Medium Rare (Foo Fighters album)

Medium Rare

Compilation album by Foo Fighters

Released

April 16, 2011

Genre

Rock, hard rock

Length

45:33

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]

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.	Title	Writer(s)	Original appearance	Length
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, 2005	2:56
3.	"A Life of Illusion" (Joe Walsh cover)	Joe Walsh, Kenny Passarelli	"Times Like These" single, 2003	3:40
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)	Thin Lizzy	Not previously recorded, 2011	2:33
6.	"Darling Nikki" (Prince and The Revolution cover)	Prince	"Have It All" single, 2003	3:24
7.	"Down in the Park" (Tubeway Army cover)	Gary Numan	Songs in the Key of X & "Monkey Wrench" single CD2, 1997	4:07
8.	"Baker Street" (Gerry Rafferty cover; Live at the BBC Radio 1 evening session, April 30, 1997)	Gerry Rafferty	"My Hero" single, 1998	5:39
9.	"Danny Says" (The Ramones cover; featuring Gregg Bissonette on drums)	Joey Ramone	"All My Life" single, 2002	2:59
10.	"Have a Cigar" (Pink Floyd cover; featuring Brian May)	Roger Waters	Mission: Impossible II soundtrack, 2000	4:15
11.	"Never Talking to You Again" (Hüsker Dü cover; Live at Color Line Arena, Hamburg, Germany, December 1, 2002)	Grant Hart	"Low" single, 2003	1:45
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, 1996/2004	0:57
13.	"This Will Be Our Year" (The Zombies cover)	Chris White	Not previously recorded	2:44
Total length:				45:33

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

– Although the official description says only 2 are previously unreleased, "Young Man Blues" was previously recorded but doesn't appear on any releases.

Charts

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

Personnel

Foo Fighters

Dave Grohl – lead vocals, backing vocals, rhythm guitar, lead guitar (tracks 7-8)
Pat Smear – rhythm guitar (tracks 5, 7-8 & 12)
Nate Mendel – bass guitar
Taylor Hawkins – drums (except tracks 7, 9 & 12), backing vocals on tracks, lead vocals (tracks 2-3 & 10)
Chris Shiflett – lead guitar (except tracks 7-8 & 12), lead vocals on "Danny Says"
William Goldsmith - drums (tracks 7 & 12)

Additional personnel

Gregg Bissonette – drums on "Danny Says"
Brian May – lead guitar on "Have a Cigar"
Rami Jaffee - keyboards on "This Will Be Our Year"

References

↑ "Foo Fighters To Release Covers Album". ultimateguitar.com. 2011-03-14. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
↑ Roffman, Michael (2011-03-14). "Foo Fighters dish out details on Medium Rare". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved 15 March 2011.
↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Foo Fighters – Medium Rare" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 14, 2016.
↑ "Foo Fighters – Chart history" Billboard Top Hard Rock Albums for Foo Fighters. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
↑ "Foo Fighters – Chart history" Billboard Top Tastemaker Albums for Foo Fighters. Retrieved April 29, 2016.

Foo Fighters
Dave Grohl Nate Mendel Pat Smear Taylor Hawkins Chris Shiflett Rami Jaffee William Goldsmith Franz Stahl
Studio albums	Foo Fighters The Colour and the Shape There Is Nothing Left to Lose One by One In Your Honor Echoes, Silence, Patience & Grace Wasting Light Sonic Highways Concrete and Gold
EPs	Five Songs and a Cover Songs from the Laundry Room Saint Cecilia
Live albums	Skin and Bones
Compilations	Greatest Hits Medium Rare
Media	Everywhere but Home Skin and Bones Live at Wembley Stadium Foo Fighters: Back and Forth Foo Fighters: Sonic Highways
Singles	"This Is a Call" "I'll Stick Around" "For All the Cows" "Big Me" "Exhausted" "Alone + Easy Target" "Monkey Wrench" "Everlong" "My Hero" "Walking After You" "Learn to Fly" "Stacked Actors" "Generator" "Breakout" "Next Year" "The One" "All My Life" "Times Like These" "Low" "Have It All" "Best of You" "DOA" "Resolve" "No Way Back"/"Cold Day in the Sun" "Miracle" "The Pretender" "Long Road to Ruin" "Cheer Up, Boys (Your Make Up Is Running)" "Let It Die" "Wheels" "Rope" "White Limo" "Walk" "Arlandria" "These Days" "Bridge Burning" "Something from Nothing" "The Feast and the Famine" "Congregation" "What Did I Do? / God As My Witness" "Outside" "Saint Cecilia" "Run"
Other songs	"Friend of a Friend" "Marigold"
Concert tours	Foo Fighters live performances Sonic Highways World Tour Concrete and Gold Tour
Associated acts	Nirvana Late! Tenacious D Sunny Day Real Estate The Germs Scream Probot Killing Joke Queens of the Stone Age Nine Inch Nails Taylor Hawkins and the Coattail Riders The Fire Theft Jackson United Me First and the Gimme Gimmes No Use for a Name Them Crooked Vultures The Birds of Satan The Wallflowers
Related	Discography Songs Awards and nominations Members 24 Hours of Foo
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