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Wasting Light

Wasting Light is the seventh studio album by American rock band Foo Fighters, released on April 12, 2011, through Roswell and RCA Records.

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Genres
Alternative rock · post-grunge · hard rock
Labels
Roswell · RCA
Length
47:55
Producers
Butch Vig · Foo Fighters
Recorded
September 6 – December 21, 2010
Released
April 12, 2011 (2011-04-12)

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Recording

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Release and promotion

Critical reception

Commercial performance

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Wasting Light

Nodes132
Edges131
Triples149
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.015152
Components1

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Wasting Light

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related to Critical reception · 34
Wasting Light → AllMusic, Andrew Perry, Andy Gill, As, At Metacritic, Butch Vig's, Chicago Tribune, Club, Dave Simpson, David Fricke, Echoes, Foo Fighters, Grace, Greg Kot, Grohl's, In, Kyle Ryan, Mikael Wood, NME, Patience
related to Commercial performance · 33
Wasting Light → Adele's, Arlandria, Australia, Austria, Better Off, Bridge Burning, Canadian Albums Chart, Finland, Foo Fighters, Germany, In, In Canada, In Your Honor's, January, New Zealand, New Zealand Wasting Light, Norway, On, Rock Chart, Singapore
related to Composition · 19
Wasting Light → But, Critics, For, For Wasting Light, Grohl, Grohl's, Hawkins, I'm, Ian Paice, It's, Shiflett, Shiflett's, Smear, Smear's, The, Them Crooked Vultures, To, Vig, While
related to Accolades · 18
Wasting Light → Album, Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance, Best Rock Album, Best Rock Performance, Best Rock Song, Grammy Awards, In, It, Kerrang, Loudwire, NME, Rolling Stone, Spin, The, The Hollywood Reporter's, Walk, White Limo, Year
related to Packaging and formats · 15
Wasting Light → Better Off, CD, CMYK, Deadmau5, Deluxe, Grohl, LP, Morning Breath Inc, New York, Rope, T-shirt, The, Walk, White Limo, X-Acto
related to Release and promotion · 13
Wasting Light → Aaron Borns, Along, California, Extensive, Foo Fighters, Given, On December, Paladino's, RCA Records, Tarzana, The Wasting Light World, Tour, Twitter
Genres · 3
Wasting Light → Alternative rock, hard rock, post-grunge
related to External links · 3
Wasting Light → Discogs, Light, Official
Labels · 2
Wasting Light → RCA, Roswell
Producers · 2
Wasting Light → Butch Vig, Foo Fighters

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album grohl wasting light band recording rock songs vig sound foo record one fighters grohl's recorded would walk said song

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Wasting LightGenresAlternative rock1.00infobox
Wasting LightGenrespost-grunge1.00infobox
Wasting LightGenreshard rock1.00infobox
Wasting LightLabelsRoswell1.00infobox
Wasting LightLabelsRCA1.00infobox
Wasting LightLength47:551.00infobox
Wasting LightProducersButch Vig1.00infobox
Wasting LightProducersFoo Fighters1.00infobox
Wasting LightRecordedSeptember 6 – December 21, 20101.00infobox
Wasting LightReleasedApril 12, 2011 (2011-04-12)1.00infobox
Wasting LightStudioDave Grohl's residence (Encino, Los Angeles)1.00infobox
Wasting Lightis aseventh studio album by American rock band Foo Fighters0.90text
Wasting Lightis asuccess0.90text

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