Best Ballads

~ Release by Foreigner (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

▼ CD 1
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1I Want to Know What Love Is
additional engineer:
Josh Abbey, Larry Alexander (producer/engineer), Jason Corsaro (U.S. music engineer, and record producer), Joe Ferla and Howie Lindeman
assistant engineer:
Bobby Cohen (engineer), Tim Crich and Scott "Abada" Mabuchi
engineer:
Frank Filipetti
producer:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France) and Alex Sadkin
additional keyboard:
Tom Bailey (Thompson Twins)
bass guitar:
Rick Wills
drums (drum set):
Dennis Elliott
electric guitar:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
additional vocals:
Jennifer Holliday
background vocals:
Donnie Harper, Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France) and Rick Wills
choir vocals:
The New Jersey Mass Choir
lead vocals:
Lou Gramm (American rock singer-songwriter; Black Sheep, Foreigner & Shadow King)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1984) and Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (in 2009)
additionally recorded at:
Right Track Recording in Manhattan, United States
recorded at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, United States
mixed at:
Right Track Recording in Manhattan, United States
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 476)
recording of:
I Want to Know What Love Is
lyricist and composer:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
publisher:
Somerset Songs Publishing Inc., Warner Brothers Music Ltd. (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23), Fujipacific Music inc. (until 2014-12-31) and Fujipacific Music, Inc. (from 2015-01-01 to present)
3.95:00
2Waiting for a Girl Like You
recording of:
Waiting for a Girl Like You
writer:
Lou Gramm (American rock singer-songwriter; Black Sheep, Foreigner & Shadow King) and Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
publisher:
フジパシフィック音楽出版 (until 2014-12-31), Evansongs Ltd. (publisher) (in 1981), Somerset Songs Publishing Inc. (in 1981) and フジパシフィックミュージック (from 2015-01-01 to present)
4:44
3Blinded by Science
recording of:
Blinded by Science
lyricist and composer:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
publisher:
Somerset Songs Publishing Inc., フジパシフィック音楽出版 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック (from 2015-01-01 to present)
4:50
4I Don't Want to Live Without You
additional recording engineer and assistant engineer:
Billy Miranda (engineer)
recording engineer, engineer and mixer:
Frank Filipetti
co-producer:
Frank Filipetti
producer:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
additional instruments:
Tom Bailey (keyboardist)
bass guitar:
Rick Wills
drums (drum set):
Dennis Elliott
electric guitar:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
keyboard:
Peter-John Vettese (British keyboardist, songwriter, arranger and record producer)
percussion:
Sammy Merendino
synclavier:
Kevin Jones (Keyboard & Synth)
background vocals:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France), Ian Lloyd (of Stories), Mark Rivera and Rick Wills
lead vocals:
Lou Gramm (American rock singer-songwriter; Black Sheep, Foreigner & Shadow King)
recorded at:
Right Track Recording in Manhattan, United States
recording of:
I Don’t Want to Live Without You
lyricist and composer:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
publisher:
Somerset Songs Publishing Inc.
54:52
5I Have Waited So Long
engineer:
David DeVore and Keith Olsen (US producer and engineer)
producer:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France), Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner) and Keith Olsen (US producer and engineer)
mixer:
Jimmy Douglass (engineer), Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France) and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
bass guitar:
Ed Gagliardi (bass player (Foreigner))
drums (drum set):
Dennis Elliott
electric guitar [lead guitar] and background vocals:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
guitar:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
keyboard:
Al Greenwood
lead vocals:
Lou Gramm (American rock singer-songwriter; Black Sheep, Foreigner & Shadow King)
instruments arranger:
David Paich
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1978) and Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (in 2009)
recorded at:
Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, United States (from 1977-12 until 1978-03)
recording of:
I Have Waited So Long
lyricist and composer:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
publisher:
Somerset Songs Publishing Inc., フジパシフィック音楽出版 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック (from 2015-01-01 to present)
44:05
6I'll Fight for You
assistant recording engineer:
Bruce Calder, Ellen Fitton, Lolly Grodner, John Herman (engineer), Jon Malison, Andrew Scarth and Bernhard Speyer (Sound engineer)
recording engineer:
Rafe McKenna
producer:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France) and Terry Thomas (Member of Charlie)
assistant mixer:
Bruce Calder, Michael Gilbert (recording/mixing engineer) and John Herman (engineer)
mixer:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France), Rafe McKenna, Andrew Scarth and Terry Thomas (Member of Charlie)
bass guitar:
Rick Wills
drums (drum set):
Dennis Elliott
electric guitar [lead guitar]:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
background vocals:
Angela Cappeli (US session backing singer), Johnny Edwards (heavy metal vocalist), Lani Groves, Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France), Ian Lloyd (of Stories), Rachele Cappeli, Mark Rivera, Terry Thomas (Member of Charlie), Vaneese Thomas and Rick Wills
lead vocals:
Johnny Edwards (heavy metal vocalist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US)
recording of:
I’ll Fight for You
writer:
Johnny Edwards (heavy metal vocalist), Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France), JK Northrup and Terry Thomas (Member of Charlie)
5:59
7Can't Wait
additional recording engineer and assistant engineer:
Billy Miranda (engineer)
recording engineer and mixer:
Frank Filipetti
co-producer:
Frank Filipetti
producer:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
keyboard:
Peter-John Vettese (British keyboardist, songwriter, arranger and record producer)
percussion:
Sammy Merendino
synclavier:
Kevin Jones (Keyboard & Synth)
background vocals:
Ian Lloyd (of Stories) and Mark Rivera
recorded at:
Right Track Recording in Manhattan, United States
recording of:
Can't Wait
writer:
Lou Gramm (American rock singer-songwriter; Black Sheep, Foreigner & Shadow King) and Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
4:28
8With Heaven on Our Side
engineer:
Duane Baron and John Purdell
producer:
Duane Baron, Lou Gramm (American rock singer-songwriter; Black Sheep, Foreigner & Shadow King), Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France) and John Purdell
bass guitar:
Bruce Turgon
electric guitar:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
instruments:
Mark Schulman
keyboard and synthesizer:
Jeff Jacobs
background vocals:
Jeff Jacobs, Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France), Mark Schulman, Bruce Turgon and Robin Zander
lead vocals:
Lou Gramm (American rock singer-songwriter; Black Sheep, Foreigner & Shadow King)
recording of:
With Heaven on Our Side
writer:
Johnny Edwards (heavy metal vocalist), Lou Gramm (American rock singer-songwriter; Black Sheep, Foreigner & Shadow King), Parthenon Huxley, Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France) and Steve Schiff
5:15
9Girl on the Moon
assistant engineer:
Edwin Hobgood (engineer) and Michael Sauvage
engineer:
Tony Platt (UK engineer and producer), Brad Samuelsohn and Dave Wittman
producer:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France) and Robert John “Mutt” Lange
bass guitar:
Rick Wills
drums (drum set):
Dennis Elliott
electric guitar [lead guitar]:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
keyboard:
Michael Fonfara and Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
slide guitar:
Hugh McCracken
synthesizer:
Thomas Dolby
background vocals:
Dennis Elliott, Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France), Robert John “Mutt” Lange, Ian Lloyd (of Stories), Mark Rivera and Rick Wills
lead vocals:
Lou Gramm (American rock singer-songwriter; Black Sheep, Foreigner & Shadow King)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1981, in 2002) and Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (in 2009)
recorded at:
Electric Lady Studios in Greenwich Village, United States
recording of:
Girl on the Moon
writer:
Lou Gramm (American rock singer-songwriter; Black Sheep, Foreigner & Shadow King) and Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
publisher:
Somerset Songs Publishing Inc., フジパシフィック音楽出版 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック (from 2015-01-01 to present)
43:47
10Down on Love
additional engineer:
Josh Abbey, Larry Alexander (producer/engineer), Jason Corsaro (U.S. music engineer, and record producer), Joe Ferla and Howie Lindeman
assistant engineer:
Bobby Cohen (engineer), Tim Crich and Scott "Abada" Mabuchi
engineer:
Frank Filipetti
producer:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France) and Alex Sadkin
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1984) and Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (in 2009)
additionally recorded at:
Right Track Recording in Manhattan, United States
recorded at:
The Hit Factory in Manhattan, United States
mixed at:
Right Track Recording in Manhattan, United States
recording of:
Down on Love
writer:
Lou Gramm (American rock singer-songwriter; Black Sheep, Foreigner & Shadow King) and Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
publisher:
Screen Gems–EMI Music Ltd., Somerset Songs Publishing Inc., フジパシフィック音楽出版 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック (from 2015-01-01 to present)
44:04
11Until the End of Time
54:49
12Out of the Blue
additional recording engineer and assistant engineer:
Billy Miranda (engineer)
recording engineer and mixer:
Frank Filipetti
co-producer:
Frank Filipetti
producer:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
keyboard:
Peter-John Vettese (British keyboardist, songwriter, arranger and record producer)
percussion:
Sammy Merendino
synclavier:
Kevin Jones (Keyboard & Synth)
background vocals:
Ian Lloyd (of Stories) and Mark Rivera
recorded at:
Right Track Recording in Manhattan, United States
recording of:
Out of the Blue
writer:
Dennis Elliott, Lou Gramm (American rock singer-songwriter; Black Sheep, Foreigner & Shadow King), Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France) and Rick Wills
4:42
13You're All I Am
engineer:
David DeVore and Keith Olsen (US producer and engineer)
producer:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France), Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner) and Keith Olsen (US producer and engineer)
mixer:
Jimmy Douglass (engineer), Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France) and Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
bass guitar:
Ed Gagliardi (bass player (Foreigner))
drums (drum set):
Dennis Elliott
electric guitar [lead guitar] and background vocals:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
guitar:
Ian McDonald (UK multi‐instrumentalist, formerly of King Crimson and Foreigner)
keyboard:
Al Greenwood
lead vocals:
Lou Gramm (American rock singer-songwriter; Black Sheep, Foreigner & Shadow King)
instruments arranger:
David Paich
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Atlantic Recording Corporation (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor within the US) (in 1978) and Rhino Entertainment Company (not for release label use!) (in 2009)
recorded at:
Sound City Studios in Van Nuys, United States (from 1977-12 until 1978-03)
recording of:
You’re All I Am
lyricist and composer:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
publisher:
Somerset Songs Publishing Inc., フジパシフィック音楽出版 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック (from 2015-01-01 to present)
33:22
14Safe in My Heart
assistant recording engineer:
Bruce Calder, Ellen Fitton, Lolly Grodner, John Herman (engineer), Jon Malison, Andrew Scarth and Bernhard Speyer (Sound engineer)
recording engineer:
Rafe McKenna
producer:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France) and Terry Thomas (Member of Charlie)
assistant mixer:
Bruce Calder, Michael Gilbert (recording/mixing engineer) and John Herman (engineer)
mixer:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France), Rafe McKenna, Andrew Scarth and Terry Thomas (Member of Charlie)
bass guitar:
Rick Wills
drums (drum set):
Dennis Elliott
electric guitar [lead guitar]:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
background vocals:
Angela Cappeli (US session backing singer), Johnny Edwards (heavy metal vocalist), Lani Groves, Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France), Ian Lloyd (of Stories), Rachele Cappeli, Mark Rivera, Terry Thomas (Member of Charlie), Vaneese Thomas and Rick Wills
lead vocals:
Johnny Edwards (heavy metal vocalist)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
WEA International Inc. (not for release label use! copyrights holder, distributor for the world outside of the US)
recording of:
Safe in My Heart
writer:
Johnny Edwards (heavy metal vocalist), Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France), JK Northrup and Terry Thomas (Member of Charlie)
4:24
15I Keep Hoping
4:30
16Fool for You Anyway (live-unreleased)
live recording of:
Fool for You Anyway
lyricist and composer:
Mick Jones (Foreigner/Spooky Tooth, worked in France)
publisher:
Somerset Songs Publishing Inc., フジパシフィック音楽出版 (until 2014-12-31) and フジパシフィックミュージック (from 2015-01-01 to present)
4:18