One By One (studio album)
by Foo Fighters

One By One by Foo Fighters
Year: 2002
Overall rank: 2,099th   
Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 373 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 2002 (36th)
Award Top albums of the 2000s (341st)
Award Best albums of all time (2,099th)

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Foo Fighters bestography

One By One is ranked 6th best out of 17 albums by Foo Fighters on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Foo Fighters is The Colour And The Shape which is ranked number 363 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 4,642.

Foo Fighters album bestography « Higher ranked (1,671st)
There Is Nothing Left To Lose
This album (2,099th)
One By One
Lower ranked (2,605th) »
Sonic Highways

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One By One 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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One By One rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,099th | 2000s rank: 341st | 2002 rank: 36th

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One By One ratings

Average Rating: 
72/100 (from 373 votes)
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.2/100, a mean average of 71.5/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 72.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 16.0.

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From 05/19/2025 07:36 | #309058
One of the best Foo Fighters albums and this album was on the US Billboard 200 albums chart for a total of 50 weeks.
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Rating:  
60/100
From 10/26/2023 22:02 | #299643
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.
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Rating:  
25/100
From 03/22/2023 09:45 | #295285
Poor album
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Rating:  
70/100
From 03/22/2022 19:48 | #283238
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
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From 02/28/2022 23:51 | #282024
It sucks.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 11/03/2021 14:45 | #275774
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.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 10/27/2021 08:18 | #275432
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
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Rating:  
60/100
From 09/20/2020 21:30 | #258476
First four tracks are glorious. Middle three are poor. Closing four are descent enough to make One By One an overall enjoyable album.
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Rating:  
90/100
From 07/05/2019 11:55 | #238981
Solid album. Liked this more than their previous album There is Nothing Left to Lose.
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Rating:  
80/100
From 05/06/2019 12:28 | #235899
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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