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{{see Wiktionary|the Rachel Sweet album|fool around|term}}
{{Infobox album
| name = Fool Around
| type = studio
| artist = [[Rachel Sweet]]
| cover = Rachel Sweet Fool Around.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1978|10|13}}
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|[[New wave music|New wave]]<ref name="Mills">{{cite magazine|last=Mills|first=Fred|url=http://harpmagazine.com/news/detail.cfm?article=10836|title=Stiff Records Relaunches In April|magazine=[[Harp (magazine)|Harp]]|date=January 23, 2007|access-date=December 6, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602221719/http://harpmagazine.com/news/detail.cfm?article=10836|archive-date=June 2, 2008|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref name="Thompson">{{cite web|last=Thompson|first=Dave|author-link=Dave Thompson (author)|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/baby-the-best-of-rachel-sweet-mw0000004862|title=B.A.B.Y.: The Best of Rachel Sweet – Rachel Sweet|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=May 3, 2021}}</ref>|[[country music|country]]<ref name="Mills"/><ref name="Thompson"/>|[[pop music|pop]]<ref name="Mills"/>|[[rhythm and blues|R&B]]<ref name="Mills"/>}}
| length = {{duration|m=35|s=05}}
| label = {{hlist|[[Stiff Records|Stiff]]|[[Columbia Records|Columbia]]}}
| producer = [[Liam Sternberg]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = [[Protect the Innocent (Rachel Sweet album)|Protect the Innocent]]
| next_year = 1980
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Fool Around
| type = studio
| single1 = [[B-A-B-Y]]
| single1date = November 1978<ref name="Thomson">{{cite book|editor-last=Thomson|editor-first=Liz|chapter=Rachel Sweet|title=New Women in Rock|publisher=Delilah/Putnam|year=1982|isbn=0-399-41003-1|page=96}}</ref>
| single2 = [[I Go to Pieces]]
| single2date = March 1979<ref name="Thomson"/>
}}{{Extra album cover
| header = Alternative cover
| type = studio
| cover = Foolaround.jpg
| border =
| alt =
| caption = US edition
}}
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Hamlin|first=Andrew|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/fool-around-mw0000541007|title=Fool Around – Rachel Sweet|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=November 4, 2020}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|Christgau's Record Guide]]''
| rev2score = B+<ref>{{cite book|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|chapter=Rachel Sweet: Fool Around|chapter-url=http://robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=2854|access-date=March 13, 2019|title=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|title-link=Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies|publisher=[[Ticknor and Fields]]|year=1981|isbn=0-89919-026-X|pages=382–383}}</ref>
}}

'''''Fool Around''''' is the debut album by American singer [[Rachel Sweet]]. It was first released in the United Kingdom on October 13, 1978 by [[Stiff Records]].<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Feedback|magazine=[[Record Mirror]]|date=November 4, 1978|page=25}}</ref><ref name="Rhino">{{cite AV media notes|title=Fool Around: The Best of Rachel Sweet|others=[[Rachel Sweet]]|publisher=[[Rhino Entertainment|Rhino Records]]|year=1992|id=R2 70313|type=liner notes}}</ref> The album was released in the United States in July 1979, by Stiff and [[Columbia Records]], with a revised track listing.<ref name="Rhino"/><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PyQEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT127|title=Rachel Sweet: Fool Around|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|volume=91|issue=26|date=July 7, 1979|access-date=December 6, 2020|page=60}}</ref>

==Track listing==
All tracks are written by [[Liam Sternberg]], except where noted.

===UK edition===
'''Side one'''
# "Just My Style" – 3:15
# "[[B-A-B-Y]]" ([[Isaac Hayes]], [[David Porter (musician)|David Porter]]) – 3:08
# "Who Does Lisa Like?" – 2:58
# "Wildwood Saloon" – 3:58
# "[[Stay Awhile (Dusty Springfield song)|Stay Awhile]]" ([[Mike Hawker (songwriter)|Mike Hawker]], [[Ivor Raymonde]]) – 3:03
# "Suspended Animation" – 3:19

'''Side two'''
# "It's So Different Here" – 2:48
# "Cuckoo Clock" – 2:46
# "Pin a Medal on Mary" ([[Will Birch]], [[John Wicks (singer)|John Wicks]]) – 3:08
# "Girl with a Synthesizer" – 2:36
# "[[Stranger in the House (song)|Stranger in the House]]" ([[Elvis Costello]]) – 4:06

===US edition===
'''Side one'''
# "B-A-B-Y" (Hayes, Porter) – 3:08
# "[[I Go to Pieces]]" ([[Del Shannon]]) – 2:43
# "Who Does Lisa Like?" – 2:58
# "Wildwood Saloon" – 3:58
# "Stay Awhile" (Hawker, Raymonde) – 3:03
# "Suspended Animation" – 3:19

'''Side two'''
# "Sad Song" (Mark Middler, Peter Mason) – 2:53
# "It's So Different Here" – 2:48
# "Cuckoo Clock" – 2:46
# "Pin a Medal on Mary" (Birch, Wicks) – 3:08
# "Stranger in the House" (Costello) – 4:06

==Personnel==
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.<ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Fool Around|others=[[Rachel Sweet]]|publisher=[[Stiff Records]]|year=1978|id=SEEZ 12|type=liner notes}}</ref><ref>{{cite AV media notes|title=Fool Around|others=[[Rachel Sweet]]|publisher=[[Stiff Records]] / [[Columbia Records]]|year=1979|id=JC 36101|type=liner notes}}</ref>

'''Musicians'''
{{div col}}
* Rachel Sweet – lead vocals, backing vocals
* Ray Beavis – [[tenor saxophone]]
* Charley Charles – drums on "B-A-B-Y", "Stay Awhile", "Pin a Medal on Mary" and "Stranger in the House"
* [[Simon Climie]] – [[finger snapping]], hand [[clapping]], percussion
* [[John Earle (musician)|John "Irish" Earle]] – [[baritone saxophone]]
* [[Mick Gallagher|Mickey Gallagher]] – piano on "B-A-B-Y", "Stay Awhile", "Pin a Medal on Mary" and "Stranger in the House"
* Paul Gillieron – [[soprano saxophone]], [[tin whistle|penny whistle]]
* Chris Gower – trombone
* Dick Hanson – trumpet
* [[Lene Lovich]] – backing vocals on "Just My Style" and "Cuckoo Clock"
* [[Brinsley Schwarz (musician)|Brinsley Schwarz]] – [[rhythm guitar]] on "B-A-B-Y" and "Stranger in the House"
* [[Liam Sternberg]] (credited as "Pietro Nardini")<ref>{{cite news|last=Cizmar|first=Martin|url=https://www.clevescene.com/cleveland/it-still-smells-like-burnt-rubber/Content?oid=14479718|title='It Still Smells Like Burnt Rubber'|newspaper=[[Cleveland Scene]]|date=January 17, 2018|access-date=December 6, 2020}}</ref> – bass guitar, guitar, keyboards
* Stiff Chorus – vocals on "Girl with a Synthesizer"
* Mark Sugden – drums, percussion
* Leah Sweet – finger snapping, hand clapping, percussion
* [[Norman Watt-Roy]] – bass guitar on "B-A-B-Y", "Stay Awhile", "Pin a Medal on Mary" and "Stranger in the House"
{{div col end}}

'''Production'''
{{div col}}
* [[Roger Béchirian]] – [[audio mixing (recorded music)|mixing]], [[sound recording and reproduction|recording]]
* Guy Bidmead – mixing, recording
* Barrie Guard – mixing and [[record producer|production]] on "I Go to Pieces" and "Sad Song"
* [[David Mackay (producer)|David Mackay]] – production on "I Go to Pieces" and "Sad Song"
* Bob Painter – recording
* [[Peter Solley]] – [[remix]]ing on US edition
* Liam Sternberg – production
{{div col end}}

==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;" border="1"
!scope="col"| Chart (1979)
!scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
!scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[Kent Music Report]])<ref>{{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|publisher=Australian Chart Book|edition=illustrated|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=302}}</ref>
|style="text-align:center;"| 86
|-
{{Album chart|Canada|77|chartid=4411b|access-date=November 4, 2020|rowheader=true}}
|-
{{Album chart|Billboard200|97|M|url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/billboard-200/1979-09-01|title=''Billboard'' 200|work=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=September 1, 1979|access-date=November 4, 2020|rowheader=true}}
|}

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Discogs master|105992|Fool Around}}
* {{MusicBrainz release group|mbid=0411bfc0-8355-3964-ae69-e374b8ca825d|name=Fool Around}}

{{Authority control}}

[[Category:1978 debut albums]]
[[Category:Rachel Sweet albums]]
[[Category:Albums produced by David Mackay (producer)]]
[[Category:Stiff Records albums]]
[[Category:Columbia Records albums]]

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