Foreigner - Greatest Hits
COMPILATION
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Wally Badarou - Guest Artist, Synthesizer
Tom Bailey - Keyboards, Vocals
Sheryl Crow - Guest Artist, Vocals
Schuyler Deale - Bass
Thomas Dolby - Guest Artist, Synthesizer
Brian Eddolls - Synthesizer
Dennis Elliott - Drums, Vocals
Larry Fast - Guest Artist, Synthesizer
Michael Fonfara - Keyboards
Ed Gagliardi - Bass, Vocals
Lou Gramm - Composer, Executive Producer, Vocals
Al Greenwood - Keyboards, Synthesizer
Donnie Harper - Vocals
Jennifer Holliday - Guest Artist, Vocals
Beth Hooker - Vocals
Robert John "Mutt" Lange - Vocals
Dave Lebolt - Synthesizer
Ian Lloyd - Vocals
Marilyn Martin - Vocals
Bob Mayo - Keyboards, Piano (Electric), Synthesizer, Vocals
Hugh McCracken - Slide Guitar
Ian McDonald - Guitar, Horn, Keyboards, Reeds, Vocals
Sammy Merendino - Electronic Percussion
John Purdell - Keyboards, Vocals
Mark Rivera - Saxophone, Vocals
Mark Schulman - Drums, Percussion
Rick Seratte - Keyboards
Peter-John Vettese - Keyboards
Jack Waldman - Synthesizer
Joe Walker, Jr. - Saxophone
Rick Wills - Bass, Vocals
Robin Zander - Guest Artist, Vocals
1 LP, Gatefold Cover
Original analog Master tape : YES
Heavy Press : 180g
Record color : black
Speed : 33RPM
Size : 12”
Stereo
Studio
Record Press : unspecified
Label : Friday Music
Original Label : Atlantic
Engineered & mixed by : Dave Wittman, Geoff Workman, Jimmy Douglass
Remastered by Joe Reagoso
Originally released in 1982
Reissued in 2013
Tracks:
Side A :
- Cold As Ice
- Double Vision
- Head Games
- Waiting For A Girl Like You
- Feels Like the First Time
Side B :
- Urgent
- Dirty White Boy
- Juke Box Hero
- Long, Long Way From Home
- Hot Blooded
Reviews :
"Foreigner's most lucrative years came during their first four albums, with their guitar-driven arena rock flair settling in nicely with the rest of the late-'70s music scene. Twelve of Foreigner's 16 Top 40 singles are from a six year span, between 1977 and 1982, which is why Records makes for such an entertaining collection of the band's early work. With cuts stemming from Foreigner, Double Vision, Head Games, and 4, Records lines up ten of their first 11 hit singles, somehow leaving out 1979's "Blue Morning, Blue Day." But even with this minor deletion, the album is agreeably brief, and it's the most opportune route in exploring Foreigner's best material. Both "Cold As Ice" and "Double Vision" are stellar examples of Lou Gramm's vocal gusto and Mick Jones' bang-on guitar playing, while favorites like "Urgent" (with Junior Walker on sax ), "Head Games," and "Feels Like the First Time," with its shiny keyboard segments, are unblemished radio-rock standards. The live cut of "Hot Blooded" is a nice addition as well, as is the band's second-best ballad in "Waiting for a Girl Like You," outdone only by 1984's "I Want to Know What Love Is." While Records fits the bill as a compact summation of all of Foreigner's pre-Agent Provocateur hits, it also makes for one great driving album." AllMusic Review by Mike DeGagne
Ratings :
AllMusic : 4,5 / 5 , Discogs : 4,15 / 5