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Mr. Moonlight (album)

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Released
  
23 October 1994

Length
  
54:25

Release date
  
23 October 1994

Recorded
  
1993–1994

Artist
  
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Studio
  
Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida)Emerald Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)Bearsville Studios (Bearsville, New York)Utopia Studios (Lake Hill, New York)Soundtrack Studios (New York, New York)Track Record Studios (North Hollywood, California)Studio 4 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)

Mr. Moonlight(1994)
  
Genres
  
Rock music, Hard rock, Rock and roll

Producers
  
Mick Jones, Lou Gramm, Mike "Clay" Stone

Similar
  
Foreigner albums, Rock music albums

Mr. Moonlight is the eighth studio album by the British-American rock band Foreigner, released by Arista Records in Europe on 23 October and by BMG Entertainment in Japan on 23 November 1994. In the United States and Canada, it appeared in early 1995 on the Rhythm Safari label. Recorded at seven different studios across the States, the album was produced by Mick Jones, Lou Gramm, and Mike Stone, with an additional production by Phil and Joe Nicolo. It was Foreigner's last studio release until Can't Slow Down (2009).

Contents

The album was the first since Inside Information (1987) and appeared to be the final to date full-length release with original lead singer Lou Gramm, who had left the group in 1990 but returned two years later. Prior to starting work on Mr. Moonlight, he was the lead vocalist on three newly recorded tracks from Foreigner's compilation The Very Best ... and Beyond (1992). Mr. Moonlight was also the first album in fifteen years without bass guitarist Rick Wills, who joined the band in 1979, and drummer Dennis Elliott, who was a founding member.

Supposed to be a comeback release, Mr. Moonlight was a commercial disappointment, only peaking at number 136 in the Billboard 200 chart, and ranked as Foreigner's least selling studio album. The ballad "Until the End of Time" was a minor hit, reaching number 42 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number 8 on the Adult Contemporary charts.

Track listing

All tracks written by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones, except where noted.

Foreigner

  • Mick Jones – guitar, piano, back vocals; producer
  • Lou Gramm – lead vocals, back vocals, percussion; producer
  • Bruce Turgon – bass guitar, back vocals
  • Jeff Jacobs – piano, organ, keyboards, back vocals
  • Mark Schulman – drums, back vocals
  • Additional musicians

  • Duane Eddy – lead guitar (on "Until the End of Time")
  • Ian Lloyd – back vocals
  • Scott Gilman – saxophone, back vocals
  • Luis Enriques – percussion (on "Real World" and "Running the Risk")
  • Billy Bremner – additional guitar (on "All I Need to Know")
  • Tawatha Agee – back vocals (on "I Keep Hoping")
  • Paulette McWilliams – back vocals (on "I Keep Hoping")
  • Robin Clark – back vocals (on "I Keep Hoping")
  • Randy Cantor – additional guitar and keyboards (on "White Lie" and "Rain")
  • Technical personnel

  • Mike Stone – producer, mixing (at Bearsville Studios in Bearsville, New York, and Soundtrack Studios in New York, New York), engineer
  • Phil and Joe Nicolo – additional production, mixing ("White Lie" and "Rain", at Studio 4 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
  • David Bianco – mixing ("Real World")
  • Mark Stebbeds – mixing ("Big Dog", at Track Record Studios in North Hollywood, California)
  • Ted Jensen – mastering (at Sterling Studios in New York, New York)
  • Danny Clinch – photography
  • John Pitter – illustrations
  • Red Herring Design – design
  • Songs

    1White Lie4:16
    2Rain4:34
    3Until the End of Time4:52

    References

    Mr. Moonlight (album) Wikipedia