4 (album)

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4
Studio album by Foreigner
Released	July 2, 1981
Recorded	1980–1981
Genre	Rock
Length	41:56
Label	Atlantic
Producer	Robert John "Mutt" Lange and Mick Jones
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link
Foreigner chronology
Head Games (1979) 4 (1981) Records (1982)

4, also known as Foreigner 4, is the fourth 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, whose sax solo in the bridge of "Urgent" is a high point of the album, and a young Thomas Dolby, who would later have a successful solo career.

"Urgent" was remade in 1991.

[edit] Track listing

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

1. "Night Life" – 3:11
2. "Juke Box Hero" – 4:29
3. "Break It Up" (Jones) – 3:48
4. "Waiting for a Girl Like You" – 4:11
5. "Luanne" – 3:48
6. "Urgent" (Jones) – 4:51
7. "I'm Gonna Win" (Jones) – 4:18
8. "Woman in Black" (Jones) – 4:42
9. "Girl on the Moon" – 3:49
10. "Don't Let Go" – 4:49
11. "Juke Box Hero"* (nearly unplugged version) – 3:06
12. "Waiting for a Girl Like You"* (nearly unplugged version) – 2:50

* bonus tracks on 2002 re-issue

[edit] Personnel

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

[edit] 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

[edit] Production

• Producer: Robert John "Mutt" Lange

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)