J.J.'s Top Ten #9

#9: There is Nothing Left to Lose by Foo Fighters

The Foos are one of my favorite bands, I'll get it out there right now. And There is Nothing Left to Lose is easily my favorite CD of their's. It features the best song crafting out of their whole career as a whole, and while their best individual song appeared on The Color and The Shape (Everlong, and that album was also amazing), it just can't quite match the overall quality of this one. TiNLtL was new ground for the Foos, and was the CD that made them the powerhouse, every-song-they-release-is-so-beloved-it's-overplayed modern rock band they are today, propelled to radio and video stardom by the crazy-popular Learn to Fly. It was the first time they played around with seriously hard rock since their first album, which was good, but Dave Grohl was still clearly a littly wet behind the ears when it came to being a frontman. It also had the purest, most consistent rock sound out of any of their albums up to that point, and while not quite as eclectic as The Color and The Shape, it pulled it off better. Really, there are no bad songs. From the screaming hard rock of Stacked Actors to the beautiful ballads Aurora and Next Year, this was the only Foo CD to truly pull off both ends of the spectrum flawlessly, and remains their last CD to be good all the way through. That should be clear when one notices that on my best tracks list below, both the first and last track are on it.

Best Tracks: Stacked Actors, Learn to Fly, Aurora, M.I.A.