The Same Colour? The Same Shape? Foo-ey!
Forgive me for having been locked in the attic these past few weeks, but seriously–a 10th anniversary edition of a friggin’ Foo Fighters album? Seriously, who’s going to buy this thing? The people who sold it back the first time and decided that they really, really missed it?
This isn’t even to slam the Foos themselves, or even this album in particular. Nor is it to praise either of those things, necessarily–which is the point. Bonus deluxe editions are an overpopulated species to begin with, and while I have my exceptions just like everyone else (put your hands together for the Pet Shop Boys), this one seems especially gratuitous. Obviously there are plenty of Foo Fighters fans out there, and surely many of them are passionate enough to want the bonus stuff included in the expanded Colour. But really–why not just release a B-sides and rarities comp? The diehards would probably buy it a lot faster than a rejiggered version of something they already own.
Foo Fighters: The Colour And The Shape [Pitchfork]
