Fool for the City

Fool for the City
Studio album by Foghat
Released	September 15, 1975
Recorded	1974 at Suntreader Studios, Sharon, Vermont
Genre	Hard rock, blues rock
Length	35:37
Label	Bearsville (Original release) Rhino (2005 CD reissue) Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (2007 LP reissue and 2008 SACD reissue)
Producer	Nick Jameson (008)
Foghat chronology
Rock & Roll Outlaws (1974)Rock & Roll Outlaws1974 Fool for the City (1975) Night Shift (1976)Night Shift1976

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
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Rolling Stone	[1]

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".

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:

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

1. "Fool for the City" (Dave Peverett) – 4:33
2. "My Babe" (Bobby Hatfield, Willie Dixon, Bill Medley)
3. "Slow Ride" (Peverett) – 8:11

Side two

1. "Terraplane Blues" (Robert Johnson) – 5:42
2. "Save Your Loving (For Me)" (Rod Price/Peverett) – 3:31
3. "Drive Me Home" (Peverett) – 3:54
4. "Take It or Leave It" (Nick Jameson/Peverett) – 4:54

When "Slow Ride" appears on compilation albums, it is typically featured as a four-minute radio edit version. Some compilations also use an edited version of the title track, trimming much of the middle section.

Personnel

• Lonesome Dave Peverett — lead vocals, guitar, heavy breathing
• 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 (North America)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1975	"Slow Ride"	Pop Singles	20
1976	"Fool for the City"	Pop Singles	45

External links

• Info at Foghat.com