RCA / ROSWELL
Coloured by the passing of Dave Grohl’s mother and Foos’ long-time drummer Taylor Hawkins, But Here We Are nonetheless felt more like a celebration of life and the healing power of music. Foo Fighters rode out a tide of emotion for their 11th studio album, focusing on their core of enormous singalongs –Rescued, Under You, Show Me How and The Teacher all radio hits –to offer their strongest album in more than a decade, continuing their international chart-topping form in the process.