Medium Rare (Foo Fighters album)

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]

Medium Rare
Compilation album by Foo Fighters
Released	April 16, 2011 (2011-04-16)
Genre	Rock, hard rock
Length	45:33
Label	Roswell/RCA
Foo Fighters chronology
Wasting Light (2011) Medium Rare (2011) Sonic Highways (2014)

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)	Brian Downey, Scott Gorham, Phil Lynott	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 (Album Top 100)[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 (except tracks 7-8 and 12), lead guitar (tracks 7-8 and 12)
• Pat Smear – rhythm guitar (tracks 5, 7-8 & 12), lead guitar (track 5)
• Nate Mendel – bass guitar
• Taylor Hawkins – drums (except tracks 7, 9 and 12), backing vocals on tracks, lead vocals (tracks 2-3 & 10)
• Chris Shiflett – lead guitar (except tracks 7-8 and 12), lead vocals on track 9
• Rami Jaffee - keyboards on track 13
• William Goldsmith - drums (tracks 7 and 12)

Additional personnel

• Gregg Bissonette – drums on track 9
• Brian May – lead guitar on track 10

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 (Top Hard Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2016.
5. "Foo Fighters Chart History (Top Tastemaker Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved April 29, 2016.