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- Summary: The latest full-length release from the Foo Fighters is its first with drummer Ilan Rubin, who previously played for Nine Inch Nails.
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- Record Label: RCA
- Genre(s): Rock, Pop/Rock, Alternative/Indie Rock
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Score distribution:
- Positive: 15 out of 18
- Mixed: 3 out of 18
- Negative: 0 out of 18
- Apr 30, 2026Your Favorite Toy is a ferocious reaffirmation of the Foos’ initial post-grunge power that will overjoy diehard fans, and it hits the ground racing. [Jun 2026, p.70]
- Apr 22, 2026The Foo Fighters return in defiant fashion with an album that refuses to let up from start to finish.
- Apr 23, 2026It’s a tremendous return, and all the more gratifying for its honesty.
- Apr 23, 2026‘Your Favorite Toy’ is a few more tracks of that depth away from being the most vital Foo Fighters record since 1997’s ‘The Colour and the Shape’. For now, at least, they have remembered that no-frills punk, played fast and loud, suits them much better than middle-of-the-road dad-rock.
- Apr 29, 2026The first half of the album leans harder toward the raucous with driving rhythms, distortion all around, and full-throated vocals. .... The album takes a noticeably more contemplative turn with “Unconditional,” which has distant echoes of “Learn to Fly.” ... . It’s hard to not see this as more of a beginning.
- Apr 24, 2026On an album that otherwise counts as the Foos’ leanest and meanest since their 1995 debut, the closing “Asking for a Friend” is a lumbering, melodramatic power ballad better suited to a latter-day Metallica album. However, Your Favorite Toy strikes a harmonious balance between the Foos’ punk-muckraker and arena-crowd-pleaser sides on “Unconditional.”
- Apr 23, 2026This new music is never offensively bad, but it’s far from convincingly inspired. It’s paint-by-numbers Foo Fighters that you can expect to hear while you wait for “Everlong” at the end of the night.
