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Fool for the City by Foghat
Fool for the City is an album by Foghat, released in 1975. 2 songs from it have charted on rock radio countdowns, with 125 countdown appearances in total. The biggest is “Slow Ride”, on 94 lists with a best position of #11.
Fool for the City, Foghat's fifth album, rolled out on Bearsville on 15 September 1975, and it's the London boogie merchants at full throttle. Bassist Tony Stevens had just quit, so producer Nick Jameson played bass himself, added keyboards, co-wrote the closing "Take It or Leave It" with Dave Peverett and even turned up in the photo on the back cover.
The rest is plain, stomping blues-rock: electric slide guitar squealing, the rhythm section chugging like a freight train, and "Slow Ride", the song that would become their calling card, riding a greasy groove for all it's worth. The title track kicks the door in, too. It was the first Foghat album to go platinum, and Craig MacGregor came in on bass soon after it was out.
Written with AI assistance from RockLists chart data, MusicBrainz and Wikipedia.
Songs from Fool for the City on radio countdowns
| # | Song | Strength | Lists | Best | #1s | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slow Ride#207 of all time | 94 | #11 | – | 1982–2026 | |
| 2 | Fool for the City | 31 | #158 | – | 1982–2023 |
Only songs that appear on at least one countdown are listed. Release data from MusicBrainz.