themusicaddict's 106 Greatest 80's Musicians #71 Foreigner Part 2: The Best of the Rest (Finished August 9th, 2016)

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This best of the rest covers the CDs from 1977's self-titled debut to 1987's "Inside Information". That last CD is a fairly solid CD. I briefly considered 1991's "Unusual Heat" to be eligible for this blog While that does have some decent songs, it didn't feel right when the singer was no longer Lou Gramm. This best of the rest doesn't consider the 7 Foreigner songs that are on my May 25th, 2016 blog. Those songs are the great "Jukebox Hero", "Dirty White Boy", "Hot Blooded", "I Want To Know What Love Is", "Feels Like The First Time", "Urgent" and "Cold As Ice".

Thanks to Wikipedia the six founding members of Foreigner are Dennis Elliot, drums, percussion and vocals (1976 to 1992), Lou Gramm, lead singer, (1976-1990 and 1992 to 2003), Al Greenwood, keyboards and synth (1976-1980), Ian McDonald, multi-instrumentalist, (1976-1980), Ed Gagliardi, guitar and vocals (1976-1979, died in 2014) and Mr. Mick Jones. He's the ultimate Foreigner, he has been with the band since it's bicentennial inception to right now. Jones plays lead guitar, keyboards, synth, bass and vocals.

10) "Back Where You Belong":

9) "Night Life":

8) "Love Has Taken It's Toll":

7) "That Was Yesterday":

6) "I Don't Want To Live Without Your Love":

5) "Say You Will":

4) "Long, Long Way From Home":

3) "Head Games":

2) "Blue Morning, Blue Day":

It feels so un rock and roll to pick a ballad as their #1 best of their rest songs. But I don't think anyone can deny the power of a great ballad, especially this amazing ballad. It's just a great song!!
1) "Waiting For A Girl Like You":

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