Fool for the City
Fool for the City is the fifth studio album by English rock band Foghat, released on September 15, 1975. "Fool for the City" was the band's first album to go platinum and features, along with the title track, the band's signature song "Slow Ride". This was also the first album the band recorded after the departure of founding member, Tony Stevens, and featured producer Nick Jameson on bass and keyboards, who also co-wrote the album's closing track, "Take It or Leave It", with Dave Peverett. Although featured in the photograph on the  back cover of the album, Jameson is not known to have toured with Foghat in support of the album. Bassist Craig MacGregor was recruited shortly after the album's release, although Jameson would continue to produce and record intermittently with the band over the next couple decades. Album cover. The album cover shows drummer Roger Earl sitting alone on a soap box fishing down a manhole near 229 East 11th Street (between 2nd and 3rd Avenue) in New York City, near the address of Foghat's American office. The back cover features skeptical bystanders observing Earl's unusual activity and  the other members of the band either asking him what he is doing or trying to dissuade him from it. In a 2014 interview, Earl explained how the picture was taken: This particular LP was released with two different catalog numbers, The original released in 1975 was released as BR 6959. A reissue in 1978 was issued as BRK 6980. All issues from 1978 -1984 used this catalog number. Charts. Album. Singles — Billboard (United States)