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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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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Christgau's Record Guide | 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 including the platinum-selling A Night on the Town. The album contains elements of hard rock ('Hot Legs'), funk rock ('You're Insane'), and progressive rock via Motown ('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[edit]
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, Grainger, Jim Cregan) – 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[edit]
- Rod Stewart – lead and backing vocals[5]
- Fred Tackett - Acoustic guitar (A3)
- Steve Cropper – guitar
- David Foster – keyboards
- Gary Grainger – guitar, backing vocals
- Billy Peek – guitar, backing vocals
- Phil Chen – bass guitar, drums, backing vocals
- Nicky Hopkins – synthesizer
- Jim Cregan – guitar, backing vocals
- Carmine Appice – drums, backing vocals
- Roger Bethelmy – drums ( A3. B2 )
- John Jarvis – keyboards, backing vocals
- Paulinho Da Costa, Tommy Vig – percussion
- John Mayall – harmonica on 'Born Loose'
- Phil Kenzie – saxophone
- Richard Greene – violin
- Mark Stein – background vocals on 'You Keep Me Hangin' On'
- Andy Johns – background vocals, engineering and mixing
- Wally Heider – engineering
- John Naslen – engineering
- Sy Potma – engineering
- Lee Hulko – mastering
Charts[edit]
Weekly charts[edit]
Chart (1977/78) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[6] | 1 |
The Netherlands | 3 |
United States (Billboard 200) | 2 |
Year-end charts[edit]
Chart (1977) | Peak position |
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Australia (Kent Music Report)[7] | 10 |
Chart (1978) | Peak position |
Australia (Kent Music Report)[8] | 16 |
Certifications[edit]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia | — | 100,000[9] |
Canada (Music Canada)[10] | 4× Platinum | 400,000^ |
Hong Kong (IFPI Hong Kong)[11] | Platinum | 20,000* |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[12] | Platinum | 15,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[13] | Platinum | 300,000^ |
United States (RIAA)[14] | 3× Platinum | 3,000,000^ |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
References[edit]
- ^AllMusic review
- ^Christgau, Robert (1981). 'Consumer Guide '70s: S'. Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN089919026X. Retrieved 13 March 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
- ^Rolling Stone review
- ^Rolling Stone Album GuideArchived 5 January 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^https://www.allmusic.com/album/foot-loose-fancy-free-mw0000196052/credits
- ^Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. ISBN0-646-11917-6.
- ^Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 429. ISBN0-646-11917-6.
- ^Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 430. ISBN0-646-11917-6.
- ^'WEA on Top Down Under'. Billboard. 17 December 1977. p. 80. Retrieved 3 May 2020 – via Google Books.
- ^'Canadian album certifications – Rod Stewart – Foot Loose & Fancy Free'. Music Canada. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^'IFPIHK Gold Disc Award − 1979'. IFPI Hong Kong. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^'New Zealand album certifications – Rod Stewart – Foot Loose & Fancy Free'. Recorded Music NZ. Retrieved 16 November 2019.
- ^'British album certifications – Rod Stewart – Foot Loose And Fancy Free'. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved 17 October 2019.Select albums in the Format field.Select Platinum in the Certification field.Type Foot Loose And Fancy Free in the 'Search BPI Awards' field and then press Enter.
- ^'American album certifications – Rod Stewart – Foot Loose & Fancy Free'. Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved 17 October 2019.If necessary, click Advanced, then click Format, then select Album, then click SEARCH.

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