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THE FOO FIGHTERS Skin and Bones (SonyBMG) |
 SKIN and Bones, trumpeted here as the Foo's first live album, is a curious one indeed. The album largely features scaled-down, stripped versions of some of the best of their back catalogue, but is a hit-and-miss affair that plays it too safe. The album gives the immediate impression that it's being delivered on an inti- mate scale. There's nothing wrong with that, except for the fact that many of the Foo's quieter tunes have an anthemic quality better suited to the hushed appreciation of an entire arena rather than the recesses of an introspective mind. This makes slow burners like Walking After You and Big Me suffer from awkward pacing, and Dave Grohl's decision to snarl his way through Best of You is an opportunity lost given that the song's lyrics would be well suited to a more adventurous, toned-down approach. There are a few gems on offer, most notably the title track and faithful renditions of My Hero, Times Like These and Everlong. Still, with two of those four cuts having already been released in an acoustic format, Skin and Bones disappointingly breaks no new ground. Unplugged in New York this most certainly isn't. |
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