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Foreigner - Foreigner Audio CD

A fair review of the Foreigner "Foreigner" Audio CD. Please note that the below review is the views of the authors, and authors only. You can get a complete list of all Foreigner reviews here, or go back to the Foreigner tabs.

Foreigner Band: Foreigner
Title: Foreigner
Rating:
Release Date: 2002-04-02
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Feels Like The First Time 2: ColdAs Ice 3: Starrider 4: Headknocker 5: The Damage Is Done 6: Long, Long Way From Home 7: Woman Oh Woman 8: At War With The World 9: Fool For You Anyway 10: I Need You 11: Feels Like The First Time (Demo) 12: Woman Oh Woman (Demo) 13: At War With The World (Demo) 14: Take Me To Your Leader (Demo)

Foreigner on A&E's PRIVATE SESSIONS this Sunday!
It sucks to wake up early, but the whole hour is on their career! . Hey Foreigner Fans! I loved this album and think that Mick Jones is amazing! This Sunday, March 29th at 9 am they're going to be performing and interviewed on my new favorite show A&E's Private Sessions.


Surround 5.1 audio CD
Would buy from this vendor again. product received was as advertised, and in great condition.


The First and still the best
It is the classic rock and roll album done to perfection. This first album by Foreigner started my passion for their music.


Foreigner
Foreigner peaked at #4 on the charts, an excellent performance for a debut album. ESSENTIAL ALBUM!!! Foreigner's debut album is their best &, like Bad Company, their following effort would fall off dramatically in quality. But, unlike most groups releasing their first album, many of the group members already had a track record. Foreigner falls into the arena-rock sub-genre, along with Boston, their music was about as ready tio play on stage as anybody. But both Foreigner & Boston got tagged as being corporate rock also, i. e. , they were catering to the whims of the powers of their contracted label. There were three singles released from the album, "Cold as Ice" which went to #6, "Feels Like the First Time" went to #6 & "Long, Long Way From Home" which went to #20.

This album was an excellent representation of how good arena-rock could be. Lou Grahm (lead vocalist) was an excellent singer who had already been around but with little widespread success. Mick Jones (lead guitars, vocals), founder of the group, had been a member of Spooky Tooth; he was no more than a journeyman lead guitarist. Ian McDonald (keyboards, guitar, horns) had done a stint with King Crimson. Dennis Elliott (drums) had been in a couple of recording bands in England but nothing of major proportions. Ed Gagliardi (bass) hadn't been in any bands of note. Al Greenwood (keyboards) hadn't been in any major bands either.

"Feels Like the First Time" opens the album with one of their best songs. Foreigner's trademarks were here; synthesizers & major harmony vocals. "Cold as Ice" follows, with its pounding piano, it became a trademark song for Foreigner. "Starrider" is one of their very best album tracks, once again, it had all the trademarks of Foreigner, it has a very good keyboard solo. "Headknocker" has some humorous lyrics that allowed Graham to show off his stage presence. "The Damage Is Done" is a great ballad, Jones does some of his best lead playing on this selection. This is one of my favorite songs from them. "Long, Long Way From Home" features more keyboards & has horns, courtesy of McDonald. "Woman Oh Woman " is probably the weakest song on the album. "At War With the World" has its moments but it shows the one major weakness that Foreigner had, neither Jones or Graham were strong as lyricists. Foreigner would suffer from this for their entire career. "Fool For You Anyway" is a great soulful ballad, it reminds me of the R & B artists that used to record with the Stax & Volt labels. "I Need You" was the closing song of the original album & is good.

We get four bonus tracks with this version, one of which hasn't been released before. They're all demo versions & sound considerably different from the tracks that made the album. They are: "Feels Like the First Time", "Woman Oh Woman" & "At War With the World" which actually has the sounds of marching & weapons being fired. "Take Me To Your Leader" is the song that didn't make the album, it suffers from the terminal weakness that Foreigner had, lack of good lyrics.

Foreigner would never release another album anywhere near this consistent. There's not a single bad song here. .


The first was the best...
I like most every song on here, but the standouts are "Feels Like the First Time"(the song that made me a fan of Foreigner),"Cold As Ice", "Long Long Way From Home", "Starrider" and "Fool For You Anyway". at least in my opinion. After 32 years this disc still holds up well for me.


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