Sonic Highways
by Foo Fighters
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Foo Fighters bestography
Sonic Highways is ranked 8th 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 4,379.
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Sonic Highways track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Sonic Highways 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 | wizardalien | Foo Fighters Studio Albums Ranked | 9/10 | - |
| 2026 | fabm0 | Platinum year 2014 | 19/41 | - |
| 2026 | Steppenwolf666 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 49/100 | 10 |
| 2026 | stevengnz | Top 57 Music Albums of 2014 | 37/57 | 2 |
| 2026 | jdizzle123456 | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 96/100 | 0 |
| 2026 | sunnydhamm | Top 41 Music Albums of 2014 | 9/41 | 4 |
| 2026 |  RockyRaccoon | 2014 Honorable Mentions | 24/100 | - |
| 2026 |  imacgill | Top 100 Music Albums of 2014 | 59/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | mrmcrook | Top 100 Music Albums of the 2010s | 42/100 | 12 |
| 2026 | lanadeleswift | Top 86 Music Albums of 2014 | 80/86 | 0 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 143 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 598 | |||
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Sonic Highways ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/07/2026 15:34 | xhitmanx | 1,604 | 75/100 |
| ! | 09/02/2026 12:08 |  Liedzeit | 2,509 | 74/100 |
| ! | 07/29/2026 19:17 | wizardalien | 901 | 48/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 69.5/100, a mean average of 68.6/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 69.4/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.1.
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Sonic Highways forum mentions
Liedzeit 09/02/2026 11:58 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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Certainly the least interesting of the Foos albums I've listened to so far, but I enjoyed Outside and Something From Nothing was good too despite it's similarity to Holy Diver. (Edited)
The Foo Fighters are decent musicians and they're skilled in their song writing hence why they're as successful as they are. They done well with this as part of their venturing documentary even though just like most Foo Fighters albums, I find I've had enough by the back end. (Mainly due to not being a big fan of Dave Grohl's vocals). (Edited)
I had high hopes for this album, but when it came out it turned out to be just another Foo Fighters album. The first three songs and number five are good and the rest is more filler material.
My god, what a mess. The Foos went from the critical success of their previous album 'Wasting Light', and right off a cliff-edge. The record starts with the mostly inoffensive, but fairly mundane 'Something From Nothing' and ends on the frankly awful 'I Am A River'. What's most disappointing is that 'Sonic Highways' had some very talented people (Butch Vig, Tony Visconti, Grohl himself) involved with the production, only then to come out with a forgettable, half listenable, dad rock album. One word, disappointing, from a band that had previously came out with songs such as 'Everlong' and 'Walk'.
Strongest (or least weak) tracks: 'Something From Nothing', 'Congregation'.
Weakest tracks: 'What Did I Do? / God As My Witness', 'I Am A River'.
Did not like this at first. Gave it another listen. And glad I did. Solid album. Can always count on the Foos to release good to really good albums. (Edited)
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