In Your Honor

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In Your Honor

Double album by Foo Fighters
Released	June 13, 2005 (UK) June 14, 2005 (U.S.)
Recorded	January - March 2005 at Studio 606 West in Hollywood, California
Genre	Alternative Rock
Length	40:06 (Disc 1) 43:11 (Disc 2)
Label	BMG (UK) 82876 69623-1 (4LP) 82876 70193-2 (2CD) RCA (U.S.) 68038 (2CD) 69128 (DualDisc)
Producer(s)	Nick Raskulinecz Foo Fighters
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Foo Fighters chronology
One by One (2002)	In Your Honor (2005)	Skin and Bones (2006)

In Your Honor is the fifth album by Foo Fighters, first released on June 13, 2005 internationally (as In Your Honour in the UK) and a day later in the United States. The album is a double album with the first disc featuring standard Foo Fighters rock songs, and the second featuring more peaceful, acoustic arrangements.

Described by leader Dave Grohl as the "ultimate" Foo Fighters album, In Your Honor was generally met with receptive reviews. It entered the U.S. and UK charts at #2 behind Coldplay's X&Y with the strongest initial sales of their entire career thus far. In Your Honor sold 310,500 copies in its first week of release in the U.S. and as of October 2006 stands at 1,261,000 units sold.

The album's title came after Grohl spent time on the campaign trail with John Kerry during the 2004 Presidential Election. "We'd pull in to small towns, and thousand of people would come to be rescued by this man," said Grohl. "It's not a political record, but what I saw inspired me."[1]

In Your Honor features a number of special guests on its second, mellower disc, such as, for example, Norah Jones, John Paul Jones (of Led Zeppelin fame) and Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age. Dave Grohl has described John Paul Jones' guest appearance as the "second greatest thing to happen to me in my life."

Dave Grohl has stated that the song, "Friend of a Friend", was written about former Nirvana bandmates, Kurt Cobain and Krist Novoselic.

On an episode of Making the Video on MTV, for the single "Best of You", Grohl said that he hopes that the Foo Fighters are most remembered for this album, "because it's so fucked up."

The album was leaked on the Internet in late May of 2005.

There is also a special edition DualDisc set which contains a "making of" documentary, and the second disc in 5.1 surround sound.

In the U.S., the MediaMax CD-3 copy protection system is used. This copy protection only appears on the standard CD version of the album, but not on the DualDisc version.

1 Track listing
2 Singles
3 Personnel
4 Album charts
5 Charting singles
6 External links

[edit] Track listing

All songs written by Foo Fighters, except as indicated.

[edit] Disc one

"In Your Honor" – 3:50
"No Way Back" – 3:17
"Best of You" – 4:16
"DOA" – 4:12
"Hell" – 1:57
"The Last Song" – 3:19
"Free Me" – 4:39
"Resolve" – 4:49
"The Deepest Blues Are Black" – 3:58
"End Over End" – 5:56
"The Sign" (UK bonus track) – 4:01

[edit] Disc two

"Still" – 5:13
"What If I Do?" – 5:02
"Miracle" – 3:29
"Another Round" – 4:25
"Friend of a Friend" (Dave Grohl) – 3:13
"Over and Out" – 5:16
"On the Mend" – 4:31
"Virginia Moon" – 3:49
"Cold Day in the Sun" – 3:20
"Razor" (Dave Grohl) – 4:53

[edit] B-sides

"Spill" – 3:32 (appears on the vinyl version of the Best of You single)
"FFL" – 2:30 (appears on the Best of You single)
"I'm In Love With A German Film Star" – 4:20 (appears on the Best of You single)
"Kiss the Bottle" – 4:04 (appears on the Best of You single)
"I Feel Free" – 2:56 (appears on the DOA single)
"Skin and Bones" – (appears on the DOA single)
"World (Demo)" – (appears on the Resolve single)
"Born On The Bayou" – (appears on the Resolve single)
"DOA (Demo)" – (appears on the Resolve single)
"Best Of You (Live)" – (appears on the "No Way Back/Cold Day In The Sun" single)

[edit] Singles

"Best of You"
"DOA"
"Resolve"
"No Way Back"/"Cold Day In the Sun"
"Miracle"

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Band line-up during recording

Dave Grohl – vocals, guitar (drums on "Cold Day in the Sun")
Nate Mendel – bass guitar
Chris Shiflett – guitar, backing vocals
Taylor Hawkins – drums, percussion, backing vocals (heard on end over end) (lead vocals on "Cold Day in the Sun")

[edit] Additional musicians

Joe Beebe – guitar on "Virginia Moon"
Danny Clinch – harmonica on "Another Round"
Petra Haden – violin on "Miracle"
Josh Homme – guitar on "Razor"
Rami Jaffee – keyboards on "Still", "What If I Do?", "Another Round", "Over and Out", "On the Mend" and "Cold Day in the Sun"
John Paul Jones – piano on "Miracle" and mandolin on "Another Round"
Norah Jones – vocals and piano on "Virginia Moon"
Nick Raskulinecz – double bass on "On the Mend" and Bass on "Cold Day in the Sun"

[edit] Producer

Nick Raskulinecz
Foo Fighters

[edit] Engineer

Mike Terry

[edit] Mixed by

Nick Raskulinecz (Disc one)
Elliot Scheiner (Disc two)

[edit] Mastered by

Bob Ludwig

[edit] Artwork

Photography

Dan Winters
Danny Clinch

Additional art and "Crest" concept

Brett Kilroe
Robin C. Hendrickson

Art direction

Kevin Reagan

Design

Kevin Reagan
Bret Healey

[edit] Album charts

Year	Chart	Position
2005	Official Sweden Albums Chart	No. 1
2005	Official Finland Albums Chart	No. 1
2005	Official Australian Albums Chart	No. 1
2005	Official New Zealand Albums Chart	No. 1
2005	Billboard Top 200	No. 2
2005	Official UK Albums Chart	No. 2
2005	Official Norway Albums Chart	No. 2
2005	Official Irish Albums Chart	No. 2
2005	Official Canadian Albums Chart	No. 3
2005	Official Belgium Albums Chart	No. 3
2005	Official German Albums Chart	No. 4
2005	Official Austrian Album Charts	No. 5
2005	Official Holland Albums Chart	No. 5
2005	Official Denmark Albums Chart	No. 5
2005	Official Switzerland Albums Chart	No. 7
2005	Official Holland Albums Chart	No. 11
2005	Official Greece Albums Chart	No. 19
2005	Official Italian Albums Chart	No. 20
2005	Official Portugal Albums Chart	No. 20
2005	Official French Albums Chart	No. 21
2005	Official Spanish Albums Chart	No. 31
2005	Official Czech Republic Albums Chart	No. 34
2005	Official Brazil Albums Chart	No. 37

[edit] Charting singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
2005	Best Of You	Official UK Singles Chart	No. 4
2005	Best Of You	Official Australian Singles Chart	No. 4
2005	Best Of You	U.S. Modern Rock Tracks	No. 1
2005	Best Of You	U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks	No. 1
2005	Best Of You	Billboard Hot 100 (U.S.)	No. 18
2005	Best Of You	Official Irish Singles Chart	No. 20
2005	Best Of You	Official Italian Singles Chart	No. 38
2005	Best Of You	Official New Zealand Singles Chart	No. 38
2005	Best Of You	Official Sweden Singles Chart	No. 41
2005	Best Of You	Official Holland Singles Chart	No. 94
2005	DOA	Official UK Singles Chart	No. 25
2005	DOA	U.S. Modern Rock Tracks	No. 1
2005	DOA	U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks	No. 6
2005	DOA	Official Australian Singles Chart	No. 39
2005	DOA	Official Irish Singles Chart	No. 40
2005	DOA	Official Holland Singles Chart	No. 33
2005	DOA	Official New Zealand Singles Chart	No. 34
2005	DOA	Billboard Hot 100 (U.S.)	No. 68
2005	DOA	Official Holland Singles Chart	No. 86
2005	Resolve	BBC Radio 1 Chart	No. 2
2006	Resolve	Official UK Singles Chart	No. 32
2006	Resolve	Official New Zealand Singles Chart	No. 39
2006	Resolve	Official Holland Singles Chart	No. 82
2006	No Way Back	U.S. Modern Rock	No. 2
2006	No Way Back	U.S. Mainstream Rock Tracks	No. 6
2006	No Way Back/Cold Day In The Sun	Official UK singles Chart	No. 64