Foot Loose & Fancy Free
Foot Loose & Fancy Free | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 4 November 1977 | |||
Recorded | 1976–1977 | |||
Genre | Rock | |||
Length | 44:06 | |||
Label | Riva, Warner Bros. | |||
Producer | Tom Dowd | |||
Rod Stewart chronology | ||||
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Singles from Foot Loose & Fancy Free | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Robert Christgau | B−[2] |
Rolling Stone | (mixed)[3] |
The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [4] |
Foot Loose & Fancy Free is Rod Stewart's eighth album, released in November 1977 on Riva Records in the UK and Warner Bros in the US.
The album is the final album in a string of Stewart's acclaimed 1970s albums, beginning with Atlantic Crossing and ending with A Night On The Town. The album contains elements of hard rock ("Hot Legs"), funk rock ("You're Insane"), and progressive rock ("You Keep Me Hanging On"), as well as Stewart's usual ballads ("You're In My Heart"). "I Was Only Joking", a tale about regret and the care-free minds of the young, has become one of Stewart's most loved compositions.
Track listing
Side one (Fast Side)
- "Hot Legs" (Rod Stewart, Gary Grainger) – 5:14
- "You're Insane" (Stewart, Phil Chen) – 4:48
- "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" (Stewart) – 4:30
- "Born Loose" (Stewart, Jim Cregan, Grainger) – 6:02
Side two (Slow Side)
- "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland) – 7:28
- "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" (Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, Raymond Jackson) – 5:23
- "You Got A Nerve" (Stewart, Grainger) – 4:59
- "I Was Only Joking" (Stewart, Grainger) – 6:07
Personnel
- Rod Stewart – vocals
- Jim Cregan, Gary Grainger, Steve Cropper, Billy Peek, Fred Tackett – guitars
- Phil Chen – bass
- Carmine Appice, Roger Bethelmy – drums
- John Jarvis, David Foster, Nicky Hopkins – keyboards
- Paulinho Da Costa, Tommy Vig – percussion
- John Mayall – harmonica on "Born Loose"
- Phil Kenzie – horns
- Andy Johns – engineering and mixing
- Richard Greene – violin
- Mark Stein – background vocals on "You Keep Me Hangin' On"
- Mastered by Ted Jensen
Charts
Billboard (U.S) – album
Year | Album title | Chart | Position |
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1978 | Foot Loose & Fancy Free | Pop Albums | 2 |
Dutch LP Top 50 (The Netherlands)
Year | Album title | Chart | Position |
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1977 | Foot Loose & Fancy Free | LP Top 50 | 3 |
Kent Music Report (Australia) – album
Year | Album title | Chart | Position |
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1977 | Foot Loose & Fancy Free | Australian Kent Music Report Albums Chart | 1 |
1978 |
Billboard (U.S) – singles
Year | Song title | Chart | Position |
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1978 | "Hot Legs" | Pop Singles | 28 |
"I Was Only Joking" | Pop Singles | 22 | |
"You're In My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" | Pop Singles | 4 |
References
- ^ AllMusic review
- ^ Robert Christgau Consumer Guide
- ^ Rolling Stone review
- ^ Rolling Stone Album Guide Archived 5 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine