Released September 15, 1975 Fool for the City
(1975) Night Shift
(1976) Release date 15 September 1975 Producer Nick Jameson | Length 35:37 Artist Foghat Label Bearsville Records | |
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Recorded 1974 at Suntreader Studios, Sharon, Vermont Genres Rock music, Blues rock, Hard rock Similar Foghat albums, Blues rock albums | ||
Foghat fool for the city 1975 full album
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".
Contents
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:
Side one
- "Fool for the City" (Dave Peverett) – 4:33
- "My Babe" (Bobby Hatfield, Willie Dixon, 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
Charts
Singles — Billboard (North America)
Songs
1Fool for the City4:32
2My Babe4:37
3Slow Ride8:15