The Colour And The Shape
by Foo Fighters
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The Colour And The Shape is ranked as the best album by Foo Fighters.
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The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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The Colour And The Shape rankings summary
Overall rank: 378th | 1990s rank: 69th | 1997 rank: 9th Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
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| 2026 |  Milhaud | Top 50 Music Albums of 1997 | 5/50 | 5 |
| 2026 | Untitled | Top 25 Music Albums of 1997 | 8/25 | 4 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | all-time fav arteests (pts) #001-100 | 25/100 | - |
| 2026 |  covecove | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 49/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 44 Music Albums of 1997 | 4/44 | 5 |
| 2026 |  rambleon80 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 74/100 | 5 |
| 2026 | Exist-en-ciel | Top 100 Music Albums of 1997 | 90/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 91 Music Albums of 1997 | 68/91 | 1 |
| 2026 |  AAL2014 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1990s | 34/100 | 13 |
| 2026 |  CharlieBarley | Top 63 Music Albums of 1997 | 49/63 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 713 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 4,358 | |||
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| ! | 10/05/2026 13:27 | jwalsh97 | 749 | 81/100 |
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/12/2011 19:40 | #32770 | TOP COMMENT
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paladisiac TOP 100 COMMENTER 12/12/2011 19:40 | #32770 | TOP COMMENT
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Dave's 2nd album is more elaborately fleshed out both musically and lyrically. This album really bridged a shift in style from the 1st album to the rest of their output. (i felt subsequent albums just haven't been as good, and i just found out that dave grohl created most of the songs of the 2nd album -- i already knew he did the whole first album himself.) It's not as abrasive as his post-grunge-fest debut, but grohl still rips and bangs this mutha. Doesn't sound that way from the outset though, as "doll" eases us in to the rockin' splendor, beginning with lead single "monkey wrench" ("whatever happened to innocence?") . It's a fun song amidst a serious topic of relationship problems and despite sounding like a standard rocker -- i love the raging scream-fest at the end. "hey, johnny park!" plays the quiet/loud game nirvana helped make popular. "my poor brain" is more fun, again punctuated by a lil ending rage. "see you" is short and sweet. The other highlights for me are "my hero", "everlong", "enough space" and "walking after you", with "everlong" being the gem. The song is seductive and philosophical, wondering "If everything could ever feel this real forever".
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F1Aaron TOP 100 COMMENTER 09/09/2016 01:29 | #174584 | TOP COMMENT
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While I I'm not that big into Foo Fighters, this record was pretty cool to listen to. Obviously the tracks Everlong, My Hero, and Monkey Wrench are fantastic singles. Walking After You and February Stars are cool tracks too. Front to back is a straight up rock album. It does the job well...
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Musically, I am in love with this album. It is full of diversity. Even individual songs change dynamics throughout (Up in Arms, My Poor Brain). Grohl clearly took pages out of Kurt Cobain's book while writing, but has also drawn from his own creativity in his lyricism and musicianship. Grohl's songwriting was already phenomenal by this point in his career. His lyrics improved as his career went on, but even on " The Colour and The Shape", they are full of passion and emotion. His singing/screaming is both moving and thought-provoking.
I also love this album because it produced the greatest ever rock song (meaning, my favourite ever song), "Everlong". All-in-all, "The Colour and the Shape" is a masterpiece full of beautiful songs that defined rock and roll post-Nirvana and set the tone for what followed in the early 2000's era of music. I can never get enough of it and find myself listening to it on repeat constantly. Each track is exceptional and it is a rare album that is without filler.
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SamAndreas 04/21/2018 14:34 | #213344 | TOP COMMENT
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Wellll, at least this has the great song Everlong on it, which is perhaps the best Foo Fighters song ever. That automatically ranks this above their previous self-titled album, which has NO great singles on it.
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