4,also known as Foreigner 4,is the fourth studio album by the British-American rock band Foreigner,released on July 3,1981,by Atlantic Records. The album's name signifies that it is the band's fourth studio album and also the fact that the band's membership had reduced from six to four members. Musically,it showed Foreigner shifting from hard rock to more accessible mainstream rock and pop music.
Foreigner is a British-American rock band formed in New York City in 1976 by guitarist Mick Jones,vocalist Lou Gramm,drummer Dennis Elliott,keyboardist Al Greenwood,bassist Ed Gagliardi and multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald,the last of whom was also a founding member of King Crimson. Foreigner is one of the world's best-selling bands of all time,with worldwide sales of more than 80 million records,including 37.5 million in the US.
Foreigner is the debut studio album by British-American rock band Foreigner,released on 8 March 1977. It spun off three hit singles,"Feels Like the First Time","Cold as Ice" and "Long,Long Way from Home". It also features album tracks such as "Headknocker" and "Starrider",the latter of which features a rare lead vocal from lead guitarist and co-founder Mick Jones.
Head Games is the third studio album by the British-American rock band Foreigner,released on 11 September 1979 by Atlantic Records. Recorded at Atlantic Studios in New York,with additional recording and whole mixing taking place at Cherokee Studios in Los Angeles,it was the only Foreigner album co-produced by Roy Thomas Baker,best known for working on Queen's classic albums. It marked the first appearance of new bass guitarist Rick Wills who replaced Ed Gagliardi,and was the last album with founding members Ian McDonald and Al Greenwood,who would leave the band after the recording. Head Games is also the last Foreigner album to feature a lead vocal by guitarist Mick Jones.
Inside Information is the sixth studio album by the British-American rock band Foreigner,released on December 7,1987. The album debuted at 15,on the Billboard 200 Albums Chart and was certified Platinum in the U.S. for sales exceeding one million copies. Although a huge standard by any country's charting method,the band's sales were certainly plummeting since the release of 4 in 1981. It was the last album to feature the '80s core lineup of Gramm,Jones,Wills,and Elliott.
Unusual Heat is the seventh studio album by British-American rock band Foreigner,released on June 14,1991,by Atlantic Records. Recorded at several different studios across the state of New York and England,and produced by Terry Thomas and Mick Jones,it was the only album with lead singer Johnny Edwards. He replaced original lead singer Lou Gramm. Edwards,a veteran singer who'd done a tour of duty with Montrose and was then the frontman for another Atlantic act,Wild Horses. As Edwards told UCR in a separate interview,Wild Horses had only just signed its record deal —and although joining for Foreigner was obviously tempting for financial reasons if nothing else,he was reluctant to walk away from his own band after struggling for years to make it on his own terms.
Louis Andrew Grammatico,known professionally as Lou Gramm,is an American singer and songwriter. He is best known as co-founder and lead vocalist of the rock band Foreigner from 1976 to 1990 and again from 1992 to 2003,during which time the band had numerous successful albums and singles.
"I Want to Know What Love Is" is a power ballad by the British-American rock band Foreigner. It was released in November 1984 as the love theme and lead single from their fifth album,Agent Provocateur. The song reached number one on both the United Kingdom singles chart and the United States Billboard Hot 100 and is the group's biggest hit to date.
"Urgent" is a song by the British-American rock band Foreigner,and the first single from their album 4 in 1981.
"Hot Blooded" is a song by the British-American rock band Foreigner,from their second studio album Double Vision. It was released as a single in June 1978 and reached #3 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart that September. The single was also certified Platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America. It is also the theme song to the truTV scripted series Tacoma FD.
"Cold as Ice" is a 1977 song written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones that was first released by British-American rock band Foreigner from their eponymous debut album. It became one of the best-known songs of the band in the US,peaking at No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. It was initially the B-side of some versions of the "Feels Like the First Time" 45 rpm single.
"Feels Like the First Time" is the debut single by British-American rock band Foreigner. It was written by Mick Jones and released in 1977 from the band's eponymous debut album. It reached No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100.
"Midnight Blue" is a song by American rock singer-songwriter Lou Gramm,issued as a 7" single in the United States in January 1987 by Atlantic Records. It was the lead-off single from Gramm's debut album,Ready or Not,released in February 1987. An extended remix of the song was available as a 12" single.
"Dirty White Boy" is a song recorded by British-American rock band Foreigner,written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones,and produced by Roy Thomas Baker,Jones,and Ian McDonald. It was the first single taken from the band's third studio album,Head Games (1979). The B-side,"Rev on the Red Line" has also proven to be very popular among fans,but was never released as an A-side. Lou Gramm's trademark scream at the end of the song is missing from this abbreviated version of "Dirty White Boy". The song spent nine weeks in the Top 40.
"Blue Morning,Blue Day" is a song written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones that was first released as the third single on Foreigner's second album,Double Vision,reaching #15 on the Hot 100,the band's sixth top 40 single in two years,and #45 in the U.K. The song was backed with the Mick Jones song "I Have Waited So Long". "Blue Morning,Blue Day" is also available as downloadable content for the Rock Band series and was released on clear blue vinyl.
"Long,Long Way from Home" is a song written by Mick Jones,Lou Gramm &Ian McDonald that was initially released on Foreigner's debut album. It was the third single taken from the album.
"Women" is the fourth single taken from the third album,Head Games by the band,Foreigner. It was written by Mick Jones,and released in February 1980. The song's B-side,"The Modern Day" is also sung by its writer,Jones.
"Head Games" is the title-cut and second single taken from the band Foreigner's third release. It was written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones,and released primarily in the U.S. in November 1979 while at the same time,"Love On The Telephone" was being released elsewhere. The song's b-side,"Do What You Like" uses multi-layered harmony vocals along the lines of their earlier single,"Cold as Ice."
"That Was Yesterday" is the second single taken from the album Agent Provocateur by the band Foreigner. This song was available in four versions,as a remixed single,an extended remix,an orchestral version,and the original mix. The song was written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones,and the B-side "Two Different Worlds" is also of note for being the first solo-written Lou Gramm song to appear on a single.
40:Forty Hits From Forty Years 1977-2017 is a two-disc compilation album by British-American rock band Foreigner,released on May 19,2017. The album includes two new recordings:a rerecording of "I Don't Want to Live Without You",and the new song "Give My Life for Love".
