- Medium Rare (Foo Fighters album)
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Medium Rare Compilation album by Foo Fighters Released April 16, 2011 Genre Alternative rock, post-grunge, hard rock Length 45:33 Foo Fighters chronology Wasting Light
(2011)Medium Rare
(2011)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.
Tracklist
No. Title Length 1. "Band on the Run" (Wings cover) 5:08 2. "I Feel Free" (Cream cover) 2:56 3. "Life of Illusion" (Joe Walsh cover) 3:40 4. "Young Man Blues" (Mose Allison cover) (Live at Austin City Limits) 5:28 5. "Bad Reputation" (Thin Lizzy cover) 2:33 6. "Darling Nikki" (Prince and The Revolution cover) 3:24 7. "Down in the Park" (Gary Numan and Tubeway Army cover) 4:07 8. "Baker Street" (Gerry Rafferty cover Live @ BBC Radio 1 Evening Session April 30, 1997) 5:39 9. "Danny Says" (Ramones cover Featuring Gregg Bissonette on Drums) 2:59 10. "Have a Cigar" (Pink Floyd cover With Brian May) 4:15 11. "Never Talking to You Again" (Hüsker Dü cover) (Live, Hamburg, Germany, 1st December 2002) 1:45 12. "Gas Chamber" (Angry Samoans cover Live @ BBC Radio 1 Evening Session November 23, 1995) 0:57 13. "This Will Be Our Year" (The Zombies cover) 2:44 Total length:45:33 Note: "Darling Nikki" does not appear on the CD release.
Original appearance
- Radio 1 Established 1967
- "DOA" [Single]
- Times Like These Japanese EP
- VH1 Rock Honors 2008*
- Not previously recorded
- "Have It All" [Single]
- Songs in the Key of X
- "My Hero" [Single]
- One by One (Bonus Disc/iTunes Bonus)
- Mission: Impossible II Soundtrack
- "Low" [Single]
- "Big Me" [Single] & later on Rock Against Bush, Vol. 2
- Not previously recorded
Note: *Although the official description says only 2 are previously unreleased, "Young Man Blues" was previously recorded but doesn't appear on any releases.
References
- ^ "Foo Fighters To Release Covers Album". ultimateguitar.com. 3/14/2011. http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/news/upcoming_releases/foo_fighters_to_release_covers_album.html. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
- ^ Roffman, Michael (3/14/2011). "Foo Fighters dish out details on Medium Rare". Consequence of Sound. http://consequenceofsound.net/2011/03/foo-fighters-dish-out-details-on-medium-rare/. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
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