Stupidity (Dr. Feelgood album)

Stupidity
Live album by Dr. Feelgood
Released	September 1976
Recorded	May 23, 1975 at Sheffield City Hall and November 8, 1975 at Southend Kursaal
Genre	Rock, Pub rock
Length	47:01
Label	United Artists - UAS 29990
Producer	Dr. Feelgood[1]
Dr. Feelgood chronology
Malpractice (1975) Stupidity (1976) Sneakin' Suspicion (1977)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Stupidity was the third album by Dr. Feelgood. It was released in September 1976, and was their first live album recording. Their mushrooming popularity was confirmed when Stupidity (1976) topped the UK charts.^[3]

The album reached number 1 in the UK Albums Chart in October 1976 (for one week), and remained in that chart for nine weeks. It was the first ever live album to go to number 1 in the UK chart in its first week of release.^[1] It was Dr. Feelgood's first and, to date, only recording to reach number 1, and appeared over eight months before their first single entered the corresponding UK Singles Chart - "Sneakin' Suspicion" (June 1977).^[4]

Along with Rock Follies in 1976, it reached the top spot in the UK without the benefit of a hit single.^[5]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Wilko Johnson; except where indicated

1. "Talking About You" (Chuck Berry)
2. "20 Yards Behind"
3. "Stupidity" (Solomon Burke)
4. "All Through The City"
5. "I'm a Man" (Bo Diddley)
6. "Walking The Dog" (Rufus Thomas)
7. "She Does It Right"
8. "Going Back Home" (Mick Green, Johnson)
9. "I Don't Mind"
10. "Back in the Night"
11. "I'm a Hog for You Baby" (Leiber, Stoller)
12. "Checking Up on My Baby" (Sonny Boy Williamson)
13. "Roxette"
14. "Riot in Cell Block No. 9" (Leiber, Stoller)
15. "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry)

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The original vinyl album had the first seven tracks, recorded in Sheffield, on Side 1, and the next six tracks, recorded in Southend, on Side 2. A free single, only issued with the first 20,000 copies, included the final two tracks.^[6] It was initially claimed that these final two tracks were recorded in Aylesbury: however, the text on the back of the 1998 Grand Records re-release (GRANDCD 21) states that tracks 8-15 were all recorded at Southend. This was finally corrected with the box-set release of "All Through The City" (2012), where it emerged that "Johnny B. Goode" had indeed been recorded at Friars in Aylesbury.

An extended CD version of the album was released in 1991 (CDP795934-2) entitled Stupidity + and sub-titled Dr. Feelgood - Live - 1976-1990. In addition to the tracks above, there were an additional nine live tracks included: "Take a Tip" / "Every Kind of Vice" / "She's A Wind Up" / "No Mo Do Yakamo" / "Love Hound" / "Shotgun Blues" / "King For A Day" / "Milk and Alcohol" / "Down At The Doctors" - which were all recorded in the period after Wilko Johnson left the band in 1977.

Chart positions

Chart	Year	Peak position
UK Albums Chart[7]	1976	1

Personnel

• Lee Brilleaux - vocals, guitar, harmonica, slide guitar
• Wilko Johnson - guitar, backing vocals
• John B. Sparks - bass guitar
• The Big Figure - drums, backing vocals
• Dr. Feelgood - producer
• Vic Maile - audio engineer, mixing
• Will Birch - liner notes
• Paul Henry - design^[2]

References

1. "Lee Brilleaux, 41, British Blues Singer". The New York Times. 9 April 1994. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
2. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. "Stupidity - Dr. Feelgood | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
3. Strong, Martin C. (2000). The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 290–291. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
4. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 162. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
5. Gambaccini, Paul (1996). British Hit Albums (7th ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Publishing Ltd. p. 18. ISBN 0-85112-619-7.
6. "DR FEELGOOD - Albums". Drfeelgood.de. Retrieved 2014-01-29.
7. "Number 1 Albums – 1970s". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2011.