Records [Red Vinyl] [Barnes & Noble Exclusive]

by Foreigner

Overview

Foreigner's most lucrative years came during their first four albums, with their guitar-driven arena rock flair settling in nicely with the rest of the late-'70s music scene. Twelve of Foreigner's 16 Top 40 singles are from a six year span, between 1977 and 1982, which is why Records makes for such an entertaining collection of the band's early work. With cuts stemming from Foreigner, Double Vision, Head Games, and 4, Records lines up ten of their first 11 hit singles, somehow leaving out 1979's "Blue Morning, Blue Day." But even with this minor deletion, the album is agreeably brief, and it's the most opportune route in exploring Foreigner's best material. Both "Cold As Ice" and "Double Vision" are stellar examples of Lou Gramm's vocal gusto and Mick Jones' bang-on guitar playing, while favorites like "Urgent" (with Junior Walker on sax ), "Head Games," and "Feels Like the First Time," with its shiny keyboard segments, are unblemished radio-rock standards. The live cut of "Hot Blooded" is a nice addition as well, as is the band's second-best ballad in "Waiting for a Girl Like You," outdone only by 1984's "I Want to Know What Love Is." While Records fits the bill as a compact summation of all of Foreigner's pre-Agent Provocateur hits, it also makes for one great driving album. ~ Mike DeGagne

Product Details

Release Date:	11/16/2018
Label:	Barnes & Noble / Rhino
UPC:	0603497857890
Rank:	271

Tracks

1. Cold as Ice
2. Double Vision
3. Head Games
4. Waiting for a Girl Like You
5. Feels Like the First Time
6. Urgent
7. Dirty White Boy
8. Juke Box Hero
9. Long, Long Way from Home
10. Hot Blooded

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Foreigner   Primary Artist
Thomas Dolby   Guest Artist,Synthesizer
Junior Walker   Guest Artist,Saxophone,Sax (Soprano)
Rick Wills   Bass,Vocals,Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background)
Mick Jones   Guitar,Vocals,Director,Bass,Piano,Guitar,Vocals,Director,Keyboards,Fender Rhodes,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Bob Mayo   Guitar,Keyboards,Vocals (Background)
Ian Lloyd   Vocals (Background)
Dennis Elliott   Drums,Vocals (Background)
Larry Fast   Synthesizer
Ed Gagliardi   Bass,Vocals,Guitar (Bass),Vocals (Background)
Ian McDonald   Horn,Reeds,Guitar,Vocals,Keyboards,Saxophone,Vocals (Background)
Rick Willis   Guitar (Bass)
Robert John "Mutt" Lange   Vocals (Background)
Michael Fonfara   Keyboards
Al Greenwood   Keyboards,Synthesizer
Tom Dolby   Synthesizer
Mark Rivera   Clavinet,Saxophone,Vocals (Background)
Lou Gramm   Vocals,Percussion

Technical Credits

Jimmy Douglass   Mixing Engineer,Assistant Engineer,Mixing,Engineer
Randy Mason   Assistant Engineer
Tony Platt   Engineer
Ted Jensen   Remastering
Keith Olsen   Engineer,Producer
Mick Jones   Composer,Producer,Composer,Producer,Mixing Engineer
Michael Getlin   Assistant Engineer
Kevin Herron   Assistant Engineer
Bob Defrin   Design,Art Direction
Lynn Dreese Breslin   Design,Art Direction
Frank Moscati   Photography
John Sinclair   Producer
Allen Levine   Photography
Edwin Hobgood   Assistant Engineer
David Paich   Arranger
Geoff Workman   Engineer
Robert John "Mutt" Lange   Producer
Roy Thomas Baker   Producer
Michel Sauvage   Assistant Engineer
Dave Wittman   Engineer
George Marino   Mastering Engineer
Brad Samuelsohn   Second Engineer
David DeVore   Engineer
George Piros   Mastering Engineer
Gary Lyons   Engineer,Producer
Ian McDonald   Composer,Producer,Mixing Engineer
Lou Gramm   Composer