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Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace

Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace is the sixth studio album by the Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters is an American Rock music band formed by singer/guitarist/drummer Dave Grohl in 1995. Grohl formed the group as a one-man project after the dissolution of his previous band Nirvana in 1994....
, released on September 25, 2007.

The album debuted at the top of the UK album chart, selling 135,685 albums in its first week. The album also went platinum in its first week in both Australia and New Zealand. In the U.S., it entered the Billboard 200

Billboard 200

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Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace is the sixth studio album by the Foo Fighters

Foo Fighters

Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
album chart at #3, selling 168,668 copies in its first week, and has since been certified gold. As of September 4th, 2008, it has sold 792,612 copies in US.

The album was the band's fourth to have a song reach the top of the Modern Rock Tracks

Modern Rock Tracks

Hot Modern Rock Tracks is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the forty most-played songs on modern rock radios, most of which are alternative rock songs....
, with "The Pretender

The Pretender (song)

"The Pretender" is the first single from the Foo Fighters' 2007 album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace.This song was featured on the Nintendo DS game Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades....
", as well as "Long Road to Ruin

Long Road to Ruin

"Long Road to Ruin" is the second Single from the Foo Fighters' sixth studio album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace . The music video was released on November 1 2007, with the single released on December 3 2007....
" and "Let It Die

Let It Die (song)

"Let It Die" is the fourth single from the Foo Fighters' sixth album, Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace....
". With 18 weeks at the summit, "The Pretender" also set the record for longest stretch at #1 on Billboard's Alternative / Modern Rock chart. With "Long Road to Ruin" (7 weeks at #1) and "Let It Die" (4 weeks at #1), the album has a total of 29 weeks atop the chart, making it the most successful album on the chart since Linkin Park

Linkin Park

Linkin Park is an American Rock music band from Agoura Hills, California, California. Since its formation in 1996, the band has sold more than 50 million albums and won two Grammy Awards....
's Meteora

Meteora (album)

Meteora is the second studio album by nu metal band Linkin Park, first released on March 25, 2003. Following the collaboration album Reanimation which featured remixes of their debut album Hybrid Theory....
. Also with "Let It Die", it is the group's first album to spawn 3 Number One hits from the same album on the Modern Rock Tracks charts, it is only the ninth album in history to spawn 3 number 1 hits on this chart.

The album won the 2008 Grammy for Best Rock Album
Grammy Award for Best Rock Album

The Grammy Award for Best Rock Album has been awarded since 1995. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year....
and "The Pretender" won for Best Hard Rock Performance
Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance has been awarded since 1990. In 1989 it was presented as Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance until the following year, when the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance category was formed....
. The album was also nominated for Album of the Year
Grammy Award for Album of the Year

The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is the most prestigious award category at the Grammys. It has been awarded since 1959 and though it was originally presented to the artist alone, the award is now presented to the artist, the producer, the engineer and/or mixer and the mastering engineer....
, while "The Pretender" was also nominated for Record of the Year
Grammy Award for Record of the Year

The Record of the Year is one of the four most prestigious Grammy Awards presented annually. It has been awarded since 1959. The honorees through its history have been:...
and Best Rock Song
Grammy Award for Best Rock Song

The Grammy Award for Best Rock Song has been awarded since 1992. The award is presented to the writers of the song. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year....
. The band had previously won Best Rock Album Grammys for There Is Nothing Left to Lose

There Is Nothing Left to Lose

There Is Nothing Left to Lose is the third studio album by the Foo Fighters, released November 2 1999. The album marks the first appearance of drummer Taylor Hawkins, and is often seen as a departure from the band's previous work, showcasing a softer, more experimental sound bordering on pop rock....
and One by One

One by One

One by One is the fourth album by the Foo Fighters, released in 2002 in music. It was the first album to feature Chris Shiflett on guitar. There are two versions of this album released, one with a white cover and another with a black cover ....
.

Background
In an interview with XFM
Xfm

Xfm is a brand of commercial radio stations focused on alternative music, primarily indie , and owned by Global Radio in the United Kingdom. Xfm was created in 1997 in London, but has since expanded to several stations....
on April 26, 2007, front man Dave Grohl
Dave Grohl

David Eric Grohl is an American Rock musician, singer and songwriter. Grohl began his music career in the 1980s as the drummer for several Washington, D.C., area bands, including the hardcore punk band Scream ....
noted,

"We've been in the studio for the past month and a half, and we've got about another month to go. We've been recording with our friend Gil Norton
Gil Norton

Gil Norton is a United Kingdom record producer known for his work with such bands as Pixies, Echo and the Bunnymen, Foo Fighters, Jimmy Eat World, Dashboard Confessional, Feeder , The Distillers, Max?mo Park, Counting Crows, Terrorvision, The Triffids, Del Amitri, James , The Feelers, The Beekeepers and Span ....
. He worked on our second record (The Colour and the Shape), he's a good guy and he makes amazing albums. So we're making a really big powerful record, which I'm very excited about... I can't wait to jump on stage and do this stuff, it's gonna be great."

Kaki King
Kaki King

Kaki King is an United States guitar player and singer-songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia ....
makes a guest appearance on "Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners". The instrumental was written by Grohl prior to a meeting with one of the miners involved in the Beaconsfield mine collapse
Beaconsfield mine collapse

The Beaconsfield Mine collapse occurred on 25 April 2006 in Beaconsfield, Tasmania, Tasmania, Australia. Of the 17 people who were in the mine at the time, 14 escaped immediately following the collapse, one was killed, and the remaining two were found alive after five days, using a remote controlled device....
.

The album's first single, "The Pretender
The Pretender (song)

"The Pretender" is the first single from the Foo Fighters' 2007 album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace.This song was featured on the Nintendo DS game Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades....
", was released on September 17,2007 to CD single, however was released as music download
Music download

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and radio play in August 2007, preceding the album launch. "Long Road to Ruin
Long Road to Ruin

"Long Road to Ruin" is the second Single from the Foo Fighters' sixth studio album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace . The music video was released on November 1 2007, with the single released on December 3 2007....
" was released as the second single in December 2007.

The album's title comes from a lyric on the album's final song, "Home".

Track listing
All songs written by Foo Fighters.

"The Pretender
The Pretender (song)

"The Pretender" is the first single from the Foo Fighters' 2007 album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace.This song was featured on the Nintendo DS game Guitar Hero On Tour: Decades....
" – 4:29
"Let It Die
Let It Die (song)

"Let It Die" is the fourth single from the Foo Fighters' sixth album, Echoes, Silence, Patience, & Grace....
" – 4:05
"Erase/Replace" – 4:13
"Long Road To Ruin
Long Road to Ruin

"Long Road to Ruin" is the second Single from the Foo Fighters' sixth studio album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace . The music video was released on November 1 2007, with the single released on December 3 2007....
" – 3:44
"Come Alive" – 5:10
"Stranger Things Have Happened" – 5:21
"Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)
Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)

"Cheer Up, Boys " is the third single released from the Foo Fighters' 2007 in music album Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace. The single was released as a digital-only release in the UK via iTunes Music Store....
" – 3:41
"Summer's End" – 4:37
"Ballad Of The Beaconsfield Miners" – 2:32
"Statues" – 3:47
"But, Honestly" – 4:35
"Home" – 4:52

B-sides

"Once & For All" (Demo) - 3:47
"Seda" - 3:44
"If Ever" - 4:13
"Bangin'" - 3:48
"Band on the Run" - 5:07

Personnel

Dave Grohl
Dave Grohl

David Eric Grohl is an American Rock musician, singer and songwriter. Grohl began his music career in the 1980s as the drummer for several Washington, D.C., area bands, including the hardcore punk band Scream ....
– vocals, rhythm guitar
Rhythm guitar

Rhythm guitar is the use of a guitar to provide rhythmic chord al accompaniment for a singer or other instruments in a musical ensemble. In ensembles or "bands" playing within the country music, blues music, rock music or Heavy metal music genres , a guitarist playing the rhythm part of a composition supports the melodic lines and solos play...
, piano
Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
on "Summer's End", "Statues" and "Home"
Taylor Hawkins
Taylor Hawkins

Oliver Taylor Hawkins is an United States of America musician, best known as the drummer of the rock music band Foo Fighters.Prior to joining the band in 1997, he was the touring drummer for Alanis Morissette on her Jagged Little Pill tour, as well as the drummer in the progressive experimental band called Sylvia which, after changing...
– drums
Drum kit

A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and sometimes other percussion instruments, such as cowbell s, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single drummer....
, piano
Piano

The piano is a musical instrument played by means of a keyboard instrument. Widely used in Western music for solo performance, ensemble use, chamber music, and accompaniment, the piano is also very popular as an aid to musical composition and rehearsal....
on "Summer's End", backing vocals
Backing vocalist

A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. In some cases, a backing singer may sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry....
on "Erase/Replace", "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)" and "But, Honestly"
Chris Shiflett
Chris Shiflett

Christopher Aubrey "Chris" Shiflett is best known as the lead guitarist for the Rock music band Foo Fighters. Shiflett joined the band after the release of their third album, There Is Nothing Left to Lose....
– lead guitar
Lead guitar

Lead guitar refers to the use of a guitar to perform melody lines, fill , and guitar solos within a song structure.In rock music, heavy metal music, blues, jazz and fusion bands and some pop music contexts as well as others, the lead guitar lines are usually supported by a second guitarist who plays rhythm guitar, which consists of accompan...
, backing vocals
Backing vocalist

A backing vocalist or backing singer is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. In some cases, a backing singer may sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry....
on "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)"
Nate Mendel
Nate Mendel

Nathan Gregor "Nate" Mendel is the bass guitar in the band Foo Fighters and formerly of Sunny Day Real Estate....
– bass
Bass guitar

The electric bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a plectrum.The bass guitar is similar in appearance and construction to an electric guitar, but with a larger body, a longer neck and Scale length, and usually four strings tuned to the same pitches as those of the double bass, whic...

Additional musicians

Drew Hester
Drew Hester

Drew Hester is a drummer / percussionist / record producer who plays drums with Joe Walsh , Jewel drums, Foo Fighters percussion, Chicago drums, Lisa Marie Presley drums, Common Sense drums, Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders drums and percussion and many others....
– percussion
Percussion instrument

A percussion instrument is any object which produces a sound by being hit with an implement, shaken, rubbed, scraped, or by any other action which sets the object into vibration....
on "Come Alive", "Let it Die", "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)", "Long Road to Ruin" and "Summer's End"
Rami Jaffee
Rami Jaffee

Rami Jaffee, born March 11, 1969, in Los Angeles, is best known as the keyboardist for several bands and artists, including The Wallflowers, Foo Fighters, Pete Yorn, Soul Asylum and Pearl Jam....
– keyboards
Keyboard instrument

A keyboard instrument is any musical instrument played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include various types of organ s as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic musical instrument....
on "Let it Die", "Erase/Replace", "Long Road to Ruin", "Come Alive" and "But, Honestly", accordion
Accordion

The accordion is a portable box-shaped musical instrument of the hand-held bellows-driven free reed aerophone family, sometimes referred to as a squeezebox....
on "Statues"
Brantley Kearns Jr. – fiddle
Fiddle

The term fiddle refers to a violin; it is a colloquial term for the instrument used by players in all genres, including European classical music....
on "Statues"
Kaki King
Kaki King

Kaki King is an United States guitar player and singer-songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia ....
– guitar
Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
on "Ballad of the Beaconsfield Miners"
Pat Smear
Pat Smear

Pat Smear , is a guitarist who has been a regular member of several well-known bands, albeit of different subgenres: The Germs, Nirvana and the Foo Fighters....
– guitar
Guitar

The guitar is a musical instrument with ancient roots that is used in a wide variety of musical styles. It typically has six Strings , but Tenor guitar, Seven-string guitar, Eight-string guitar, Ten-string guitar, Eleven-string guitar, Twelve-string guitar, Thirteen-string guitar and doubleneck guitar string guitars also exist....
on "Let it Die"
Strings
String instrument

A string instrument is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. In the Hornbostel-Sachs scheme of musical instrument classification, used in organology, they are called chordophones....
by The Section Quartet
The Section Quartet

The Section Quartet is a string quartet that is based in Los Angeles, California. Emerging in 1998, Section features Eric Gorfain and Daphne Chen on violin, Leah Katz on viola, and Richard Dodd on cello....
(arranged
Arrangement

In music, an arrangement is either a rewriting of a piece of existing music with additional new material or a fleshing-out of a compositional sketch, such as a lead sheet....
and conducted by Audrey Riley
Audrey Riley

Audrey Riley trained at the Guildhall School of Music with Leonard Stehn and was a cello for Virginia Astley from 1983 to 1986 and a one-time auxiliary member of The Family Cat....
)

Production

Gil Norton – producer
Adrian Bushby – engineer
Jake Davies - protools engineer
John Lousteau – assistant engineer
Rich Costey – mixer
Claudius Mittendorfer – assistant mixer
Brian Gardner – mastering

Artwork

Don Clark – art direction and design
Laura Kleinhenz – photography
Ben Watts – photography

Album charts

Chart (2007) Peak
position
UK Albums Chart
UK Albums Chart

The UK Albums Chart is a list of albums ranked by physical and digital sales in the United Kingdom. It is compiled by The Official UK Charts Company and published in Music Week magazine and on the OCC website ; the full Top 200 is published exclusively in ChartsPlus....
1
Official Canadian Albums Chart 1
Australian ARIA
ARIA Charts

File:ARIA Charts Logo.pngThe ARIA charts are the main Australia record charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling single and albums in various genres in Australia....
Albums Chart 1
New Zealand RIANZ
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand

The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and musician in New Zealand....
Albums Chart 1
Billboard Hard Rock Albums Chart 1
Official Swiss Albums Chart 2
Official Irish Albums Chart 2
European Top Albums Chart 2
U.S. Billboard 200
Billboard 200

The Billboard 200 is a ranking of the 200 highest-selling Albums and extended play in the United States, published weekly by Billboard magazine....
3
Official German Albums Chart 3
Dutch Mega Album Top 100 6
Official Finnish Albums Chart 7
Italian Albums Chart 15
Official Hungarian Albums Chart 33

Singles charts

Year Song Chart Position
2007 The Pretender Mainstream Rock Tracks
Mainstream Rock Tracks

Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock stations, which are counted in the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart....
(US) No. 1
2007 The Pretender Modern Rock Tracks
Modern Rock Tracks

Hot Modern Rock Tracks is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the forty most-played songs on modern rock radios, most of which are alternative rock songs....
(US) No. 1
2007 The Pretender UK Singles Chart (UK) No. 8
2007 The Pretender RIANZ
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand

The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and musician in New Zealand....
Singles Chart (NZ) No. 9
2007 The Pretender ARIA
Australian Recording Industry Association

The Australian Recording Industry Association is a trade group representing the Australia recording industry. It oversees the collection, administration and distribution of music licenses and royalties....
Single Chart No. 10
2007 The Pretender Irish "IRMA" Top 50 No. 11
2007 The Pretender Dutch Mega Top 50
Mega Top 50

The Mega Top 50 is a Netherlands music chart, originally started on May 23, 1969 as the Hilversum 3 Top 30. Throughout the years, the chart has had several names and lengths:...
No. 13
2007 The Pretender US Hot Digital Songs No. 18
2007 The Pretender Billboard Hot 100 (US) No. 37
2007 The Pretender Swedish Top 60 No. 46
2007 The Pretender US Pop 100 No. 47
2007 The Pretender Official German Singles Chart No. 72
2007 Long Road to Ruin UK Rock Chart No. 1
2007 Long Road to Ruin Modern Rock Tracks No. 1
2007 Long Road to Ruin Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 2
2007 Long Road to Ruin New Zealand RIANZ
Recording Industry Association of New Zealand

The Recording Industry Association of New Zealand is a non-profit trade association of record producers, distributors and musician in New Zealand....
Singles Chart No. 28
2007 Long Road to Ruin UK Singles Chart (UK) No. 35
2007 Long Road to Ruin Australia Aria Charts
ARIA Charts

File:ARIA Charts Logo.pngThe ARIA charts are the main Australia record charts, issued weekly by the Australian Recording Industry Association. The charts are a record of the highest selling single and albums in various genres in Australia....
No. 38
2007 Long Road to Ruin German Singles Chart No. 79
2008 Long Road to Ruin Billboard Hot 100
Billboard Hot 100

The Billboard Hot 100 is the United States music industry standard Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard magazine. Chart rankings are based on airplay and sales; the tracking-week for sales begins on Monday and ends on Sunday; while the airplay tracking-week runs from Wednesday to Tuesday....
No. 89
2008 Let It Die Modern Rock Tracks
Modern Rock Tracks

Hot Modern Rock Tracks is a music chart in the United States that has appeared in Billboard magazine since September 10, 1988. It lists the forty most-played songs on modern rock radios, most of which are alternative rock songs....
(US) No. 1
2008 Let It Die Mainstream Rock Tracks
Mainstream Rock Tracks

Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks is a ranking in Billboard magazine of the most-played songs on mainstream rock radio stations, a category that includes stations that play primarily rock music but are not modern rock stations, which are counted in the Hot Modern Rock Tracks chart....
(US) No. 5
2008 Let It Die Bubbling Under Hot 100 (US) No. 6
2008 Let It Die Canadian Hot 100
Canadian Hot 100

The Canadian Hot 100 is a music Single popularity chart issued weekly by Billboard which ranks songs in Canada. The chart premiered in the Billboard issue dated June 16, 2007 and was made available for the first time via their online services on June 7, 2007....
No. 60

Awards
Grammy Awards
Year Winner Category
2008 The Pretender Best Hard Rock Performance
Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance

The Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance has been awarded since 1990. In 1989 it was presented as Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance until the following year, when the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance category was formed....
2008 Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Best Rock Album
Grammy Award for Best Rock Album

The Grammy Award for Best Rock Album has been awarded since 1995. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year....
Year Nominated Category
2008 The Pretender Record of the Year
Grammy Award for Record of the Year

The Record of the Year is one of the four most prestigious Grammy Awards presented annually. It has been awarded since 1959. The honorees through its history have been:...
2008 The Pretender Best Rock Song
Grammy Award for Best Rock Song

The Grammy Award for Best Rock Song has been awarded since 1992. The award is presented to the writers of the song. Years reflect the year in which the Grammy Awards were presented, for works released in the previous year....
2008 Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Album of the Year
Grammy Award for Album of the Year

The Grammy Award for Album of the Year is the most prestigious award category at the Grammys. It has been awarded since 1959 and though it was originally presented to the artist alone, the award is now presented to the artist, the producer, the engineer and/or mixer and the mastering engineer....

BRIT Awards
Brit Awards

The BRIT Awards, often simply called The BRITs, are the British Phonographic Industry's annual pop music awards. The name was originally a shortened form of British or Britannia, but has subsequently become a "backronym" for British Record Industry Trust....

Year Winner Category
2008 Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace International Album
2008 Foo Fighters International Band