Fool Around

Fool Around is Rachel Sweet's debut album, released when she was age 16.

For the song "Fool Around" by The American Analog Set, see Promise of Love.
For the slang term meanings, see foreplay, joking, and wikt:fool around.
Fool Around
Studio album by
Rachel Sweet
Released6 October 1978, 1979
Recorded???
GenrePop
Length34:29
LabelStiff, Columbia
ProducerJames Stroud, Liam Sternberg, David Mackay, Barrie Guard
Rachel Sweet chronology
Fool Around
(1978)		 Protect the Innocent
(1980)

The album was originally released in England as Stiff Records SEEZ 12 with some different tracks and ordering from that which appeared on the American release and all other releases since.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Christgau's Record GuideB+[2]
The Village VoiceB+[3]

Track listing (English version)

All tracks composed by Liam Sternberg; except where indicated

  1. "Just My Style" -
  2. "B-A-B-Y" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) – 3:08
  3. "Who Does Lisa Like?" – 2:54
  4. "Wildwood Saloon" – 4:00
  5. "Stay Awhile" (Michael Hawker, Ivor Raymonde) – 3:04
  6. "Suspended Animation" – 3:09
  7. "It's So Different Here" – 2:45
  8. "Cuckoo Clock" – 2:45
  9. "Pin a Medal on Mary" (Will Birch, John Wicks) – 3:05
  10. "Girl With a Synthesizer" - 2:35
  11. "Stranger in the House" (Elvis Costello) – 4:05

Track listing (American version)

All tracks composed by Liam Sternberg; except where indicated

  1. "B-A-B-Y" (Isaac Hayes, David Porter) – 3:08
  2. "I Go to Pieces" (Del Shannon) – 2:42
  3. "Who Does Lisa Like?" – 2:54
  4. "Wildwood Saloon" – 4:00
  5. "Stay Awhile" (Michael Hawker, Ivor Raymonde) – 3:04
  6. "Suspended Animation" – 3:09
  7. "Sad Song" (Ken Middler, Peter Mason) – 2:52
  8. "It's So Different Here" – 2:45
  9. "Cuckoo Clock" – 2:45
  10. "Pin a Medal on Mary" (Will Birch, John Wicks) – 3:05
  11. "Stranger in the House" (Elvis Costello) – 4:05

Personnel
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gollark: No it's not. If it wasn't in Earth orbit, then my banks of Earth-facing lunar railguns wouldn't really work.
gollark: It is in our orbit.
gollark: It would require much Δv to crash it into the sun, but escaping Earth's gravity is easier. "Out of sight, out of mind", as they say.
gollark: This is not fast enough. I say we move the Moon with fusion rockets or something.

References
  1. Hamlin, Andrew. Fool Around at AllMusic. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
  2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: S". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved March 13, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
  3. Christgau, Robert (July 30, 1979). "Christgau's Consumer Guide: Rachel Sweet Fool Around". The Village Voice. Retrieved 30 November 2011.
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