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Generally favorable reviews- based on 148 Ratings
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Positive: 98 out of 148
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Mixed: 36 out of 148
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Negative: 14 out of 148
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Nov 10, 2014
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Nov 20, 2014"Sonic Highways" plays like a perpetual song with almost all tracks indistinguishable from the other, yet sometimes the strongest riffs and most sentimental vocals lift this album past the tediousness that risks to overwhelm.
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Nov 10, 2014
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Nov 21, 2014
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Dec 16, 2014This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
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Jul 16, 2016"Sonic Highways" plays like a perpetual song with almost all tracks indistinguishable from the other, yet sometimes the strongest riffs and most sentimental vocals lift this album past the tediousness that risks to overwhelm.
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Aug 16, 2015A thoroughly unoriginal set of songs to accompany a fascinating mini-documentary series. This is to be expected from Foo Fighters, though- it's not unlistenable by any means but the spit-shine production and big-budget trickery adds a certain level of perceived dishonesty to even the more emotional cuts from Sonic Highways.
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Apr 25, 2016
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Jun 27, 2017While listening to Sonic Highways is easy on the ears, because Dave Grohl's vocals are still as great as ever, the instrumentation is quite monotone and lacks imagination. The album as a whole is just too tame and bland to really be a stand out record in Foo Fighters' discography. Favourite tracks "Something from Nothing" and "The Feast and the Famine".
Awards & Rankings
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Classic Rock MagazineDec 16, 2014Even dislocated from the TV show, Sonic Highways remains among the most concise and powerful Foo albums yet. [Dec 2014, p.102]
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Kerrang!Dec 16, 2014It's a collection of eight good and great Foo Fighters songs. [15 Nov 2014, p.52]
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Dec 4, 2014It's a cool premise, but despite the ambition and guest musicians on each song, Sonic Highways sounds like every other Foo Fighters record.