Definitive Collection

Performer: Foreigner
Producer: Lou Gramm; Robert John Lange; Peter Wolf; Ian McDonald; Keith Olsen; Roy Thomas Baker; Duane Baron; Mickey Jones; Frank Filipetti; Gary Lyons; John Purdell; Alex Sadkin; Pat Moran Quartet; Terry Thomas; John Sinclair; Ian McDonald; Robert John Lange; Keith Olsen; Roy Thomas Baker
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Foreigner: Mick Jones (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass guitar); Dennis Elliott (vocals, drums); Johnny Edwards (vocals); Ed Gagliardi, Rick Wills (bass guitar); Ian McDonald, Al Greenwood, Lou Gramm. Personnel: Ian McDonald (vocals, guitar, reeds, keyboards); Mickey Jones (vocals, guitar, keyboards); Ian Hunter (vocals, piano); Dennis Elliott (vocals, drums); Crystal Taliefero, Lou Gramm (vocals, percussion); Ed Gagliardi, Cookie Watkins, Sherryl Marshall, Joe Lynn Turner, Rick Wills, Mark Rivera (vocals); Bruce Turgon (guitar, keyboards); Eddie Martinez, Nils Lofgren, Peter Maunu (guitar); Al Greenwood (keyboards, synthesizer); Jeff Jacobs , Phillip Ashley, Billy Joel, Peter Wolf (keyboards); Benny Gramm (drums). Additional personnel: Ian Hunter (keyboards); Joe Lynn Turner, Nils Lofgren, Peter Wolf . Audio Remasterer: Dan Hersch. Liner Note Author: Jerry McCulley. Author: Mickey Jones . Photographer: Charlyn Zlotnik. A fine introduction to the band that, for many, typifies the AOR genre, THE DEFINITIVE FOREIGNER features their groundbreaking first hit, "Feels Like the First Time," as well as subsequent million-sellers like "Cold as Ice" and the scorching rocker "Dirty White Boy." Further sweetening the pot are such late-1970s classics as "Rev on the Red Line" from their controversial HEAD GAMES album, as well as the '80s anthems "Juke Box Hero," from 4, and "That Was Yesterday," from AGENT PROVOCATEUR.

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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