4 (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = 4
Type = Album
Artist = Foreigner


Released = July 2, 1981
Recorded = 1980–1981
Genre = Rock
Length = 41:56
Label = Atlantic
Producer = Robert John "Mutt" Lange and Mick Jones
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:yudkyl6jxp9b~T1 link]
Last album = "Head Games"
(1979)
This album = "4"
(1981)
Next album = "Records"
(1982)

"4", also known as "Foreigner 4", is the fourth studio album by American rock band Foreigner, released in 1981. Several singles from the album were successful, including "Urgent", "Waiting for a Girl Like You," and "Juke Box Hero".

The album marked the completion of the band's shift to hard rock, begun in "Head Games". Half of the original lineup - Ian McDonald, Al Greenwood, and Ed Gagliardi - had left before the recording of "4". As a result, all of the songs on the album are compositions by Mick Jones and/or Lou Gramm. McDonald and Greenwood had played saxophone and keyboards, respectively, and so several session musicians were needed to replace their contributions, among them Junior Walker, who played the saxophone solo in the bridge of "Urgent", and a young Thomas Dolby, who would later have a successful solo career.

Track listing

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

# "Night Life" – 3:11
# "Juke Box Hero" – 4:18
# "Break It Up" (Jones) – 3:48
# "Waiting for a Girl Like You" – 4:11
# "Luanne" – 3:48
# "Urgent" (Jones) – 4:51
# "I'm Gonna Win" (Jones) – 4:18
# "Woman in Black" (Jones) – 4:42
# "Girl on the Moon" – 3:49
# "Don't Let Go" – 4:49
# "Juke Box Hero"* (nearly unplugged version) – 3:06
# "Waiting for a Girl Like You"* (nearly unplugged version) – 2:50

* bonus tracks on 2002 re-issue

Personnel

*Dennis Elliott - drums, Vocals, background vocals
*Lou Gramm - Lead vocals, percussion
*Mick Jones - guitar, keyboard, vocals, background vocals
*Rick Wills - bass, background vocals

Additional personnel

*Thomas Dolby - synthesizer
*Larry Fast - sequential synthesizer on track 2
*Michael Fonfara - keyboard
*Robert John "Mutt" Lange - background vocals
*Bob Mayo - keyboard textures on track 4
*Hugh McCracken - guitar
*Mark Rivera - saxophone, background vocals
*Junior Walker - saxophone solo on track 6
*Ian Lloyd - background vocals

Production

*Producer: Robert John "Mutt" Lange

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)