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The Foo Fighters are a great band. Because they play brilliantly and, even if they perform mainstream rock, they do so with an almost unique credibility in today's scene.
However, they are essentially a Greatest Hits band, because when they nail a great song, where power and melody perfectly merge to create modern 'anthems', there's no one that can match them. But, not being particularly innovative, they often fail to maintain constant inspiration and tension throughout an album.
This work is no exception, alternating some excellent rock tracks, gritty and vibrant, with others that are, all things considered, superfluous in their discography. There are also some good ballads, but the impression is that the fillers confine the album to that ' aurea mediocritas' that one could do without in the end.
Decent but forgettable. Dispensable.
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