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Released: 1978 Atlantic
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| Lou Gramm is one of the great vocalists from
the '70s and this album is verification of that fact. Mick Jones
is also a great songwriter and guitarist. Together, they are
hard to beat. Foreigner sold a lot of albums and concert tickets
throughout the years and their songs have stood the test of
time. I have a personal preference towards their earlier works
though. Double vision is their second album and my first
choice. It's the next thing to a greatest hits collection.
The album fielded three hit tunes, "Double Vision",
"Hot Blooded" and "Blue Morning, Blue Day".
All great tunes but not the only great tunes on the CD. Every
song on the album is great and the current reissue is digitally
remastered and contains bonus live tracks. The next CD I'd buy
from them would be the first album, Foreigner (1977), which
contains the hit songs "Cold as Ice" and "Feels
Like the First Time". After that I'd buy Head Games
which features the songs "Head Games" and "Dirty
White Boy". By the time the band got to it's fourth
album, Foreigner 4 (1981), they started to become
more pop-oriented. Still great music but not as hard-driven as
the first three albums. The compilation, Foreigner Records (1982),
takes the biggest hits of the first four albums and is only
worth buying if you don't intend to buy all of the first four
albums. I personally would only recommend the purchase of that
CD for someone who is afraid to take the risk of purchasing the
original albums from which the songs came. |
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