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- Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
- Original Release Date: 1982
- Number of Discs: 1
- Label: Atlantic / Wea
Foreigner Biography
While quite a few arena rock acts of the '70s found the
transformation into the '80s quite difficult, several acts continued to
flourish and enjoyed some of their biggest commercial success: Journey,
Styx, REO Speedwagon, and especially Foreigner. Foreigner's leader from
the beginning has been British guitarist Mick Jones, who first broke
into the music biz as a "hired gun" of sorts, appearing on recordings by
George Harrison and Peter Frampton, and as part of a later-day version
of hard rockers Spooky Tooth. By the mid-'70s, Jones had relocated to
New York City, where he was a brief member of the Leslie West Band and
served as an A&R man for a record company. But it wasn't long before
Jones felt the urge to be part of another rock outfit as he sought to
put together a band that would be able to combine elements of rock,
progressive, R&B, and pop into a single, cohesive style.
Jones
soon assembled a group consisting of ex-King Crimson sax player Ian
McDonald and ex-Ian Hunter drummer Dennis Elliot (both of whom were
British), along with New York musicians Al Greenwood (keyboards), Ed
Gagliardi (bass), and Lou Gramm (vocals), the latter of which was
previously a member of an obscure '70s outfit called Black Sheep. Jones
found immediate songwriting chemistry with Gramm (one of the first songs
they wrote together was the eventual hit "Cold As Ice"), resulting in
the newly formed band taking the name Foreigner and signing a recording
contract with Atlantic Records. Foreigner's self-titled debut was issued
in 1977 and became an immediate hit on the strength of the hit singles
"Feels Like the First Time," "Long, Long Way From Home," and the
aforementioned "Cold As Ice," as the album would eventually go platinum
five times over.
Foreigner avoided the dreaded sophomore slump
with an even stronger follow-up release, 1978's Double Vision, which
spawned such further hit singles as "Hot Blooded" and its title track,
and the album stayed in the Top Ten for a solid six months. As a result,
the album's success established the sextet as an arena headliner and
would go on to become Foreigner's best-selling album of their career
(selling seven million copies in the U.S. alone by 2001). The group's
third release overall, Head Games, followed in 1979 and marked the first
of many subsequent lineup changes for the group, as Gagliardi was
replaced by ex-Peter Frampton and Roxy Music bassist Rick Wills. While
the album was another big seller and turned out to be their most
straight-ahead musically, both Gramm and Jones felt that the album
failed to break any new ground, something that they sought to correct on
their next album.
The band's lineup was cut back to just a
quartet consisting of Jones, Gramm, Elliot, and Wills as super-producer
Mutt Lange (who was fresh off the success of AC/DC's classic Back in
Black) was enlisted to oversee the proceedings. The ploy worked and the
resulting 1981 release, 4, was another massive seller, spawning such
further hit singles as "Urgent" (which featured a blazing sax solo from
Motown vet Junior Walker), "Jukebox Hero," and the power ballad "Waiting
for a Girl Like You." Although the latter tune was a massive hit, it
confused some of the band's following as to whether Foreigner was a hard
rock band or balladeers. In 1982, a stopgap best-of set, Records, was
released and featured ten of band's biggest hit singles, remaining a
steady seller to this day (becoming Foreigner's second album to achieve
sales of seven million by 2001).
It took Foreigner three years to
complete a follow-up to 4 with Agent Provocateur being issued in 1984.
The band made the transition to the MTV video age without a hitch with
the over-the-top, gospel-inflected ballad "I Want to Know What Love Is"
(which featured the New Jersey Mass Choir) becoming one of the biggest
MTV and radio hits that year. But despite the single's success, there
was a noticeable dip in sales for Agent Provocateur when compared to
their earlier albums due to the fact that the album wasn't as focused
and strong overall as their previous recordings. After a mammoth
nine-month tour wrapped up a year later, both Jones and Gramm focused on
non-Foreigner projects during 1986. Jones produced Bad Company's Fame
and Fortune and co-produced Van Halen's hit debut recording with Sammy
Hagar, 5150, while Gramm worked on a solo debut. The release of both
Gramm's solo album, Ready or Not, as well as Foreigner's sixth studio
album overall, Inside Information, came in 1987. While both were
successful and spawned Top Ten hits (Gramm with "Midnight Blue" and
Foreigner with "Say You Will"), tension between Gramm and Jones came to a
head regarding the singer's desire to focus on his solo career, which
led to Gramm's split from Foreigner in 1989.
The same year as his
split from Foreigner, Gramm issued his second solo album, Long Hard
Look, which proved to be not as successful as its predecessor, while
Jones produced Billy Joel's Storm Front and issued a star-studded
self-titled solo debut. Jones, Elliot, and Wills tried to keep Foreigner
afloat with a new singer, Johnny Edwards, issuing a largely ignored
album in 1991, Unusual Heat, while Gramm fared no better with a new
outfit, Shadow King, issuing a forgotten self-titled debut the same
year. Seeing the error in their split, both Jones and Gramm listened to
the advice of Atlantic Records and reunited for the recording of three
all-new tracks to be included on a more extensive "hits" collection.
Issued in 1992, the 17-track The Very Best...And Beyond was Foreigner's
most commercially successful release in several years along with the
band's first live release, Classic Hits Live, issued a year later.
The
Gramm/Jones reunion soon turned permanent and new members Bruce Turgon
(bass) and Jeff Jacobs (keyboards) were welcomed on board. The latest
version of Foreigner issued an all-new studio recording in 1995, Mr.
Moonlight, which failed to return the group to the top of the charts.
Foreigner remained a popular concert attraction, but the band's future
was thrust into doubt in 1997 when Gramm was diagnosed with a brain
tumor. Luckily, the tumor was non-cancerous and was removed shortly
thereafter. Gramm's recovery was slow and painful, but by 1999, the
singer was well enough for Foreigner to team up with Journey for a
summer tour. The early 21st century saw the release of several archival
collections courtesy of the Rhino label: a pair of additional
collections, Jukebox Heroes: The Foreigner Anthology and Complete
Greatest Hits, as well as reissues of the group's self-titled debut and
4, both of which included extra bonus tracks. Can't Slow Down, a
three-disc set that included a new studio album, a disc of remixed
versions of the band's biggest hits, and a DVD documentary, arrived in
2009.
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