One By One
by Foo Fighters
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One By One is ranked 6th 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 372 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,429.
(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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One By One track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 08/07/2026 19:34 | xhitmanx | 1,572 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/20/2026 03:19 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,469 | 70/100 |
| ! | 07/10/2026 09:13 |  Gammarus1979 | 629 | 79/100 |
| ! | 05/23/2026 09:41 | mash | 1,489 | 89/100 |
| ! | 05/04/2026 17:11 | gmessian | 385 | 60/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.4/100, a mean average of 71.7/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.
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One of the best Foo Fighters albums and this album was on the US Billboard 200 albums chart for a total of 50 weeks. (Edited)
Great album. Consistently catchy heavy rock anthems. Those first four tracks are an incredible way to open an album. All My Life and Have It All are my favourite tracks on the album. Naturally it drops off a bit after that. Then we get the glorious Come Back to close. (Edited)
Poor album
Album Rating: 70.00
(770/11)
1.All My Life - 85
2.Low - 72
3.Have It All - 71
4.Times Like These - 87
5.Disenchanted Lullaby - 71
6.Tired Of You - 81
7.Halo - 77
8.Lonely As You - 23
9.Overdrive - 46
10.Burn Away - 73
11.Come Back - 84 (Edited)
It sucks.
I think I'm higher on this album than most, and I understand why. This is probably the record that gets the furthest away from the token Foo sound. However, it really does add a bit of melody that opened the door for E,S,P,&G.
82,45% THIS ALBUM
How I evaluate:
I am not evaluating the objective musical quality, but expressing my subjective impression,
...how the song affects me.
For example, if parts of a song are too repetitive without any gradation,
then it can happen over the course of the song, each chorus can get a different rating if
loses drive, dynamics and interest within the song.
I rate the verse separately, the chorus separately, etc., but also the development within these units.
I rate in individual sections, e.g. after 4 bars, sometimes after 8 bars.
It's not strict, it varies.
It depends on the type of song, but it's always bars within a verse or a chorus, it doesn't mix.
I then add up the individual ratings and make an average.
That's then the final rating of the song.
The album rating is then made up of the average rating of the top ten songs on the album.
Example:
01 All my life
76-78-80-80-84-84-82-80
80,50
02 Low
65-60-60-65-60-65
62,50
03 Have It All
80-86-85-80-86-85-84-86-84-87-92-94
85,75
04 Times Like These
100-85-87-90-86-88-92-88-100-92-94-
91,0909
05 Discenchanted Lullaby
84-88-84-90-88
86,800
06 Tired of you
45-30-40-30
36,250
07 Halo
80-85-78-80-86-82-83-86-
82,500
First four tracks are glorious. Middle three are poor. Closing four are descent enough to make One By One an overall enjoyable album.
Solid album. Liked this more than their previous album There is Nothing Left to Lose.
A bit like the way I felt about Kings of Leon initially, but after a few listens I started to love this album having only picked it up in 2017. Disenchanted Lullaby and Tired Of You are such excellent tracks and right up there with my all time favourites
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