Medium Rare (Foo Fighters album)

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Length 45:33 Artist Foo Fighters Label Roswell Records		Medium Rare(2011) Sonic Highways(2014) Release date 16 April 2011

Released April 16, 2011 (2011-04-16) Genres Rock music, Alternative rock, Post-grunge, Hard rock Similar Foo Fighters albums, Alternative rock albums

Medium Rare is a covers album by Foo Fighters. The album was released on April 16, 2011 as a limited-edition vinyl for Record Store Day, an event that celebrates independent record stores. Apart from the new recordings of "Bad Reputation" and "This Will Be Our Year" and the live version of "Young Man Blues", all tracks have been previously released as B-sides or in other compilation albums.

A CD edition of the album was also given free to new subscribers of Q magazine for a limited time, with the song "Darling Nikki" omitted.

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Track listing

Note: "Darling Nikki" does not appear on the Q Magazine CD and Humo release.

– Although the official description says only 2 are previously unreleased, "Young Man Blues" was previously recorded but doesn't appear on any releases.

Personnel

Foo Fighters

Dave Grohl – lead vocals, backing vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar (tracks 7-8)

Pat Smear – rhythm guitar (tracks 5, 7-8 & 12)

Nate Mendel – bass guitar

Taylor Hawkins – drums (except tracks 7, 9 & 12), backing vocals on tracks, lead vocals (tracks 2-3 & 10)

Chris Shiflett – lead guitar (except tracks 7-8 & 12), lead vocals on "Danny Says"

William Goldsmith - drums (tracks 7 & 12)

Additional personnel

Gregg Bissonette – drums on "Danny Says"

Brian May – lead guitar on "Have a Cigar"

Rami Jaffee - keyboards on "This Will Be Our Year"

Songs

1Band On the Run5:08
2I Feel Free2:56
3Life of Illusion3:41

References

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Track listing

Personnel

Songs

References