Foreigner is the debut studio album by British-American rock band Foreigner, released on 8 March 1977. It spun off three hit singles, "Feels Like the First Time", "Cold as Ice" and "Long, Long Way from Home". It also features album tracks such as "Headknocker" and "Starrider", the latter of which features a rare lead vocal from lead guitarist and co-founder Mick Jones. Writing and recording Jones had written several songs that wound up on Foreigner prior to the formation of the band. Lead singer Lou Gramm sang three of them – "Feels Like the First Time", "Woman, Oh Woman" and "At War with the World" in his audition to form the band. After the formation of the band, Gramm and Jones worked on several other songs, including "Long, Long Way from Home" (along with Ian McDonald), "Cold as Ice" and "I Need You". McDonald claimed that although he received a writing credit only on "Long, Long Way from Home" he had a significant role in writing several of the other songs on the album. According to McDonald: Jones had wanted Roy Thomas Baker to produce the album, but he was not available. Instead, Sarm Studios owners Gary Lyons, who had worked as an engineer on several Queen albums that Baker produced, and John Sinclair served as producers along with Jones and McDonald. There is some disagreement about the roles that Jones and McDonald played in producing the album. According to Lyons:

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Notable quotes

“I told you when I came I was a stranger.”
— Leonard Cohen in "The Stranger Song" (1966)
“The stranger is simply a friend I haven't met yet.”
— Catherine Doherty, Poustinia (1975), Ch. 15
“People are strange when you're a stranger.”
— Jim Morrison, "People Are Strange", Strange Days (1967)
“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”
— Paul of Tarsus, Hebrews 13:2 (KJV)
“He had a bitter pain in his heart, for he knew that she was still a stranger to him and his hungry love was destined ever to remain unsatisfied.”
— W. Somerset Maugham, Collected short stories 1, "The pool", p. 127
“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.”
— Tennessee Williams; said by his character Blanche DuBois, in A Streetcar Named Desire (1947)

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Notable quotes

“I told you when I came I was a stranger.”
— Leonard Cohen in "The Stranger Song" (1966)
“The stranger is simply a friend I haven't met yet.”
— Catherine Doherty, Poustinia (1975), Ch. 15
“People are strange when you're a stranger.”
— Jim Morrison, "People Are Strange", Strange Days (1967)
“Be not forgetful to entertain strangers, for thereby some have entertained angels unawares.”
— Paul of Tarsus, Hebrews 13:2 (KJV)
“He had a bitter pain in his heart, for he knew that she was still a stranger to him and his hungry love was destined ever to remain unsatisfied.”
— W. Somerset Maugham, Collected short stories 1, "The pool", p. 127
“I have always depended on the kindness of strangers.”
— Tennessee Williams; said by his character Blanche DuBois, in A Streetcar Named Desire (1947)

Quotes via Wikiquote (CC BY-SA), each with its original source.

Overview

Foreigner is the debut studio album by British-American rock band Foreigner, released on 8 March 1977. It spun off three hit singles, "Feels Like the First Time", "Cold as Ice" and "Long, Long Way from Home". It also features album tracks such as "Headknocker" and "Starrider", the latter of which features a rare lead vocal from lead guitarist and co-founder Mick Jones. Writing and recording Jones had written several songs that wound up on Foreigner prior to the formation of the band. Lead singer Lou Gramm sang three of them – "Feels Like the First Time", "Woman, Oh Woman" and "At War with the World" in his audition to form the band. After the formation of the band, Gramm and Jones worked on several other songs, including "Long, Long Way from Home" (along with Ian McDonald), "Cold as Ice" and "I Need You". McDonald claimed that although he received a writing credit only on "Long, Long Way from Home" he had a significant role in writing several of the other songs on the album. According to McDonald: Jones had wanted Roy Thomas Baker to produce the album, but he was not available. Instead, Sarm Studios owners Gary Lyons, who had worked as an engineer on several Queen albums that Baker produced, and John Sinclair served as producers along with Jones and McDonald. There is some disagreement about the roles that Jones and McDonald played in producing the album. According to Lyons:

From Wikipedia (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Foreigner is the debut studio album by British-American rock band Foreigner, released on 8 March 1977. It spun off three hit singles, "Feels Like the First Time", "Cold as Ice" and "Long, Long Way from Home". It also features album tracks such as "Headknocker" and "Starrider", the latter of which features a rare lead vocal from lead guitarist and co-founder Mick Jones.

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