Foolish Behaviour

Infobox Album |
Name = Foolish Behaviour
Type = studio
Artist = Rod Stewart


Released = November 21, 1980
Recorded = February – September 1980
Genre = Rock, pop
Length =
Label = Riva (UK)
Producer = Harry The Hook, The Rod Stewart Group, Jeremy Andrew Johns, (except "She Won’t Dance With Me" - Tom Dowd)
Reviews = *"Allmusic" Rating|2|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:a9fqxq85ldhe link]
Last album = "Rod Stewart Greatest Hits Vol.1" (1978)
This album = "Foolish Behaviour" (1980)
Next album = "Tonight I'm Yours" (1981)

" Foolish Behaviour " is a studio album released by Rod Stewart on November 21, 1980 (see 1980 in music). It was Rod’s tenth solo studio album and was released on the Riva label in the United Kingdom (RVLP 11) and on Warner Bros. Records in both The United States (HS 3485) and Germany (WB 56 865). The tracks were recorded at The Record Plant Studios and Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles from February to September, 1980. “Passion”, “My Girl”, "Somebody Special", and "Oh God, I Wish I Was Home Tonight" were released as singles.

The video to another song on the album, "She Won't Dance With Me," was the third video to be played on MTV when it launched Aug. 1, 1981. The video contains use of the word "fuck" by Stewart [http://www.vh1.com/artists/az/stewart_rod/7910325/lyric.jhtml] . A VH1 broadcast of the video suggests the word was never edited from the video.

Dedication

In the liner notes of the album the following dedication is attributed to Rod:

"This album is dedicated to the following personages:
All those who engage in a little foolish behaviour of a Friday night, All those who enjoy a good laugh and a drink, Those who don’t take life seriously, Scottish Football Supporters wherever they are, Tom Dowd, My band & last but not least, my Offsprings!"
"GOD BLESS THEM AND THEIR BICYCLE CLIPS"

Charts

"Foolish Behaviour" peaked at #4 in the UK and at #12 on the US charts. It went platinum (UK) on January 8, 1981. Two months later on March 4, 1981 it reached platinum certification (US). The album contained one popular single, "Passion", which reached #5 on the singles chart in the US.

Track listing

All songs composed by Rod Stewart, Phil Chen, Kevin Savigar, Jim Cregan, and Gary Grainger; except were noted.

#"Better off Dead" (Stewart, Chen, Savigar, Carmine Appice) – 3:07
#"Passion" – 5:32
#"Foolish Behaviour" – 4:24
#"So Soon We Change" – 3:44
#"Oh God, I Wish I Was Home Tonight" – 5:02
#"Gi’ Me Wings" – 3:47
#"My Girl" (Stewart, Chen, Savigar, Cregan, Grainger, Appice) – 4:27
#"She Won’t Dance with Me" (Stewart, Ben) – 2:30
#"Somebody Special" (Stewart, Chen, Savigar, Cregan, Harley) – 4:29
#"Say It Ain’t True" – 4:02
#"I Just Wanna Make Love to You" (Live) (Willie Dixon)

*Track 11 only appeared on the German Cassette release.
*The song "Passion" was also released as a DJ-only 12" disco single. It's basically a continuation of the ad-lib vocals where the LP version fades continuing to a time length of 7:35

Personnel

*Jim Cregan, Gary Grainger, Billy Peek – guitar
*Phil Chen, Tom Bogart, James Haslip – bass guitar
*Carmine Appice, Colin Allen, Roger Bethelmy – drums
*Kevin Savigar, John Jarvis – keyboards
*Paulinho Da Costa – percussion
*Rod Stewart – lead vocals, harmonica
*Phil Kenzie, Earl Price, James Gordon – saxophone
*Billy Lamb, Jim Price – trombone
*Lee Thornburg – trumpet
*Sid Page – violin
*Susan Grindell, Valerie Carter, Tony Brock, The Rod Stewart Group – backing vocals
*Del Newman – string arrangements
*Rick Charles Delena - Second Engineer
*Mixed by Jeremy Andrew Johns and The Somerset Segovia

References

*cite book| title = Foolish Behaviour album liner notes | publisher = Warner Bros.

External links

* http://www.rodstewartfanclub.com/about_rod/disco/album_detail.php?album_id=11