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Studio album by Foo Fighters
Released November 2, 1999
Recorded March – June 1999
Studio
606 (Alexandria, Virginia)
Conway (Los Angeles)
Genre
Alternative rockpost-grungeheartland rockgrunge
Length 46:19
Label
RoswellRCA
Producer
Foo FightersAdam Kasper
Foo Fighters chronology
The Colour and the Shape
(1997) There Is Nothing Left to Lose
(1999) One by One
(2002)

There Is Nothing Left to Lose is the third studio album by American rock band Foo Fighters, released on November 2, 1999, through Roswell and RCA Records. It marked the first studio credit for drummer Taylor Hawkins, and is often seen as a departure from the band`s previous work, showcasing a softer, more experimental sound. Vocalist and guitarist Dave Grohl has called it his favorite Foo Fighters album, stating that it was `totally based on melody` and that the recording process was a serene experience.[1] The album was recorded using only three musicians; Grohl, Hawkins, and bassist Nate Mendel in the basement of Grohl`s home in Alexandria, Virginia.

There Is Nothing Left to Lose won the Grammy Award for Best Rock Album in 2001, marking the band`s first ever Grammy win. The band would go on to win the Grammy for Best Rock Album for three of their next four studio releases (One by One; Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace; and Wasting Light).

There Is Nothing Left to Lose is Foo Fighters` first album to be entirely released and marketed by RCA Records since their departure from Capitol Records after the release of The Colour and the Shape two years earlier. Their two previous studio albums, originally distributed by Capitol, were since then distributed by RCA.

Background
Prior to recording, guitarist Franz Stahl was fired, as frontman Dave Grohl felt the guitarist had not found his place in the band. At that point, Grohl decided that the band would just be a three-piece for the record, along with bassist Nate Mendel and drummer Taylor Hawkins. Having just slaved themselves in the studio making the last record The Colour and the Shape and losing two band members in the process, he decided to buy a house in Alexandria, Virginia and make the record in its basement without any record company presence during production.[2] This was helped by the Foo Fighters` leaving Capitol Records after president Gary Gersh left the label.[3] Grohl named his home facility Studio 606, at first saying, `It`s just one of those numbers that`s everywhere. Like when you wake up in the middle of the night and it`s 6:06, or you see a license plate that says 606.`[4] He later told the full story of the number`s significance in a July 20, 2020, Instagram post: spending the evening with his father in 1985, he received a particularly searing `what do you want to do with your life` lecture that defines the bittersweet moment he finally communicated to his father the depth of his commitment to becoming a professional musician, before sneaking out. `606` was his father`s apartment number.[5]

Grohl set up the studio with the help of Adam Kasper, who eventually co-produced the album. The biggest challenge, according to Grohl, was making the record sound good without computer programs such as Pro Tools or AutoTune.[6] Dave Grohl notes that he had:

`[...] been living in Los Angeles for about a year and a half, just being a drunk, getting fucked up every night and doing horrible shit, and I`d finally gotten sick of that new car smell. So I bought this great house in Virginia and told everyone I was building a studio in the basement. It was literally a basement with sleeping bags on the walls!`[1]

In a 1999 interview during the production of the album, Grohl commented on what the song `Ain`t It the Life` meant to him:

`Ain`t It the Life` I think is the one song that I would love to play on my porch [...] Living in Los Angeles for a year and a half, I think it ignited that hatred that I`d had for so long of things that are false, and glamorous, and just not real. Getting back to Virginia was such a nice feeling of community, family, and the D.C. music scene, old friends, and things that I`d never lost but felt like I needed more of in my life. So `Ain`t It the Life` is just kind of about living the quiet, Virginia life.[7]

In 2006, Grohl stated that:

`It was all about just settling into the next phase of your life, that place where you can sit back and relax because there had been so much crazy shit in the past three years. At that point it was me, Taylor and Nate and we were best friends. It was one of the most relaxing times of my whole life. All we did was eat chili, drink beer and whiskey and record whenever we felt like it. When I listen to that record it totally brings me back to that basement. I remember how it smelled and how it was in the Spring so the windows were open and we`d do vocals until you could hear the birds through the microphone. And more than any other record I`ve ever done, that album does that to me.`[1]

Title and artwork
The title emerged to Grohl as he talked to a friend `about when you experience these emotions after you`ve been through a long, difficult period and you finally give into this feeling that, quite simply, there is nothing left to lose. It can seem... positive, desperate and reckless.`[8] The frontman also said that it represented the band`s mood during production: `we just wrote off and played like all bets were off. No one was forcing us to be there, so it had to be fun—and the songs had to be the best we could possibly come up with at the time.`[9]

The cover art features the band`s initials on the back of Grohl`s neck.[10]

Release and promotion
After the album was ready, the band signed with RCA Records to distribute the album. For promotion, the label focused on `getting the Foo Fighters brand out there`, setting up the band`s official website, and arranging appearances on broadcast television and events such as the Gravity Games. There Is Nothing Left to Lose was released in an Enhanced CD featuring the music video for the first single, `Learn to Fly`, along with song lyrics and photographs.[9]

While the album was recorded as a three-piece, Grohl decided that he still needed a second guitarist for the live performances. After open auditions in which 35 musicians were tested, the band hired Chris Shiflett, whom Grohl considered the best guitarist and singer who auditioned, and `he fit in with the rest of us so well`, particularly for his background in punk rock bands.[2][9] In September 1999, the band performed club dates in New York and Los Angeles, to both showcase the new songs and test Shiflett`s performance with the group. The There Is Nothing Left To Lose tour started in 2000.[9] The North American leg was overlapped with the Red Hot Chili Peppers` Californication Tour.[11]

Early pressings of the disc included a temporary tattoo, similar to the one featured on the album cover. The album was also re-released in 2001 in Australia as a two-CD edition which offers a second VCD disc of four videos and one bonus track, `Fraternity.`

Track listing
All tracks are written by Dave Grohl, Nate Mendel and Taylor Hawkins

No. Title Length
1. `Stacked Actors` 4:16
2. `Breakout` 3:21
3. `Learn to Fly` 3:55
4. `Gimme Stitches` 3:42
5. `Generator` 3:48
6. `Aurora` 5:49
7. `Live-In Skin` 3:52
8. `Next Year` 4:36
9. `Headwires` 4:37
10. `Ain`t It the Life` 4:15
11. `M.I.A.` 4:03
Total length: 46:16

Personnel
Foo Fighters
Dave Grohl – vocals, guitars, drums, percussion, loops, mellotron on `Next Year`, talk box on `Generator`, production, art direction
Nate Mendel – bass, production, art direction
Taylor Hawkins – drums, percussion, production, art direction
Production
Adam Kasper – producer, recording, mixing (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8–11)
Andy Wallace – mixing (tracks 3, 6, 7)
John Nelson – assistant mixing engineer (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 8–11)
Tod Reiger – assistant mixing engineer (tracks 3, 6, 7)
Bob Ludwig – mastering
Henry Marquez – art direction
Danny Clinch – photography
Management – G.A.S Entertainment Co.