Foreigner : Jukebox Heroes: The Foreigner Anthology

BOUGHT A BEAT UP SIX STRING

IN A SECOND HAND STORE

DIDN'T KNOW HOW TO PLAY IT

BUT HE KNEW FOR SURE

THAT ONE GUITAR 

FELT GOOD IN HIS HANDS

 Description :

Foreigner: 

Ian McDonald 

(vocals, guitar, reeds, keyboards); 

Mick Jones

 (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass); 

Jeff Jacobs 

(vocals, keyboards);

 Ed Gagliardi, 

Rick Wills, 

Bruce Turgon

 (vocals, bass); 

Dennis Elliott

 (vocals, drums); 

Lou Gramm 

(vocals, percussion); 

Johnny Edwards

 (vocals); 

Al Greenwood

 (keyboards, synthesizer).

Compilation producers: 

Mick Jones, Lou Gramm, David McLees.

Digitally remastered by

 Dan Hersch and Bill Inglot (DigiPrep).

Dubbed 

"corporate rock" 

by highbrow critics 

caught off guard by

 the band's abrupt

 multi-platinum success, 

Foreigner 

ignored these jeers 

and scored 

16 Top 30 hits 

between

 1977 and 1988. 

Founded by former 

Johnny Hallyday

music director and

 Spooky Tooth guitarist

 Mick Jones, 

Foreigner 

started out as a sextet 

that included 

King Crimson's 

Ian MacDonald 

and 

American singer

 Lou Gramm. 

With the band's 

self-titled 1977 debut, 

Foreigner 

started appearing regularly 

on the charts with a 

mixture of guitar-driven numbers 

("Hot Blooded," "Feels Like The First Time"), 

lighter-worthy power ballads

 ("Waiting For A Girl Like You") 

and electrifying arena rock

 ("Juke Box Hero," "Blue Morning, Blue Day").

Along the way, 

Jones and Gramm

 pared the band down to

 a quartet and started working

 with outside collaborators 

including 

Junior Walker

 ("Urgent"), T

om Bailey of

 the Thompson Twins 

("I Don't Want To Live Without You") 

and Jennifer Holiday 

with the New Jersey Mass Choir 

("I Want To Know What Love Is"). 

Supplementing the wealth of hits 

on this 

2-CD anthology

 are various tracks f

rom the

 non-Foreigner canon of 

Lou Gramm

 and 

Mick Jones

 (with and without Spooky Tooth).

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