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Released
  
November 29, 1982

Length
  
39:23

Release date
  
29 November 1982

Genres
  
Rock music, Rock and roll

Recorded
  
1976–1981

Artist
  
Foreigner

Label
  
Atlantic Records

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Producers
  
Roy Thomas Baker, Mick Jones, Robert John Lange, Ian McDonald, Keith Olsen, John Sinclair

Similar
  
Foreigner albums, Rock music albums

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Records is a compilation album by American rock band Foreigner, released on November 29, 1982 to span the band's first four albums through 1981. Along with their sophomore effort, Double Vision, this album is the group's best-selling record. It has been certified 7x platinum by the RIAA. Some notable hits, such as "Blue Morning, Blue Day" and "Break It Up" are omitted.

Contents

Track listing

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

  1. "Cold as Ice" – 3:19
  2. "Double Vision" – 3:29
  3. "Head Games" – 3:37
  4. "Waiting for a Girl Like You" – 4:35
  5. "Feels Like the First Time" (Jones) – 3:28
  6. "Urgent" (Jones) – 3:57
  7. "Dirty White Boy" – 3:13
  8. "Juke Box Hero" – 4:03
  9. "Long, Long Way From Home" (Gramm, Jones, Ian McDonald) – 2:47
  10. "Hot Blooded (Live)" – 6:55

With the exceptions of "Head Games" and the live version of "Hot Blooded," all tracks on this album are the 45 RPM single versions (edited and/or mixed differently from their respective album counterparts).

When this album is bought on iTunes, the track "Hot Blooded" is the studio version of the song, not live.

Personnel

Band members
  • Lou Gramm - lead vocals, percussion
  • Mick Jones - acoustic guitar, bass, guitar, piano, keyboard, background vocals, Fender Rhodes
  • Ian McDonald - guitar, horn, keyboard, background vocals (tracks 1, 2, 3 5, 7 and 9)
  • Al Greenwood - synthesizer, keyboard (tracks 1, 2, 3, 5, 7 and 9)
  • Ed Gagliardi - bass, background vocals (tracks 1, 5, and 9)
  • Rick Wills - bass, background vocals (tracks 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, and 8)
  • Dennis Elliott - drums
    • Additional musicians
  • Thomas Dolby - main synthesizer (tracks 4, 6 and 8)
  • Larry Fast - synthesizer (track 8)
  • Michael Fonfara - keyboard (track 6)
  • Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Ian Lloyd - background vocals (tracks 4, 6, and 8)
  • Bob Mayo - guitar, keyboard textures, and background vocals (track 4)
  • Mark Rivera - saxophone, background vocals (track 6 & 9), clavinet (track 9)
  • Junior Walker - tenor saxophone (track 6)

    • Production

  • Producer: Roy Thomas Baker, Mick Jones, Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Gary Lyons, Ian McDonald, Keith Olsen, John Sinclair
  • Engineers: Jimmy Douglass, Dave Wittman, Geoff Workman
  • Remastering: Ted Jensen
  • Art direction: Lynn Dreese Breslin, Bob Defrin
  • Design: Lynn Dreese Breslin, Bob Defrin
  • Photography: Allen Levine, Frank Moscati

    • Songs

    1Cold as Ice3:20
    2Double Vision3:32
    3Head Games3:39

    References

    Records (album) Wikipedia
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