Fool for the City
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| Studio album by Foghat | ||||
| Released | September 15, 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1974 at Suntreader Studios, Sharon, Vermont | |||
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| Length | 35:37 | |||
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Bearsville (Original release) Rhino (2005 CD reissue) Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (2007 LP reissue and 2008 SACD reissue) | |||
| Producer | Nick Jameson (008) | |||
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Fool for the City is the fifth album released by English rock band Foghat, released in 1975. This was their first platinum album and features, along with the title track, their signature song "Slow Ride". This was also the first album the band recorded after the departure of founding member, Tony Stevens, and featured producer Nick Jameson on bass and keyboards, who also co-wrote the album's closing track, "Take It Or Leave It", with Dave Peverett. Although featured in the photograph on the back cover of the album, Jameson is not known to have toured with Foghat in support of the album. Bassist Craig MacGregor was recruited shortly after the albums's release.
Album cover
The album cover shows drummer Roger Earl sitting alone on a soap box fishing down a manhole in the middle of East 11th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenue) in New York City, near the address of Foghat's American office. The back cover features skeptical bystanders observing Earl's unusual activity and the other members of the band either asking him what he is doing or trying to dissuade him from it. In a 2014 interview, Earl explained how the picture was taken:[1]
| “ | It was a Sunday morning and I hadn't slept. [...] It was Nick Jameson's idea [...] since I have this penchant for fishing. Anyway, we lift up the manhole cover and I'm sitting on a box. Almost immediately a couple of New York's Finest come by in their patrol car. They're looking at us and they wind the window down. We're like, "Oh shit." They yell out, "Hey! You got a fishing license?" and then start laughing. So they come over and say, "What the fuck are you doing?" They took some pictures with them handcuffing me. I love New York's Finest. | ” |
Track listing
Side one
- "Fool for the City" (Dave Peverett) – 4:33
- "My Babe" (Bobby Hatfield, Bill Medley) - 4:35
- "Slow Ride" (Peverett) – 8:11
Side two
- "Terraplane Blues" (Robert Johnson) – 5:42
- "Save Your Loving (For Me)" (Rod Price/Peverett) – 3:31
- "Drive Me Home" (Peverett) – 3:54
- "Take It or Leave It" (Nick Jameson/Peverett) – 4:54
Personnel
- Lonesome Dave Peverett — lead vocals, guitar
- Rod "The Bottle" Price — guitar, slide guitar, steel guitar, vocals
- Roger Earl — drums, percussion
- Nick Jameson — bass guitar, keyboards, guitar, vocals, producer, engineer
- Tony Loew — photography
- Tony Outeda — co-ordinator
Charts
Singles — Billboard (United States)
| Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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| 1975 | "Slow Ride" | Pop Singles | 20 |
| 1976 | "Fool for the City" | Pop Singles | 45 |
References
- ↑ MacDermott, Chris (8 January 2014). "Interview with Roger Earl from Foghat: Still A Fool For The City". The Aquarian Weekly. Arts Weekly, Inc. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
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