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90
Medicine at Midnight is a speedy, hooky, and efficient record, every bit the party album Grohl promised.
4mo
90
As a modern rock melting pot, Medicine certainly sounds like a spirit rediscovered.
4mo
80
The band have managed to combine all of their strengths with a few entertaining new sounds, fully aware that straight-forward rock’n’rollicking fun is what we all badly need at the moment.
4mo
80
The Foos’ 10th album is upbeat even by their uniquely well-adjusted standards, returning to their core Nineties alt-rock sound minus any gimmicks, detours, or shenanigans.
4mo
80
Celebratory to the bone, the tenth Foo Fighters recording adventure is a bit like finding yourself on the best rollercoaster ride in town on a hot summer day, joyously terrifying in places, it ends well.
4mo
80
With sticky melodies and a spring in its step, ‘Medicine At Midnight’ is an experiment that pays off, simultaneously adding a new shade to their sound and injecting a dose of fun and escapism when we need it most.
4mo
80
This is a characteristically strong, uncharacteristically sloppy (in a good way!), album by one of the few remaining shining lights of rock music. Greatness is almost a given at this stage.
4mo
80
It’s an exhibition of just what a simply, fundamentally good band Foo Fighters are, and how skilled with a tune and a melody Dave Grohl is.
4mo
80
It's slinky. It's shimmery. It gets a bit Bowie and boasts one of the best songs they've ever recorded. Album 10 is the soundtrack to the summer we all crave.
4mo
80
Medicine At Midnight affords Foo Fighters another stadium-ready set of songs.
4mo
80
In many ways, Medicine At Midnight may be their most surprising and unique album to date that ultimately furthers the range and power of the Foo Fighter’s as both performers and songwriters.
4mo
80
It is consistently brilliant fun.
3mo
75
At a brief 36 minutes long, Medicine at Midnight is a solid addition to a discography that raises the bar for what it means to be a rock act that seamlessly evolves with the times.
4mo
75
An essential listen for fans and a fair introduction for newcomers, Medicine at Midnight feels like the rare late-career release that genuinely earns its spots within the legacy setlist.
4mo
70
They may have opened out their map a little more for Medicine At Midnight, but the Foos’ territory remains reassuringly familiar.
5mo
70
Medicine at Midnight isn't good because of the ways it pushes the envelope, but because of how upholds the band's status as rock torchbearers. This is the Foos doing what they do best.
4mo
70
While Medicine At Midnight may not hold so many bright golden moments as their best work, it’s great to hear that the good times are still rolling with them.
4mo
70
Compared to the relative safety of Concrete and Gold, Medicine at Midnight feels like a revelation. A more playful, experimental side of the Foo Fighters that we haven’t seen in years.
4mo
70
The new record is clearly an attempt to not only maintain their loyal legions, but also to expand their following through a more melodic MO.
4mo
70
Medicine at Midnight finds Foo Fighters flirting with danceable rhythms and pop melodies. It's a fun album but might be polarizing just the same.
4mo
68
Foo Fighters are great at what they do, which means we get another set of quality rock, but with few surprises
4mo
64
This is a decent return for the band and it should quench any Foo Fighters fan's thirst.
4mo
60
Grohl has never hidden his love for the Big Rock Moves, but the absence of punk rock's intimacy leaves Medicine At Midnight feeling off-balance.
5mo
60
Dave Grohl’s band keep changing their methods but the results sound the same, even as they aim at David Bowie disco on their first LP since 2017.
4mo
60
Whether fans will love these songs or not depends on how open-minded they are when they hit play on a new Foo Fighters record.
4mo
60
The Foo Fighters have changed the chassis, not the engine; the style, not the soul. But Medicine at Midnight is still a rejuvenating detour, en route to the familiar packed fields which will one day complete it.
4mo
60
Medicine at Midnight reminds us that no matter how long you’ve been around, there’s no time like the present to reinvent yourself.
4mo
60
Though at times they push their own tightly drawn boundaries, that experimentation feels so far from the horizons others inhabit they only emphasise what Foo Fighters have become: a classic band, for fans of the good old days. There’s nothing wrong with that, but perhaps it’s time for someone new to sit upon rock’s throne.
4mo
50
Medicine at Midnight sees Foo Fighters continuing to lose their edge.
4mo
47
Dave Grohl’s lawful-good lifestyle presents an eternal conflict between being unable to hate the guy and being unable to enjoy the music he continues to make.
4mo
40
Medicine at Midnight is the sound of a band trying to go pop and using too much hot air to get there.
4mo
40
Their surefire-hit approach is on the brink of extinction, so an ailing music industry worships them like a modern Beatles. Foo Fighters make music that’s so average, it’s almost an accomplishment initself.
4mo
30
It’s ironic that the worst of the worst are what give the album its personality, but without them it’d be boring—instead, it’s amusing for the wrong reasons.
4mo
It seems that the foo have won.
When I was twelve I performed a fart experiment. I wanted to capture an undiluted fart in a jar and see if after a month it still smelled. I ate some hotdogs and pizza, then had a lot of ice cream. These were all foods known to induce flatulence in me. Then I waited. I could feel my stomach rumbling as the noxious gasses inside me brewed. I filled a bathtub full of water, got my jar with a tightly fitting lid, took off my clothes and got in. I put the jar under ... read more
When I was twelve I performed a fart experiment. I wanted to capture an undiluted fart in a jar and see if after a month it still smelled. I ate some hotdogs and pizza, then had a lot of ice cream. These were all foods known to induce flatulence in me. Then I waited. I could feel my stomach rumbling as the noxious gasses inside me brewed. I filled a bathtub full of water, got my jar with a tightly fitting lid, took off my clothes and got in. I put the jar under ... read more
Dave.
For all of our sakes, just stop. Stop trying to make horrid renditions of pop-rock tracks you could have made work 20 years ago. Stop trying to make the same brand of arena rock you have been forcing down everyones throat for the last decade, with only one album I'd say even works in that style.
Stop. Take some time. And make something else. Because I can't stand THIS anytime soon.
Favorite Jam: Waiting on a War
Lest Favorites: Medicine at Midnight, Cloudspotter, Chasing Birds
For all of our sakes, just stop. Stop trying to make horrid renditions of pop-rock tracks you could have made work 20 years ago. Stop trying to make the same brand of arena rock you have been forcing down everyones throat for the last decade, with only one album I'd say even works in that style.
Stop. Take some time. And make something else. Because I can't stand THIS anytime soon.
Favorite Jam: Waiting on a War
Lest Favorites: Medicine at Midnight, Cloudspotter, Chasing Birds
sorry raccoon. but this kinda fucking sucks.
the best song on this is just decent and the worst is god awful. i don’t know why this exists
fave: title track
least fave: shame shame
the best song on this is just decent and the worst is god awful. i don’t know why this exists
fave: title track
least fave: shame shame
*Dave Grohl voice*
I’VE GOT ANOTHER CONFESSION TO MAKE
I like this new Foo Fighters album quite a lot :)
(Disclaimer: I listened to this a couple of days before it was officially out)
(Also be prepared, this is a long one)
Foo Fighters is an alternative rock band founded in 1994, by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl and was initially a one-man project. After the first album called ‘’Foo Fighters’’ was released in 1995 (which Dave made almost entirely by ... read more
I’VE GOT ANOTHER CONFESSION TO MAKE
I like this new Foo Fighters album quite a lot :)
(Disclaimer: I listened to this a couple of days before it was officially out)
(Also be prepared, this is a long one)
Foo Fighters is an alternative rock band founded in 1994, by former Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl and was initially a one-man project. After the first album called ‘’Foo Fighters’’ was released in 1995 (which Dave made almost entirely by ... read more
OK I ADMIT IT I LOVE YOU OK i fucking love you and it breaks my heart when i see you play with someone else or anyone commenting in your profile i just want to be your boyfriend and put a heart in my profile linking to your profile and have a walltext of you commenting cute things i want to play video games talk in discord all night and watch a movie together but you just seem so uninterested in me it fucking kills me and i cant take it anymore i want to remove you but i care too much about you ... read more
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Track List
- Making a Fire
- Shame Shame
- Cloudspotter
- Waiting on a War
- Medicine at Midnight
- No Son of Mine
- Holding Poison
- Chasing Birds
- Love Dies Young
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4mo
What's the 50 year old dad version of Kidz Bop, because that's what this feels like.
4mo
the title sorta embodies the album doesn't it? like ''medicine at midnight'' sounds like it means something but it's too boring to really look into
4mo
Y'all are hating now, but what are y'all gonna do when they aren't here to fight the foo?
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Added on: November 8, 2020