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Foo Fighters is the debut album by the Foo Fighters. At the time, the only official member of the Foo Fighters was Dave Grohl, who wrote and recorded the entire album himself (with the exception of X-Static , on which Greg Dulli played guitar) at Robert Lang Studios in Seattle, Washington in 1994, prior to organizing the band. It was released July 4, 1995 on Capitol Records through Grohl's imprint label, Roswell Records.

Foo Fighters was released July 4, 1995 on Roswell Records, distributed by Capitol Records. To further establish the fact that Foo Fighters were now a full fledged band, photos of the entire lineup appeared in the liner notes, despite Grohl being the album's only contributor. The band promoted the release that summer by completing another US tour and short tour of Europe with Wool and Shudder to Think. Wool included Peter Stahl and Franz Stahl, brothers who had previously been bandmates of Grohl in Scream, a band who issued several albums on Dischord Records, which was also the former label of Shudder to Think. During this tour, Foo Fighters played several of their largest shows up to that point, making their debut on the festival circuit with performances at Pukkelpop, Reading and Lowlands. Foo Fighters made their network television debut on The Late Show with David Letterman August 14, 1995 when they performed This Is a Call , however no music video would be made for the song.

The name Foo Fighters was taken from the description World War II aircraft pilots would use to describe various UFOs. This theme is further continued with the album, released on Grohl's Capitol Records imprint, Roswell Records, a reference to Roswell, New Mexico known for the Roswell UFO incident of 1947. The gun featured on the album cover is the XZ-38 Disintegrator Pistol, which was originally released in 1935 as a tie-in toy for the Buck Rogers comic strip and radio show. The cover was shot by Grohl's then-wife, photographer Jennifer Youngblood (married 1993, divorced 1997). The album does not include lyrics to the songs in the booklet.

The Colour and the Shape by the Foo Fighters is one of the only truly timeless rock records of my generation. This record changed a lot for me, and I haveno’t really heard any other record or band that could stand up to it. It is the simplicity of the songs and the honesty in Dave Grohli’s voice that give it that feeling of “this is just who we are,i” and I admire that.