Fool for the City
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| Studio album by Foghat | ||||
| Released | September 15, 1975 | |||
| Recorded | 1974 at Suntreader Studios, Sharon, Vermont | |||
| Genre | Hard rock, blues rock | |||
| Length | 35:37 | |||
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Bearsville (Original release) Rhino (2005 CD reissue) Mobile Fidelity Sound Lab (2007 LP reissue and 2008 SACD reissue) |
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| Producer | Nick Jameson (008) | |||
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Fool for the City is the fifth album released by English rock band Foghat, released in 1975. This was their first platinum album and features, along with the title track, their signature song "Slow Ride".
The album cover shows drummer Roger Earl sitting alone on a soap box fishing down a manhole in the middle of East 11th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenue) in New York City, near the address of Foghat's American office. The back cover features skeptical bystanders observing Earl's unusual activity and the other members of the band either asking him what he is doing or trying to dissuade him from it. In a 2014 interview, Earl explained how the picture was taken:
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