Concrete and Gold
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{{Infobox album
| name = Concrete and Gold
| type = studio
| artist = Foo Fighters
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| released = {{start date|2017|9|15}}
| recorded = December 2016 – May 2017
| studio = EastWest, Los Angeles
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| producer =
- Foo Fighters
- Greg Kurstin
| prev_title = Saint Cecilia
| prev_year = 2015
| next_title = Foo Files
| next_year = 2019
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Concrete and Gold
| type = studio
| single1 = Run
| single1date = June 1, 2017
| single2 = The Sky Is a Neighborhood
| single2date = August 23, 2017
| single3 = The Line
| single3date = May 1, 2018
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Concrete and Gold is the ninth studio album by American rock band Foo Fighters, released on September 15, 2017, through Roswell and RCA Records. It is the band's first album to be produced alongside Greg Kurstin. Described by the band as an album where "hard rock extremes and pop sensibilities collide", Concrete and Gold concerns the future of the United States from the viewpoint of the band's frontman and lead songwriter Dave Grohl, with the heated atmosphere of the 2016 elections and the presidency of Donald Trump cited as major influences by Grohl. Juxtapositions serve as a common motif in both the album's lyrical and musical composition, with Grohl further describing the album's overall theme as "hope and desperation".
Writing and recording of Concrete and Gold started in late 2016, after Grohl ended a self-imposed six-month hiatus from music while recovering from an injury sustained on the Sonic Highways World Tour. Working off a set of twelve or thirteen ideas for songs conceived by Grohl, the band enlisted the help of Kurstin, a pop music producer, who had never worked on a heavy rock record previously. The studio at which the band chose to record Concrete and Gold, EastWest Studios in Hollywood, California, fostered collaborations with various other artists who were also working at the studio at the time, including Shawn Stockman of Boyz II Men, Justin Timberlake, and Paul McCartney. It is the first Foo Fighters studio album to feature long-time session and touring keyboardist Rami Jaffee as a permanent member.
Concrete and Gold was received positively by music critics, who praised the album's more expansive feel, both musically and lyrically. Modest criticism was aimed at the perceived lack of musical deviation from the band's previous albums. The album became the band's second to debut at number one on the Billboard 200, moving 127,000 album-equivalent units and selling 120,000 copies in its first week in the United States. The album also debuted at number one on twelve other national album charts, such as the United Kingdom Official Albums Chart and Australian ARIA Albums Chart. Singles from the album also found success; "Run" and "The Sky Is a Neighborhood" both peaked at number one at the Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart. An eponymous headlining tour to promote the album ran through the second half of 2017.
Background
File:Foo Fighters Fenway Park 2015.jpg performing with a broken leg on the Sonic Highways World Tour.]]
The band's earliest ideas for their ninth studio album included creating a studio on the Hollywood Bowl amphitheater in California and recording the album live in front of a crowd of 20,000 people.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/foo-fighters-changed-album-recording-plans-because-of-pj-harvey/|title=Foo Fighters Changed Album Recording Plans Because of PJ Harvey – Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com|date=September 10, 2017 |access-date=September 12, 2017|archive-date=September 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912192920/https://pitchfork.com/news/foo-fighters-changed-album-recording-plans-because-of-pj-harvey/|url-status=live}} However, frontman Dave Grohl lost interest in the idea upon learning that it had already recently been done by PJ Harvey with her 2015 recording sessions for her album The Hope Six Demolition Project. Plans further changed due to the events of the band touring in support of their prior studio album, Sonic Highways, when Grohl fell off the stage and broke his leg at a June 2015 concert in Sweden.{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dave-grohl-breaks-leg-but-continues-to-rock-in-sweden-20150613|title=Dave Grohl Breaks Leg But Continues to Rock in Sweden|website=rollingstone.com|date=June 13, 2015 |access-date=August 26, 2017|archive-date=August 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803213348/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/dave-grohl-breaks-leg-but-continues-to-rock-in-sweden-20150613|url-status=live}} Through the use of a self-designed "throne", a large chair that could sit him comfortably on stage, Grohl and the band completed the tour and recorded the Saint Cecilia EP.{{cite web|url=http://ew.com/article/2015/07/10/dave-grohl-says-broken-leg-was-blessing-disguise-foo-fighters/|title=Dave Grohl says broken leg was 'blessing in disguise'|date=July 10, 2015|website=ew.com|access-date=August 3, 2017|archive-date=August 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803212101/http://ew.com/article/2015/07/10/dave-grohl-says-broken-leg-was-blessing-disguise-foo-fighters/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/foo-fighters-record-five-new-songs-in-austin-20151012|title=Foo Fighters Record Five New Songs in Austin|website=rollingstone.com|date=October 12, 2015 |access-date=August 26, 2017|archive-date=September 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908021014/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/foo-fighters-record-five-new-songs-in-austin-20151012|url-status=live}}
After the tour, in early 2016, the band announced they would enter an indefinite hiatus.{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2016/03/foo-fighters-indefinite-hiatus-dave-grohl-taylor-hawkins/|title=Foo Fighters Are Huge Trolls and Are Not Breaking Up|date=March 2, 2016|website=spin.com|access-date=August 3, 2017|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060843/http://www.spin.com/2016/03/foo-fighters-indefinite-hiatus-dave-grohl-taylor-hawkins/|url-status=live}} While no reasons were given at the time, in 2017, Grohl told Rolling Stone that he was still struggling from the injury, still unable to walk and enduring daily, lengthy physical therapy sessions. He secluded himself from the band, and set a goal for himself to stay away from music for an entire year while he focused on recuperating. However, at six months to the day, he cancelled the plan when he began writing the lyrics to the track "Run".
Writing and recording
{{Quote box|"The last couple of albums had been made in ways that we were trying to get out of our comfort zone. I thought, 'What's the strangest thing for this band to do at this point?' And then I realized it was just to go into a studio and make a fucking album like a normal band."
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| source = —Frontman Dave Grohl, comparing the Concrete and Gold recording sessions to 2014's Sonic Highways, which was recorded in different studios around the U.S., and 2011's Wasting Light, which they did in Grohl's garage to emulate the recording process of the 1990s and earlier.
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Initial writing sessions only involved Grohl, who continued being in seclusion from the band, although he initially struggled, feeling "out of practice" and "creatively atrophied" due to his longer than usual break from music. Grohl rented an Airbnb in Ojai, California, so he could focus on long bouts of writing, with Grohl recounting "I brought a case of wine and sat there in my underwear with a microphone for about five days, just writing." After twelve or thirteen rough ideas were mapped out, he ran them by the band, who shared Grohl's belief that he was on the right track with the material. Happy with his work, but feeling the material still required further development, Grohl started thinking about reaching out to a music producer.
The band ended up working with music producer Greg Kurstin on the album.{{cite web |url=http://radio.com/2017/06/20/foo-fighters-new-album-concrete-and-gold/ |title=Foo Fighters Announce New Album 'Concrete and Gold,' 2017 Tour Dates |work=radio.com |date=June 20, 2017 |access-date=June 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170902090903/http://radio.com/2017/06/20/foo-fighters-new-album-concrete-and-gold/ |archive-date=September 2, 2017 |url-status=dead }} Grohl had been listening to the work of Kurstin's indie pop band, The Bird and the Bee since 2014 and was very impressed with his work, calling it "so much more sophisticated than anything [he'd] ever heard."{{cite magazine |url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7840870/foo-fighters-new-album-concrete-and-gold-details |title=Foo Fighters Announce Ninth Album, 'Concrete and Gold,' Due Out in September |magazine=Billboard |date=June 20, 2017 |access-date=June 21, 2017 |author=Kaufman, Gil |archive-date=June 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621014239/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7840870/foo-fighters-new-album-concrete-and-gold-details |url-status=live }} Grohl reached out to Kurstin, and learned that he had taken a hiatus from The Bird and the Bee to focus on his work as a music producer, producing songs including Halsey's "Strangers", Sia's "The Greatest" and "Cheap Thrills", and Adele's "Hello". The two both were interested in the challenge presented with working together – Kurstin had never worked on a heavy rock album, while Grohl had never worked with a pop songwriter – and decided to collaborate on the album.
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Recording was done at the heavily populated EastWest Studios, where the band frequently ran into, and interacted with, various other musicians in the studio building. Recording sessions frequently culminated in large barbecues and alcohol drinking among the other artists using the studios, often leading to Grohl grilling meat for parties of up to forty people while finishing up recording sessions. The setup led to the band having a number of high-profile collaborations on the album. The band worked with Boyz II Men member Shawn Stockman on the album's title track and album closer, which stemmed from a chance meeting between Grohl and Stockman in the parking lot.{{cite web|url=http://www.spin.com/2017/07/foo-fighters-boyz-ii-men-shawn-stockman-concrete-and-gold/|title=Boyz II Men's Shawn Stockman Guests on "Heavy" New Foo Fighters Song|date=July 6, 2017|website=spin.com|access-date=July 18, 2017|archive-date=July 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717012232/http://www.spin.com/2017/07/foo-fighters-boyz-ii-men-shawn-stockman-concrete-and-gold/|url-status=live}} Grohl also announced that "probably the biggest pop star in the world" would provide backing vocals on a track as well, though he refused to name who, leading to much speculation due to the number of pop stars Kurstin had previously worked with prior to the Foo Fighters.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7841011/foo-fighters-pop-star-dave-grohl-concrete-gold-new-album|title=So, Who's This 'Biggest Pop Star in the World' That's Going to Be on the New Foo Fighters Album?|website=billboard.com|access-date=July 18, 2017|archive-date=July 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170717234726/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7841011/foo-fighters-pop-star-dave-grohl-concrete-gold-new-album|url-status=live}} Grohl later clarified that it was not Adele or Taylor Swift, and that the person has "been around a long time",{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/dave-grohl-dares-you-to-guess-foo-fighters-megastar-mystery-guest-w494747|title=Dave Grohl Dares You to Guess Foo Fighters Megastar Mystery Guest|website=rollingstone.com|date=July 31, 2017 |access-date=August 26, 2017|archive-date=August 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170826033024/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/dave-grohl-dares-you-to-guess-foo-fighters-megastar-mystery-guest-w494747|url-status=live}} and eventually revealed it to be Justin Timberlake.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2017/09/justin-timberlake-foo-fighters-new-album-concrete-and-gold/|title=Justin Timberlake Is the Special Pop Star Guest on the New Foo Fighters Album|date=September 6, 2017|website=spin.com|access-date=September 6, 2017|archive-date=September 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915140353/https://www.spin.com/2017/09/justin-timberlake-foo-fighters-new-album-concrete-and-gold/|url-status=live}} Further collaborations include vocals by Inara George on the track "Dirty Water", saxophone by David Koz on the track "La Dee Da", and vocals by Alison Mosshart of The Kills on "La Dee Da" and "The Sky Is a Neighborhood". Additionally, Paul McCartney contributed drums to the track "Sunday Rain" after entering the studio and recording two drum tracks without even hearing the song first, basing his performance entirely on Grohl recreating the song acoustically for him on the spot.{{cite web|last1=Kim|first1=Michelle|title=Paul McCartney Plays Drums On Foo Fighters' New Album|url=http://pitchfork.com/news/paul-mccartney-plays-drums-on-foo-fighters-new-album/|website=Pitchfork.com|date=August 2, 2017 |publisher=Pitchfork Media|access-date=August 2, 2017|archive-date=August 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803050920/http://pitchfork.com/news/paul-mccartney-plays-drums-on-foo-fighters-new-album/|url-status=live}} Concrete and Gold also marks Rami Jaffee's first credit as an official band member, having been a session and touring keyboardist for the band since 2005.{{cite web |url=http://loudwire.com/dave-grohl-confirms-rami-jaffe-foo-fighters-member-them-crooked-vultures-future/ |title=Dave Grohl Confirms Rami Jaffe as Foo Fighters Member |work=Loudwire |date=June 4, 2017 |access-date=June 21, 2017 |author=Childers, Chad |archive-date=June 4, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604154915/http://loudwire.com/dave-grohl-confirms-rami-jaffe-foo-fighters-member-them-crooked-vultures-future/ |url-status=live }}
While not a formal collaborator on the album, Grohl also would travel to visit past collaborator Josh Homme of Queens of the Stone Age during the recording sessions as well, who was working in the nearby United Recording music studio.{{cite web|url=http://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-dave-grohl-josh-homme-cal-jam-20170928-story.html|title=Dave Grohl and Josh Homme on Cal Jam, rock 'n' roll and their decades-long bromance|first=Mikael|last=Wood|date=September 28, 2017|via=LA Times|access-date=September 28, 2017|archive-date=June 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603005925/https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/music/la-et-ms-dave-grohl-josh-homme-cal-jam-20170928-story.html|url-status=live}} The two often played in-progress material for each other, as each was working on a new approach of recording a rock album with a pop music producer, Homme doing the same thing with music producer Mark Ronson on the album Villains.
Composition and themes
The band describe the album's sound as where "hard rock extremes and pop sensibilities collide",{{cite web|url=https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/06/foo-fighters-announce-new-album-concrete-and-gold-due-out-in-september/|title=Foo Fighters announce new album, Concrete and Gold, due out in September|date=June 20, 2017|work=Consequence of Sound|access-date=June 21, 2017|author=Young, Alex|archive-date=June 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620171056/https://consequenceofsound.net/2017/06/foo-fighters-announce-new-album-concrete-and-gold-due-out-in-september/|url-status=live}} comparing it conceptually to being "Motorhead's version of Sgt. Pepper"{{cite web |url=http://www.nme.com/news/music/foo-fighters-announce-new-album-concrete-gold-2090668 |title=Foo Fighters announce new album 'Concrete And Gold' |date=June 20, 2017 |work=NME |access-date=June 21, 2017 |author=Trendell, Andrew |archive-date=June 21, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170621124341/http://www.nme.com/news/music/foo-fighters-announce-new-album-concrete-gold-2090668 |url-status=live }} or "Slayer making Pet Sounds".{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/14/foo-fighters-concrete-and-gold-review-dave-grohl-paul-mccartney|title=Foo Fighters: Concrete and Gold review – Beatles versus Slayer in fight against mid-career blandness|first=Alexis|last=Petridis|date=September 14, 2017|work=The Guardian|access-date=September 16, 2017|archive-date=September 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920030031/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/14/foo-fighters-concrete-and-gold-review-dave-grohl-paul-mccartney|url-status=live}} Explaining further, the album's sound was described as combining heavy guitar riffs with "lush harmonic complexities".{{cite web |url=http://teamrock.com/news/2017-06-20/foo-fighters-announce-new-album-concrete-and-gold |title=Foo Fighters announce new album Concrete And Gold |work=TeamRock |date=June 20, 2017 |access-date=June 21, 2017 |author=Munro, Scott |archive-date=June 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620171924/http://teamrock.com/news/2017-06-20/foo-fighters-announce-new-album-concrete-and-gold |url-status=live }} Hawkins added that in contrast to their mindset in the previous albums going to "let's make a good rock n' roll record", Concrete and Gold was "the weird record."{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/music/foo-fighters-explain-meaning-lyrics-behind-concrete-gold-2099376#Ul3EYbX5oTjVuLBw.99|title=Foo Fighters explain the meaning and lyrics behind 'Concrete And Gold'|work=NME|date=July 6, 2017|access-date=September 21, 2017|author=Morgan Britton, Luke|archive-date=September 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170924001505/http://www.nme.com/news/music/foo-fighters-explain-meaning-lyrics-behind-concrete-gold-2099376#Ul3EYbX5oTjVuLBw.99|url-status=live}} Grohl described the title track, which features the vocals of Shawn Stockman from Boyz II Men, as sounding like "Black Sabbath and Pink Floyd" and explaining that they "built a choir" out of Stockman's vocal takes, overdubbing them so it sounds "like 40 vocals stacked". Hawkins described the album as their "most psychedelic" and "weirdest" sounding. Writers described the album's overall sound as hard rock{{cite web|url=http://uproxx.com/music/foo-fighters-concrete-and-gold-review/2/|title=Are The Foo Fighters Really The 'Biggest' Rock Band In 2017?|date=September 13, 2017|website=uproxx.com|access-date=September 14, 2017|archive-date=June 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603005913/https://uproxx.com/music/foo-fighters-concrete-and-gold-review/|url-status=live}} and progressive rock.{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/concrete-and-gold-mw0003068709|title=Concrete and Gold – Foo Fighters – Songs, Reviews, Credits – AllMusic|website=AllMusic|access-date=September 14, 2017|archive-date=September 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918104851/http://www.allmusic.com/album/concrete-and-gold-mw0003068709|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/review-foo-fighters-concrete-gold-reliable-catchy-single/story?id=49878706|title=The Foo Fighters' 'Concrete and Gold' is reliable, but without a catchy single|date=September 15, 2017|website=ABC News|access-date=June 27, 2020|archive-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201111173635/https://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/review-foo-fighters-concrete-gold-reliable-catchy-single/story?id=49878706|url-status=live}}
File:Women's March on Washington (32593123745).jpg was cited as an influence on Concrete and Gold{{'}}s lyrics.]]
Lyrically, the album is based around Grohl's thoughts about the future of the United States – "politically, personally, as a father, an American and a musician".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/dave-grohl-on-how-foo-fighters-made-new-lp-with-pop-producer-w494257|title=Dave Grohl on How Foo Fighters Made New LP With Pop Producer|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=August 26, 2017|archive-date=August 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829074700/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/dave-grohl-on-how-foo-fighters-made-new-lp-with-pop-producer-w494257|url-status=live}} While the lyrics were written to vent Grohl's political frustrations, the album lyrics themselves are not overtly-political.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/dave-grohl-on-foo-fighters-new-lp-chris-cornell-trump-w501319|title=Dave Grohl Goes Deep on Foo Fighters' New LP, Chris Cornell|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=December 19, 2017|archive-date=November 16, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116001539/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/features/dave-grohl-on-foo-fighters-new-lp-chris-cornell-trump-w501319|url-status=live}} Grohl also stated an overall theme of the album was “hope and desperation”. "The Sky Is a Neighborhood" and "T-Shirt" represent a more bleak worldview by Grohl's, the two songs showing his concern for the future of humanity, and desire for escapism, respectively. The election and presidency of Donald Trump was cited as a huge influence of Grohl's negativity, with Grohl stating:
{{Cquote|I look at all of the different periods of time where I've written lyrics, and they all have their own references and different phases. This one came out pretty clear: I'm a father now, I have to consider a lot more than I used to, and I think I've realised we're not all as free as we were before. In every way. I mean, as the political arena started heating up in America before the elections, it became clear that there was so much more threatening all of our lives than I'd considered before. I'm looking at a candidate that has blatant disregard for the future environmentally, when it comes to women's rights, diplomatically. ... I have three daughters that are going to survive me for decades – how are they going to get on unless there's some positive and progressive change?|author=Dave Grohl{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/music/dave-grohl-donald-trump-inspired-foo-fighters-new-album-concrete-and-gold-2133083|title=Dave Grohl on how Donald Trump inspired Foo Fighters' new album|work=NME|date=August 31, 2017|access-date=September 1, 2017|archive-date=September 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170901203540/http://www.nme.com/news/music/dave-grohl-donald-trump-inspired-foo-fighters-new-album-concrete-and-gold-2133083|url-status=live}}}}The song "La Dee Da" was written about a childhood friend of Grohl's who introduced him to underground music, namedropping the British experimental bands Whitehouse, Death in June and Psychic TV.{{Cite news |last=Hann |first=Michael |date=2017-09-01 |title=Foo Fighters: on their best behaviour |work=Financial Times |url=https://www.ft.com/content/68102fd4-67e2-11e7-9a66-93fb352ba1fe |access-date=2023-08-14}}{{Cite web |date=2017-09-15 |title=Foo Fighters: How Dave Grohl Got His Groove Back |url=https://www.kerrang.com/foo-fighters-how-dave-grohl-got-his-groove-back/ |access-date=2023-08-14 |website=Kerrang! |language=en}}
Release and promotion
{{Main|Concrete and Gold Tour}}
The album was released on September 15, 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.spin.com/2017/06/foo-fighters-new-album-concrete-and-gold/ |title=Foo Fighters Announce New Album 'Concrete and Gold' |date=June 20, 2017 |work=Spin |access-date=June 21, 2017 |author=Gordon, Jeremy |archive-date=June 3, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603005950/https://www.spin.com/2017/06/foo-fighters-new-album-concrete-and-gold/ |url-status=live }} Two singles were released prior to the album's release, "Run", which topped the US Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs chart in July 2017, and "The Sky Is a Neighborhood", which is at number 13 on the chart.{{cite web|url=http://www.billboard.com/artist/302285/Foo+Fighters/chart?f=376|title=Foo Fighters – Chart history – Billboard|website=www.billboard.com|access-date=September 12, 2017|archive-date=May 4, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180504132738/https://www.billboard.com/artist/302285/Foo+Fighters/chart?f=376|url-status=dead}} A third song, "The Line", was also released a week prior to the album,{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2017/09/foo-fighters-the-line-stream/|title=Foo Fighters Release New Song "The Line": Listen|date=September 7, 2017|website=spin.com|access-date=September 12, 2017|archive-date=September 12, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170912192911/https://www.spin.com/2017/09/foo-fighters-the-line-stream/|url-status=live}} and tracks such as "La Dee Da" had been debuted at live shows earlier in 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.stereogum.com/1947933/foo-fighters-announce-new-album-concrete-and-gold/news/ |title=Foo Fighters Announce New Album Concrete And Gold |date=June 20, 2017 |work=Stereogum |access-date=June 21, 2017 |author=Rettig, James |archive-date=June 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620184200/http://www.stereogum.com/1947933/foo-fighters-announce-new-album-concrete-and-gold/news/ |url-status=live }} The band commenced a headlining North American tour in support of the album starting in October 2017.{{cite web |url=http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/foo_fighters_new_album_concrete_and_gold |title=Foo Fighters announce new album, 'Concrete And Gold' |work=Alternative Press |date=June 20, 2017 |access-date=June 21, 2017 |author=Dickman, Maggie |archive-date=June 20, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170620195746/http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/foo_fighters_new_album_concrete_and_gold |url-status=live }} Prior to the tour, the band also plans on throwing their own festival – "Cal Jam 17" – with performances from themselves, Queens of the Stone Age, Cage the Elephant, and a number of other bands,{{cite web |url=http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2017/6/20/foo-fighters-announce-new-album-concrete-and-gold-launching.html |title=Foo Fighters announce new album, "Concrete and Gold"; launching their own festival |work=ABC News Radio |date=June 20, 2017 |access-date=June 21, 2017 |archive-date=July 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170701062930/http://abcnewsradioonline.com/music-news/2017/6/20/foo-fighters-announce-new-album-concrete-and-gold-launching.html |url-status=live }} as a large-scale version of an album-release party. Promotions will continue into 2018, including a joint touring with Weezer through Australia and New Zealand in January and February.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/weezer-and-foo-fighters-announce-joint-tour/|title=Weezer and Foo Fighters Announce Joint Tour – Pitchfork|website=pitchfork.com|date=September 7, 2017 |access-date=September 22, 2017|archive-date=September 7, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170907220411/https://pitchfork.com/news/weezer-and-foo-fighters-announce-joint-tour/|url-status=live}} On October 20, 2017, the band released a previously unreleased b-side song from the album sessions, "Soldier", for the Planned Parenthood benefit compilation album 7-Inches for Planned Parenthood.{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-foo-fighters-contemplative-new-song-soldier-w509780|title=Hear Foo Fighters' Contemplative New Song 'Soldier'|website=rollingstone.com|date=October 20, 2017 |access-date=December 19, 2017|archive-date=November 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171124171817/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/hear-foo-fighters-contemplative-new-song-soldier-w509780|url-status=live}} The third single from the album, "The Line" was released on May 1, 2018.
Reception
{{Album ratings
| MC = 72/100{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/concrete-and-gold/foo-fighters|title=Reviews and Tracks for Concrete and Gold by Foo Fighters|work=Metacritic|access-date=September 14, 2017|archive-date=September 8, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170908183900/http://www.metacritic.com/music/concrete-and-gold/foo-fighters|url-status=live}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/concrete-and-gold-mw0003068709|title=Concrete and Gold – Foo Fighters|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|work=AllMusic|access-date=September 14, 2017|archive-date=September 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918104851/http://www.allmusic.com/album/concrete-and-gold-mw0003068709|url-status=live}}
| rev2 = The A.V. Club
| rev2Score = B+{{cite web|url=https://www.avclub.com/foo-fighters-latest-record-wears-its-classic-rock-hear-1809429061|title=Foo Fighters' latest record wears its classic-rock heart on its sleeve|last=Ihnat|first=Gwen|work=The A.V. Club|date=September 15, 2017|access-date=September 15, 2017|archive-date=September 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917033509/https://www.avclub.com/foo-fighters-latest-record-wears-its-classic-rock-hear-1809429061|url-status=live}}
| rev3 = The Guardian
| rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/14/foo-fighters-concrete-and-gold-review-dave-grohl-paul-mccartney|title=Green Day: Foo Fighters: Concrete and Gold review – Beatles versus Slayer in fight against mid-career blandness|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|author-link=Alexis Petridis|work=The Guardian|date=September 14, 2017|access-date=September 15, 2017|archive-date=September 20, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170920030031/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/sep/14/foo-fighters-concrete-and-gold-review-dave-grohl-paul-mccartney|url-status=live}}
| rev4 = The Independent
| rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-reviews-benjamin-clementine-i-tell-a-fly-foo-fighters-concrete-and-gold-yusufcat-stevens-the-a7944711.html|title=Album reviews: Benjamin Clementine – I Tell A Fly, Foo Fighters – Concrete And Gold, Yusuf/Cat Stevens – The Laughing Apple|last=Gill|first=Andy|work=The Independent|date=September 13, 2017|access-date=December 13, 2019|archive-date=September 17, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917041955/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/album-reviews-benjamin-clementine-i-tell-a-fly-foo-fighters-concrete-and-gold-yusufcat-stevens-the-a7944711.html|url-status=live}}
| rev5 = Mojo
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/25714/foo-fighers-concrete-and-gold-album-of-the-week|title=Foo Fighters – Concrete And Gold|last=Garner|first=George|work=Mojo|date=September 15, 2017|access-date=December 13, 2019|archive-date=December 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213105209/https://www.mojo4music.com/articles/25714/foo-fighers-concrete-and-gold-album-of-the-week|url-status=live}}
| rev6 = NME
| rev6Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/foo-fighters-concrete-gold-review-2140238|title=Foo Fighters – 'Concrete and Gold' Review|last=Cooper|first=Leonie|work=NME|date=September 14, 2017|access-date=December 13, 2019|archive-date=December 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213105209/https://www.nme.com/reviews/foo-fighters-concrete-gold-review-2140238|url-status=live}}
| rev7 = Pitchfork
| rev7Score = 6.5/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/foo-fighters-concrete-and-gold/|title=Foo Fighters: Concrete and Gold|last=Greene|first=Jayson|work=Pitchfork|date=September 18, 2017|access-date=September 19, 2017|archive-date=September 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918104359/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/foo-fighters-concrete-and-gold/|url-status=live}}
| rev8 = Q
| rev8Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite journal|title=Safety First|last=Everley|first=Dave|journal=Q|issue=377|location=London|date=October 2017|page=102}}
| rev9 = Rolling Stone
| rev9Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/review-foo-fighters-concrete-and-gold-w503471|title=Review: Foo Fighters Bring Heartfelt Thunder With Help From Friends|last=Dolan|first=Jon|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=September 15, 2017|access-date=September 21, 2017|archive-date=September 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170918070446/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/review-foo-fighters-concrete-and-gold-w503471|url-status=live}}
| rev10 = Uncut
| rev10Score = 7/10{{cite journal|title=Foo Fighters: Concrete and Gold|last=O'Connell|first=Sharon|journal=Uncut|issue=246|location=London|date=November 2017|page=26}}
}}
=Critical response=
Concrete and Gold received generally positive reviews from critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has an average score of 72 out of 100, which indicates "generally favorable reviews" based on 29 reviews.
In his review for AllMusic, editor Stephen Thomas Erlewine concluded that "Foo Fighters show that they're in love with light and shade, fury and quiet, every twist and turn they can make with their instruments, and even if Concrete and Gold isn't about much more than that, it's refreshing to hear the Foos embrace to the logical flashing conclusion of Grohl's allegiance to real rock values." Writing for Classic Rock magazine, Mark Beaumont praised the album for being the "most cohesive consume-in-one-sitting Foo Fighters album in a decade" and concluded that "Grohl does emerge from the modern age with some glimmer of optimism and defiance... If Dave Grohl is an enduring icon of rocking through the hard times, we need him – and Concrete And Gold – now more than ever."{{cite web|url=http://teamrock.com/review/2017-09-05/foo-fighters-concrete-and-gold-album-review|title=Foo Fighters – Concrete And Gold album review|work=Classic Rock|last=Beaumont|first=Mark|author-link=Mark Beaumont (journalist)|date=September 5, 2017|access-date=September 14, 2017|archive-date=October 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009164525/http://teamrock.com/review/2017-09-05/foo-fighters-concrete-and-gold-album-review|url-status=live}}
Newsday critic Glenn Gamboa praised Kurstin's production on the album, and the band as well for successfully expressing grander and more artistic statements than past albums.{{cite web|url=http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/concrete-and-gold-review-foo-fighters-mix-pop-with-power-on-new-album-1.14156455|title='Concrete and Gold' review: Foo Fighters mix pop with power on new album|work=Newsday|last=Gamboa|first=Glenn|date=September 13, 2017|access-date=September 14, 2017|archive-date=September 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915070045/http://www.newsday.com/entertainment/music/concrete-and-gold-review-foo-fighters-mix-pop-with-power-on-new-album-1.14156455|url-status=live}} Jon Pareles of The New York Times praised the band's ability to make something new out of all of their influences, concluding that "Mr. Grohl and Foo Fighters wear their influences so openly — Pink Floyd in 'Concrete and Gold', Led Zeppelin in 'Make It Right', the Beatles all over the album — that they still come across as earnest, proficient journeymen, disciples rather than trailblazers. But in 2017, there aren’t even many disciples left, while Foo Fighters keep honing their skills."{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/arts/music/foo-fighters-concrete-and-gold-review.html?mcubz=0|title=Foo Fighters Stand Up for the Power of Rock (Again) on 'Concrete and Gold'|work=The New York Times|last=Pareles|first=Jon|author-link=Jon Pareles|date=September 13, 2017|access-date=September 15, 2017|archive-date=September 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915070128/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/13/arts/music/foo-fighters-concrete-and-gold-review.html?mcubz=0|url-status=live}}
In a more reserved review for The Guardian, Alexis Petridis wrote, "Concrete and Gold sees the Foo Fighters gently and enjoyably nudge at the boundaries of what they do, rather than crashing through them to new territory. It’s an album that won’t frighten the horses, but provides enough fresh interest to keep the band ticking over: for the Foo Fighters, you suspect, that means mission accomplished." Emma Swann gave the album a three-out-of-five star rating in her review for DIY, calling it "more interesting than one might’ve expected."{{cite web|url=http://diymag.com/2017/09/15/foo-fighters-concrete-and-gold-album-review|title=Foo Fighters – Concrete and Gold|last=Swann|first=Emma|work=DIY|date=September 15, 2017|access-date=September 15, 2017|archive-date=September 15, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170915121419/http://diymag.com/2017/09/15/foo-fighters-concrete-and-gold-album-review|url-status=live}}
=Commercial performance=
The album debuted at number one on the Billboard 200 all-format album chart with 127,000 album-equivalent units, of which 120,000 were digital and physical album sales.{{cite magazine|url=http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7973911/foo-fighters-number-one-album-billboard-200-chart-concrete-gold|title=Foo Fighters Score Second No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart With 'Concrete and Gold'|magazine=Billboard|last=Caulfield|first=Keith|date=September 24, 2017|access-date=September 25, 2017|archive-date=October 1, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171001074915/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/chart-beat/7973911/foo-fighters-number-one-album-billboard-200-chart-concrete-gold|url-status=live}} It is Foo Fighters' second US number-one album, after Wasting Light. Concrete and Gold also became the Foo Fighters' fourth number-one album in the United Kingdom's Official Albums Chart, with 61,000 album-equivalent units,{{cite magazine|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/foo-fighters-secure-their-fourth-number-1-on-the-official-albums-chart-with-concrete-and-gold__20501/|title=Foo Fighters secure their fourth Number 1 on the Official Albums Chart with Concrete and Gold|magazine=Billboard|last=Copsey|first=Rob|date=September 22, 2017|access-date=September 25, 2017|archive-date=September 25, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170925072720/http://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/foo-fighters-secure-their-fourth-number-1-on-the-official-albums-chart-with-concrete-and-gold__20501/|url-status=live}} and their seventh in Australia's ARIA Charts, where it soon got certified gold for 35,000 units.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sonymusic.com.au/news/foo-fighters-new-album-concrete-gold-cements-top-weeks-aria-album-chart/|title=FOO FIGHTERS NEW ALBUM CONCRETE AND GOLD CEMENTS ITSELF AT THE TOP OF THIS WEEK'S ARIA ALBUM CHART|date=September 23, 2017|publisher=Sony Music Australia|access-date=September 29, 2017|archive-date=September 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170929183858/https://www.sonymusic.com.au/news/foo-fighters-new-album-concrete-gold-cements-top-weeks-aria-album-chart/|url-status=live}}
=Accolades=
| class="sortable wikitable"
|+Accolades for Concrete and Gold |
| Publication
! Accolade ! Year ! Rank |
|---|
| NME
| NME's Albums of the Year 2017 | 2017 | 27{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/list/nmes-albums-of-the-year-2017-2161481|title=NME's Albums of the Year 2017|work=NME|date=November 23, 2017|access-date=November 28, 2017|archive-date=November 30, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171130012957/http://www.nme.com/list/nmes-albums-of-the-year-2017-2161481|url-status=live}} |
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Concrete and Gold track listing
| title1 = T-Shirt
| length1 = 1:22
| title2 = Run
| length2 = 5:23
| title3 = Make It Right
| length3 = 4:39
| title4 = The Sky Is a Neighborhood
| length4 = 4:04
| title5 = La Dee Da
| length5 = 4:02
| title6 = Dirty Water
| length6 = 5:20
| title7 = Arrows
| length7 = 4:26
| title8 = Happy Ever After (Zero Hour)
| length8 = 3:41
| title9 = Sunday Rain
| length9 = 6:11
| title10 = The Line
| length10 = 3:38
| title11 = Concrete and Gold
| length11 = 5:31
| total_length = 48:21
}}
Personnel
Credits adapted from album's liner notes.{{cite AV media notes|title= Concrete and Gold |year= 2017 |type= booklet |publisher= RCA Roswell}}
Foo Fighters
- Dave Grohl – lead vocals (tracks 1–8, 10, 11), guitar (1–7, 9–11), acoustic guitar (8), percussion (2, 8)
- Chris Shiflett – guitar (all tracks), percussion (2, 8)
- Pat Smear – guitar (all tracks), percussion (2, 8)
- Nate Mendel – bass (all tracks), percussion (2, 8)
- Taylor Hawkins – drums (tracks 1–8, 10, 11), percussion (2, 6, 8), lead vocals (9), background vocals (1, 3, 4, 7, 10)
- Rami Jaffee – piano (tracks 1, 5, 10), synthesizer (1, 6, 9), Mellotron (2, 7, 10, 11), Casio SK-1 (2), organ (2, 9), percussion (2, 8), Farfisa organ (3, 7), ARP String Ensemble (3), clavinet (5), Reface (5), Wurlitzer (6, 9), vibraphone (7), harmonium and pump organ (8), B3 organ (10), Moog (11)
Guest musicians
- Greg Kurstin – piano (tracks 2, 7), synthesizer (6, 9), vibraphone (7, 10), ARP String Ensemble (7), bass synth (10)
- Taylor Greenwood – background vocals (track 1)
- Justin Timberlake – background vocals (track 3)
- Alison Mosshart – background vocals (tracks 4, 5)
- Kinga Bacik – cello (track 4)
- Thomas Lea – viola (track 4)
- Ginny Luke – violin (track 4)
- Dave Koz – saxophone (track 5)
- Inara George – background vocals (track 6)
- Jessy Greene – violin (tracks 8, 10), cello (11)
- Greg Sierpowski – Optigan (track 8)
- Paul McCartney – drums (track 9)
- Shawn Stockman – background vocals (track 11)
Production
- Greg Kurstin – production
- Foo Fighters — production
- Darrell Thorp — mixing, engineering, mastering
- Alex Pasco — engineering
- Julian Burg — engineering
- Samon Rajabnik — engineering
- Brendan Dekora — engineering
- Chaz Sexton — assistant engineer
- David Ives — mastering
Charts
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=Weekly charts=
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2017 weekly chart performance ! scope="col"| Chart (2017) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Australia|1|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Concrete and Gold|rowheader=true|access-date=September 23, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|Austria|1|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Concrete and Gold|rowheader=true|access-date=September 27, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|Flanders|1|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Concrete and Gold|rowheader=true|access-date=September 22, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|Wallonia|4|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Concrete and Gold|rowheader=true|access-date=September 22, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCanada|1|artist=Foo Fighters|rowheader=true|access-date=September 26, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|Czech|1|date=201738|rowheader=true|access-date=September 25, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|Denmark|2|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Concrete and Gold|rowheader=true|access-date=September 27, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|Netherlands|1|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Concrete and Gold|rowheader=true|access-date=September 22, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|Finland|3|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Concrete and Gold|rowheader=true|access-date=September 25, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|France|14|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Concrete and Gold|rowheader=true|access-date=September 25, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|2|id=337106|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Concrete and Gold|rowheader=true|access-date=September 22, 2017}} |
| scope="row"| Greek Albums (IFPI){{cite web |url=http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_en.html |title=Official IFPI Charts – Top-75 Albums Sales Chart (Week: 39/2017) |publisher=IFPI Greece |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009133151/http://www.ifpi.gr/charts_en.html |archive-date=October 9, 2017 |url-status=live |access-date=October 9, 2017}}
| 6 |
|---|
| {{album chart|Hungary|6|year=2017|week=38|rowheader=true|access-date=September 28, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|Ireland2|1|artist=Foo Fighters|rowheader=true|access-date=September 23, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|Italy|2|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Concrete and Gold|rowheader=true|access-date=September 23, 2017}} |
| scope="row"| Latvian Albums (LaIPA){{cite web |date=December 11, 2017 |title=Combined albums chart for the Week 48, 2017 {{ndash}} Ending November 30, 2017 |url=https://tv3cdn.lv/2017/12/kad-atskaidrosies-piekap-par-kadu-muziku-maksa-latvijas-iedzivotaji-5a325aac9a16f.xlsx |access-date=April 8, 2025 |publisher={{Ill|TV3.lv|lv|tv3.lv|lt=Skaties.lv}} |language=en}}
| 96 |
| {{album chart|Mexico|13|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Concrete and Gold|rowheader=true|access-date=October 30, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Concrete and Gold|rowheader=true|access-date=September 22, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|Norway|1|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Concrete and Gold|rowheader=true|access-date=September 23, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|Poland|5|id=1102|rowheader=true|access-date=September 28, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|Portugal|2|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Concrete and Gold|rowheader=true|access-date=October 6, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|Scotland|1|date=20170922|rowheader=true|access-date=September 23, 2017}} |
| scope="row"|Slovak Albums (ČNS IFPI){{cite web|url=https://ifpicr.cz/hitparada/36?weekId=2477|title=Slovak Albums – Top 100|work=ČNS IFPI|access-date=September 3, 2024}}
| 9 |
| {{album chart|Spain|3|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Concrete and Gold|rowheader=true|access-date=September 27, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|Sweden|2|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Concrete and Gold|rowheader=true|access-date=September 22, 2017}} |
| scope="row"|Swiss Albums (Romandie){{cite web|url=https://lescharts.ch/showitem.asp?interpret=Foo+Fighters&titel=Concrete+And+Gold&cat=a|title=Lescharts.ch – Foo Fighters – Concrete and Gold|publisher=Hung Medien|language=fr|access-date=December 5, 2021}}
|align="center"|2 |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|1|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Concrete and Gold|rowheader=true|access-date=September 27, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|1|date=20170922|rowheader=true|access-date=September 23, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|1|artist=Foo Fighters|rowheader=true|access-date=September 25, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardAlternative|1|artist=Foo Fighters|rowheader=true|access-date=September 26, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardHardRock|1|artist=Foo Fighters|rowheader=true|access-date=September 26, 2017}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardRock|1|artist=Foo Fighters|rowheader=true|access-date=September 26, 2017}} |
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=Year-end charts=
| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|+2018 year-end chart performance ! scope="col"| Chart (2018) ! scope="col"| Position |
| scope="row"| US Top Rock Albums (Billboard){{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/top-rock-albums|title=Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2018|magazine=Billboard|access-date=March 25, 2021|archive-date=October 7, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201007214703/https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2018/top-rock-albums|url-status=live}}
| 89 |
|---|
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Certifications
{{Certification Table Top|caption=Sales certifications for Concrete and Gold}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|award=Platinum|relyear=2017|certyear=2017}}
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Category:Albums produced by Greg Kurstin