The Very Best...And Beyond

Performer: Foreigner
Artist: Robin Zander
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Foreigner includes: Lou Gramm (vocals); Mick Jones (guitar, background vocals); Ian McDonald (keyboards, flute, guitar, background vocals); Al Greenwood (keyboards); Ed Gagliardi, Rick Wills (bass); Dennis Elliot (drums). Additional personnel: Mark Schulman, Schuyler Deale, John Purdell, Rick Seratte; Sheryl Crow, Beth Hooker, Marilyn Martin (background vocals). Producers include: Mick Jones, John Purdell, Duane Baron, Lou Gramm, Robert John "Mutt" Lang. Engineers: Duane Baron, Mike Bosley, John Purdell. Recorded between 1977 and 1992, this compilation contains 3 new tracks. Includes liner notes by Vic Garbarini. Liner Note Author: Vic Garbarini. If you're looking for a more substantial Foreigner 'hits' collection than 1982's 10-track RECORDS, then 92's 17-track collection THE VERY BEST�AND BEYOND is your best bet. Foreigner was a hit-making machine in the late-70's/early-80's, cranking out one classic rock radio standard after another, and all are showcased here. The term 'arena rock' was virtually invented by such rockin' cuts as "Juke Box Hero," "Cold As Ice," "Urgent," "Double Vision," "Dirty White Boy," "Feels Like the First Time." And Foreigner was one of the first rock outfits to excel with the power ballad - both "Waiting for a Girl Like You" and "I Want to Know What Love Is" helped open the floodgates for similarly styled songs by others.

With their accessible AOR sound, Foreigner made it OK for pop fans to listen to hard rock in the '70s. American singer Lou Gramm and UK guitarist Mick Jones (formerly of Spooky Tooth, not to be confused with the Clash guitarist) are responsible for some of classic rock's most instantly recognizable anthems ("Hot Blooded," "Cold As Ice," etc.); however, mammoth hit ballads like the sinisterly seductive "Waiting For a Girl Like You" and the anomalous, gospel-inflected "I Want to Know What Love Is" launched a second life for the band in the 1980s as purveyors of soft rock ballads.

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