The Colour and The Shape exceeded all artistic and commerical expectations and established Foo Fighters as a full fledged band. This is arguably the album where the Foos came into their own.
"I wanted it to be the biggest sounding Foo Fighters record ever. To make a gigantic rock record but with Greg Kurstin's sense of melody and arrangement… Motorhead's version of Sgt. Pepper… or something like that." Grohl