Top tracks — play these first
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Cold as Ice Start here — The track opens with a distinctive piano riff and showcases the band's ability to fuse catchy melodies with darker lyrical themes about betrayal.
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Juke Box Hero — This song tells an evocative story of aspiration and longing, capturing the essence of youth and desire through its powerful chorus and dynamic instrumentation.
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Waiting for a Girl Like You — A quintessential power ballad, it highlights the band's softer side while maintaining emotional intensity, showcasing their versatility and appeal across different audiences.
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Urgent — Blending rock with a notable saxophone solo, this track exemplifies the band’s innovative sound and captures the urgency of desire through its driving rhythm.
Elevation
Our rating, out of 100 — and why.
AI-generated from five scored dimensions. An opinion, not a measurement.
Records showcases Foreigner's blend of hard rock and pop sensibility but lacks strong cohesion in its latter half.
What we noticed
- The album opens with a strong anthem, 'Cold as Ice', and maintains a consistent mid-tempo energy through the first half.
- Several tracks feature prominent keyboard arrangements that complement the guitar riffs, creating a polished sound.
- The last three tracks include a live version of 'Hot Blooded', which shifts the dynamic and introduces audience interaction.
- Composition 25% of the score
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6/10
- Craft 20% of the score
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7/10
- Durability 25% of the score
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6/10
- Distinctiveness 18% of the score
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6/10
- Sequencing 12% of the score
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5/10
the writing — melody, harmony, structure, lyrics
production, performance, arrangement
whether it rewards returning to it
whether it sounds like itself
running order, pacing, length
Significant within its genre. Reported but not counted — how far a record travelled describes its reception rather than the record, and a newer release has had less time to travel than an older one.
Is this for you?
Good fit if you like
- catchy melodic hooks
- dynamic emotional journeys
- energetic driving motivation
- short, punchy songs
Where this album fits
- In the catalog
- Breakthrough — Solidified Foreigner's status with multiple hit singles during their peak success.
- Career context
- Records marked Foreigner's fifth studio album and was released at the height of their commercial success, following their multi-platinum album 4 in 1981. By this time, they had established themselves as a dominant force in the rock landscape, blending hard rock with melodic hooks that appealed to a wider audience.
Tracklist
- 1 Cold as Ice Start here 3:21
- 2 Double Vision 3:32
- 3 Head Games 3:39
- 4 Waiting for a Girl Like You 4:35
- 5 Feels Like the First Time 3:32
- 6 Urgent 3:59
- 7 Dirty White Boy 3:14
- 8 Juke Box Hero 4:03
- 9 Long, Long Way From Home 2:52
- 10 Hot Blooded (live) 6:55
Reference: Wikipedia · MusicBrainz · Wikidata
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