IT'S HIGH TIME
TO DRAW THE LINE
PUT AN END
TO THIS GAME
BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE
Head Games
is the
third
studio album
by the
British-American
rock band
released on
September,11th 1979
by Atlantic Records.
Recorded at
Atlantic Studios in New York,
with additional recording
and whole mixing
taking place at
Cherokee Studios
in Los Angeles,
it was the only
Foreigner album
co-produced by
Roy Thomas Baker,
best known
for working on
Queen's classic albums.
It marked the
first appearance
of new bass guitarist
Rick Wills
formerly of
Jokers Wild,
Roxy Music
and Small Faces
who replaced
Ed Gagliardi
(who was fired from the band),
and was the last album
with founding members
Ian McDonald
and
Al Greenwood,
who would leave
the band after
the recording.
Head Games
is also the last
Foreigner album
to feature a
lead vocal by
guitarist
Mick Jones
("The Modern Day").
Cover Art
The model in the photograph
on the front cover is
American actress
and film producer
Lisanne Falk.
The cover art was
criticized by feminists,
but according to
Foreigner lead singer
Lou Gramm,
the cover was intended
to be cute,
like a cartoon.
Gramm said
"The girl is being naughty,
erasing graffiti
[in the restroom].
She's looking at
whoever buys the album,
she's been caught."
According to
Miami Herald
critic
Bill Ashton,
the cover art is a play
on the album title
Head Games.
Atlantic Records
publicity director
Stuart Ginsburg
pointed out that
"head is a naval term
for bathroom"
and Foreigner's
media coordinator
Susan Steinberg
stated that
"the girl on the cover
is shocked by the graffiti.
It's not like
somebody is attacking her.
I swear to you,
it's not premeditated."
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