Definitive Collection

• Artist: Foreigner
• Rating:
• Release Date: March 28, 2006
• Type: Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Rock

Review

Atlantic/Rhino's 2006 double-disc The Definitive Collection is a truncated version of Rhino's 2000 double-disc Jukebox Heroes: The Foreigner Anthology, missing nine songs and featuring an edited, abbreviated set of liner notes adapted from the 2000 comp. There are no big hits absent -- all the expected songs are here; what's not are a pair of tunes from Mick Jones' first band, Spooky Tooth, a pair of latter-day cuts from Foreigner, plus a few album tracks along the way. Which doesn't mean The Definitive Collection is bad, of course. Anybody looking for all the hits, including Lou Gramm's peerless "Midnight Blue" and a little more, will be well-served by The Definitive Collection. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide

Tracks

CD 1

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Feels Like the First Time		Foreigner	(3:52)
Long, Long Way from Home (Lyrics)	Ian McDonald, Lou Gramm	Foreigner	(2:55)
Cold as Ice (Lyrics)	Lou Gramm	Foreigner	(3:19)
Headknocker (Lyrics)	Lou Gramm	Foreigner	(3:01)
Starrider		Foreigner	(4:01)
At War with the World		Foreigner	(4:22)
Double Vision	Lou Gramm	Foreigner	(3:44)
Blue Morning, Blue Day (Lyrics)	Lou Gramm	Foreigner	(3:12)
Hot Blooded	Lou Gramm	Foreigner	(4:27)
I Have Waited So Long		Foreigner	(4:07)
Dirty White Boy (Lyrics)	Lou Gramm	Foreigner	(3:39)
Head Games	Lou Gramm	Foreigner	(3:39)
Women		Foreigner	(3:25)
Rev on the Red Line	Lou Gramm	Foreigner	(3:37)
Break It Up		Foreigner	(4:14)
Juke Box Hero	Lou Gramm	Foreigner	(4:20)

CD 2

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Urgent		Foreigner	(4:29)
Waiting for a Girl Like You	Lou Gramm	Foreigner	(4:50)
I Want to Know What Love Is	Mick Jones	Foreigner	(5:00)
Down on Love (Lyrics)	Lou Gramm	Foreigner	(4:08)
Reaction to Action (Lyrics)	Lou Gramm	Foreigner	(3:32)
That Was Yesterday (Lyrics)	Mick Jones, Lou Gramm	Foreigner	(3:50)
Midnight Blue (Lyrics)	Lou Gramm, Bruce Turgon	Foreigner, Lou Gramm	(3:57)
Heart Turns to Stone (Lyrics)	Lou Gramm	Foreigner	(4:10)
I Don't Want to Live Without You		Foreigner	(3:57)
Say You Will (Lyrics)	Lou Gramm	Foreigner	(4:15)
Just Wanna Hold	Ian Hunter, M. Phillips	Mick Jones, Foreigner	(3:33)
Just Between You and Me (Lyrics)	Lou Gramm, Holly Knight	Lou Gramm, Foreigner	(4:56)
Lowdown and Dirty (Lyrics)	Terry Thomas	Foreigner	(4:22)
Soul Doctor (Lyrics)	Lou Gramm	Foreigner	(4:53)

Credits

Al Greenwood (Synthesizer), Rachael Bickerton (Project Assistant), Dennis Elliott (Group Member), Nils Lofgren (Guitar), Ian McDonald (Reeds), Rick Wills (Guitar (Bass)), Gary Lyons (Producer), Charlyn Zlotnik (Photography), Ian Hunter (Piano), Lou Gramm (Percussion), Mick Jones (Vocals), Alex Sadkin (Producer), Mickey Jones (Producer), Mick Jones (Keyboards), Mick Jones (Guitar), Duane Baron (Producer), Lou Gramm (Producer), Crystal Taliefero (Vocals), Ian McDonald (Original Recording Producer), Bruce Turgon (Keyboards), Stanley Sheldon (Bass), Billy Joel (Keyboards), John Purdell (Producer), Bruce Turgon (Guitar), Peter Wolf (Producer), Michele Bourgerie (Project Assistant), Bruce Turgon (Bass), John Purdell (Original Recording Producer), Ed Gagliardi (Guitar (Bass)), Terry Thomas (Producer), Duane Baron (Original Recording Producer), Mickey Jones (Original Recording Producer), Mickey Jones (Group Member), Eddie Martinez (Guitar), Ian McDonald (Producer), Roy Thomas Baker (Producer), Roy Thomas Baker (Audio Production), Alex Sadkin (Original Recording Producer), Ian McDonald (Collaboration), Peter Wolf (Original Recording Producer), Roy Thomas Baker (Original Recording Producer), Lou Gramm (Original Recording Producer), Lou Gramm (Group Member), Dan Hersch (Remastering), Robert John "Mutt" Lange (Original Recording Producer), Mark Rivera (Vocals), Ed Gagliardi (Group Member), Mickey Jones (Author), Ian Hunter (Keyboards), Ian McDonald (Keyboards), Ed Gagliardi (Bass), Ian McDonald (Audio Production), Rick Wills (Vocals), Schuyler Deale (Bass), Terry Thomas (Original Recording Producer), Jeff Jacobs (Keyboards), Rick Wills (Bass), Karen Ahmed (A&R), Steve Woolard (Discographical Annotation), Johnny Edwards (Vocals), Keith Olsen (Audio Production), Sherryl Marshall (Vocals), Gary Lyons (Original Recording Producer), Ian McDonald (Vocals), Dorothy Stefanski (Editorial Supervision), Keith Olsen (Producer), Ian McDonald (Group Member), Jerry McCulley (Liner Notes), Joe Lynn Turner (Vocals), Dennis Elliott (Drums), Keith Olsen (Original Recording Producer), Peter Maunu (Guitar), Mickey Jones (Vocals), Lou Gramm (Vocals), Frank Filipetti (Original Recording Producer), Crystal Taliefero (Percussion), Dennis Elliott (Vocals), Al Greenwood (Group Member), Cookie Watkins (Vocals), Lisa Liese (Product Manager), Mickey Jones (Bass), Mickey Jones (Collaboration), Mickey Jones (Guitar), Frank Filipetti (Producer), Mickey Jones (Keyboards), Mick Jones (Guitar (Bass)), Al Greenwood (Keyboards), Ian Hunter (Vocals), Peter Wolf (Keyboards), Dennis Elliott (Vocals), Phillip Ashley (Keyboards), Dennis Elliott (Drums), John Sinclair (Audio Production), The Pat Moran Quartet (Producer), Robert John "Mutt" Lange (Audio Production), Rick Wills (Group Member), Robert John "Mutt" Lange (Producer), Benny Gramm (Drums), Ed Gagliardi (Vocals), The Pat Moran Quartet (Original Recording Producer), Ian McDonald (Guitar)