Fool For The City
by Foghat

Album
Fool For The City by Foghat
Year: 1975
Overall rank: 10,448th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 50 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1975 (142nd)
Award Top albums of of the 1970s (1,454th)
Award Best albums of all time (10,448th)

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Fool For The City is ranked as the best album by Foghat.

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Fool For The City track list

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Fool For The City
Average Rating: 81 (25 votes)Comments: View 0
2.
My Babe
Average Rating: 77 (16 votes)Comments: View 0
3.
Slow Ride
Average Rating: 85 (43 votes)Comments: View 2
4.
Terraplane Blues
Average Rating: 78 (15 votes)Comments: View 0
5.
Save Your Loving (For Me)
Average Rating: 77 (14 votes)Comments: View 0
6.
Drive Me Home
Average Rating: 77 (14 votes)Comments: View 0
7.
Take It Or Leave It
Average Rating: 76 (15 votes)Comments: View 0

Fool For The City rankings

Fool For The City rankings summary
Overall rank: 10,448th | 1970s rank: 1,454th | 1975 rank: 142nd  Overall chart history
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75/100 (from 50 votes)
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 !		12/28/2025 20:39 Exist-en-ciel  Ratings distribution  16,21570/100
 
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 !		09/10/2025 23:28 AAL2014  Ratings distribution  4,33475/100

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Fool For The City forum mentions

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From matterhornrider 08/25/2026 04:14 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
“What album are you listening to? (cont.)”
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From Johnnyo 02/13/2026 17:17 in My Wishlist (Should I or shouldn't I)
“These guys sort of passed me by, apart from the singles, but I've heard some album tracks recently and they sound pretty good. Worth getting? If you're gonna have one Foghat album, it might as well be this one. It does have "Slow Ride". Cheers Rom, that’s what I was thinking,”
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From dihansse 07/30/2024 20:03 in My discoveries per year
“These are the two albums of 1975 I listened to: First an album I already own/know: One of her classics with Gloria and Land as the obvious highlights. Her poetic delivery makes this album very special and it goes from the 19th to the 8th rank on my 1975 year chart. And an album from my wishlist:…”
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From 02/15/2015 14:50 | #135021 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
The band's most popular album for good reason. It is their most consistent and engaging. The title track and Slow Ride are classic rock gems. (Edited)
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From 06/22/2025 19:39 | #309666 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Great '70s rock and roll, really shows off their swagger and penchant for adding their hard rock flair to classic blues stylings. Slow Ride is one of the standout rock tunes of all time, but the other two tracks on the album's first half (Fool for the City, My Babe) are very strong too. (Edited)
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From 04/10/2017 16:56 | #189010 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Foghat's biggest success based largely on the strength of two big hits, the title cut and Slow Ride. For me, a distant third behind Energized and Stone Blue.
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From 03/01/2025 21:44 | #307826 | TOP COMMENT Help Vote up your preferred comments and the comments with the most votes will be flagged.
Classic sounding guitar driven 70's rock band. The whole albums good. Very happy with this. They deserve a bit more recognition than they get. (Edited)
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This on is at the top of my wish list (Edited)
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2. Blood On The Tracks by Bob Dylan
3. Born To Run by Bruce Springsteen
4. Physical Graffiti by Led Zeppelin
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