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The albums starts off with a good time rock and roller 'Dirty White Boy'. The band still rocks hard, for the most part, but the pop hooks are undeniable. The bands simple, pop rock approach from time to time and find 'Double Vision'Īnd the rock and roll hit machines keeps on rollin'. Waited So Long' and 'Back Where You Belong'. This CD is marred by a few sappy ballads such as 'You'r Are All I Am', 'I Have I also enjoy the keyboard heavy instrumental 'Tromontane'. Likewise, 'Blue Morning, Blue Day' is n excellent, classic, melodic Both are big rockers and some of the band'sįinest songs. This one features several big rock radio staples including Indeed delivered the goods as 'Double Vision' was a big hit and helped secure Many fans at the time were unsure that Foreigner would be able to recordĪ follow-up album as good and the hugely successful debut. Smooth voices of Lou Gramm and Mick Jones, Foreigner deliver their sophmore Nothing really essential here, but the remasteringĪnd expanded booklet are worth the price.įoreigner - Double Vision (Atlantic) 1978 Left the radio station on when these songs came on. Sure, no metalhead would admit to liking this trite, but the fact is, we all There wasĮven a bit of experimentation with 'space rock' on songs like 'Starrider'. The soaring, clean vocals of Lou Gramm and the catchy songwriting. However, Foreigner songs still rocked, thanks in part to the riffs of Mick Jones, Priest, who would soon find fame in heavy metal's resurgence in the 80's. They were especially tame to the newers crop of heavy British bands To harder rocking bands like Ted Nugent and Aerosmith who were both hugely popular For the most part, the songs on Foreigner are relatively tame compared Time, Foreigner, Journey and Boston all proved to the world that genuine rock n roll was still relevant and hugely Most 70's bands were being beat into the ground by the punk explosion of the One other thing that Foreigner did inġ977 was to help kick off the big arena rock era that would soon follow. It certainly generated a couple of mega-hits in 'Feels In reality, however, this is a really good rock 'n' roll record. Of high school slow dances with 'Waiting for a Girl Like You' some years later. To liking this bunch of AOR rockers, especially after they became the kings

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Worth his patch clad denim vest in the late 70's and early 80's wouldn't admit Is this doing on a page about heavy metal and hard rock? Yes, I know, I know,įrom what most would consider heavy metal. No Life 'til Metal - CD Gallery - Foreignerġ1.