01. Honey Hush (Lou W.Turner) - 4:19
02. Step Outside (Dave Peverett, Rod Price, Tony Stevens, Roger Earl) - 6:15
03. Golden Arrow (Peverett, Price) - 4:03
04. Home In My Hand (Peverett, Price) - 5:09
05. Wild Cherry (Peverett, Price, Stevens, Earl & Tom Dawes) - 5:26
06. That'll Be The Day (Buddy Holly, Jerry Allison, Norman Petty) - 2:51
07. Fly By Night (Tony Stevens) - 4:46
08. Nothin' I Won't Do (Peverett, Price) - 6:54

Personnel:
- "Lonesome Dave" Peverett - rhythm guitar, vocals
- Rod Price - lead guitar
- Tony Stevens - bass
- Roger Earl - drums, percussion

The third album proved to be the charm for Foghat. On Energized, their fusion of blues song structures and heavy metal energy comes into sharp focus. The group storms out of the gate with the opening track, "Honey Hush"; this inspired reworking of a blues classic moves like a locomotive about to run off the rails and dazzles the listener with a barrage of furious, metallic guitar riffs. Another sharp rocker along these lines is "Wild Cherry," a lascivious tribute to a gorgeous woman that is fuelled by a double-time beat from Roger Earl and some killer twin-guitar riffing from Dave Peverett and Rod Price. Elsewhere, the group keeps things interesting by experimenting with their formula: an inspired cover of the Buddy Holly chestnut "That'll Be the Day" successfully recasts it as a bluesy vamp complete with saucy horn arrangements, and "Step Outside" mixes funk-styled instrumental breakdowns and a bassline that would be at home on a James Brown record into its hard rock song structure to create an effective funk-rock hybrid. Energized also produced an enduring classic for the band with "Home in My Hand," an autobiographical tale about living a life dominated by wanderlust. It provided a fitting anthem for a band that toured incessantly and quickly became a beloved part of the Foghat's live set. The one real downside of Energized is that the band gets so carried away sometimes that they let their songs go on a little too long. The notable example here is set-closer "Nothin' I Won't Do," an amiable blues shuffle that is inflated to an unwieldy seven minutes by a few too many guitar solos. However, the album rises above these occasional dips into excess thanks to solid songs and inspired performance from the band. In short, Energized is a solid listen for anyone who gets nostalgic about 1970s arena rock, and a must-have for Foghat fans. --- Donald A. Guarisco, Rovi

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1 - Wild Cherry
2 - Home In My Hand
3 - Dreamer
4 - Hate To See You Go
5 - Rock n Roll Outlaws
6 - I Just Wanna Make Love To You
7 - Chateau Lafitte 59 Boogie
8 – Maybelline

Line-up:
    Dave Peverett - rhythm guitar, vocals
    Rod Price - lead guitar, slide guitar
    Tony Stevens - bass
    Roger Earl - drums

A nice find, featuring the original core lineup of the band performing 8 tracks broadcast live on WPLR-FM, New Haven CT (the title is misleading, as the performance is actually from January Sound in Dallas, not WPLR studios.) The sound quality is superb, usually crystal clear. The performance was to promote their current album, Rock and Roll Outlaws, one of my personal favorites. From that record, they give us the title track, "Chateau Lafitte '59 Boogie", and a sizzling version of "Dreamer". Bassist Tony Stevens left after this period to pursue acting, so this is the closing of that era for the band before their leap to radio success the next year with "Slow Ride" and the great Fool for the City album.

In addition to these 8 songs, we get three bonus tracks: "Honey Hush" live (also from 1974), plus two live tracks from November of 1972 in San Diego. The three tack-on tracks are nice, but nowhere near the high quality of the previous material. The closer, "Louisiana Blues", is a cover of the Muddy Waters tune and is not available on any of the band's albums. Fans of Foghat will be quite pleased with this boot. --- SkinnyRobbie, rateyourmusic.com

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