Skin and Bones (Foo Fighters album)

Skin and Bones is a live acoustic album by Foo Fighters released on November 7, 2006. The 15-track set was recorded on August 29, 30 and 31, 2006 at the Pantages Theatre in Los Angeles and spotlights an expanded eight-piece lineup featuring violinist/singer Petra Haden, former Germs/Nirvana/Foo Fighters guitarist Pat Smear, Wallflowers keyboardist Rami Jaffee, and percussionist Drew Hester. Haden and Jaffee had appeared as guest musicians on the band's previous studio album, In Your Honor. A three-song encore consists of Grohl's solo performances of "Friend of a Friend", "Best of You", and "Everlong". The album debuted at number 21 on the Billboard 200, selling about 49,000 copies in its first week.[11] This was also the album's peak position on the chart.[12]

Skin and Bones
Live album by Foo Fighters
Released	November 7, 2006
Recorded	August 29–31, 2006
Genre	Alternative rock acoustic rock
Length	78:37
Label	RCA
Foo Fighters chronology
Five Songs and a Cover (2005) Skin and Bones (2006) Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace (2007)
Foo Fighters video chronology
Everywhere but Home (2003) Skin and Bones (2006) Live at Wembley Stadium (2008)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
The A.V. Club	B[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[4]
Melodic	[5]
NME	7/10[6]
Now	[7]
Pitchfork	3.8/10[8]
Popmatters	[9]
Rolling Stone	[10]

A DVD of the original shows, featuring a total of 21 songs, was released on November 28, 2006. It was directed by Danny Clinch, who appears briefly on-stage to play harmonica on the song Another Round, reprising the contribution he made to the original album recording of the song for In Your Honor. The UK version of the release is a two-disc set including the band's 2006 (electric) performance at Hyde Park.

The title song was previously released as a B-side on the single "DOA", and was included on the EP "Five Songs and a Cover".

Track listing

CD

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Razor"	Dave Grohl	6:48
2.	"Over and Out"	Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett	5:56
3.	"Walking After You"	Grohl	5:18
4.	"Marigold"	Grohl	3:19
5.	"My Hero"	Grohl, Mendel, Pat Smear	4:51
6.	"Next Year"	Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel	4:34
7.	"Another Round"	Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, Shiflett	4:55
8.	"Big Me"	Grohl	3:01
9.	"Cold Day in the Sun"	Hawkins	3:26
10.	"Skin and Bones"	Grohl	4:00
11.	"February Stars"	Grohl, Smear, Mendel	5:51
12.	"Times Like These"	Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, Shiflett	5:25
13.	"Friend of a Friend"	Grohl	4:01
14.	"Best of You"	Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, Shiflett	5:02
15.	"Everlong"	Grohl	6:37

iTunes bonus tracks & videos

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
16.	"Ain't It the Life" (iTunes bonus song)	Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel	4:42
17.	"Video - Skin and Bones" (iTunes bonus with album pre-order)

Live in Los Angeles (USA)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro"	Dave Grohl	6:05
2.	"Razor"	Dave Grohl	5:55
3.	"Over and Out"	Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett	8:05
4.	"On the Mend"	Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, Shiflett	4:45
5.	"Walking After You"	Grohl	4:20
6.	"Still"	Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, Shiflett	5:44
7.	"Marigold"	Grohl	3:28
8.	"My Hero"	Grohl, Mendel, Pat Smear	6:14
9.	"Next Year"	Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel	4:43
10.	"Another Round"	Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, Shiflett	5:30
11.	"See You"	Grohl, Mendel, Smear	11:51
12.	"Cold Day in the Sun"	Hawkins	5:08
13.	"Big Me"	Grohl	2:51
14.	"What If I Do"	Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, Shiflett	8:36
15.	"Skin and Bones"	Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, Shiflett	4:08
16.	"Ain’t It the Life"	Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel	4:39
17.	"February Stars"	Grohl, Mendel, Smear	5:51
18.	"Times Like These"	Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, Shiflett	14:50
19.	"Friend of a Friend"	Grohl	3:48
20.	"Best of You"	Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, Shiflett	5:59
21.	"Everlong"	Grohl	9:10

Live in Hyde Park (UK)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"In Your Honor"	Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett
2.	"All My Life"	Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, Shiflett
3.	"Best of You"	Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, Shiflett
4.	"Times Like These"	Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, Shiflett
5.	"Learn to Fly"	Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel
6.	"Breakout"	Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel
7.	"Shake Your Blood" (feat. Lemmy of Motörhead)	Grohl, Lemmy
8.	"Stacked Actors"	Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel
9.	"My Hero"	Grohl, Mendel, Pat Smear
10.	"Generator"	Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel
11.	"DOA"	Grohl, Hawkins, Mendel, Shiflett
12.	"Monkey Wrench"	Grohl, Mendel, Smear
13.	"Tie Your Mother Down" (feat. Brian May and Roger Taylor of Queen)	Brian May
14.	"Everlong"	Grohl

Note: The whole setlist is not included on the DVD. The song "The One" is excluded, as Taylor Hawkins made a mistake on the drums; mobile phone footage is available on YouTube. "No Way Back" and "This Is a Call" were on the setlist, but were not played due to strict Royal Park regulations.

Personnel

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

Additional musicians

• Petra Haden – violin, mandolin, backing vocals
• Drew Hester – percussion and vibes
• Rami Jaffee – piano, mellotron, accordion, organ
• Pat Smear – acoustic and electric guitar
• Danny Clinch – harmonica on "Another Round"
• Nick Raskulinecz – recording, mixing

Chart positions

Album charts Chart (2006) Peak position Australian Albums (ARIA)[13] 11 Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[14] 30 Canadian Albums (Billboard)[15] 7 Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[16] 37 German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[17] 67 Irish Albums (IRMA)[18] 33 New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[19] 1 Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[20] 37 Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[21] 51 Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[22] 40 UK Albums (OCC)[23] 35 US Billboard 200[24] 21

Live in Hyde Park DVD charts Chart (2008) Peak position Swiss DVD Chart (Sverigetopplistan)[25] 10

Certifications

Skin and Bones album and DVD certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales Australia (ARIA)[26] Album Gold 35,000^^ Australia (ARIA)[27] DVD 2× Platinum 30,000^^ New Zealand (RMNZ)[28] Album Platinum 15,000^^ New Zealand (RMNZ)[29] DVD Gold 2,500^^ United Kingdom (BPI)[30] Album Platinum 300,000 ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

Live in Hyde Park DVD certifications Region Certification Certified units/sales Australia (ARIA)[31] 4× Platinum 60,000^^ ^^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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