Skin and Bones is a live acousticalbum 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]
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".
Contents
1 Track listing
1.1 CD
1.2 DVD
1.2.1 Live in Los Angeles (USA)
1.2.2 Live in Hyde Park (UK)
2 Personnel
2.1 Additional musicians
3 Chart positions
3.1 Album charts
3.2 Live in Hyde Park DVD charts
4 Certifications
4.1 Skin and Bones album and DVD certifications
4.2 Live in Hyde Park DVD certifications
5 References
Track listing[edit]
CD[edit]
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)
DVD[edit]
Live in Los Angeles (USA)[edit]
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)[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Album charts[edit]
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[edit]
Chart (2008)
Peak position
Swiss DVD Chart (Sverigetopplistan)[25]
10
Certifications[edit]
Skin and Bones album and DVD certifications[edit]
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[edit]
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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