Foreigner’s 1981 album 4 marked a significant turning level for the band.
They teamed up with producer Robert John “Mutt” Lange for the album’s periods and the collaboration gave the British-American rock group their first No. 1 file. It spent 4 weeks on the high and spawned a complete of 4 Prime 40 singles together with the now-classic “Pressing,” “Ready for a Woman Like You” and “Juke Field Hero.” To this point, it has bought greater than six million copies within the U.S. and was licensed platinum and gold in 10 further international locations.
Final Traditional Rock Nights has your likelihood to win copies of the new expanded field set for 4 courtesy of Rhino Leisure. Boasting 5 beforehand unreleased songs, together with “Idiot if You Love Him,” a monitor from the unique periods that was newly accomplished by Lou Gramm and the present members of Foreigner, the set additionally consists of in depth extras. The bonus content material options early and alternate variations of songs, instrumental mixes and dwell recordings from the 4 tour. Moreover, there are new remixes in each stereo and Dolby ATMOs of the 4 album.
Take heed to Foreigner’s ‘Idiot if You Love Him’
Present Foreigner bassist Jeff Pilson offers kudos to the lineup that recorded 4, calling them “the actual heroes” within the story of the album. “Mick Jones, Lou Gramm, Rick Wills and Dennis Elliott, their musical accomplishment with this album has solidified their place within the rarified pantheon of basic rock artists,” he writes within the field set’s liner notes. “We’re all so grateful to be the beneficiaries of that accomplishment, as we get to listen to this file for the remainder of our listening years.”
A number of fortunate winners will obtain a duplicate of the Foreigner 4 field set on CD. In your likelihood to be one in every of our winners, merely enter your title, electronic mail and telephone quantity into the entry kind on the high of this web page. You’ll be added to UCR’s each day publication mailing listing. The competition ends Oct. 20, 2025 at 11:59pm EST.
Foreigner Albums Ranked
It is laborious to think about rock radio with out the string of hit singles Foreigner peeled off within the ’70s and ’80s.
Gallery Credit score: Jeff Giles
