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DISCID=4f085607
DTITLE=Foghat / Fool For The City
DYEAR=1975
DGENRE=Rock
TTITLE0=Fool For The City
TTITLE1=My Babe
TTITLE2=Slow Ride
TTITLE3=Terraplane Blues
TTITLE4=Save Your Loving (For Me)
TTITLE5=Drive Me Home
TTITLE6=Take It Or Leave It
EXTD=Originally Released 1975\nCD Edition Released January 1987\n\nAMG
EXTD= EXPERT REVIEW: After building a solid core audience through rele
EXTD=ntless touring and a string of hard-rocking albums, Foghat finall
EXTD=y hit the big time in 1975 with Fool for the City. It still stand
EXTD=s out as the best album in the group's catalog because it matched
EXTD= their road-tested abilities as hard rockers to a consistent set 
EXTD=of tunes that were both well-crafted and ambitious. The tone for 
EXTD=the album is set by its title track: This hard-rocking gem not on
EXTD=ly pairs riff-driven verses with an effective shout-along chorus,
EXTD= but also throws in a few surprising moments where the guitars ar
EXTD=e taken out of the mix completely and Nick Jameson's bass is allo
EXTD=wed to take the lead in a funky breakdown. Fool for the City also
EXTD= produced an enduring rock radio favorite in "Slow Ride," a stomp
EXTD=ing rock tune that transcends the inherent clichs of its "love i
EXTD=s like a car ride" lyrics with a furious performance from the ban
EXTD=d and a clever arrangement that works in well-timed automotive so
EXTD=und effects during the verses and plays up the band's ability to 
EXTD=work an R&B-styled groove into their hard-rocking sound (again, n
EXTD=ote the thumping bassline from Jameson). Further radio play was e
EXTD=arned with "Take It or Leave It," an acoustic-based ballad that w
EXTD=orked synthesizers into its subtle yet carefully layered arrangem
EXTD=ent to become one of the group's finest slow numbers. The album's
EXTD= other songs don't stand like the aforementioned selections, but 
EXTD=they all flow together nicely thanks to a consistently inspired p
EXTD=erformance from the band and clever little arrangement frills tha
EXTD=t keep the group's boogie-oriented rock fresh (example: the witty
EXTD= spoken word bit at the end of "Drive Me Home"). All in all, Fool
EXTD= for the City is both Foghat's finest achievement in the studio a
EXTD=nd one the high points of 1970s hard rock.  -- Donald A. Guarisco
EXTD=\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nFoghead - Fool for the CD, Septem
EXTD=ber 14, 2006 \nBy  Micaloneus (the Cosmos)\nI'll start by saying 
EXTD=that "Fool For The City" is a decent album, with a few good songs
EXTD=, like "Slow Ride", "Save You Loving (For Me)" and "Fool For The 
EXTD=City," but the rest is weak, almost embarrassing and simply not m
EXTD=emorable. I remember buying this album along with "Come Taste The
EXTD= Band" by the later 70's Deep Purple and completely falling in lo
EXTD=ve with Purple's bluesy-funky-groovy feel, which surprised me at 
EXTD=the time. To this day, "Come Taste The Band" still blows away "Fo
EXTD=ol For The City" in my opinion. It's just lucky for Foghat that t
EXTD=heir two big hits are here, yet, I'd still take Purple's any day.
EXTD= Both albums have that great 70's sound quality. If Fool for the 
EXTD=City is Foghat's best, I won't be digging deeper into their catal
EXTD=ogue. \n\nFool for the City - 3 stars \n\nCome Taste The Band - 4
EXTD= 1/2 stars (Check out my review on January 19, 2006.) \n\n\nAMAZO
EXTD=N.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nSoundtrack to my teen years, March 10, 200
EXTD=5 \nBy  T. McCool "old married guy" (Lafayette, IN United States)
EXTD=\nNice to see all the reviews from old rockers who remember this 
EXTD=one. If you attended high school during the mid-70s, you owned a 
EXTD=Foghat LP. This one was the best. Lots of great air-guitar worthy
EXTD= songs. You can't be disappointed with this CD. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM 
EXTD=CUSTOMER REVIEW\nAn essential Foghat album to own., October 10, 2
EXTD=004 \nBy  Mark Lahren (Bismarck, North Dakota USA)\nI'm one of th
EXTD=e oddballs who never did care for "Slow Ride", though I recognise
EXTD= that others loved it. So I want to mention for those of you look
EXTD=ing for the full-length version of that song, I believe this part
EXTD=icular CD is the only way you can get it. All the 'best of' album
EXTD=s and 'various artists' compilations that I know of just include 
EXTD=the much-shortened radio edit version of that song. This was my f
EXTD=irst Foghat album when I was 16 years old in the 70s. Sure there'
EXTD=s only seven songs, but what great songs they are! And back then 
EXTD=it was the norm for an album to contain 7 to 10 songs totaling 40
EXTD= minutes or so. There's not a bad song on this album. This ties f
EXTD=or 1st place with "Night Shift" for my favorite Foghat album. Nic
EXTD=e, clean, hard-rocking recordings on both albums. Actually, all t
EXTD=heir albums were nicely produced and I love them all. But these t
EXTD=wo are my favorites due to their extremely upbeat nature. Great t
EXTD=unes to cruise Main Street with. Not sure if that's even done any
EXTD=more, but I burned a lot of gas listening to this group. \n\n\nAM
EXTD=AZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nClassic 70's metal, September 17, 2002 
EXTD=\nBy  Undertaker\nI can't figure out why there are not more revei
EXTD=ws for this album. Foghat is great. They play loud, boogie metal.
EXTD= I have listened to this album so many times it's not funny. This
EXTD= and Bad Company's debut are the two most worn albums I own. If y
EXTD=ou like 70's metal, you must own this. The band is tight and they
EXTD= just blow the socks off of most other bands playing heavy rock i
EXTD=n the 70's. I almost think they were better then Zeppelin..... \n
EXTD=\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nFoghat goes commercial, March 3, 
EXTD=2000 \nBy  tim-bobby (Austin, TX United States)\nThis album is pr
EXTD=obably their most well-known albums, but probably one of their mo
EXTD=st commercial too. The tunes are catchy and all, but they seem to
EXTD= lack something that some of their other albums have. To me the a
EXTD=lbum seems rather formulaic. The title song "Fool For The City" i
EXTD=s decent, but the most well-known of any of their songs, "Slow Ri
EXTD=de", is a bit much for me. It has been way overplayed on the radi
EXTD=o and drags on for too long without doing anything interesting. M
EXTD=y favorites on the album are "Terraplane Blues", "Take It or Leav
EXTD=e It", and "My Babe". These first two tunes are rather bluesy, an
EXTD=d that's what I like in Foghat. The last one is more of a rocker,
EXTD= but it has some good slide guitar in it and I love Rod Price's s
EXTD=lide guitar work. \n\n\nAMAZON.COM CUSTOMER REVIEW\nMonster boogi
EXTD=e!, January 6, 1999 \nReviewer: A music fan\nAllright, it wasn't 
EXTD=the most intelligent rock music, but it is still great to listen 
EXTD=to when you're driving in the highway or having a good time with 
EXTD=people that also dig 70's long-haired rock'n'roll.\nThat said, ab
EXTD=out the songs: "Slow Ride" is the classic (or at least the AM hit
EXTD=), very well produced and the grand finale is pretty much devasta
EXTD=ting. "Fool for the city" is another strong hard boogie and "Terr
EXTD=aplane Blues" the perfect booze-rock. The rest is also gung ho ro
EXTD=ck'n'roll, with the exception of "Take or live it", a ballad with
EXTD= keyboards and a mood quite different from the no-frills electric
EXTD= attack of the album, but it is still allright.\n\nEven being mor
EXTD=e commercial than Foghat's previous works, it is arguably their b
EXTD=est album. Just let Foghat rock! It is quite possible that one of
EXTD= the boys in "That 70's Show" someday will appear with a T-shirt 
EXTD=of the band or that "Slow Ride" will be played in the show. And t
EXTD=hat would be groovy! \n\n\nHalf.com Details \nProducer: Nick Jame
EXTD=son \n\nAlbum Notes\nFoghat: Lonesome Dave Peverett (vocals, guit
EXTD=ar), Rod "The Bottle" Price (guitar, slide guitar, vocals), Nick 
EXTD=Jameson (bass, keyboards, guitar, vocals), Roger Earl (drums, per
EXTD=cussion).\nDigitally remastered by Bill Inglot and Ken Perry (K-D
EXTD=isc).\nAll songs written or co-written by Lonesome Dave Peverett 
EXTD=except "My Babe" (Bobby Hatfield/Bill Medley) and "Terraplane Blu
EXTD=es" (Robert Johnson).\nUndoubtedly Foghat's finest album, 1975's 
EXTD=FOOL FOR THE CITY, could cruise along on the strength of the band
EXTD='s biggest and best single, "Slow Ride," alone. In addition to th
EXTD=at choogling stoner classic, however, the record also finds the b
EXTD=luesy British rock group offering up the fist-pumping, arena-wort
EXTD=hy title track and a oddly funky version of Robert Johnson's "Ter
EXTD=raplane Blues," not to mention the uncharacteristically melanchol
EXTD=y "Take It or Leave It." Throughout the eclectic song selection, 
EXTD=frontman Lonesome Dave Peverett leads the ensemble with assurance
EXTD=, making sure that even the lesser-known tunes are engaging (see 
EXTD=the rollicking "My Babe"). Although DEFINITIVE ROCK is the best F
EXTD=oghat collection, this disc is the group's true calling card.\n\n
EXTD=\nROLLING STONE REVIEW\nHaving toured persistently, and with five
EXTD= energetic and unpretentious albums to their credit in three year
EXTD=s, the members of Foghat have secured for their modest talents a 
EXTD=niche as a middle-level act. Fool for the City, the fifth album, 
EXTD=reveals a band keenly aware of both its strengths and limitations
EXTD=. They have the knack for turning a simple riff into a dense, dri
EXTD=ving number free of the excesses that so often overextend other s
EXTD=imilarly limited rock groups. Foghat fares especially well with t
EXTD=he title song and with the Righteous Brothers' "My Babe." Lonesom
EXTD=e Dave Peverett's howling vocals (he sounds like he's singing fro
EXTD=m the far end of an aluminum drainpipe) and the biting, dual rhyt
EXTD=hm guitars of Peverett and Rod Price give the band a cutting edge
EXTD= and an identifiable sound--all given a boost in the studio by lo
EXTD=ngtime producer/engineer Nick Jameson who recently joined the gro
EXTD=up on bass and keyboards. Foghat's music is so sturdy, succinct a
EXTD=nd infections that one wonders why they haven't attained the prom
EXTD=inence of, say, BTO or the Doobie Brothers This band may well be 
EXTD=only a single away--and "Fool for the City" may well be that sing
EXTD=le. (RS 201 -- Dec 4, 1975)  -- BUD SCOPPA
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