Medium Rare (Foo Fighters album) explained
| Medium Rare |
| Type: | compilation |
| Artist: | Foo Fighters |
| Cover: | Foo Fighters - Medium Rare.jpg |
| Genre: | Rock, hard rock |
| Label: | Roswell/RCA |
| Prev Title: | Wasting Light |
| Prev Year: | 2011 |
| Next Title: | Sonic Highways |
| Next Year: | 2014 |
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.[1] 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.[2]
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.
Track listing
Note: "Darling Nikki" does not appear on the Q magazine CD and Humo release.
- – Although the official description says only two songs are previously unreleased, "Young Man Blues" was previously recorded but does not appear on any releases.
Personnel
- Foo Fighters
- Dave Grohl – lead vocals, backing vocals, rhythm guitar (except tracks 7-8 and 12), lead guitar (tracks 7-8 and 12)
- Pat Smear – rhythm guitar (tracks 5, 7-8 & 12), lead guitar (track 5)
- Nate Mendel – bass guitar
- Taylor Hawkins – drums (except tracks 7, 9 and 12), backing vocals on tracks, lead vocals (tracks 2-3 & 10)
- Chris Shiflett – lead guitar (except tracks 7-8 and 12), lead vocals on track 9
- Rami Jaffee - keyboards on track 13
- William Goldsmith - drums (tracks 7 and 12)
- Additional personnel
Notes and References
- Web site: Foo Fighters To Release Covers Album. 2011-03-14. ultimateguitar.com. 15 March 2011.
- Web site: Foo Fighters dish out details on Medium Rare. Roffman. Michael. 2011-03-14. Consequence of Sound. 15 March 2011.
