Ranking All 9 Foo Fighters Studio Albums From Worst To Best

9. One By One (2002)

One by One suffers due to the strained relationships of the band at the time. In 2001, drummer Taylor Hawkins suffered a heroin overdose and was left comatose, leaving the band to take some time off and freeing frontman Dave Grohl up to perform as drummer for Queens of the Stone Age, with the Foos reuniting in October of that year.

After initial recordings for the album were disliked they took a break from the recording process, as members of the band moved onto different projects. They reunited at Coachella in April, 2002, a performance that would be pivotal in the rebuilding the band's internal relationships.

In rehearsals huge fights between Grohl and Hawkins would break out, but after the performance itself - and given that the band really enjoyed this gig - they decided to return and re-record the album.

This context of uncertainty is recognised by the band themselves, who have since grown to dislike One by One, although some songs have withstood the negativity and still feature on tours. The electrifying 'All My Life' is a set regular, and serves to do what the album as a whole was intended to do: Convey the energy of a Foo Fighter's live performance.