4 (Foreigner album)

chronology
4th
Foreigner studio album
Publication ; (s)	2nd July 1981
admission	1981
Label (s)	Atlantic Records
Format (s)	CD , DVD-Audio, LP, MC, Hybrid-SACD
Genre (s)	Adult oriented rock , hard rock
Title (number)	10
running time	41:56
occupation	Lou Gramm - lead vocals, percussion ; Mick Jones - guitar , keyboard , backing vocals; Rick Wills - bass , backing vocals; Dennis Elliott - drums , vocals, backing vocals;
production	Robert John "Mutt" Lange , Mick Jones
Studio (s)	Electric Lady Studios, New York City (USA)

4 is the fourth studio album by the US / UK rock band Foreigner . It was released on Atlantic Records in July 1981. The album was nominated for a 1982 Grammy Award for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal .

background

With the album, the band completed the transition to hard rock that began with Head Games . Ian McDonald and Al Greenwood had previously left the band, which is why 4 was composed by Lou Gramm and Mick Jones .

The record was originally supposed to be called Silent Partners . A cover for this album had already been commissioned. The artist Storm Thorgerson designed it. The band changed the album title, but also rejected the cover because it seemed "too homosexual ". The cover then used was designed by Bob Defrin based on the model of the opening tape of a film.

Track list

Night Life (Lou Gramm, Mick Jones) - 3:11
Juke Box Hero (Lou Gramm, Mick Jones) - 4:29
Break It Up (Mick Jones) - 3:48
Waiting for a Girl Like You (Lou Gramm, Mick Jones) - 4:11
Luanne (Lou Gramm, Mick Jones) - 3:48
Urgent (Mick Jones) - 4:51
I'm Gonna Win (Mick Jones) - 4:18
Woman in Black (Mick Jones) - 4:42
Girl on the Moon (Lou Gramm, Mick Jones) - 3:49
Don't Let Go (Lou Gramm, Mick Jones) - 4:49
Juke Box Hero [Unplugged Version *] - 3:06
Waiting for a Girl Like You [Unplugged Version *] - 2:50

* Bonus track of the 2002 re-release (audio CD only)

reception

Eduardo Rivadavia of Allmusic .com called 4 the culmination of the career of Foreigner, although the band three years later with Agent Provocateur have achieved an even greater success. He awarded 4.5 out of five stars. Rock Hard magazine put the album in 237th place in the list of its 500 best albums. Thomas Kupfer wrote that 4 is "still a milestone in melodic hard rock today and is nowhere near as gaudy as the Foreigner records in the years that followed."

Awards for music sales

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Germany (BVMI)	platinum	500,000
France (SNEP)	gold	100,000
Canada (MC)	4 × platinum	400,000
United States (RIAA)	6 × platinum	6,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	gold	100,000
All in all	2 × gold 11 × platinum	7,100,000