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Foreigner: Foreigner 4

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Label: Atlantic Records
Released: 1981.07.02
Time:
 48:26
Category: Pop/Rock
Producer(s): Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Mick Jones
Rating:
Media type: CD
Web address: www.foreigneronline.com
Appears with:
Purchase date: 2014
Price in €: 1,00





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[1] Night Life (M.Jones/L.Gramm) - 3:48
[2] Juke Box Hero (L.Gramm/M.Jones) - 4:18
[3] Break It Up (M.Jones) - 4:11
[4] Waiting for a Girl Like You (M.Jones/L.Gramm) - 4:49
[5] Luanne (L.Gramm/M.Jones) - 3:25
[6] Urgent (M.Jones) - 4:29
[7] I'm Gonna Win (M.Jones) - 4:51
[8] Woman in Black (M.Jones) - 4:42
[9] Girl on the Moon (M.Jones/L.Gramm) - 3:49
[10] Don't Let Go (M.Jones/L.Gramm) - 3:58
         Bonus tracks on 2002 reissue, recorded in 1999:
[11] Juke Box Hero [Nearly unplugged version]) - 3:06
[12] Waiting for a Girl Like You [Nearly unplugged version] - 2:50

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Lou Gramm - Lead Vocals, Percussion
Mick Jones - Guitar, Keyboards, Backing Vocals, Producer
Rick Wills - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
Dennis Elliott - Drums, Vocals, Backing Vocals

Hugh Mccracken - Slide Guitar on [9]
Tom Dolby - Main Synthesizers
Larry Fast - Sequential Synthesizer on [2,3,10]
Michael Fonfara - Keyboard Textures on [6,9]
Bob Mayo - Keyboard Textures on [4]
Mark Rivera - Saxophone on [6,3], Backing Vocals
Junior Walker - Saxophone Solo on [6]
Ian Lloyd - Backing Vocals
Robert John "Mutt" Lange - Backing Vocals, Producer

Dave Wittman - Chief Engineer, Recording
Tony Platt - Engineer, Recording
Brad Samuelsohn - Second Engineer
Edwin Hobgood - Assistant Engineer
Michel Sauvage - Assistant Engineer
George Marino - Mastering
Bud Prager - Management
Bob Defrin - Art Director

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1st Pressing (1981): Has white Warner "W" sticker on the back upper right corner.

2nd Pressing (1982): Does not have the sticker.

Matrix/Runouts are for (1981) First Pressing.

Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, N.Y.C.
Mastered at Sterling Sound, N.Y.C.
MFG. By Atlantic Recording Corp.
© 1981 Atlantic Recording Corporation.
Printed in U.S.A.
Pressed in Canada under same cat#.

Jr. Walker appears courtesy of Whitfield Records.

Larry Fast appears courtesy of Passport Records.

Michael Fontana appears courtesy of Arista Records.



Over the course of their first three late-'70s albums, Foreigner had firmly established themselves (along with Journey and Styx) as one of the top AOR bands of the era. But the band was still looking for that grand slam of a record that would push them to the very top of the heap. Released in 1981, 4 would be that album. In producer Robert John "Mutt" Lange - fresh off his massive success with AC/DC's Back in Black - guitarist and all-around mastermind Mick Jones found both the catalyst to achieve this and his perfect musical soulmate. Lange's legendary obsessive attention to detail and Jones' highly disciplined guitar heroics (which he never allowed to get in the way of a great song) resulted in a collaboration of unprecedented, sparkling efficiency where not a single note is wasted. "Nightlife" is only the first in a series ("Woman in Black," "Don't Let Go," the '50s-tinged "Luanne") of energetic, nearly flawless melodic rockers, and with "Juke Box Hero," the band somehow managed to create both a mainstream hit single and a highly unique-sounding track, alternating heavy metal guitar riffing, chorused vocals, and one of the ultimate "wanna be a rock star" lyrics. As for the mandatory power ballad, the band also reached unparalleled heights with "Waiting for a Girl Like You." One of the decade's most successful cross-genre tearjerkers, it has since become a staple of soft rock radio and completely eclipsed the album's other very lovely ballad, "Girl on the Moon," in the process. And last but not least, the surprisingly funky "Urgent" proved to be one of the band's most memorable and uncharacteristic smash hits, thanks to Junior Walker's signature saxophone solo. Through it all, vocalist Lou Gramm does his part, delivering a dazzling performance that confirmed his status as one of the finest voices of his generation. Three years later, Foreigner would achieve even greater success on a pop level with the uneven Agent Provocateur, but by then Jones and Gramm were locked in an escalating war of egos that would soon lead to the band's demise. All things considered, 4 remains Foreigner's career peak.

Eduardo Rivadavia - All Music Guide



The current Foreigner lineup has added its own live spin to a batch of the band’s classic tracks for a new album they’re calling ‘The Best of Foreigner 4 & More.’
Details of the project are available at the album’s PledgeMusic page, which lists a Dec. 5 release date in the U.K. only and promises “vinyl, limited edition posters and remake T-shirts from their 1981-1982 tour.” Bassist Jeff Pilson shared his excitement for the album, saying, “Great songs, great performances and great production are timeless — and ’4' has all three in spades. Bringing the album to life on stage made us very happy. We’re thrilled to give people a chance to really reflect on what a great and classic album ’4' truly is.”
The album will not be available in the U.S.due to licensing restrictions.
Released in the summer of 1981, Foreigner’s ’4' topped the charts and selling more than seven million copies in the U.S. while spinning off a slew of pop and rock radio hits that included ‘Juke Box Hero,’ ‘Urgent’ and ‘Waiting for a Girl Like You’ — all of which are present and accounted for on ‘The Best of Foreigner 4 & More.’ “It’s great to be in a group with people who really get it, and understand how fortunate we are to be playing and performing such great material,” enthused vocalist Kelly Hansen, while band founder Mick Jones added, “Our music has touched a lot of people worldwide — unwittingly, we’ve weaved our music into the fabric of people’s lives.”

Jeff Giles - October 22, 2014
UltimateClassicRock.com



4, also known as Foreigner 4, is the fourth studio album by British-American rock band Foreigner, released in 1981 on Atlantic Records. Several singles from the album were hugely successful, including "Urgent", "Waiting for a Girl Like You" and "Juke Box Hero".

The album was an immediate smash worldwide, holding the #1 position on the Billboard album chart for a total of 10 weeks. It eventually sold over seven million copies in the United States alone.

The album was originally titled Silent Partners and later was changed to 4. In 1981, renowned art studio Hipgnosis was asked to design a cover based on the original title, and they developed a black & white image of a young man in bed with a pair of binoculars looming overhead. The resulting design was rejected by the band as they felt it was "too homosexual." The replacement cover for 4 was designed by Bob Defrin and modeled after an old fashioned film leader. Hipgnosis is still credited with designing the record labels.

The album marked the completion of the band's shift to hard rock, begun in Head Games. Both Ian McDonald and Al Greenwood had left before the recording of 4. As a result, all of the songs on the album are compositions by Mick Jones and/or Lou Gramm. McDonald and Greenwood had played saxophone and keyboards, respectively, and so several session musicians were needed to replace their contributions, among them Junior Walker, who played the saxophone solo in the bridge of "Urgent", and a young Thomas Dolby, who would later have a successful solo career.

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