Originally Released 1975
SKU: UDSACD 2037 / MFSL Ultradisc UHR™ SACD Edition Released December 2008
Foghat’s best studio album, a platinum seller, contains the hit singles “Slow Ride” and “Fool For The City”.
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Producer: Nick Jameson
Album Notes
Foghat: Lonesome Dave Peverett (vocals, guitar), Rod "The Bottle"
Price (guitar, slide guitar, vocals), Nick Jameson (bass, keyboards,
guitar, vocals), Roger Earl (drums, percussion).
Digitally remastered by Bill Inglot and Ken Perry (K-Disc).
All songs written or co-written by Lonesome Dave Peverett except "My
Babe" (Bobby Hatfield/Bill Medley) and "Terraplane Blues" (Robert
Johnson).
Undoubtedly Foghat's finest album, 1975's FOOL FOR THE CITY, could
cruise along on the strength of the band's biggest and best single,
"Slow Ride," alone. In addition to that choogling stoner classic,
however, the record also finds the bluesy British rock group offering
up the fist-pumping, arena-worthy title track and a oddly funky
version of Robert Johnson's "Terraplane Blues," not to mention the
uncharacteristically melancholy "Take It or Leave It." Throughout the
eclectic song selection, frontman Lonesome Dave Peverett leads the
ensemble with assurance, making sure that even the lesser-known tunes
are engaging (see the rollicking "My Babe"). Although DEFINITIVE ROCK
is the best Foghat collection, this disc is the group's true calling
card.
ROLLING STONE REVIEW
Having toured persistently, and with five energetic and unpretentious
albums to their credit in three years, the members of Foghat have
secured for their modest talents a niche as a middle-level act. Fool
for the City, the fifth album, reveals a band keenly aware of both its
strengths and limitations. They have the knack for turning a simple
riff into a dense, driving number free of the excesses that so often
overextend other similarly limited rock groups. Foghat fares
especially well with the title song and with the Righteous Brothers'
"My Babe." Lonesome Dave Peverett's howling vocals (he sounds like
he's singing from the far end of an aluminum drainpipe) and the
biting, dual rhythm guitars of Peverett and Rod Price give the band a
cutting edge and an identifiable sound--all given a boost in the
studio by longtime producer/engineer Nick Jameson who recently joined
the group on bass and keyboards. Foghat's music is so sturdy, succinct
and infections that one wonders why they haven't attained the
prominence of, say, BTO or the Doobie Brothers This band may well be
only a single away--and "Fool for the City" may well be that single.
(RS 201 -- Dec 4, 1975) -- BUD SCOPPA