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 377 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,372.
(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).
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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: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Finky | Top 95 Music Albums of the 2010s | 34/95 | 13 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 29/100 | 14 |
| 2026 | Johnnyo | albums in July 2021 - deleting | 28/99 | - |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Foo Fighters Studio Albums Ranked | 2/10 | - |
| 2026 | cicadelic | Musicserver Padesát nejlepších zahraničních alb roku 2011 | 42/50 | - |
| 2026 |  marcoshb | Top 40 Greatest Music Albums | 20/40 | 50 |
| 2026 | saltysurprise | Top 37 Music Albums of 2011 | 13/37 | 3 |
| 2026 | wizardalien | Top 100 Greatest Overseas Albums | 45/100 | - |
| 2026 |  junodog4 | Top 20 Music Albums of 2011 | 9/20 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 2011 | 17/43 | - |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 454 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 2,661 | |||
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Wasting Light ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/26/2026 14:36 |  Milhaud | 2,161 | 71/100 |
| ! | 09/24/2026 09:12 | ASOARE | 2,540 | 78/100 |
| ! | 09/24/2026 04:16 | Herdandhokies | 400 | 55/100 |
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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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Wasting Light forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/17/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5438): By luigybetis 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 jhuikWasting Light comments
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Brad1770 TOP 100 COMMENTER 08/06/2018 09:00 | #219294 | TOP COMMENT
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The Foo Fighters are one of those polarising bands , you either love em or not & I'm definitely in later , how ever The Fooies 7th album is notable for a few reasons:
(1) It was recorded 100% to Analogue tape with no computer in sight until post post production
(2) The album was recorded in Grohls garage over 11 weeks with 1 track completed per week
(3) The album was produced by legendary producer Butch Vig
(4) The album features many high profile guests including Bob Mould & Krist Novoselic
(5) The track "I Should Have Known" is an ode to Kurt Cobain and other's Grohl has lost & it was also the only track Krist Novoselic would play on
(6) This album sold by the shit load and was number 1 in 12 countries
(7) The opening bars of "Rope" is exactly the same opening bars to the 1992 King Missile track "Detachable Penis" , play both openings back to back & tell me they aren't identical
40 Cookie Cutting Analogue Tapes Out Of 100
Can't decide if I prefer this or The Colour And The Shape. The standout songs on The Colour And The Shape are better than those on Wasting Light, but Wasting Light is more consistent.
What a surprise!
After a few okay to decent albums they completely rock on a 4 track player to make an excellent blue collar rocker.
More consistent than their other excellent outing Colour and Shape but with less highs.
There isn't a bad song with Walk and White Limo my personal favorites. White Limo has so much punch and energy.
With the return of Pat Smear, the band is flourishing again. On this album the Foo Fighters make a good combination of the three guitars. Furthermore, the songwriting is very strong and the production is also very successful. (Edited)
This album is thoroughly awesome and enjoyable from start to finish. This is their most consistently good album since The Color and the Shape. I can't wait to see what Dave Grohl does with this band next.
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