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Hail Satin

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Hail Satin
Studio album / live album by
Foo Fighters as "Dee Gees"
ReleasedJuly 17, 2021 (2021-07-17)
StudioStudio 606
Genre
Length39:05
LabelRCA
ProducerGreg Kurstin
Foo Fighters chronology
Medicine at Midnight
(2021)
Hail Satin
(2021)
The Essential Foo Fighters
(2022)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Pitchfork5.4/10[2]
AllMusic[3]

Hail Satin is an album by the Dee Gees, a side project of American rock band Foo Fighters.[4] It was released on July 17, 2021, for Record Store Day.[5] The album consists of five cover versions of songs originally written and recorded by members of the Gibb family (four from the Bee Gees and one Andy Gibb solo record) and five live versions of songs from the Foo Fighters' 2021 album Medicine at Midnight on its B-side. The name "Dee Gees" is a play on both the Bee Gees and Dave Grohl's initials; the album title is a play on satin (a common fabric of the disco era) and the phrase "hail Satan".[1]

Background

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Foo Fighters performing as the Dee Gees at the 2021 Shaky Knees Music Festival

Foo Fighters previously performed Andy Gibb's 1978 song "Shadow Dancing" during Linda Perry's Rock 'n' Relief livestream and the Bee Gees' "You Should Be Dancing" on Jo Whiley's Sofa Session show on BBC Radio 2.[6] Dave Grohl said about the recording of "You Should Be Dancing": "I have never, ever in my life sung like that, but it was the easiest song I have ever sung in my entire life! I sang the song, and it was like six minutes and I was done. I should have been singing like this for the last 25 years!"[6]

Track listing

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Side A
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."You Should Be Dancing"3:53
2."Night Fever"
  • B. Gibb
  • R. Gibb
  • M. Gibb
3:33
3."Tragedy"
  • B. Gibb
  • R. Gibb
  • M. Gibb
4:46
4."Shadow Dancing"
4:15
5."More Than a Woman"
  • B. Gibb
  • R. Gibb
  • M. Gibb
3:10
Side B
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
6."Making a Fire" (live)Foo Fighters4:12
7."Shame Shame" (live)Foo Fighters4:02
8."Waiting on a War" (live)Foo Fighters4:04
9."No Son of Mine" (live)Foo Fighters3:25
10."Cloudspotter" (live)Foo Fighters3:45
Total length:39:05

Personnel

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Foo Fighters

Charts

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Chart performance for Hail Satin
Chart (2021) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[7] 31
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] 18
Irish Albums (OCC)[9] 27
Scottish Albums (OCC)[10] 3
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[11] 61
UK Albums (OCC)[12] 17
US Billboard 200[13] 27
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[14] 3
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[15] 5

References

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  1. ^ a b Strauss, Matthew (June 17, 2021). "Foo Fighters Releasing New Disco Album for Record Store Day 2021". Pitchfork. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  2. ^ Hogan, Marc (July 16, 2021). "Foo Fighters: Dee Gees – Hail Satin Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
  3. ^ "Hail Satin - Dee Gees, Foo Fighters | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  4. ^ "Foo Fighters to release disco album as the Dee Gees". BBC News. June 19, 2021. Retrieved June 19, 2021.
  5. ^ Kreps, Daniel (June 17, 2021). "Foo Fighters' Bee Gees Tribute Band Announces 'Hail Satin' LP". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  6. ^ a b "Foo Fighters To Release Collection of Bee Gees Covers for 'Record Store Day'". Blabbermouth.net. June 17, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  7. ^ "Australiancharts.com – Dee Gees – Hail Satin". Hung Medien. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  8. ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Dee Gees – Hail Satin" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  9. ^ "Official Irish Albums Chart Top 50". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  10. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 24, 2021.
  11. ^ "Spanishcharts.com – Dee Gees – Hail Satin". Hung Medien. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
  12. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved July 23, 2021.
  13. ^ "Foo Fighters Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  14. ^ "Foo Fighters Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  15. ^ "Foo Fighters Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 27, 2021.