Medium Rare (Foo Fighters album)

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Medium Rare
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Compilation album by
ReleasedApril 16, 2011 (2011-04-16)
Genre Rock, hard rock
Length45:33
Label Roswell/RCA
Foo Fighters chronology
Wasting Light
(2011)
Medium Rare
(2011)
Sonic Highways
(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]

Contents

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

No.TitleWriter(s)Original appearanceLength
1."Band on the Run" (Paul McCartney & Wings cover) Paul McCartney, Linda McCartney Radio 1 Established 1967 , 2007 (Recorded in 2004)5:08
2."I Feel Free" (Cream cover) Jack Bruce, Pete Brown "DOA" single, 20052:56
3."A Life of Illusion" (Joe Walsh cover) Joe Walsh, Kenny Passarelli "Times Like These" single, 20033:40
4."Young Man Blues" (Mose Allison / The Who cover; Live at Austin City Limits, Austin, Texas, September 28, 2008)Mose Allison VH1 Rock Honors 2008* 5:28
5."Bad Reputation" (Thin Lizzy cover) Brian Downey, Scott Gorham, Phil Lynott Not previously recorded, 20112:33
6."Darling Nikki" (Prince and The Revolution cover)Prince "Have It All" single, 20033:24
7."Down in the Park" (Tubeway Army cover) Gary Numan Songs in the Key of X & "Monkey Wrench" single CD2, 19974:07
8."Baker Street" (Gerry Rafferty cover; Live at the BBC Radio 1 evening session, April 30, 1997)Gerry Rafferty "My Hero" single, 19985:39
9."Danny Says" (The Ramones cover; featuring Gregg Bissonette on drums) Joey Ramone "All My Life" single, 20022:59
10."Have a Cigar" (Pink Floyd cover; featuring Brian May) Roger Waters Mission: Impossible II soundtrack, 20004:15
11."Never Talking to You Again" (Hüsker Dü cover; Live at Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany, December 1, 2002) Grant Hart "Low" single, 20031:45
12."Gas Chamber" (Angry Samoans cover; Live at the BBC Radio 1 evening session, November 23, 1995) "Metal Mike" Saunders, Gregg Turner"Big Me" single & Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2 , 1996/20040:57
13."This Will Be Our Year" (The Zombies cover) Chris White Not previously recorded2:44
Total length:45:33

Note: "Darling Nikki" does not appear on the Q magazine CD and Humo release.

Charts

Chart (2011)Peak
position
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [3] 51
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard) [4] 24
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [5] 17

Personnel

Foo Fighters
Additional personnel

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