  1. "The Pretender" – 4:29
  2. "Let It Die" – 4:05
  3. "Erase/Replace" – 4:13
  4. "Long Road to Ruin" – 3:44
  5. "Come Alive" – 5:10
  6. "Stranger Things Have Happened" – 5:21
  7. "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)" – 3:41
  8. "Summer's End" – 4:37
  9. "Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners" – 2:32
  10. "Statues" – 3:47
  11. "But, Honestly" – 4:35
  12. "Home" – 4:52

Bonus Tracks

  1. "Once & for All (demo)" – 3:47 (Japan, iTunes and UK bonus track)
  2. "Seda" – 3:45 (iTunes pre-order and Japan bonus track)
  3. "The Pretender" - 4:38 (live @ Wal-Mart Soundcheck)
  4. "My Hero" - 4:28 (live @ Wal-Mart Soundcheck)

Personnel

Foo Fighters

Additional musicians

Production

  • Gil Norton – producer
  • Adrian Bushby – engineer
  • Jake Davies - protools engineer
  • John Lousteau – assistant engineer
  • Rich Costey – mixer
  • Claudius Mittendorfer – assistant mixer
  • Brian Gardner – mastering

Artwork

  • Don Clark – art direction and design
  • Laura Kleinhenz – photography
  • Ben Watts – photography

Album charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[7] 1
Official Canadian Albums Chart 1
Australian ARIA Albums Chart[8] 1
New Zealand RIANZ Albums Chart 1
Billboard Hard Rock Albums Chart 1
Official Swiss Albums Chart 2
Official Irish Albums Chart 2
European Top Albums Chart 2
World Album Chart 2
U.S. Billboard 200 3
Official German Albums Chart 3
Dutch Mega Album Top 100 6
Official Finnish Albums Chart 7
Italian Albums Chart 15
  • Note: In the iTunes music store's UK Charts, Echoes, Silence, Patience and Grace achieved #1 through pre-orders.

Singles charts

Year Song Chart Position
2007 The Pretender Mainstream Rock Tracks (US) No. 1
2007 The Pretender Modern Rock Tracks (US) No. 1
2007 The Pretender Australian JTV (AUST) No. 1
2007 The Pretender UK Singles Chart (UK) No. 8
2007 The Pretender RIANZ Singles Chart (NZ) No. 9
2007 The Pretender ARIA Single Chart No. 10
2007 The Pretender Irish "IRMA" Top 50 No. 11
2007 The Pretender Dutch Mega Top 50 No. 13
2007 The Pretender US Hot Digital Songs No. 18
2007 The Pretender Billboard Hot 100 (US) No. 37
2007 The Pretender Swedish Top 60 No. 46
2007 The Pretender US Pop 100 No. 47
2007 The Pretender Brazilian Singles Chart No. 62
2007 The Pretender Official German Singles Chart No. 72
2007 Long Road to Ruin UK Rock Chart No. 1
2007 Long Road to Ruin Modern Rock Tracks No. 1
2007 Long Road to Ruin Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 2
2007 Long Road to Ruin New Zealand RIANZ Singles Chart No. 28
2007 Long Road to Ruin UK Singles Chart (UK) No. 35
2007 Long Road to Ruin Australia Aria Charts No. 38
2007 Long Road to Ruin German Singles Chart No. 79
2008 Long Road to Ruin Billboard Hot 100 No. 90

Awards

Grammy Awards

Year Winner Category
2008 The Pretender Best Hard Rock Performance
2008 Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Best Rock Album
Year Nominated Category
2008 The Pretender Record of the Year
2008 The Pretender Best Rock Song
2008 Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Album of the Year

BRIT Awards

Year Winner Category
2008 Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace International Album
2008 Foo Fighters International Band

References

  1. ^ "Fooies Album Goes Platinum!!". Sony BMG. September 26, 2007.
  2. ^ Katie Hasty, "Rascal Flatts Races To No. 1 In Debut-Heavy Week", Billboard.com, October 3, 2007.
  3. ^ Josh Groban Ties Elvis Presley
  4. ^ "Foo Fighters deep into recording". TheRockRadio.com. April 27, 2007.
  5. ^ Cohen, Jonathan. "Foo Fighters Let It Rip On Sixth Album". Billboard.com. July 6, 2007.
  6. ^ "The Pretender" release notes. Retrieved 2007-09-13.
  7. ^ Top 40 Albums Chart
  8. ^ Top 50 Albums Chart

External link

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