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
Note: "Darling Nikki" does not appear on the Q magazine CD and Humo release.
- â Although the official description says only two songs are previously unreleased, "Young Man Blues" was previously recorded but does not appear on any releases.
Charts
Personnel
Foo Fighters
- Dave Grohl â lead vocals, backing vocals, rhythm guitar (except tracks 7âÂÂ8 and 12), lead guitar (tracks 7âÂÂ8 and 12)
- Pat Smear â rhythm guitar (tracks 5, 7âÂÂ8 & 12), lead guitar (track 5)
- Nate Mendel â bass guitar
- Taylor Hawkins â drums (except tracks 7, 9 and 12), backing vocals on tracks, lead vocals (tracks 2âÂÂ3 & 10)
- Chris Shiflett â lead guitar (except tracks 7âÂÂ8 and 12), lead vocals on track 9
- Rami Jaffee â keyboards on track 13
- William Goldsmith â drums (tracks 7 and 12)
Additional personnel
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