Which Foo Fighters album first credited Rami Jaffee as a full band member?

Concrete and Gold was the first Foo Fighters album to credit Rami Jaffee as a full band member.

Released in 2017, Concrete and Gold marked a formal change for keyboardist Rami Jaffee. He had performed with Foo Fighters as a session and touring musician since 2005, but this album was the first to identify him as an official member of the band. His keyboards and related instruments became part of the group’s credited core lineup rather than simply an outside contribution.

Jaffee’s work on the album was extensive. The credits list him on piano, synthesizers, Mellotron, organ, Farfisa organ, Wurlitzer, harmonium, clavinet, Moog, vibraphone, and percussion across different tracks. Those textures helped broaden the band’s guitar-driven rock arrangements without changing its central identity.

A common mix-up involves Pat Smear, who returned as a full-time member around Wasting Light, or the band’s later lineup changes after Taylor Hawkins’s death. The question concerns Jaffee’s first official album credit, not his first performance with Foo Fighters. Concrete and Gold also introduced producer Greg Kurstin to the band’s studio-album production team.