40 (Foreigner album)
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| Released | May 19, 2017 | |||
| Recorded | 1977–2017 | |||
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| Length | 2:33:29 | |||
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40: Forty Hits From Forty Years 1977-2017 is a two-disc compilation album by British-American rock band Foreigner, released on May 19, 2017. The album includes two new recordings: a rerecording of "I Don't Want to Live Without You", and the new song "Give My Life for Love".
The compilation consists of some of Foreigner's biggest hits and popular album tracks from 1977 through the 2016 EP "The Flame Still Burns".
Background
[edit]The album celebrates Foreigner's 40th anniversary of their first release with Atlantic Records.[2] The album includes all Foreigner's' biggest hits from 1977 to 2017. It was released through Atlantic Records and contains 40 tracks.[3] To promote the album Foreigner toured.[4]
Reception
[edit]David Chiu from Popmatters said, "This year is the 40th anniversary of the release of Foreigner's self-titled debut, and marking that milestone is this latest two-CD greatest hits compilation, simply called 40, which collects 40 (get it?) of the band's hits (the title and artwork are a nod to the band's 1981 smash album 4). There have been similar Foreigner double-disc packages (Jukebox Heroes and No End in Sight), but 40 is the most current by including tracks from 2009's Can't Slow Down and the group's recent single 'The Flame Still Burns'."[5]
Neil Jeffries from LouderSound said, "This new collection is a career-spanning two-CD set that features 40 remastered tracks from 40 years. And it's all packaged to look a little like Foreigner 4, their greatest success from those four decades. What could be neater? There’s a 23-song double-vinyl version but, really, why would you bother with that?"[6]
Track listing
[edit]Disc one
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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| 1. | "Feels Like the First Time" (Radio Edit) | Mick Jones | Foreigner (1977) | 3:15 |
| 2. | "Starrider" | Mick Jones, Al Greenwood | Foreigner (1977) | 4:01 |
| 3. | "Cold as Ice" (Single Mix) | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones | Foreigner (1977) | 3:22 |
| 4. | "Long, Long Way from Home" | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones, Ian McDonald | Foreigner (1977) | 2:51 |
| 5. | "Headknocker" | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones | Foreigner (1977) | 2:59 |
| 6. | "Hot Blooded" (Radio Edit) | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones | Double Vision (1978) | 3:02 |
| 7. | "Double Vision" (Radio Edit) | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones | Double Vision (1978) | 3:30 |
| 8. | "Blue Morning, Blue Day" | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones | Double Vision (1978) | 3:09 |
| 9. | "Dirty White Boy" (Radio Edit) | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones | Head Games (1979) | 3:12 |
| 10. | "Head Games" | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones | Head Games (1979) | 3:38 |
| 11. | "Women" | Mick Jones | Head Games (1979) | 3:24 |
| 12. | "Urgent" (Radio Edit) | Mick Jones | 4 (1981) | 3:58 |
| 13. | "Juke Box Hero" (Radio Edit) | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones | 4 (1981) | 4:05 |
| 14. | "Waiting for a Girl Like You" (Radio Edit) | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones | 4 (1981) | 4:34 |
| 15. | "Night Life" | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones | 4 (1981) | 3:49 |
| 16. | "Luanne" | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones | 4 (1981) | 3:28 |
| 17. | "I Want to Know What Love Is" | Mick Jones | Agent Provocateur (1984) | 5:04 |
| 18. | "That Was Yesterday" | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones | Agent Provocateur (1984) | 3:48 |
| 19. | "Tooth and Nail" | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones | Agent Provocateur (1984) | 3:53 |
| 20. | "Reaction to Action" (Radio Edit) | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones | Agent Provocateur (1984) | 3:32 |
| 21. | "Down on Love" | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones | Agent Provocateur (1984) | 4:08 |
| Total length: | 1:16:52 | |||
Disc two
[edit]| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Album | Length |
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| 1. | "Hearts Turn to Stone" (Radio Edit) | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones | Inside Information (1987) | 4:07 |
| 2. | "Can't Wait" | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones | Inside Information (1987) | 4:31 |
| 3. | "Lowdown and Dirty" | Mick Jones, Johnny Edwards, Terry Thomas | Unusual Heat (1991) | 4:21 |
| 4. | "Soul Doctor" | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones | The Very Best ... and Beyond (1992) | 4:51 |
| 5. | "White Lie" (Single Version) | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones | Mr. Moonlight (1994) | 4:14 |
| 6. | "Rain" | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones, Bruce Turgon | Mr. Moonlight (1994) | 4:35 |
| 7. | "All I Need to Know" | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones | Mr. Moonlight (1994) | 4:44 |
| 8. | "Too Late" | Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Oliver Leiber, Russ Irwin | Can't Slow Down (2009) | 3:45 |
| 9. | "When It Comes to Love" | Mick Jones, Kelly Hansen, Marti Frederiksen | Can't Slow Down (2009) | 3:52 |
| 10. | "Can't Slow Down" | Mick Jones, Kelly Hansen, Marti Frederiksen | Can't Slow Down (2009) | 3:28 |
| 11. | "In Pieces" | Mick Jones, Kelly Hansen, Marti Frederiksen | Can't Slow Down (2009) | 3:55 |
| 12. | "Fool for You Anyway" | Mick Jones | Can't Slow Down (2009) | 4:02 |
| 13. | "Say You Will" (Acoustic) | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones | Acoustique (2011) | 3:28 |
| 14. | "Save Me" | Mick Jones, Jimmy Messer, Roman Messer, Samantha Ronson | Juke Box Heroes (2011) | 3:49 |
| 15. | "Girl on the Moon" (Live) | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones | The Best of Foreigner 4 & More (2014) | 4:13 |
| 16. | "Break It Up" (Live) | Mick Jones | The Best of Foreigner 4 & More (2014) | 4:27 |
| 17. | "I Don't Want to Live Without You" | Mick Jones | New recording | 3:36 |
| 18. | "Give My Life for Love" | Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Cliff Downs, Kate York | New recording | 3:57 |
| 19. | "The Flame Still Burns" | Mick Jones, Marti Frederiksen, Chris Difford | "The Flame Still Burns" EP (2016) | 4:47 |
| Total length: | 1:18:50 | |||
Charts
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Weekly charts[edit]
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Year-end charts[edit]
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Certifications
[edit]| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United Kingdom (BPI)[13] | Silver | 60,000‡ |
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‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone. | ||
Personnel
[edit]- Lou Gramm – lead vocals, percussion
- Mick Jones – lead guitar, keyboards, backing vocals
- Ian McDonald – rhythm guitar, woodwind, backing vocals
- Ed Gagliardi – bass, backing vocals
- Dennis Elliott – drums, percussion
- Al Greenwood – keyboards, synthesizers
- Rick Wills – bass, backing vocals
- Johnny Edwards – lead vocals, rhythm guitar
- Scott Gilman – rhythm guitar, woodwind, backing vocals
- Bruce Turgon – bass, backing vocals
- Mark Schulman – drums, backing vocals
- Jeff Jacobs – keyboards, backing vocals
- Kelly Hansen – lead vocals, percussion
- Thom Gimbel – rhythm guitar, woodwind, backing vocals
- Jeff Pilson – bass, backing vocal
- Brian Tichy – drums
- Michael Bluestein – keyboards, backing vocals
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 40 at AllMusic
- ^ Foreigner Celebrates 40th Anniversary With Career-Spanning Hits Collection Available May 19!
- ^ Foreigner Releasing Two New Songs as Part of New ’40’ Hits Collection
- ^ Foreigner Marks 40th with New Compilation, Tour
- ^ Foreigner - 40 Review at Popmatters
- ^ Foreigner - 40 Album Review at LouderSound
- ^ "Foreigner ARIA chart history". ARIA. Retrieved July 20, 2024 – via Imgur.com. N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
- ^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Foreigner – 40" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- ^ "Foreigner Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- ^ "Foreigner Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- ^ "Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2017". Billboard. Retrieved November 21, 2020.
- ^ "British album certifications – Foreigner – 30". British Phonographic Industry.
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