Fool For The City (Remastered) Foghat

• 1 Fool for the City 04:31
• 2 My Babe 04:36
• 3 Slow Ride 08:14
• 4 Terraplane Blues 05:45
• 5 Save Your Loving (For Me) 03:32
• 6 Drive Me Home 03:56
• 7 Take It or Leave It 04:55
• Total Runtime 35:29

Info zu Fool For The City (Remastered)

Foghat released an album which has become so ubiquitous on classic rock stations in the U.S. over the years that it's easy to forget that the band actually originated in the U.K. Then again, it's just as possible that you never knew that they started out as an offshoot of Savoy Brown, but if that's the case, then we've just taught you something new, so…you're welcome!

When Lonesome Dave Peverett, Rod “The Bottle” Price, Roger Earl, and Nick Jameson - known collectively as Foghat - released their fifth album in four years, it was a flip of the coin as to how successful it was likely to be for the band. Granted, they'd finally cracked the top 40 of Billboard's Top 200 Albums chart with Energized, their first album of 1974, and they did the same when they released their next album, Rock and Roll Outlaws, a few months before the year came to a conclusion, but the latter effort actually charted six places lower. Would the next record continue the downward trend? Or would they be able to turn things around and bring the fans back into the Foghat fold?

„After building a solid core audience through relentless touring and a string of hard-rocking albums, Foghat finally hit the big time in 1975 with Fool for the City. It still stands out as the best album in the group's catalog because it matched their road-tested abilities as hard rockers to a consistent set of tunes that were both well-crafted and ambitious. The tone for the album is set by its title track: This hard-rocking gem not only pairs riff-driven verses with an effective shout-along chorus, but also throws in a few surprising moments where the guitars are taken out of the mix completely and Nick Jameson's bass is allowed to take the lead in a funky breakdown. Fool for the City also produced an enduring rock radio favorite in 'Slow Ride,' a stomping rock tune that transcends the inherent clichés of its 'love is like a car ride' lyrics with a furious performance from the band and a clever arrangement that works in well-timed automotive sound effects during the verses and plays up the band's ability to work an R&B-styled groove into their hard-rocking sound (again, note the thumping bassline from Jameson). Further radio play was earned with 'Take It or Leave It,' an acoustic-based ballad that worked synthesizers into its subtle yet carefully layered arrangement to become one of the group's finest slow numbers. The album's other songs don't stand like the aforementioned selections, but they all flow together nicely thanks to a consistently inspired performance from the band and clever little arrangement frills that keep the group's boogie-oriented rock fresh (example: the witty spoken word bit at the end of 'Drive Me Home'). All in all, Fool for the City is both Foghat's finest achievement in the studio and one of the high points of 1970s hard rock.“ (Donald A. Guarisco, AMG)

Dave Peverett, guitar, lead vocals
Rod Price, guitars, slide guitar, vocals
Nick Jameson, bass, keyboards, guitar, vocals
Roger Earl, drums

Recorded 1974 at Suntreader Studios, Sharon, Vermont
Engineered by Nick Jameson
Produced by Nick Jameson

Digitally remastered

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