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, 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 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

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