Wasting Light
by Foo Fighters
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Foo Fighters bestography
Wasting Light is ranked 2nd best out of 18 albums by Foo Fighters on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Foo Fighters is The Colour And The Shape which is ranked number 374 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,405.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Wasting Light track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 82 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Wasting Light rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 1 hour ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 86/100 | 1 |
| 2026 |  dihansse | Top 79 Music Albums of 2011 | 34/79 | 3 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest Overseas Albums | 45/100 | - |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Foo Fighters albums ranked best to worst by Uproxx | 4/11 | - |
| 2026 | LittleM1971 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 52/100 | 2 |
| 2026 |  paladisiac | top albums, #1901-2000* | 6/80 | - |
| 2026 | martintho | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 7/100 | 5 |
| 2026 |  baystateoftheart | Top 84 Music Albums of 2011 | 67/84 | 1 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | Top 100 Music Albums of 2011 | 63/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | paladisiac | grammy album winners, my choices | 47/61 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 454 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,669 | |||
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Wasting Light ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/28/2026 12:01 |  MetalMan67 | 6,252 | 71/100 |
| ! | 08/20/2026 14:01 | Devilwoac | 1,474 | 97/100 |
| ! | 07/02/2026 19:39 | brent13 | 2,143 | 67/100 |
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(*In practice, some albums can have several thousand ratings)
This album is rated in the top 4% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.5/100, a mean average of 75.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.6/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.9.
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Forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 08/15/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5405): By AAL2014 BestEverAlbums 07/22/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5381): By jhuik
pedro1976 04/23/2026 20:25 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)Wasting Light comments
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Shortlisted for album of the year at the Grammys in 2012. The winner was 21 by Adele (Edited)
The right mix of different styles and tempo's to give it enough variety to keep it solid from start to finish. Consistent. One of the better Foo albums. (Edited)
Amazing, energy filling, guitar blazing & making-you-yelling album from the great Foo Fighters.
The rawness has never been rawer for this band than on this album.
Wasting light is a story of love for the rock music genre.
Full of absolute bangers to repeat back at Dave, and gritty riffs to blast your hear, this album is a must for any fan of the band.
The overall sound quality of the mix is also quite insane.
The added layer of the 3rd guitar from returning member Pat Smear, as well as the collaboration with legendary producer Butch Vig, make a noticeable impact.
* Children, hear me now.
Dear Rosemary is by far, and i mean faaaaar, the most UNDERATED song from the Foo Fighters
The flaws in my own listening experiences of this album are so very few and far between that they become completely outweighted by the insane originality and passion poured into the 11 tracks.
It is that great.
5/5
Foo Fighters finest moment where everything just seems to click. The writing is catchy though lyrically it can lack on occasion. At times they seriously rock out like a 90s hard rock band and it’s superb. Feels like an ode to the rock music that they enjoyed growing up. (Edited)
VictorVale 09/28/2022 22:07 | #290030
O grande álbum da banda! Alcançaram o máximo de reconhecimento.
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