There Is Nothing Left to Lose

Infobox Album | Name = There Is Nothing Left to Lose
Type = Album
Artist = Foo Fighters


Released = November 2, 1999
Recorded = March - June 1999 at Studio 606 in Alexandria, Virginia with additional recording at Conway Studios, Los Angeles, California
Genre = Alternative rock
Length = 46:24
Label = RCA
Producer = Foo Fighters,
Adam Kasper
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ze5k8qn9btb4~T1 link]
*Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau|hm1 [http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=foo+fighters link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|3.5|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/foofighters/albums/album/93161/review/5945713/there_is_nothing_left_to_lose link]
*"Q Magazine" Rating|4|5
*"Alternative Press" Rating|4|5
*"Kerrang! Rating|4|5
Last album = "The Colour and the Shape"
(1997)
This album = "There Is Nothing Left to Lose"
(1999)
Next album = "One by One"
(2002)
Misc = Singles
Name = There Is Nothing Left to Lose
Type = studio
single 1 = Learn to Fly
single 1 date = October 18, 1999
single 2 = Stacked Actors (Australia only)
single 2 date = January 17, 2000
single 3 = Generator (Australia and Europe only)
single 3 date = March 6, 2000 (Europe)
April 24, 2000 (Australia)
single 4 = Breakout
single 4 date = September 18, 2000
single 5 = Next Year
single 5 date = December 4, 2000

"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. In a 2006 interview, Dave Grohl states that the album is "totally based on melody" and that it "might be [his] favourite album that [they've] ever done." [Kerrang! Legends: Foo Fighters pg.115]

Early pressings of the disc included a temporary tattoo, similar to the one featured on the album cover. The album was also re-released in 2001 in Australia as a two-CD edition which offers a second VCD disc of four videos and one bonus track, "Fraternity." This edition has a picture of the Australian swimmer Michael Klim on the front, wearing the temporary tattoo on his shoulder.

The album is widely available as an "Enhanced CD".

Background

Prior to recording, guitarist Franz Stahl left the band, citing "creative differences."

Dave Grohl notes that he had:

been living in Los Angeles for about a year and a half, just being a drunk, getting fucked up every night and doing horrible shit, and I'd finally gotten sick of that. So I bought this great house in Virginia and told everyone I was building a studio in the basement. It was literally a basement with sleeping bags on the walls! [Kerrang! Legends: Foo Fighters pg.115]

In 2006, Grohl stated that lyically:

"it was all about just settling into the next phase of your life, that place where you can sit back and relax because there had been so much crazy shit in the past three years. At that point it was me and Taylor and Nate and we were best friends. It was one of the most relaxing times of my whole life. All we did was eat chilli, drink beer and whiskey and record whenever we felt like it. When I listen to that record it totally brings me back to that basement. I remember how it smelled and how it was in the Spring so the windows were open and we'd do vocals until you could hear the birds through the microphone. And more than any other record I've ever done, that album does that to me." [Kerrang! Legends: Foo Fighters pg.115]

Singer/guitarist Dave Grohl has stated before that the band would have "a BBQ every day after recording."

Track listing

All songs written by Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel, and Taylor Hawkins.
# "Stacked Actors" – 4:17
# "Breakout" – 3:21
# "Learn to Fly" – 3:58
# "Gimme Stitches" – 3:42
# "Generator" – 3:48
# "Aurora" – 5:50
# "Live-In Skin" – 3:53
# "Next Year" – 4:37
# "Headwires" – 4:38
# "Ain't It the Life" – 4:17
# "M.I.A." – 4:03

"Australian bonus track"

#

"Fraternity" – 3:10

Personnel

*Dave Grohl – vocals, guitar, drums
*Franz Stahl – guitar
*Nate Mendel – bass
*Taylor Hawkins – drums

Production

*Produced by Adam Kasper and Foo Fighters
*Recorded by Adam Kasper at Studio 606, Virginia
*Additional Recording at Conway studios, Los Angeles
*All Songs Mixed by Adam Kasper at Conway Studios (except "Learn to Fly", "Aurora" and "Live-In Skin", mixed by Andy Wallace at Larrabee Studios, Los Angeles)
*Assistant Mixing Engineer at Conway Studios: John Nelson
*Assistant Mixing Engineer at Larrabee Studios: Tod Reiger
*Mastered by Bob Ludwig at Gateway Studios
*Art Direction by Henry Marquez and Foo Fighters
*Photos by Danny Clinch
*Management: G.A.S Entertainment Co.

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