'' Foolish Behaviour '' is

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's tenth

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, released on 21 November 1980 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", "

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", "Oh God, I Wish I Was Home Tonight" and "

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" 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

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when it launched 1 August 1981. The lyrics contain the use of the word "

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" which remained unedited in the video.

Track listing

All tracks written by Rod Stewart, Phil Chen, Kevin Savigar, Jim Cregan and Gary Grainger; except where noted. Side one #"Better off Dead" (Stewart, Chen, Savigar, Carmine Appice) – 3:07 #" Passion" – 5:29 #"Foolish Behaviour" – 4:24 #"So Soon We Change" – 3:44 #"Oh God, I Wish I Was Home Tonight" – 5:02 Side two #"

" – 3:47 #"My Girl" (Stewart, Chen, Savigar, Cregan, Grainger, Appice) – 4:27 #"She Won’t Dance with Me" (Stewart, Jorge Ben) – 2:30 #"

" (Stewart,

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, Chen, Savigar, Cregan, Grainger) – 4:29 #"Say It Ain’t True" – 4:02 German cassette release bonus track #" I Just Wanna Make Love to You" (Live) (

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) *"Passion" was also released as a promo 12" single with a track length of 7:30. This extended version was also a bonus track on the US 8-track and US cassette releases.

Personnel

*Rod Stewart – vocals, harmonica * Jim Cregan (A 5 all guitars ), Gary Grainger (Dobro A 3 ),

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(A 1, B 3) – guitar *

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, Tim Bogert (B 1 - B 3), James Haslip (A 5) – bass guitar * Carmine Appice – drums, timpani *

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(A 5, B 4, B 5), Roger Bethelmy (A 4) – drums *

Kevin Savigar Kevin Savigar (born 9 November 1956) is an English session keyboardist, record producer, songwriter, and composer based in Los Angeles, CA. Perhaps most recognised for his longtime collaboration with Rod Stewart, Savigar has also contributed to ...

, John Jarvis – keyboards * Paulinho Da Costa – percussion *Phil Kenzie, Earl Price, James Gordon – saxophone *Billy Lamb, Jim Price – trombone *Lee Thornburg – trumpet *Sid Page – violin *Susan Grindell,

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, Dianne Steinberg, Dee Archer,

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, The Rod Stewart Group – backing vocals *

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– string arrangements ;Technical *Rick Charles Delena – second engineer *Mixed by Jeremy Andrew Johns and the Somerset Segovia *Karat Faye – engineer

Charts

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References

External links

ABOUT ROD – Discography: Foolish Behaviour
{{Authority control Rod Stewart albums 1980 albums Albums produced by Tom Dowd Albums produced by Andy Johns Riva Records albums Warner Records albums