Medicine at Midnight
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{{Infobox album
| name = Medicine at Midnight
| type = studio
| artist = Foo Fighters
| cover = Medicine at Midnight.jpeg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|2021|2|5}}
| recorded = October 2019 – February 2020
| studio = Unnamed house in Encino, Los Angeles
| genre =
- Alternative rock
- hard rock
- {{nowrap|pop rock}}
- power pop
- dance-rock
| length = 36:35
| label =
| producer =
- Foo Fighters
- Greg Kurstin
| prev_title = Foo Files
| prev_year = 2019
| next_title = The Essential Foo Fighters
| next_year = 2022
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Medicine at Midnight
| type = studio
| single1 = Shame Shame
| single1date = November 7, 2020
| single2 = No Son of Mine
| single2date = January 1, 2021
| single3 = Waiting on a War
| single3date = January 14, 2021
| single4 = Making a Fire
| single4date = June 8, 2021
| single5 = Love Dies Young
| single5date = November 22, 2021
}}
}}
Medicine at Midnight is the tenth studio album by American rock band Foo Fighters. It was released through Roswell and RCA Records on February 5, 2021, after having its release be pushed out of 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Produced by Greg Kurstin and the band, the album shows a slight shift in the band's style, pairing their usual rock sound with elements of dance-rock and pop. It is the final Foo Fighters studio album to feature drummer Taylor Hawkins before his death the following year.
Five singles were released for the album: "Shame Shame" in November 2020, "No Son of Mine" on New Year's Day 2021, "Waiting on a War" in January 2021, "Making a Fire" in June 2021, and "Love Dies Young" in November 2021. The album received generally positive reviews from critics.
Background and recording
After releasing their ninth studio album, Concrete and Gold, in 2017, and touring extensively behind it through much of 2018, the Foo Fighters announced they would be taking a break in October 2018, with frontman Dave Grohl stating that although they needed a rest, he already had some initial ideas for the band's next album.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/foo-fighters-take-break-before-new-album-2390904|title=Foo Fighters to 'take a break' – but have ideas for their new album|work=NME|accessdate=November 8, 2020|date=October 17, 2018|archive-date=October 17, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181017165302/https://www.nme.com/news/music/foo-fighters-take-break-before-new-album-2390904|url-status=live}} The break would last for less than a year, as by August 2019, drummer Taylor Hawkins reported that Grohl had already been demoing material by himself, and that the rest of the members planned to start contributing shortly thereafter.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2019/08/foo-fighters-new-album-2020-taylor-hawkins-interview/|title=Foo Fighters' Taylor Hawkins: "I Think We'll Have a New Record By Next Year"|work=Spin|accessdate=November 8, 2020|date=August 19, 2019|archive-date=August 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820000727/https://www.spin.com/2019/08/foo-fighters-new-album-2020-taylor-hawkins-interview/|url-status=live}} The band collectively started recording for the album in October 2019.{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2019/08/foo-fighters-new-album-2020/|title=Foo Fighters hope to release new album in 2020|website=Consequence of Sound|accessdate=November 8, 2020|date=August 19, 2019|archive-date=August 19, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190819220047/https://consequence.net/2019/08/foo-fighters-new-album-2020/|url-status=live}} The following month, Grohl described the band as being "right in the middle" of the recording process, and that the album was sounding "fucking weird".{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2019/11/dave-grohl-foo-fighters-new-album-weird/|title=Dave Grohl on New Foo Fighters Album: "It's Fucking Weird"|work=Spin|accessdate=November 8, 2020|date=November 14, 2019|archive-date=November 15, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115133941/https://www.spin.com/2019/11/dave-grohl-foo-fighters-new-album-weird/|url-status=live}}
The album was recorded in a large, old house from the 1940s in Encino, Los Angeles. Recording sessions proceeded quickly, something Grohl attributed two things – that the material was progressing quickly and that they were recording in an environment where strange things kept happening.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/foo-fighters-new-album-ghosts-971615/|title=How Ghosts Nearly Ruined the Foo Fighters' 10th Album|magazine=Rolling Stone|accessdate=November 8, 2020|date=March 23, 2020|archive-date=March 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323201043/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/foo-fighters-new-album-ghosts-971615/|url-status=live}} Grohl recalled:
{{Quote|"I knew the vibes were definitely off, but the sound was fucking on. We would come back to the studio the next day and all of the guitars would be detuned. Or the setting we'd put on the [mixing] board, all of them had gone back to zero. We would open up a Pro Tools session and tracks would be missing. There were some tracks that were put on there that we didn't put on there. But just like weird open mic noises. Nobody playing an instrument or anything like that, just an open mic recording a room."{{cite web|url=https://www.radio.com/music/rock/dave-grohl-says-foo-fighters-album-recorded-in-haunted-house|title=Dave Grohl Says Foo Fighters Album Recorded In Haunted House|website=Radio.com|accessdate=November 8, 2020|date=March 23, 2020|archive-date=June 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610214604/https://www.radio.com/music/rock/dave-grohl-says-foo-fighters-album-recorded-in-haunted-house|url-status=live}}|author=|title=|source=}}
Grohl noted that they captured unexplainable footage on video, but due to a non-disclosure agreement with the house's owner, who was attempting to sell the property, the footage cannot be shown.{{cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/foo-fighters-studio-haunted/|title=Foo Fighters Not Allowed to Prove Their Studio Was Haunted|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|accessdate=November 8, 2020|date=March 24, 2020|archive-date=October 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201027003316/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/foo-fighters-studio-haunted/|url-status=live}} Contrary to the Concrete and Gold sessions, which frequently ended in nights of large cookouts, drinking, and parties, the sessions were wrapped up as quickly as possible. In February 2020, Grohl confirmed that the album was finished.{{cite web|url=https://consequence.net/2020/02/foo-fighters-new-album/|title=Dave Grohl Confirms Foo Fighters' New Album Is Finished|website=Consequence of Sound|accessdate=November 8, 2020|date=February 12, 2020|archive-date=February 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212215222/https://consequence.net/2020/02/foo-fighters-new-album/|url-status=live}}
Composition and themes
Writers described the album's sound as alternative rock,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/the-foo-fighters-midnight-1119349/|title=The Foo Fighters Throw a Pop Party on 'Medicine at Midnight'|magazine=Rolling Stone|accessdate=January 31, 2021|date=January 26, 2021|archive-date=January 31, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131222058/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/the-foo-fighters-midnight-1119349/|url-status=live}} hard rock, pop rock, power pop, and dance-rock. Grohl likened the album's sound to David Bowie's Let's Dance album, with him explaining that it's "not like a EDM, disco, [or] modern dance record" but rather "this really up, fun record" that is "filled with anthemic, huge, sing-along rock songs."{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/dave-grohl-compares-foo-fighters-new-album-to-david-bowies-lets-dance/|title=Dave Grohl Compares Foo Fighters' New Album to David Bowie's Let's Dance|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=November 8, 2020|date=May 10, 2020|archive-date=May 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511032623/https://pitchfork.com/news/dave-grohl-compares-foo-fighters-new-album-to-david-bowies-lets-dance/|url-status=live}} Hawkins described the album as being more "pop-oriented" than prior releases, different from their usual post-grunge sound.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/news/dave-grohl-admits-nerves-ahead-of-new-foo-fighters-album-you-turn-into-a-six-year-old-2632401|title=Dave Grohl admits nerves ahead of new Foo Fighters album: "You turn into a six-year-old"|work=NME|accessdate=November 8, 2020|date=March 20, 2020|archive-date=May 29, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529050106/https://www.nme.com/news/dave-grohl-admits-nerves-ahead-of-new-foo-fighters-album-you-turn-into-a-six-year-old-2632401|url-status=live}} He also noted the use of a drum loop on the album, another atypical trait for the band. The song "Cloudspotter" contains a guitar riff that Grohl wrote 25 years earlier in Seattle but was unable to work into a song previously.{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2020/02/dave-grohl-says-that-the-new-foo-fighters-album-is-finished/|title=Dave Grohl Says the New Foo Fighters Album Is Finished|work=Spin|accessdate=November 8, 2020|date=February 12, 2020|archive-date=February 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213161258/https://www.spin.com/2020/02/dave-grohl-says-that-the-new-foo-fighters-album-is-finished/|url-status=live}} Grohl stated, "Some of those songs, the best ones happen in 45 minutes. Then there's other songs — there's a riff on the new record I’ve been working on for 25 years. The first time I demoed it was in my basement in Seattle."{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/foo-fighters-done-new-album-2020/|title=Foo Fighters Done With New Album + One Song Has 25-Year-Old Riff|website=Loudwire|accessdate=February 12, 2020|date=November 7, 2020|archive-date=February 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200213044759/https://loudwire.com/foo-fighters-done-new-album-2020/|url-status=live}} Grohl stated that the album's overall style was inspired by the Foo Fighters' "love of rock bands that make these upbeat, up-tempo, almost danceable records".{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/amp/foo-fighters-new-album-medicine-at-midnight-everything-we-know-so-far|title=Foo Fighters' New Album Medicine At Midnight: Everything We Know So Far|work=Kerrang!|accessdate=November 24, 2020|date=November 11, 2020|archive-date=November 25, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201125070039/https://www.kerrang.com/amp/foo-fighters-new-album-medicine-at-midnight-everything-we-know-so-far|url-status=live}}
Release and promotion
In February 2020, the band announced "The Van Tour 2020", a 25th-anniversary tour where the band would perform in all of the same cities as the band had twenty-five years prior in their first North American tour, only in larger venues.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8551630/bts-map-of-the-soul-7-album-release-best-music-moments-february-21|title=The 13 Best Things That Happened in Music This Week (Feb. 21)|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=November 8, 2020|date=February 21, 2020|archive-date=February 23, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223133201/https://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/pop/8551630/bts-map-of-the-soul-7-album-release-best-music-moments-february-21|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/foo-fighters-2020-tour/|title=Foo Fighters Announce the Van Tour 2020|website=Ultimate Classic Rock|accessdate=November 8, 2020|date=February 18, 2020|archive-date=February 21, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200221032534/https://ultimateclassicrock.com/foo-fighters-2020-tour/|url-status=live}} While the tour was originally scheduled to run in April and May 2020, the COVID-19 pandemic forced the band to delay the tour to October and December of the same year.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9347780/foo-fighters-rescheduled-van-tour-dates-may|title=Foo Fighters Rescheduled Van Tour Dates May|magazine=Billboard|accessdate=November 8, 2020|date=February 21, 2020|archive-date=April 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200410172220/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9347780/foo-fighters-rescheduled-van-tour-dates-may|url-status=dead}} In May 2020, the band announced that they had indefinitely delayed the album, while the band figures out how to promote and sell the album after the pandemic.{{cite web|url=https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/musicnews/foo-fighters-shelve-album-indefinitely-1240928.html|title=Foo Fighters 'shelve' album indefinitely|website=Female First|accessdate=November 8, 2020|date=May 9, 2020|archive-date=June 10, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200610200811/https://www.femalefirst.co.uk/music/musicnews/foo-fighters-shelve-album-indefinitely-1240928.html|url-status=live}} While the initial delay was due to the pandemic and the band's inability to tour in support of it, Grohl later decided to release it during the pandemic anyhow, upon realizing its ability to be heard and lift people's spirits outweighed their desire to tour in support of it.{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/foo-fighters-decision-release-medicine-at-midnight-during-pandemic/|title=Foo Fighters Explain Decision to Release 'Medicine at Midnight' During Pandemic|website=Loudwire|accessdate=January 31, 2021|date=December 16, 2020|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126131050/https://loudwire.com/foo-fighters-decision-release-medicine-at-midnight-during-pandemic/|url-status=live}}{{efn|Grohl said his online drum battle with 10-year-old musician Nandi Bushell was "the deciding factor": "this exchange that she and I were having did nothing but bring happiness and joy to people. I thought, 'That's done entirely remotely, so why can't our music do the same? Why can't we put the record out and hopefully it'll give people that same feeling? Why can't we do that now?' And so we did."{{cite news|last=Kielty|first=Martin|url=https://ultimateclassicrock.com/dave-grohl-drum-battle-girl/|title=Dave Grohl's drum battle with 10-year-old girl led to LP release|periodical=Ultimate Classic Rock|location=Purchase, New York|date=4 February 2021|access-date=13 November 2022}}{{indent|2}}{{cite news|last=Ryan|first=Patrick|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2021/02/09/dave-grohl-nirvana-smells-like-teen-spirit-30th-anniversary-nandi-bushell-drum-battle/4433063001/|title=Smells Like Teen Spirit at 30: Dave Grohl recalls 'bananas' first time Nirvana played it live|periodical=USA Today|date=9 February 2021|access-date=14 November 2022}}}} Anticipation remained high for the album; Kerrang! placed the album atop of their "15 Albums Still to Look Forward to in 2020" list.{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/15-albums-still-to-look-forward-to-in-2020/|title=15 Albums Still To Look Forward To In 2020|work=Kerrang!|accessdate=November 8, 2020|date=May 9, 2020|archive-date=August 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200808033406/https://www.kerrang.com/features/15-albums-still-to-look-forward-to-in-2020/|url-status=live}}
Promotions picked back up again in November of the same year. The band announced they would perform on the November 7 episode of Saturday Night Live.{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/foo-fighters-announced-as-this-week-snl-musical-guests/|title=Foo Fighters Announced as This Week's SNL Musical Guests|website=Pitchfork|accessdate=November 8, 2020|date=November 4, 2020|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108185556/https://pitchfork.com/news/foo-fighters-announced-as-this-week-snl-musical-guests/|url-status=live}} Treading up to the performance, they started teasing new music snippets of a song on their social media platforms.{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/foo-fighters-share-snippet-of-new-music-in-teaser-videos-for-tenth-album-2809675|title=Foo Fighters tease more snippets of new music for 10th album|work=NME|accessdate=November 8, 2020|date=November 7, 2020|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108010221/https://www.nme.com/en_asia/news/music/foo-fighters-share-snippet-of-new-music-in-teaser-videos-for-tenth-album-2809675|url-status=live}} On November 7, the band released the first single, "Shame Shame".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/foo-fighter-shame-shame-medicine-at-midnight-snl-1087215/|title=Foo Fighters Debut 'Shame Shame' on 'SNL,' Announce New Album|magazine=Rolling Stone|accessdate=November 8, 2020|date=November 8, 2020|archive-date=November 8, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108055029/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/foo-fighter-shame-shame-medicine-at-midnight-snl-1087215/|url-status=live}} On January 1, 2021, the band released the second single of the album, "No Son of Mine".{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/foo-fighters-new-song-no-son-of-mine-1108983/|title=Foo Fighters Ring in 2021 With New Song 'No Son of Mine'|magazine=Rolling Stone|accessdate=January 31, 2021|date=January 1, 2021|archive-date=January 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127110441/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/foo-fighters-new-song-no-son-of-mine-1108983/|url-status=live}} On January 14, the band released the third single, "Waiting on a War".{{cite web|url=https://www.spin.com/2021/01/foo-fighters-waiting-on-a-war/|title=Foo Fighters Release 'Waiting on a War'|work=Spin|accessdate=January 31, 2021|date=January 14, 2021|archive-date=January 27, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127174508/https://www.spin.com/2021/01/foo-fighters-waiting-on-a-war/|url-status=live}}
In the United States, Medicine at Midnight debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 album chart which was earned by 70,000 equivalent album units, 64,000 of which were album sales, making it the top-selling album of the week.{{cite news |date=February 15, 2021 |url=https://deanemediasolutions.com/the-weeknd-foo-fighters-debut-in-top-3-of-billboard-200/ |title=The Weekend, Foo Fighters Debut in Top 3 of Billboard 200 |work=FMQB |access-date=April 18, 2021 |archive-date=April 18, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418123926/https://deanemediasolutions.com/the-weeknd-foo-fighters-debut-in-top-3-of-billboard-200/ |url-status=live }}
Critical reception
{{Album ratings
| MC = 75/100{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/medicine-at-midnight/foo-fighters?ref=hp|title=Reviews and Tracks for Medicine at Midnight by Foo Fighters|work=Metacritic|access-date=February 5, 2021}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/medicine-at-midnight-mw0003449451|title=Medicine at Midnight – Foo Fighters|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|publisher=AllMusic|access-date=February 5, 2021|archive-date=February 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201221452/https://www.allmusic.com/album/medicine-at-midnight-mw0003449451|url-status=live}}
| rev2 = The Guardian
| rev2score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/feb/04/foo-fighters-medicine-at-midnight-review|title=Foo Fighters: Medicine at Midnight review – music for toilet breaks at their gigs|last=Petridis|first=Alexis|author-link=Alexis Petridis|work=The Guardian|date=4 February 2021|access-date=February 8, 2021|archive-date=February 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208071045/https://www.theguardian.com/music/2021/feb/04/foo-fighters-medicine-at-midnight-review|url-status=live}}
| rev3 = The Independent
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/foo-fighters-album-medicine-at-midnight-review-b1797616.html|title=Foo Fighters review, Medicine at Midnight: Robust rock'n'roll that stays in its lane|last=Pollard|first=Alexandra|work=The Independent|date=4 February 2021|access-date=February 8, 2021|archive-date=February 4, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210204163246/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/reviews/foo-fighters-album-medicine-at-midnight-review-b1797616.html|url-status=live}}
| rev4 = Kerrang
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.kerrang.com/reviews/album-review-foo-fighters-medicine-at-midnight/|title=Album review: Foo Fighters – Medicine At Midnight|last=Ruskell|first=Nick|work=Kerrang|date=4 February 2021 |access-date=August 9, 2021}}
| rev5 = NME
| rev5score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/?p=2871672|title=Foo Fighters – 'Medicine at Midnight' review: an injection of joy from Grohl and the gang|last=McMahon|first=James|author-link=|work=NME|date=5 February 2021|access-date=February 8, 2021|archive-date=February 5, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210205194714/https://www.nme.com/?p=2871672|url-status=live}}
| rev6 = Pitchfork
| rev6score = 4.7/10{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/foo-fighters-medicine-at-midnight/|title=Foo Fighters – Medicine at Midnight|last=Larson|first=Jeremy D.|work=Pitchfork|access-date=February 8, 2021|archive-date=February 8, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210208060618/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/foo-fighters-medicine-at-midnight/|url-status=live}}
| rev7 = PopMatters
| rev8 = Rolling Stone
| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/the-foo-fighters-midnight-1119349/|title=The Foo Fighters Throw a Pop Party on 'Medicine at Midnight'|last=Grow|first=Kory|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=26 January 2021|access-date=February 8, 2021|archive-date=February 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210207171916/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-album-reviews/the-foo-fighters-midnight-1119349/|url-status=live}}
}}
Medicine at Midnight received generally positive reviews from music critics. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from professional publications, the release received an average score of 75, based on 22 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic praised Medicine at Midnight as "a speedy, hooky, and efficient record, every bit the party album Grohl promised." Rolling Stone{{'}}s Kory Grow described the music as the band's "most upbeat" to date. James McMahon of NME gave further praise to the music, considering it a welcome addition to the band's catalog. He further named "Love Dies Young" as one of the band's best songs up to that point.
Other reviewers expressed more mixed assessments. The Guardian{{'}}s Alexis Petridis found a lack of innovative music compared to its predecessors, stating that the new musical elements are "gentle nods towards an idea, scattered sparingly around an album that otherwise sounds exactly like Foo Fighters." He ultimately deduced the record as "a solid but unspectacular album" but nonetheless successful. Alexandra Pollard of The Independent also found the music lacking in innovation, calling it "a perfectly perfunctory addition to a canon of robust rock'n'roll". She felt that the album would satisfy the band's longtime fans and make welcome addition to their concert setlists. More negatively, Pitchfork{{'}}s Jeremy D. Larson criticized Medicine at Midnight as "another album of inconsequential music", further noting that it "adds very little to [the band's] extensive catalog of interchangeable power pop and hard-rock sing-alongs".
It was elected by Loudwire as the 31st best rock/metal album of 2021.{{cite web |title=The 45 Best Rock + Metal Albums of 2021 |url=https://loudwire.com/best-rock-metal-albums-2021/ |website=Loudwire |publisher=Townsquare Media |access-date=January 3, 2022 |date=December 10, 2021}}
Commercial performance
In the United States, Medicine at Midnight debuted at number three on the Billboard 200 chart with 70,000 album-equivalent units, which consisted 64,000 pure album copies.{{Cite web |date=2021-02-15 |title=The Weeknd, Foo Fighters Debut in Top 3 of Billboard 200 |url=https://deanemediasolutions.com/the-weeknd-foo-fighters-debut-in-top-3-of-billboard-200/ |access-date=2022-04-16 |language=en-US}} In United Kingdom, Medicine at Midnight debuted at number one on the UK Albums chart with 42,500 album-equivalent units sold.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_writing = Foo Fighters (Dave Grohl, Taylor Hawkins, Rami Jaffee, Nate Mendel, Chris Shiflett, Pat Smear)
| title1 = Making a Fire
| length1 = 4:15
| title2 = Shame Shame
| length2 = 4:17
| title3 = Cloudspotter
| length3 = 3:53
| title4 = Waiting on a War
| length4 = 4:13
| title5 = Medicine at Midnight
| length5 = 3:30
| title6 = No Son of Mine
| length6 = 3:28
| title7 = Holding Poison
| length7 = 4:24
| title8 = Chasing Birds
| length8 = 4:12
| title9 = Love Dies Young
| length9 = 4:20
| total_length = 36:35
}}
Personnel
Foo Fighters
- Dave Grohl – lead vocals, guitar, producer
- Pat Smear – guitar, producer
- Chris Shiflett – guitar, producer
- Nate Mendel – bass guitar, producer
- Taylor Hawkins – drums, producer
- Rami Jaffee – keyboards, piano, producer
Additional musicians
{{div col}}
- Samantha Sidley – background vocals
- Violet Grohl – background vocals (1)
- Barbara Gruska – background vocals
- Laura Mace – background vocals
- Inara George – background vocals
- Omar Hakim – percussion (all tracks)
- Jacob Braun – cello (2, 4)
- Greg Kurstin – strings (2, 4)
- Alma Fernandez – viola (2, 4)
- Charlie Bisharat – violin (2, 4)
- Songa Lee – violin (2, 4)
{{div col end}}
Technical
{{div col}}
- Greg Kurstin – producer
- Darrell Thorp – engineer
- Alex Pasco – assistant engineer
- Mark "Spike" Stent – mixing engineer
- Matt Wolach – mixing assistant
- Randy Merrill – mastering engineer
- Kel Lauren – graphic designer (album cover)
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Charts
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=Weekly charts=
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|+ Weekly chart performance for Medicine at Midnight ! scope="col"| Chart (2021) ! scope="col"| Peak |
| {{album chart|Australia|1|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Medicine at Midnight|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 27, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Austria|1|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Medicine at Midnight|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 20, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Flanders|1|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Medicine at Midnight|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 12, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Wallonia|3|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Medicine at Midnight|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 12, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardCanada|3|artist=Foo Fighters|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 17, 2021}} |
| scope="row"| Croatian International Albums (HDU){{cite web|url=http://www.top-lista.hr/www/lista-prodaje-strano-7-tjedan-2021/|title=Lista prodaje 7. tjedan 2021. (08.02.2021. – 14.02.2021.)|date=22 February 2021|publisher=Top Lista HR|language=hr|access-date=March 5, 2021}}
| 1 |
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| {{album chart|Czech|7|date=202106|rowheader=true|access-date=February 15, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Denmark|6|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Medicine at Midnight|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 21, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Netherlands|1|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Medicine at Midnight|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 13, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Finland|2|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Medicine at Midnight|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 14, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|France|16|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Medicine at Midnight|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 28, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Germany4|1|id=450045|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Medicine at Midnight|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 12, 2021}} |
| scope="row"|Greek Albums (IFPI Greece){{cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.gr/charts_en.html|title=Top-75 Albums Sales Chart (Combined) – Week 11/2021|publisher=IFPI Greece|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210329173249/https://www.ifpi.gr/charts_el.html|archive-date=March 29, 2021|access-date=March 29, 2021}}
| 4 |
| {{album chart|Hungary|13|year=2021|week=6|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Medicine at Midnight|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 19, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Ireland3|1|date=20210212|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 12, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Italy|2|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Medicine at Midnight|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 27, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Oricon|11|date=2021–02-15|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 11, 2021}} |
| scope="row" | Lithuanian Albums (AGATA){{cite web|url=https://www.agata.lt/lt/naujienos/6s/|title=2021 6-os savaitės klausomiausi (Top 100)|language=lt|publisher=AGATA|date=February 12, 2021|access-date=July 2, 2021}}
| 46 |
| {{album chart|New Zealand|1|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Medicine at Midnight|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 27, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Norway|4|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Medicine at Midnight|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 21, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Poland|6|id=1345|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 18, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Portugal|1|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Medicine at Midnight|rowheader=true|access-date=February 20, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Scotland|1|date=20210212|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 13, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Spain|3|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Medicine at Midnight|rowheader=true|access-date=March 22, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Sweden|2|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Medicine at Midnight|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 15, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|1|artist=Foo Fighters|album=Medicine at Midnight|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 14, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|1|date=20210212|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 13, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|UKRock|1|date=20210212|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 22, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|3|artist=Foo Fighters|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 17, 2021}} |
| {{album chart|BillboardRock|1|artist=Foo Fighters|rowheader=true|accessdate=February 17, 2021}} |
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=Year-end charts=
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Certifications
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{{Certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|artist=Foo Fighters|title=Medicine at Midnight|award=Gold|type=album|relyear=2021|certyear=2022|id=17081-569-2|access-date=October 7, 2022}}
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See also
Notes
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References
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External links
- {{Discogs master|type=album|1957294|name=Medicine at Midnight}}
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{{Grammy Award for Best Rock Album}}
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