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

• Gregg Bissonette – drums on track 9
• Brian May – lead guitar on track 10

Notes and References

1. Web site: Foo Fighters To Release Covers Album. 2011-03-14. ultimateguitar.com. 15 March 2011.
2. Web site: Foo Fighters dish out details on Medium Rare. Roffman. Michael. 2011-03-14. Consequence of Sound. 15 March 2011.