Unlike the other albums I own from my first year of buying in 1977 (including Alan Parsons Project I Robot which is already in UMR), I didn't originally keep Foreigner. Not even sure the LP made it to college with me. This was a "pandemic pickup" for a $1 from a fellow collector who had a garage sale on some random Sunday. Real time in '77 this would prove to be the first title I'd purchased with a prog rock heritage, primarily a one Ian McDonald.
Even though I played it endlessly as a kid, and only three years ago on the reminiscence purchase, I couldn't tell you what A5, B2-B4 sound like. The first two tracks were played endlessly on the radio, and they are good 'uns too: 'Feels Like the First Time' and 'Cold as Ice'. For me the best track is 'Long Long Way From Home', about the only one here that had more than two ideas in the same song. Overall, it's a pretty good example of late 70s FM radio AOR. Will I keep this until the end? Oh, probably not. I just haven't purged it yet - I have plenty of other classic rock albums I've picked up in the last four years that will hit the show boxes in 2024, so that will buy it time. There's nostalgia here, but it's not overly strong.
Ownership: LP: 1977 Atlantic. Single sleeve with lyric inner bag. Originally purchased in 1977 at Montgomery Ward in Northtown Mall (Dallas). I bought a lot at that store back in the day. The records were up front, by the window, near the entrance from the indoor mall. The mall itself was a total disaster and had turned into an outright slum by the 80s. They wisely bulldozed it and there's a much more attractive retail/office space there today.
1977; 6/22/20; 11/9/23 (new entry)
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