No Crowdpleaser, but a grower ...

Basically, you should always rely on music to their own tastes and even form an opinion, if one reviews and comments on SH read through the net, the opinions are drifting apart even very far and so could discourage some from buying the album

One should not get stuck in with the expectation that Dave Grohl here aims to revive the 90's exploits, also as a breaker as the last proper studio album is not came out here, but it would also be unfair to simply look at the album only as a piece of music and give a second chance after consuming the related documentary "labor of love" Dave Grohl's.

The songs sound due to the usual powerful drums and the clear vocals of up to cry properly recognizable voice Dave Grohl's Foo Fighters clearly after, are in the context of a tribute to the American musical history of the 20th century but then less typical FF than usual.

For my taste, the band would quietly a little further stylistically can lean out of the window because only a few songs cited influences really strong through sound, as the insanely catchy country-rocking "Congregation" as a reference to Nashville / Tennessee or "Feast and the femine" in which but a little DC hardcore / punk shines through and the gas is relatively depressed - with the past, the members (Grohl / Scream, smear / The Germs, ...) quite logical.

At first I was a bit disappointed, but after a few runs with weekly consumption of each belonging to a song Follow the documentary makes the whole thing suddenly more sense and better lights in the ear. Grohl has processed here numerous quotations from the interviews with the musicians of the scene in the lyrics (which is pretty cool)

In the documentary you can also see the genesis of the songs, I had to "Congregation" a little chuckle as guitarist Chris Shiflett shows qualms about playing a rather "cheesiges" Country-Lead.

To be told how people who just a typical Foo album banging and Garage Party sonication want, perhaps a little difficult to do so, as well as due to the "special" production a few filler ("What Did I Do? / .... "" I have on a river slipped "to a lesser extent) on the plate.

After a good 20+ passes my favorites fluctuate repeatedly relatively fixed but have at least 3 numbers:

* Congregation: Admittedly, here the band sounds probably the least to himself, but the airy country rock number belongs to the genus song, when one is in the evening staring stupidly after work in the car when you sing along at the traffic loudly)

* Subterranean: The surprisingly quiet number for "Grunge capital" Seattle. My mate and die-hard FF fan will find the number Although unspectacular, I like the mood of the song, however, and the many different parts give enough occasion for multiple By listening. Sometimes you find yourself singing along and the line "You might think you know me, but I know damn well you do not.: D

* Outside: A pretty straighter song that breathes a little air of the 90s and scores with his chorus.

As album alone were in it no 5 star, but as a "body of work" and with a bit of appreciation for the effort that have operated here Dave Grohl, the Foo Fighters and the team of the documentary - with no concept there probably is not a new FF album more - they are justified for me, no matter what say embittered fans or music critic. :)