Stupidity (Dr. Feelgood album)

Stupidity is a live album by English rock band Dr. Feelgood. It was released in September 1976 and is the band's third overall album. Their mushrooming popularity was confirmed when Stupidity (1976) topped the UK Albums Chart.^[4]

Stupidity
Live album by Dr. Feelgood
Released	September 1976
Recorded	May 23, 1975 & November 8, 1975
Venue	Sheffield City Hall 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]
Select	4/5[3]

The album reached number one on the UK Albums Chart in October 1976 (for one week) and remained on the chart for nine weeks. It was the first live album to top the UK chart in its first week of release.^[1] It was Dr. Feelgood's first and, to date, only recording to reach number one, and appeared over eight months before their first single entered the corresponding UK Singles Chart – "Sneakin' Suspicion" (June 1977).^[5]

Along with Rock Follies in 1976, it reached the top spot in the UK without the benefit of a hit single.^[6] In 2013, NME ranked it at number 267 in its list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time.^[7]

Track listing

All tracks composed by Wilko Johnson; except where indicated

Side 1

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"

Side 2

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"

Bonus 7" single

14. "Riot in Cell Block No. 9" (Leiber, Stoller)
15. "Johnny B. Goode" (Chuck Berry)^[2]

Stupidity + (Dr. Feelgood - Live - 1976-1990) CD Bonus tracks

16. "Take a Tip"
17. "Every Kind of Vice"
18. "She's a Wind Up"
19. "No Mo Do Yakamo"
20. "Love Hound"
21. "Shotgun Blues"
22. "King for a Day"
23. "Milk and Alcohol"
24. "Down At The Doctors"

The original vinyl album had the first seven tracks on Side 1, recorded in Sheffield, and the next six tracks on Side 2, recorded in Southend. A free single, only issued with the first 20,000 copies, included the final two tracks recorded in Aylesbury.^[8] The 1998 Grand Records re-release (GRANDCD 21) states that tracks 8-15 were all recorded at Southend, but 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. The additional nine live tracks were all recorded post-1977 in the period after Johnson had left the band.

Chart positions

Chart	Year	Peak position
UK Albums Chart[9]	1976	1

Personnel

Dr. Feelgood

• Lee Brilleaux - vocals, guitar, harmonica, slide guitar
• Wilko Johnson - guitar, backing vocals
• John B. Sparks - bass guitar
• The Big Figure - drums, backing vocals

Technical

• 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. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Stupidity – Dr. Feelgood". AllMusic. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
3. Cavanagh, David (May 1991). "Dr. Feelgood: Stupidity". Select. No. 11. p. 88.
4. Strong, Martin C. (2000). "Dr. Feelgood". The Great Rock Discography (5th ed.). Edinburgh: Mojo Books. pp. 290–291. ISBN 1-84195-017-3.
5. Roberts, David (2006). British Hit Singles & Albums (19th ed.). London: Guinness World Records Limited. p. 162. ISBN 1-904994-10-5.
6. Gambaccini, Paul (1996). British Hit Albums (7th ed.). Enfield, Middlesex: Guinness Publishing Ltd. p. 18. ISBN 0-85112-619-7.
7. "Rocklist.net....NME: The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time : October 2013". Rocklistmusic.co.uk.
8. "DR FEELGOOD - Albums". Drfeelgood.de. Retrieved 29 January 2014.
9. "Number 1 Albums – 1970s". The Official Charts Company. Archived from the original on 9 February 2008. Retrieved 24 June 2011.