Music: Foo Fighters - In Your Honor (Disc Two)

When I heard the new Foo Fighters album would have an acoustic disc, I was very excited. I'm a huge fan of acoustic rock. Disc two of In Your Honor was not exactly what I expected. After experiencing the greatness of disc one, I thought the acoustic disc would showcase the band's ability to show toned-down intensity--like their acoustic version of "Times Like These", for example. Unfortunately this wasn't to be the case.

While I can't really complain about the songs, I can't really heap a lot of praise on them, either. "What if I Do?" was released as a single, and begins to approach the kind of feel that would make this portion of In Your Honor great. But that's as close as it comes. While the tracks are basically fine, they are unremarkable. "Miracle" sounds like your basic song that is written after a rock star has a kid. "Razor", the last track, ends the album on a very subdued note, featuring only vocals by Dave Grohl and guitar from Josh Homme from Queens of the Stone Age. Speaking of guest appearances, there are quite a few; all appearing on this portion of the album. Norah Jones is probably the most notable, lending vocals and piano to the...well...Norah Jones-like "Virginia Moon".

You're probably getting the picture now, since the most interesting thing to point out is the guest appearances. All in all, this disc is okay. Buy the album for disc one, then put this one in for background music when you've got company or something.

Final Score: 3 cents.