The Very Best ... and Beyond

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The Very Best ... and Beyond
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Compilation album by
ReleasedSeptember 22, 1992
Recorded1977-1992
Genre
Length73:10
Label Atlantic [2]
Producer
Foreigner chronology
Unusual Heat
(1991)
The Very Best ... and Beyond
(1992)
Best of Live
(1993)
Singles from
The Very Best ... and Beyond
  1. "With Heaven on Our Side"
    Released: 1992
  2. "Soul Doctor"
    Released: 1992
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The Very Best ... and Beyond is a greatest hits album by the British-American rock band Foreigner released on 22 September 1992 by Atlantic Records [4] The collection spans the band's history from 1977 through 1987, and includes three new tracks recorded in 1992. The compilation skips over the period in the late 1980s and early 1990s when original lead singer Lou Gramm had left the band, omitting any songs from the 1991 album Unusual Heat .

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Original albumLength
1."Soul Doctor" Mick Jones, Lou Gramm Newly released, 19924:51
2."Prisoner of Love"Jones, GrammNewly released5:15
3."With Heaven on Our Side"Jones, Gramm, Johnny Edwards, Parthenon Huxley, Steve Schiff Newly released5:16
4."Juke Box Hero"Gramm, Jones 4 , 19814:19
5."Hot Blooded"Gramm, Jones Double Vision , 19784:24
6."Cold as Ice"Jones, Gramm Foreigner , 19773:20
7."Head Games"Gramm, Jones Head Games , 19793:37 [5]
8."Waiting for a Girl Like You"Jones, Gramm44:50
9."Urgent"Jones44:29
10."Double Vision"Jones, GrammDouble Vision3:43
11."I Want to Know What Love Is"Jones Agent Provocateur , 19845:03
12."Say You Will"Jones, Gramm Inside Information , 19874:11
13."That Was Yesterday"Jones, GrammAgent Provocateur3:46
14."I Don't Want to Live Without You"JonesInside Information4:53
15."Rev on the Red Line" Al Greenwood, GrammHead Games3:34
16."Dirty White Boy"Jones, GrammHead Games3:38
17."Feels Like the First Time"JonesForeigner3:51
Total length:73:10

Personnel

Charts

Chart (1992)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [6] 34
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] 2
Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts) [8] 13
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [9] 23
Japanese Albums (Oricon) [10] 98
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [11] 49
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [12] 20
UK Albums (OCC) [13] 19
US Billboard 200 [14] 123

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [15] Gold35,000^
France (SNEP) [16] Gold100,000*
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland) [17] Gold25,000^
United Kingdom (BPI) [18] Gold100,000^
United States (RIAA) [19] 2× Platinum2,000,000^

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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