It did seem weird that this album came out only a few months after Lou Gramm's first, very well received solo album. Then there was talk that there was some squabbling going on behind the scenes, and Mick Jones and Lou Gramm might not be getting along too well. There's a couple of tracks in the middle of the record that are basically inconsequential - Counting Every Minute and the song Inside Information really don't add much, but those are minor infractions. The album opener Heart Turns To Stone and the closer A Night To Remember are heavy, catchy, and filled with great riffs and hooks - the strong point of this band. So, yes, video and indeed killed the radio star.Īpart from those two songs, most of the remainder of the album is excellent. I don't think the latter even featured the band. Everybody knows Say You Will and I Don't Want To Live Without You, and everybody who loves bands like Foreigner agrees that these are two great songs. They haven't lost a thing in terms of what they were capable of doing. It's a damn shame, because this record is top notch. This is probably one of the main reason why this album isn't as well-known as some of their earlier stuff.
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With MTV and music videos in full force, it almost became more common to hear someone ask "Have you seen that song?" as opposed to "Have you heard that song?" I mention this because Foreigner was never a "visual" nor an "image" band, and by the time 1987 arrived, a band almost had to be if they desired any level of even modest success. 10 years later, after selling a bazillion records, they probably still could. Back before Foreigner ever had a record, around 1977, I'm sure the guys could easily walk down the street without being noticed.
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