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Energized

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{{Infobox album

| name = Energized

| type = studio

| artist = Foghat

| cover = Foghat-Energized.jpg

| alt =

| released = January 6, 1974

| recorded = 1973

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Blues rock, hard rock

| length = 39:30

| label = Bearsville Records

| producer = Tom Dawes

| prev_title = Foghat (Rock and Roll)

| prev_year = 1973

| next_title = Rock and Roll Outlaws

| next_year = 1974

}}

Energized is the third album by rock band Foghat, released in January 1974. It peaked at #34 on the Billboard 200{{cite web |title=Foghat Chart History (Billboard 200) |url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/foghat/chart-history/tlp/ |publisher=Billboard.com |access-date=2 April 2020}} and was certified as an RIAA Gold Record in the United States.{{cite certification|region=United States|artist=Foghat|title=Energized|access-date=April 2, 2020}}

{{Album reviews

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r37888|pure_url=yes}} link]

|rev2 = Christgau's Record Guide

|rev2Score = B−{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|year=1981|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=Ticknor & Fields|isbn=089919026X|chapter=Consumer Guide '70s: F|chapter-url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_chap.php?k=F&bk=70|access-date=February 24, 2019|website=Robertchristgau.com}}

}}

Track listing

  1. "Honey Hush" – 4:19 (Big Joe Turner as "Lou W. Turner")
  2. *Interpolates music from "Train Kept A-Rollin'" by Tiny Bradshaw, Howard Kay, and Lois Mann.
  3. "Step Outside" – 6:18 (Dave Peverett, Rod Price, Roger Earl, Tony Stevens)
  4. "Golden Arrow" – 4:03 (Peverett, Price)
  5. "Home in My Hand" – 5:09 (Peverett, Price)
  6. "Wild Cherry" – 5:27 (Peverett, Price, Earl, Stevens, Tom Dawes)
  7. "That'll Be the Day" – 2:33 (Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly, Norman Petty)
  8. "Fly by Night" – 4:47 (Stevens)
  9. "Nothin' I Won't Do" – 6:54 (Peverett, Price){{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/energized-mw0000194203|title=Energized - Foghat | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic|access-date=18 May 2021|website=AllMusic}}

An edited version of "Step Outside" was released as a single, with a B-side of "Maybelline" from the band's first album, Foghat.{{Cite web|url=http://www.45cat.com/record/bsv0021|title=Foghat - Step Outside (edited version)|access-date=18 May 2021|website=45cat.com}}

Personnel

Foghat

Production

  • Tom Dawes – production
  • Tony Outeda – coordination
  • Pacific Eye and Ear – album design{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/energized-mw0000194203/credits|title=Energized - Foghat | Credits | AllMusic|access-date=18 May 2021|website=AllMusic}}

Charts

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position

{{Album chart|Canada|38|chartid=4999a|artist=Foghat|album=Energized|rowheader=true|accessdate=22 April 2018}}
{{album chart|Billboard200|34|artist=Foghat|album=Energized|access-date=23 March 2015|rowheader=true}}

Certifications

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References

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Category:1974 albums

Category:Foghat albums

Category:Bearsville Records albums