The Colour And The Shape
by Foo Fighters

The Colour And The Shape by Foo Fighters
Year: 1997
Release date: 1997-05-20
Overall rank: 365th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 1,003 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 10 albums of 1997 (9th)
Award Top 100 albums of the 1990s (67th)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (365th)

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The Colour And The Shape is ranked as the best album by Foo Fighters.

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  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Overall rank: 365th | 1990s rank: 67th | 1997 rank: 9th

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From 04/26/2025 18:58 | #308728
My Hero and Everlong are incredible and are two of their best songs, definitely in the top 5. But I feel as an album it's not as consistent as some of their later work - Wasting Light, Echoes Silence, One By One. Too many 2-minute tracks that don't really offer anything. Monkey Wrench and Hey Johnny Park are also good.
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75/100
From 05/29/2024 03:57 | #303765
Well this album is all over the place for me. "Everlong" is one of the best songs of all time, and "Monkey Wrench" is great. I also like "My Poor Brain", "Up In Arms", and "Enough Space". However, some of the other tracks here I don't really care for. If this could be trimmed down to just 9 or 10 songs, it would be an excellent album, but as it is some of the extras bring the average down.
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Rating:  
85/100
From 07/20/2023 12:43 | #298232
Um dos álbuns mais fortes do Foo Figthers!
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75/100
From 09/18/2022 17:39 | #289782
Only getting to this in 2022 and really enjoyed the album - particularly the softer/acoustic tracks - but that said Monkey Wrench is a crazy, bright bast that I can totally buy into along with New Way Home.
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85/100
From 04/26/2022 00:23 | #284673
This album opens brilliantly with the short but snappy Doll that then leads into two of the best songs the Foo Fighters have ever released. These are Monkey Wrench and the greatly under rated Hey, Johnny Park!. Both of these songs are energetic and have amazing instrumentation mixed in with some incredible vocals. They are both so much fun and are part of one of the best openings to an album ever. You then get this level of quality scattered amongst the rest of the tracks. There are quite a few gems you can find on this release as well which make for great listening outside of the record. However, it can be a little inconsistent with there being a fair few number of filler tracks. It is also quite bloated at a 50 minute run time which makes it get quite repetitive. Overall, this is an elite record and is possibly the Foo Fighters best ever release.
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85/100
From 04/07/2022 13:09 | #283897
The best Foo album.
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95/100
From 03/18/2022 08:05 | #282970
Album Rating: 85.31
(1,109/13)

1.Doll - 84
2.Monkey Wrench - 98
3.Hey, Johnny Park! - 99
4.My Poor Brain - 78
5.Wind Up - 87
6.Up In Arms - 96
7.My Hero - 87
8.See You - 72
9.Enough Space - 76
10.February Stars - 77
11.Everlong - 95
12.Walking After You - 74
13.New Way Home - 86
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100/100
From 11/03/2021 14:06 | #275755
This album is terrific on its own, but more significant in that it opened up everything musically and production-wise for the Foo Fighters. It totally changed the landscape of rock for the next 10+ years.
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60/100
From 12/04/2020 16:50 | #261933
Far from great, far from bad. Overall, 60/100.
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85/100
From 11/21/2020 12:52 | #261179
A very safe, but good rock album. Some stand out tracks, accompanied by other decent and ok songs.
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