In Your Honor

Infobox Album
Name = In Your Honor
Type = Double album
Artist = Foo Fighters


Released = June 14 2005
Recorded = January–March 2005 at Studio 606 West in Hollywood, California
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 83:17
Label = BMG (UK)
82876 69623-1 (4LP)
82876 70193-2 (2CD)
RCA (U.S.)
68038 (2CD)
69128 (DualDisc)
Producer = Foo Fighters,
Nick Raskulinecz
Misc = Singles
Name = In Your Honor
Type = Studio
single 1 = Best of You
single 1 date = May 30, 2005
single 2 = DOA
single 2 date = September 5, 2005
single 3 = Resolve
single 3 date = November 21, 2005
single 4 = No Way Back/Cold Day in the Sun
single 4 date = March 13, 2006
single 5 = Miracle
single 5 date = September 18, 2006

Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4fy67ue040j3~T00 link]
*bbc.co.uk (average) [http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/rockandalt/reviews/foofighters_honour.shtml link]
*"Guardian Unlimited" Rating|3|5 [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,11712,1502797,00.html link]
*"Kerrang!" Rating|4|5
*musicOMH.com (favorable) [http://www.musicomh.com/albums4/foo-fighters.htm link]
*Pitchfork Media 6.8/10 [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/17810/Foo_Fighters_In_Your_Honor link]
*PopMatters Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/f/foofighters-inyourhonour.shtml link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/_/id/7382346/foofighters?pageid=rs.Artistcage&pageregion=triple1 link]
*E! Online (favorable) [http://www.eonline.com/Reviews/Facts/Music/RevID/0,1107,3483,00.html link]
*Punknews.org Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.punknews.org/review/4192 link]

Last album = "One by One"
(2002)
This album = "In Your Honor"
(2005)
Next album = "Skin and Bones"
(2006)

"In Your Honor" is the fifth album by the rock band Foo Fighters, released on June 14, 2005. It is the band's second best selling album behind 1997's "The Colour and the Shape". It consists of two discs. All of the tracks on the second disc are acoustic.

Development

Much of the album's theme and content came after Grohl spent time on the campaign trail with John Kerry during the 2004 presidential election. "We'd pull in to small towns, and thousands of people would come to be rescued by this man," said Grohl. "It's not a political record, but what I saw inspired me." [ [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/neilyoung/articles/story/7281787/foos_reclaim_their_honor] "Foos Reclaim Their Honor" - Dave Grohl interview with Rolling Stone Magazine, 2005]

Dave Grohl has stated that the song "Friend of a Friend" was written about himself and his former Nirvana bandmates Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic during the time they shared an apartment together in 1990. Contrary to the sombre tone of the song, it was written before Cobain's death in 1994. [ [http://www.fooarchive.com/gpb/qinterview05.htm] "Everyone Has Their Dark Side" - Dave Grohl interview with "Q Magazine", 2005.]

"In Your Honor" features a number of special guests on its second, mellower disc, such as, for example, Norah Jones, John Paul Jones (of Led Zeppelin fame) and Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age. Dave Grohl has described John Paul Jones' guest appearance as the "second greatest thing to happen to me in my life."

On an episode of "Making the Video" on MTV, for the single "Best of You", Grohl said that he hopes that the Foo Fighters are most remembered for this album.

Release

There is also a special edition DualDisc set that contains a "making of" documentary, and the second disc in 5.1 surround sound.

In the U.S., the MediaMax CD-3 copy protection system is used. This copy protection only appears on the standard CD version of the album, but not on the DualDisc version.

Reception

Described by leader Dave Grohl as the "ultimate" Foo Fighters album, "In Your Honor" was generally met with receptive reviews. It entered the U.S. and UK charts at #2 behind Coldplay's "X&Y" (the worldwide best selling album of 2005) with the strongest initial sales of their entire career thus far. "In Your Honor" sold 310,500 copies in its first week of release in the U.S. and as of October 2006 stands at 1,261,000 units sold.

This album was the third Foo Fighters album to have a song reach the top of the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart, and the first to top the chart with two songs, "Best of You" and "DOA". The band's sixth studio album "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace" achieved the feat as well with three songs to top the chart, "The Pretender," "Long Road to Ruin," and "Let it Die."

Track listing

All songs written by Foo Fighters, except as indicated.

Disc one

#"In Your Honor" – 3:50
#"No Way Back" – 3:17
#"Best of You" – 4:16
#"DOA" – 4:12
#"Hell" – 1:57
#"The Last Song" – 3:19
#"Free Me" – 4:39
#"Resolve" – 4:49
#"The Deepest Blues Are Black" – 3:58
#"End Over End" – 5:56

UK/vinyl bonus track

#"The Sign" – 4:01

Disc two

#"Still" – 5:15
#"What If I Do?" – 5:02
#"Miracle" – 3:29
#"Another Round" – 4:25
#"Friend of a Friend" (Dave Grohl) – 3:13
#"Over and Out" – 5:16
#"On the Mend" – 4:31
#"Virginia Moon" – 3:49
#"Cold Day in the Sun" – 3:20
#"Razor" (Dave Grohl) – 4:53

Personnel

Band line-up during recording

*Dave Grohl – lead vocals, backing vocals, rhythm guitar, drums on "Cold Day in the Sun"
*Chris Shiflett – lead guitar
*Nate Mendel – bass
*Taylor Hawkins – drums, percussion, lead vocals on "Cold Day in the Sun"

Additional musicians

*Joe Beebe – guitar on "Virginia Moon"
*Danny Clinch – harmonica on "Another Round"
*Petra Haden – violin on "Miracle"
*Josh Homme – guitar on "Razor"
*Rami Jaffee – keyboards on "Still", "What If I Do?", "Another Round", "Over and Out", "On the Mend" and "Cold Day in the Sun"
*John Paul Jones – piano on "Miracle", mandolin on "Another Round"
*Norah Jones – vocals and piano on "Virginia Moon"
*Nick Raskulinecz – double bass on "On the Mend", bass on "Cold Day in the Sun"

Production

*Nick Raskulinecz – production
*Foo Fighters – production
*Mike Terry – engineering
*Nick Raskulinecz – mixing (disc one)
*Elliot Scheiner – mixing (disc two)
*Bob Ludwig – mastering

Artwork

*Dan Winters – photography
*Danny Clinch – photography
*Brett Kilroe – additional art and "Crest" concept
*Robin C. Hendrickson – additional art and "Crest" concept
*Kevin Reagan – art direction
*Kevin Reagan – design
*Bret Healey – design

Album charts

Charting singles

Grammy nominations

Although it was the band's first album since "The Colour and the Shape" to not receive a Grammy, it got the most nominations, with 5. (Which has since been tied by the album's successor, "Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace". However, it won two of the Grammys it was nominated for, Best Rock Album and Best Hard Rock Performance for "The Pretender".)

*Best Rock Album
*Best Rock Song - "Best of You"
*Best Pop Collaboration with Vocals - "Virginia Moon"
*Best Surround Sound Album
*Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal - "Best of You"

Notes

External links

* [http://media.bmgonline.com/rcarecords.com/foo_fighters/audio/foo_fighters_interview_2005_clean_96.asx Interview with the band about the album]

succession box
before = "X&Y" by Coldplay
title = Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
years = June 20 - July 24 2005
after = "Double Happiness" by Jimmy Barnes