Album: “4 [Remaster]”

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Foreigner: Lou Gramm (vocals, percussion); Mick Jones (guitar, keyboards, background vocals); Rick Willis (bass, background vocals); Dennis Elliot (drums, background vocals). Additional personnel: Hugh McCracken (slide guitar); Mark Rivera (saxophone, background vocals); Junior Walker (saxophone); Michael Fonfara (keyboards); Tom Dolby, Larry Fast (synthesizer); Ian Lloyd "Mutt" Lange (background vocals). Producers: Robert John "Mutt" Lange, Mick Jones. Reissue producer: David McLees. Engineers: Dave Whittman, Tony Platt, Dennis Fitzmartin. Recorded at Electric Lady Studios, New York, New York. Includes liner notes by Bruce Pilato. Digitally remastered by Dan Hersch, Bill Inglot (Digiprep). Prior to the band's fourth release, the aptly titled 4, Foreigner again sustained lineup changes. With the departures of second guitarist Ian McDonald and keyboardist Al Greenwood, Foreigner became a quartet for the first time. The streamlining of the lineup helped bring about even greater commercial success for the band, as 4 became Foreigner's best-selling album ever, eventually selling well over six million copies in the U.S. alone. Its success can also be attributed to the presence of soon-to-be-superproducer John "Mutt" Lange. The presence of the gigantic hit ballad "Waiting for a Girl Like You" and the well-known rockers "Urgent" and "Juke Box Hero" certainly didn't hurt either. Looking back, 4 proved to be Foreigner's apex. Prior to the band's fourth release, the aptly titled 4, Foreigner again sustained lineup changes. With the departures of Ian McDonald and Al Greenwood, Foreigner became a quartet for the first time. The streamlining of the lineup helped bring about even greater commercial success for the band, as 4 became Foreigner's best-selling album ever, eventually selling well over six million copies in the U.S. alone. Its success can also be attributed to the presence of superproducer Robert John "Mutt" Lange. The presence of the gigantic hit ballad "Waiting for a Girl Like You" and the well-known rockers "Urgent" and "Juke Box Hero" certainly didn't hurt either. Looking back, 4 has proven to be Foreigner's apex.