Vocals are among his best ever as passion pours through the microphone. Waiting For A Girl Like You ( 4) – Gramm’s It’s a comfortable meandering journey that focuses on the talentsġ5. “Spellbinder” has more of a grungy,īluesy feel. Spellbinder ( Double Vision) – Clocking inĪt just under 5:00, it’s one of the band’s longest songs. With a few sweet Jones’ solos, and an opportunity for Gramm to push his voiceġ6. The harmonies are just about perfect, too.Ĭollaboration that provides a nice canvas for both to display their The lyrics are poignant and heartfelt and the acoustic guitar work near Really shows off the range in Gramm’s voice. Fool For You Anyway ( Foreigner) – A sweet Nice example of Dennis Elliott’s under-appreciated drumming, and a song, whereĮach band member has their own shining moments.ġ8. Scream “another ballad” before this explodes into a hard-driving His crafty piano work and keyboards carry usġ9. Song for Al Greenwood whose piano starts off the song. Muscular rocker that starts off with a powerful vibe. There’s a killer guitar solo during theĢ0. Greenwood/Gramm collaboration, this time, about pushing life to theĬanvas for McDonald’s keyboard playing. Rev On the Red Line ( Head Games) – Another Fun tune, unless you’re a woman who listensĢ1. With that surf vibe carrying throughout, IĪctually think of this as a near new wave offering from the band. Initial vibe from Jones, before this becomes more of a guitar rock offering. Women ( Head Games) – Surf rock? That’s the It’s an underplayed Al Greenwood and Lou Gramm collaboration about anĢ2. Was not written or co-written by Mick Jones.
Some meaningless trivia: This was the only song on the first two albums that Love Has Taken Its Toll ( Double Vision) – Here’s Reminds me of a Knack song, and there’s nothing wrong with that.Ģ3. A rare hit that was solely penned by Gramm, it’s a nice tune, but the double ballad approach may have started the end of the band as a viable rock act.īand had slimmed down to four permanent members, perhaps lending to the older, That Was Yesterday ( Agent Provocateur) – This was the second single from Agent Provocateur – and the second ballad. There are also two songs in the Top 10 that do not have Gramm on vocals.Ĭheck out our list and let me know your thoughts. Jones was the creative force who wrote most of the songs, and Gramm typically sang and wrote the lyrics, but you’ll find a few exceptions. The albums were packed with legendary Jones/Gramm compositions, many of which are in our below list of top Foreigner Songs of All-time. Jones had already written a slew of songs, and they matched Gramm perfectly, as we soon saw on Foreigner’s first two albums. That young man was Lou Gramm and the rest was history, and the band delivered a slew of rock ‘n roll classics. Liking what he heard, he flew the unknown vocalist into NYC for a tryout.
Jones dug out an old album handed to him from a young singer in up state New York. After leaving Spooky Tooth, guitarist Mick Jones put together a talented cadre of musicians for his next project.
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