Sonic Highways

Sonic Highways
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 10, 2014 (2014-11-10)
RecordedSeptember 2013 – July 2014
Studio
Genre
Length42:08
Label
Producer
Foo Fighters chronology
Medium Rare
(2011)
Sonic Highways
(2014)
Songs from the Laundry Room
(2015)
Singles from Sonic Highways
  1. "Something from Nothing"
    Released: October 16, 2014
  2. "The Feast and the Famine"
    Released: October 24, 2014
  3. "Congregation"
    Released: October 31, 2014
  4. "What Did I Do? / God as My Witness"
    Released: November 6, 2014
  5. "Outside"
    Released: August 4, 2015[2]

Sonic Highways is the eighth studio album by American rock band Foo Fighters, released on November 10, 2014, through Roswell and RCA Records.[3] Similar to their previous album, Wasting Light (2011), it was produced by the band with Butch Vig. In writing the album's eight songs, singer and guitarist Dave Grohl traveled to eight cities across the United States to conduct interviews with musicians, recording engineers, record producers, and other individuals discussing each city's musical history, which he used as inspiration for the songs' lyrics. The band and Vig then traveled to a different recording location in each city to record the songs.[4] Each track features contributions from one or more musicians with ties to that city's musical history. The process was filmed for a companion television series, Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways, which was broadcast on HBO in the months surrounding the album's release.[5][6]

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  2. ^ "Alternative Future Releases". All Access Music Group. Archived from the original on June 27, 2015.
  3. ^ Grow, Kory (August 11, 2014). "Foo Fighters Name New Album 'Sonic Highways,' Reveal Track List". RollingStone.com. Archived from the original on August 12, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  4. ^ Foo Fighters Announce 'Sonic Highways' Track List, Share Artwork Archived January 15, 2015, at the Wayback Machine billboard.com. Retrieved August 11, 2014.
  5. ^ "Foo Fighters premiere new single "Something From Nothing" — listen". Consequence of Sound. October 16, 2014. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.
  6. ^ Camp, Zoe; Phillips, Amy (October 16, 2014). "Foo Fighters Release "Something From Nothing" From New Album Sonic Highways". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on October 17, 2014. Retrieved October 17, 2014.