Foreigner- 4
(Numbered 180G Vinyl LP)
Track List
Foreigner4on Numbered Edition 180g LP from Mobile Fidelity
#1 1981 Album Teems With Hits: "Urgent," "Waiting for a Girl Like You," "Juke Box Hero"
Mastered from the Original Master Tapes: Sonics Open Window to Mutt Lange's Direct Production
Be A Juke Box Hero: Sound Will Rattle Your Walls and Shake Your Windows!
Want to be a juke box hero? Here’s your chance. FeaturingMutt Lange’sspotless production, contributions fromMotown legend Junior Walkerand new-wave iconThomas Dolby, no less than three huge singles, andForeigner’smost economical performances,4 is classic-rock nirvana, a model of crystalline pop-rock melodies and lighter-flicking balladry. More than six million copies later, the 1981 record is still rightly discussed asa front-to-back masterpiece of precision, power, and economy. It’s an album that demands to be experienced in the highest-possible fidelity.
Mastered from the original master tapes,Mobile Fidelity’s 180g LP presents4in a room-filling, stadium-big sound that simply crushes what’s heard on all prior versions. Replete with energetic rockers such as “Urgent,” “Night Life,” and “Woman In Black,” the record benefits from a sonic facelift that opens up the previously compressed dynamics, expands the dimensions of the soundstage, dials in a clear path to the instrumental images, and erases the ceiling that pressed down onLou Gramm’ssuperhuman vocals. For the first time,Lange’sobsessive, detail-oriented production can be enjoyed in all its splendid glory.
Fresh off blockbuster success withAC/DC’sBack In Black, Langeuses his magic touch on4, pairing with guitaristMick Joneswho, armed with the best batch of riffs of his career, shared a the producer’s sentiment for discipline, efficiency, and cleanliness. And so, on crisp tunes like “Break It Up,” pianos and hard-hitting guitars share the same space without ever impinging on one another or overstepping boundaries. The winning formula also propelsTop 5 hitslike the wildly funky “Urgent,” sent to new heights byWalker’sdazzling saxophone solo, and the touching “Waiting for a Girl Like You,”a crossover smash that introduced Foreigner to soft-rock and adult-pop audiences.
Simply stated,4has everything: Rowdy frustration-releasing cuts, fiery rock n’ roll tunes, heartfelt torch songs, and synth-drenched pop numbers. The playing throughout positively smokes, as the one-two punch ofGramm and Joneslands with both emotional and musical impact every time. There's not a single wasted note. And, reduced to a quartet,Foreignerseems bent on making more with less, just as Lange does with the polished production.This is 42 minutes of hard-rocking bliss.