Dave Grohl has stated his displeasure with the release of a greatest hits album, stating he would have preferred to wait until after the band had retired.

I'm curious to know if this is just my copy or if others are experiencing the same thing with this pressing. And here is that history – or at least 13 tracks of it, along with a couple of new songs and a solo acoustic take on fan-favourite Everlong (the studio version appears, too). A collection of what were little more than demos became the first Foo Fighters album, a band was formed to take the songs on tour (featuring half of Sunny Day Real Estate), and the rest, as they say, is history. Greatest Hits is a greatest hits album released by American rock band the Foo Fighters on November 3, 2009.We don’t share your credit card details with third-party sellers, and we don’t sell your information to others.

The band's label, however, had been wanting to release a compilation album for four years, and exercised a clause in the band's contract that allowed them to do so. Using the name Foo Fighters in an attempt to embrace anonymity, Grohl’s first recordings stirred enough label interest to necessitate a stepping out from the shadows. You can change the cookie settings and revoke your permission at any time on the cookie policy page .To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average.

Long-term fans will appreciate the ‘how to multitrack at home’ notes from Grohl, but said attraction aside this is straight-up Foos 101, best appreciated by fair-weather followers and absolute beginners. The album features classic songs such as: 'Everlong', 'Monkey Wrench' and 'All My Life' as well as two new songs 'Wheel' and 'Word Forward'. Over the course of a full album the Foos can drag – 1997’s The Colour and the Shape may be the exception – but here the four-piece never allow attentions or affections to wander.One single (" Best of You") is included from the band's biggest worldwide selling album In Your Honor, released in 2005. Unusually long - namely 14 years and six albums long - the Foo Fighters have taken their time to release their first best-of album.