Now Available: Foreigner, The Complete Atlantic Studio Albums 1977-1991

If you came of age during the ‘70s and ‘80s, then it’s hard to imagine that the soundtrack of your life didn’t include a few Foreigner songs, be it the pleading of “I Want to Know What Love Is,” the lustiness of “Hot Blooded,” or the longing of “Waiting for a Girl Like You.” As such, you may be interested in checking out a new set that’s just hit stores: Foreigner, The Complete Atlantic Studio Albums 1977-1991, which makes good on its name by including all seven of the albums released by the band during their tenure at Atlantic Records.

What albums are those? Why, you know, we were just sitting here wondering if you were going to ask that, which is why we have the list right here in front of us: the set includes the band’s 1977 self-titled debut, Double Vision (1978), Head Games (1979), 4 (1981), Agent Provocateur (1984), Inside Information (1987), and Unusual Heat (1991). And, yes, that last album is the one that the band did without Lou Gramm – it was recorded during the brief window when Foreigner was fronted by Johnny Edwards, late of Wild Horses – but what are they supposed to do, call the collection The Complete Atlantic Studio Albums Except For That One They Did Without Lou Gramm? No, because that would be very silly. Besides, it might not meet the standards of every Foreigner fan, but it has its moments, particularly the single, “Lowdown and Dirty.”

Oh, and if you’re wondering, yes, these discs – which come in the sleeves that look just like real albums covers! – do feature the bonus tracks which appear on the individually-released versions of the band’s first four albums, so you end up with a grand total of 80 tracks by the time all’s said and done. Make yourself an instant jukebox hero and pick up a copy of the set today.