Records [Remaster]

Performer: Foreigner
Artist: Junior Walker; Thomas Dolby
Distributor: WEA (Distributor)

Notes: Foreigner: Lou Gramm (vocals, percussion); Mick Jones (guitar, piano); Ian McDonald (guitar, keyboards); Al Greenwood (keyboards, synthesizers); Rick Willis, Ed Gagliarti (bass); Dennis Elliott (drums). Additional personnel includes: Jr. Walker, Mark Rivera (saxophone); Michael Fonfara, Bob Mayo (keyboards) Thomas Dolby, Larry Fast (synthesizers); Ian Lloyd (background vocals). Producers include: Mick Jones, Ian McDonald, John Sinclair, Gary Lyons, Keith Olsen. Engineers: Jimmy Douglass, Geoff Workman, Dave Wittman. Digitally remastered by Ted Jensen. Personnel: Lou Gramm (vocals, percussion); Mick Jones (guitar, acoustic guitar, piano, Fender Rhodes piano, keyboards, background vocals); Ian McDonald (guitar, horns, keyboards, background vocals); Bob Mayo (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Mark Rivera (saxophone, Clavinet, background vocals); Junior Walker (soprano saxophone); Alan Greenwood (keyboards, synthesizer); Michael Fonfara (keyboards); Larry Fast, Thomas Dolby (synthesizer); Rick Wills (bass guitar, background vocals); Dennis Elliott (drums); Ed Gagliardi, Ian Lloyd, Robert John "Mutt" Lange (background vocals). Audio Remasterer: Ted Jensen. Photographers: Allen Levine; Frank Moscati. Unknown Contributor Roles: Larry Fast; Michael Fonfara. While Foreigner's first 'best of' compilation, 1982's RECORDS, does not contain all of the band's hits (it was released prior to their chart-topping ballad "I Want to Know What Love Is"), it still does contain many classic rock gems. While hardcore fans may balk at a live version of "Hot Blooded" being included over the better-known studio version, and that the shorter 'single versions' of the songs are used, RECORDS still showcases Foreigner at their best. Most Foreigner favorites are included, such as "Cold as Ice," "Head Games," "Waiting for a Girl Like You," "Feels Like the First Time," "Urgent," and "Long, Long Way from Home" to name but a few.

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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