Very Best & Beyond

500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die! (500 items)
list by JxSxPx

1. Soul Doctor
2. Prisoner Of Love
3. With Heaven On Our Side
4. Juke Box Hero
5. Hot Blooded
6. Cold As Ice
7. Head Games
8. Waiting For A Girl Like You
9. Urgent
10. Double Vision
11. I Want To Know What Love Is
12. Say You Will
13. That Was Yesterday
14. I Don't Want To Live Without You
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Description: O O 0 0 Featuring three new tracks and liner notes, The Very Best attempts to bring Foreigner into the '90s as a viable, working band. Problem is, the most convincing songs here are those recorded during the band's first four albums when they were young and, if not hungry, at least not played out. "Jukebox Hero," "Hot Blooded," "Head Games," and "Cold As Ice" all sound as ripe and ready for radio as the day they were released. Singer Lou Gramm gave Foreigner its face and with the counterpunch of ex-Spooky Tooth guitarist Mick Jones proved a formidable team. The inclusion of their gosp O
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Featuring three new tracks and liner notes, The Very Best attempts to bring Foreigner into the '90s as a viable, working band. Problem is, the most convincing songs here are those recorded during the band's first four albums when they were young and, if not hungry, at least not played out. "Jukebox Hero," "Hot Blooded," "Head Games," and "Cold As Ice" all sound as ripe and ready for radio as the day they were released. Singer Lou Gramm gave Foreigner its face and with the counterpunch of ex-Spooky Tooth guitarist Mick Jones proved a formidable team. The inclusion of their gospel-influenced hit "I Want to Know What Love Is" is the only addition from the 10-cut greatest hits album Records. --Rob O'Connor

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