Foreigner＜限定盤＞

アトランティック・レコード75周年記念!77年デビュー・アルバムがSACDリリース!!

FMで大ヒットした "Feels Like the First Time"と "Cold as Ice"を収録したデビュー作。
アンセミックな"Feels Like the First Time"や"Cold as Ice"など、その年最大のFMヒットを生んだアリーナ・ロックのヒーロー、フォリナーは、ギタリスト:ミック・ジョーンズの逞しくも伝統的なリフ、ルー・グラムの高らかなヴォーカル、そして当時の最先端のロック・プロダクションによって成立。ミック・ジョーンズは、ロック・ミュージックの最も不朽の名曲のいくつかを生み出しており、グラミー賞とゴールデングローブ賞にノミネートされたソングライター、パフォーマー、プロデューサーであり、1998年には名誉あるアイヴォア・ノヴェロ・ソングライター賞を受賞しています。

・ハイブリッド・ステレオSACD
・スターリング・サウンドのライアン・K・スミスがオリジナル・マスターテープから直接マスタリング

Although punk rock's furious revolution threatened to overthrow rock's old guard in 1977, bands like Foreigner came along and proved that there was plenty of room in the marketplace for both the violent, upstart minimalism of punk and the airbrushed slickness of what would be called "arena rock." Along with Boston, Journey, Heart, and others, Foreigner celebrated professionalism over raw emotion. And, looking back, it's easy to see why they sold millions; not everyone in the world was pissed off, dissatisfied with the economy, or even necessarily looking for a change. In fact, for most suburban American teens, Foreigner's immaculate rock sound was the perfect soundtrack for cruising through well-manicured neighborhoods in their Chevy Novas. The album spawned some of the biggest FM hits of 1977, including the anthemic "Feels Like the First Time" and "Cold as Ice," both of which were anchored -- like most of Foreigner's songs -- by the muscular but traditional riffing of guitarist Mick Jones, the soaring vocals of Lou Gramm, and the state-of-the-art rock production values of the day, which allowed the band to sound hard but polished. As pure rock craftsmanship goes, Foreigner was as good as it got in the late '70s. ~ Andy Hinds