Medium Rare (Foo Fighters album)

Medium Rare
Compilation album by Foo Fighters
Released	April 16, 2011 (2011-04-16)
Genre	Rock, hard rock
Length	45:33
Foo Fighters chronology
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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. 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.

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
US Top Hard Rock Albums (Billboard)	24
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)	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"