What is the name of the Foo Fighters' first album to feature Pat Smear as a full-time member?

The Colour and the Shape was Foo Fighters’ first album to feature Pat Smear as a full-time member.

Released on May 20, 1997, the album was the first Foo Fighters record made as a full band. The group’s self-titled 1995 debut had largely been written and recorded by Dave Grohl alone, with Greg Dulli contributing one guitar part. After that album’s success, Grohl assembled the touring lineup that included guitarist Pat Smear, bassist Nate Mendel, and drummer William Goldsmith.

Smear played guitar throughout The Colour and the Shape, helping establish the expanded band sound heard on songs such as “Monkey Wrench,” “Everlong,” and “My Hero.” The album’s sessions began at Bear Creek in Washington before the band re-recorded much of the material at Grandmaster Recorders in Hollywood with producer Gil Norton.

A historical wrinkle is that Smear left Foo Fighters shortly after the album’s release, departing during a September 1997 concert. He later returned as a touring guitarist in 2005 and became a full-time member again in 2010. In Your Honor and One by One came later, while Foo Fighters predates Smear’s appearance on a studio album.