Mr. Moonlight (album)

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Mr. Moonlight
Foreigner - Mr. Moonlight.jpg
Studio album by
Foreigner
ReleasedOctober 24, 1994 [1]
Recorded1993–1994
Studio
Pre-production - EH Recording Studio, Owned and operated by John Jackson
  • Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida)
  • Emerald Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Bearsville Studios (Bearsville, New York)
  • Utopia Studios (Lake Hill, New York)
  • Soundtrack Studios (New York, New York)
  • Track Record Studios (North Hollywood, California)
  • Studio 4 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Genre
Length54:17
Label Arista
Producer
Foreigner chronology
Best of Live
(1993)		Mr. Moonlight
(1994)		 Complete Greatest Hits
(2002)
Singles from Mr. Moonlight
  1. "White Lie"
    Released: October 10, 1994 [2]
  2. "Until the End of Time"
    Released: March 6, 1995 [3]
  3. "All I Need to Know"
    Released: 1995 (Canada)
  4. "Rain"
    Released: 1995 (Germany)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]

Mr. Moonlight is the eighth studio album by British-American rock band Foreigner, released by Arista Records in Europe on 24 October and by BMG Entertainment in Japan on 23 November 1994. In the United States and Canada, it appeared in early 1995 on the Rhythm Safari label. Recorded at seven different studios across the States, the album was produced by Mick Jones, Lou Gramm, and Mike Stone, with an additional production by Phil and Joe Nicolo. It was Foreigner's last studio release until Can't Slow Down (2009).

Contents

The album was the first since 1991's release Unusual Heat, which featured New Foreigner Vocalist Johnny Edwards, he would only appear on this releases, two singles from this album were released the Rocker Lowdown and Dirty, which was a Mainstream Rock Chart Hit and the ballad I'll Fight for You, which didn't chart above the Top 60. After the dismal performance of this album and Lou Gramm's failure with his new band Shadow king, he and Mick Jones decided to meet in early '92 to discuss collaborating again in LA just when the Rodney King riots broke out, this isolation from the outside world gave them time to talk and start writing a few songs which ended up on their new Greatest hits The Very Best ... and Beyond (1992). After the positive response of this release, Jones and Gramm went back to the studio to write and record another studio album which became...Mr. Moonlight it was also the first album in fifteen years without bass guitarist Rick Wills, who joined the band in 1979, and drummer Dennis Elliott, who was a founding member.

Though it was intended to be a comeback release, Mr. Moonlight was a commercial disappointment, only peaking at number 136 in the Billboard 200 chart, [6] and ranked as Foreigner's worst-selling studio album.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones, except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."White Lie" 4:16
2."Rain"Gramm, Jones, Bruce Turgon 4:35
3."Until the End of Time"Gramm, Jones, Turgon4:52
4."All I Need to Know" 4:45
5."Running the Risk"Gramm, Jones, Jeff Jacobs5:09
6."Real World" 6:22
7."Big Dog"Gramm, Jones, Jacobs, Turgon4:47
8."Hole in My Soul" 5:08
9."I Keep Hoping"Gramm, Jones, Jacobs5:10
10."Under the Gun" 4:16
11."Hand on My Heart"Gramm, Jones, Turgon4:57
Total length:54:17
Japan bonus track
No.TitleLength
12."Crash and Burn"4:37
Total length:58:54
U.S. and Canada editions
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Under the Gun" 3:50
2."Rain"Gramm, Jones, Turgon4:35
3."Until the End of Time"Gramm, Jones, Turgon4:52
4."White Lie" 4:16
5."Big Dog"Gramm, Jones, Jacobs, Turgon4:47
6."Real World" 6:22
7."All I Need to Know" 4:45
8."Hole in My Soul" 5:08
9."I Keep Hoping"Gramm, Jones, Jacobs5:10
10."Running the Risk"Gramm, Jones, Jacobs5:09
11."Hand on My Heart"Gramm, Jones, Turgon4:57
Total length:53:51

Personnel

Foreigner

Additional musicians

Production

Charts

Chart (1994-1995)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [7] 126
Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [8] 69
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [9] 60
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [10] 21
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [11] 73
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 17
UK Albums (OCC) [13] 59
US Billboard 200 [6] 136

References

  1. ↑ "Mr Moonlight".
  2. ↑ "New singles". Music Week . 8 October 1994. p. 37.
  3. ↑ "New singles". Music Week . 4 March 1995. p. 45.
  4. ↑ Parisien, Roch. Foreigner: "Mr. Moonlight" > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  5. ↑ Evans, Paul (2004). "Foreigner". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (Completely Revised and Updated 4th ed.). New York: Fireside. p.  307. ISBN   0-7432-0169-8.
  6. 1 2 "Foreigner Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  7. ↑ "Foreigner ARIA chart history". ARIA. Retrieved 20 July 2024– via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
  8. ↑ "Top RPM Albums: Issue 9077". RPM . Library and Archives Canada. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  9. ↑ "Dutchcharts.nl – Foreigner – Mr. Moonlight" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  10. ↑ "Offiziellecharts.de – Foreigner – Mr. Moonlight" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  11. ↑ Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005 (in Japanese). Roppongi, Tokyo: Oricon Entertainment. 2006. ISBN   4-87131-077-9.
  12. ↑ "Swisscharts.com – Foreigner – Mr. Moonlight". Hung Medien. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  13. ↑ "Foreigner | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
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