The Very Best...And Beyond | 
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| Artist: Foreigner
Label: Atlantic
Category: Music
List Price: $12.99
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Rating:  60 reviews
Sales Rank: 16967
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
UPC: 075678999925
EAN: 0075678999925
ASIN: B000002JJS
Release Date: December 1, 1992
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Condition: Complete liner notes, no scratches
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| Tracks:
| • | Soul Doctor | | • | Prisoner Of Love | | • | With Heaven On Our Side | | • | Juke Box Hero | | • | Hot Blooded | | • | Cold As Ice | | • | Head Games | | • | Waiting For A Girl Like You | | • | Urgent | | • | Double Vision | | • | I Want To Know What Love Is | | • | Say You Will | | • | That Was Yesterday | | • | I Don't Want To Live Without You | | • | Rev On The Red Line | | • | Dirty White Boy | | • | Feels Like The First Time |
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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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| Customer Reviews: Read 55 more reviews...
 Foreigner is Still Great,Especially to us fans. June 17, 2008
Silky Greensleeves
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Foreigner was one of the most successful bands of the late 70's and 80's.Their hard rock anthems,and classic power balads pushed them to the top of the charts.A lot of people have rated them poorly,saying their no "Led Zepplin".Fact of the matter is Foreigner never tried to be Led Zepplin,The Rolling Stones,Aerosmith,or Pink Floyd.However for people who like fun music,you can hum and sing along with,Foreigner is A classic.This album has all their great hits,"I Want To Know What Love Is","Urgent","Juke Box Hero","Cold As Ice","Feels Like The First Time",amoung others.If you want music,that'll make you happy,and bring back great memories of the 70's and 80's ,check this out.If you don't like "Foreigner",then go buy something else.Music is still enjoyable,whether it's corporate or underground.
 Slightly Dated March 13, 2008
Jack Baker (LeRoy,IL)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
I bought this album when it first came out, having been a casual Foreigner fan. Every now and again, it's good to bust out some mindless rock just to let off some steam and this album works well for that. All of Foreigner's hits are here in one place and I enjoyed the newer songs "soul Doctor" and "Prisoner of Love", while "With Heaven on Our Side" receives a "meh". One thing that struck me on recently listening is how dated a lot of the production sounds to me. It's got a very glossy sheen to it, unlike the more organic sounding recordings that I seem to enjoy these days. But that's really just a personal preference. The songs are good for what they are, which is AOR rock. Foreigner were about as deep as a teaspoon even in their heyday, as shown by their lyrics. Still, they were good at writing catchy, if simplistic tunes. I would file this one under guilty pleasures.
Very good "best of" December 23, 2007
Guy Campeau (Stoneham, Québec Canada)
1 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is another "must have" album for any person who wants to travel in time and go back to the 80's. The choice of track seems perfect for me. As far as I am concern, if you are looking only for the "hits" from the band, I think this cd has them all.
SOLID CD March 5, 2007
Baddstuff (astoria, ny United States)
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
some reviewer gave this disc 1 star! Gee, 1 whole star?! Obviously that person is no Foreigner fan. Foreigner put out some great music in their heyday and a lot of those cuts are found here. Lou Gramm is one of the great rock voices and he's well represented here. For those not familiar with the band this is a good CD to get your feet wet. The 1 star reviewer is entitled to his opinion but it isn't a very good one at that. This is a solid disc.
Not so foreign at all... February 5, 2007
Steven Haarala (Mandeville, LA USA)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
Foreigner is not one of my favorite musical artists, but I do like most of their hits. I bought this CD to get my 2 favorites, "Waiting For A Girl Like You" and "Urgent". "Waiting" is like something out of a beautiful, hazy dream, and "Urgent" is hot, hot, hot, especially with that sax. I also like "Juke Box Hero", "Double Vision", "That Was Yesterday" and, of course, "I Want To Know What Love Is". The CD kicks off with 3 newer cuts that were not hits (to my knowledge), and they are OK, but they sound a little forced, as if the idea was to make new songs that sound just like the old hits. They're not bad, just not very inspiring. On the other hand, some songs that I didn't love that much back in the 70's sound really good on this CD, such as "Cold As Ice" and "Head Games". So, all in all this is a fun way to revisit the mid-70's to mid-80's, and if you like guitar-based rock, I would recommend it. I can't think of one hit that was left out of this collection.
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