Foot Loose & Fancy Free
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Released4 November 1977
Recorded1976–1977
Studio
- Manta Sound, Toronto, Canada
- Cherokee Studios, Los Angeles
- Wally Heider Studios, Los Angeles
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| Released | 4 November 1977 | |||
| Recorded | 1976–1977 | |||
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| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 44:06 | |||
| Label | Riva, Warner Bros. | |||
| Producer | Tom Dowd | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Christgau's Record Guide | B−[3] |
| Rolling Stone | (mixed)[4] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
Foot Loose & Fancy Free is the eighth studio album by Rod Stewart, released in November 1977 on Riva Records in the UK and Warner Bros in the US.
The album is the second-to-last album of Stewart's 1970s albums, 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" was the third of four singles released from the album.
All tracks are written by Rod Stewart and Gary Grainger unless noted otherwise.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Hot Legs" | 5:14 | |
| 2. | "You're Insane" | Stewart, Phil Chen | 4:48 |
| 3. | "You're in My Heart (The Final Acclaim)" | Stewart | 4:30 |
| 4. | "Born Loose" | Stewart, Grainger, Jim Cregan | 6:02 |
| Total length: | 20:34 | ||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "You Keep Me Hangin' On" (The Supremes cover) | Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier, Eddie Holland | 7:28 |
| 2. | "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" (Luther Ingram cover) | Homer Banks, Carl Hampton, Raymond Jackson | 5:23 |
| 3. | "You Got a Nerve" | 4:59 | |
| 4. | "I Was Only Joking" | 6:07 | |
| Total length: | 23:57 | ||
Personnel
The Rod Stewart Group
- Rod Stewart – lead and backing vocals[6]
- Gary Grainger – guitar, backing vocals
- Jim Cregan – guitar, backing vocals
- Phil Chen – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Carmine Appice – drums, backing vocals
- Billy Peek – guitar, backing vocals
- John Barlow Jarvis – keyboards, backing vocals
Additional personnel
- Fred Tackett – acoustic guitar (A3)
- Steve Cropper – guitar
- David Foster – keyboards
- Nicky Hopkins – synthesizer
- Roger Bethelmy – drums (B2)
- 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, recording and mixing
- Wally Heider – engineering
- John Naslen – engineering
- Sy Potma – engineering
- Lee Hulko – mastering
- Kosh – art design and direction
