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One by One is the fourth  by American  band , released on October 22, 2002 by  and . Production on the album was troubled, with initial recording sessions considered unsatisfying and raising tensions between the band members. They eventually decided to redo the album from scratch during a two-week period at frontman 's home studio in . The album, which includes the successful singles "" and "", has been noted for its introspective lyrics and a heavier, more aggressive sound compared to the band's earlier work, which Grohl said was intended to translate the energy of the Foo Fighters' live performances into a recording.

One by One by  ReleasedOctober 22, 2002RecordedApril–May 2002StudioStudio 606,      Length55:11   Foo Fighters      chronology
(1999)One by One
(2002)
(2005) from One by One ""
Released: September 7, 2002 ""
Released: January 14, 2003 ""
Released: June 23, 2003 ""
Released: September 22, 2003

The album was a commercial success, topping the charts in Australia, Ireland, and the United Kingdom, and sold over one million copies in the United States. One by One was positively received by critics, who praised its sound and production, and won a  for  in , the second for the band; however, some considered the work inferior to the band's previous albums, and the band themselves eventually grew distasteful of the record as a whole.

Contents Production

Following the extended tour promoting , which kept the Foo Fighters mostly on the road between 1999 and 2001, the band started to compose songs for their next album in early 2001. After  work in drummer ' home studio in , the band used the second quarter of 2001 to perform in European festivals. In August, after performing in Chelmsford's , Hawkins suffered a heroin  that left him in a coma for two days After taking time off to recover, during which frontman  accepted an offer to play drums for the  on their album , the band got together in October 2001 to continue composition. During November and December, they had been recording at Grohl's Studio 606 in , working with both the producer for their previous album, , and recording engineer , whom they met after he had engineered "A320" for . Raskulinecz had just left his job at , and speculated that Grohl, having found difficulty in 'finding a guy who would commit to sitting in his basement for four months', picked him for his energetic and enthusiastic nature.

The progress of the Virginia sessions started to become stale, so with six tracks finished, in January 2002 the band moved to ' Conway Studios for a "change of scenery". 29 songs were recorded, including ""—featured in the film  and released as a standalone single — and ten finished tracks that were considered for the upcoming album. The sessions took four months and were at the cost of over US$1,000,000.  It was the first Foo Fighters album to use  and have each instrument recorded separately.

Chris Shiflett, who was making his studio debut with the Foo Fighters, described the production, which included a discarded version replaced by one done in just two weeks, as "a weird way to make a record."

The recording sessions were considered unsatisfying; Hawkins said that "nobody had their studio chops together", and Grohl considered that the band was lacking enthusiasm and were too focused on production, adding that he felt the rough mixes "sucked a lot of the life out of the songs" and "sound[e]d like another band playing our songs. Tensions were escalating, as arguments broke out at the studio, and Hawkins said he "didn't feel we were much of a band" as there was much animosity among the bandmembers.Bassist  said that he was in a bad attitude during the sessions due to disagreements with Grohl, and guitarist  added that he felt he would at times spend whole days in the studio without playing anything.

The band also showed disappointment with the ten songs that emerged from the sessions, as Hawkins described the finished tracks as "million-dollar demos", and Grohl considered the recordings "far too clean, too tame and boring".The band only liked five of the ten songs, and thought that listeners would enjoy the other five anyway. Grohl was afraid to promote the album because of his lack of confidence in it.After manager John Silva listened to the recordings, he agreed that it was not a work that represented the band well, and that "we can release it now, but I don't know if anyone would want to buy it".