4 – Foreigner

Posted on October 15, 2012 at 21 h 16 min

4, also known as Foreigner 4, is the fourth studio album by British-American rock band Foreigner, released in 1981 on Atlantic Records. Several singles from the album were successful, including "Urgent", "Waiting for a Girl Like You", and "Juke Box Hero". These propelled the album to being Foreigner's only #1 album in the US.

Track listing

All Songs Copyright Somerset Songs & Evansongs, Ltd. ASCAP

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Night Life"	Jones, Gramm	3:48
2.	"Juke Box Hero"	Gramm, Jones	4:18
3.	"Break It Up"	Jones	4:11
4.	"Waiting for a Girl Like You"	Jones, Gramm	4:49
5.	"Luanne" (On some vinyl editions, "Luanne" is listed as 3:11^[3])	Gramm, Jones	3:25
6.	"Urgent"	Jones	4:29
7.	"I'm Gonna Win"	Jones	4:51
8.	"Woman in Black"	Jones	4:42
9.	"Girl on the Moon"	Jones, Gramm	3:49
10.	"Don't Let Go"	Jones, Gramm	3:48

Bonus tracks on 2002 re-issue, recorded in 1999
No.	Title	Length
11.	"Juke Box Hero" (nearly unplugged version)	3:06
12.	"Waiting for a Girl Like You" (nearly unplugged version)	2:50

Personnel

Foreigner

Lou Gramm – Lead vocal, percussion
Mick Jones – guitar, keyboards, background vocal
Rick Wills – bass, background vocal
Dennis Elliott – drums, vocals, background vocal

Additional personnel

Hugh McCracken – slide guitar on track 9
Tom Dolby – main synthesizers
Larry Fast – sequential synthesizer on tracks 2, 3 & 10
Michael Fonfara – keyboard textures on tracks 6 & 9
Bob Mayo – keyboard textures on track 4
Mark Rivera – saxophone on tracks 6 (except solo) & 3, background vocals
Junior Walker – saxophone solo on track 6
Ian Lloyd – background vocals
Robert John "Mutt" Lange – background vocals

Production

Produced By Robert John "Mutt" Lange & Mick Jones
Recorded & Engineered By Dave Wittman (Chief Engineer) & Tony Platt (basic tracks)
Second Engineer: Brad Samuelsohn
Assistant Engineers: Edwin Hobgood & Michel Sauvage
Mastered By George Marino