The wild, picked, single note riff introduces “Women”, a track with some Southern rock flavorings. Here Jones switches from guitar to his piano skills, holding down the rhythm with highly melodic vocals and multiple synths floating on top. “Love On the Telephone” revives the more traditional sound of Foreigner in the late seventies. Jones stated the song was a veiled tribute to the late Elvis Presley, who had “changed the shape of music completely with the kind of heritage that he left”. Still, the track was accessible enough to reach the Top 20, peaking at #12 on the Pop charts. The pure rocker with unrelenting drive and slightly controversial lyrics “Dirty White Boy” opens the album as the hardest rocking song Foreigner had done to that point. Ian McDonald – Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals Recorded: Atlantic Studios, New York, June–July 1979 Produced by: Roy Thomas Baker, Mick Jones, & Ian McDonald One track recorded but left off the original LP was “Zalia”, a collaboration among Jones, McDonald and Gramm, which was later included on a CD re-issue. Jones wrote or co-wrote most of the material which was all new and written in the studio over the course of a couple months in 1979. Prior to the recording the album, bassist Rick Wills was brought on as the newest member of the band. Double Vision was released in the summer of 1978 sold even better than the debut. The album was a raving success, staying in the Top 20 for the better part of a year and spawning a world tour into 1978. After rehearsing for six months, the group scored a recording contract before even playing their first gig and released their self-titled debut in early 1977. After auditioning several singers, Jones brought on Lou Gramm, a little known singer from Rochester, New York. Originally formed in 1976 by veteran musician Mick Jones and ex-King Crimson guitarist Ian McDonald, Foreigner got its name from the fact that half of the original sextet was British and half was American (therefore no matter where they performed, three band members were “foreigners”). But what truly makes this album unique among Foreigner albums is the fact that the best material is not the popular radio tracks, but found within the mostly unheralded songs in the heart of the album. Produced by Roy Thomas Baker, the third producer employed in three album, Head Games has a grittier sound than its predecessors, with driving rock elements and sprinkles of synthesized embellishments. Head Games was the third studio album released by the rock band, Foreigner, in three years and continued their incredible success by reaching the Top 5 on the album charts and selling over five million copies.
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