Extended Versions

Foreigner | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 21, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony Special Product
• ASIN: B000F6II1W
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,012 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Head Games

2. Cold as Ice

3. Waiting for a Girl Like You

4. Dirty White Boy

5. Starrider

6. Feels Like the First Time

7. Urgent

8. Juke Box Hero/Whole Lotta Love

9. I Want to Know What Love Is

10. Hot Blooded

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Shockingly GREAT!, April 6, 2006

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jljbird "jljbird" (Novi, Michigan USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Extended Versions (Audio CD)

Ok, I saw Foreigner on their very 1st tour (yeah I am most likely older than you!). They were fresh and exciting back then. 6 young guys bringing something fresh to the world. Years later after an incredible run of CLASSIC hits, Mick and Lou have gone their seperate ways. Lou has his band mostly of relatives (I can't speak for their quality) and Mick has retained Jeff Jacobs on keyboards and added Jason Bonham on drums, Kelly Hansen of Hurricane on lead vocals, Thom Gimbel on rhythm guitar & sax, and Jeff Pilson on bass. I was so blown away by this CD that I now have frint row center tickets to see them this summer. WOW! I had heard that people seeing them last year didn;t know that 5 of the players weren't original members but I was sceptical. This band ROCKS! Congrats Mick on keeping Foreigner alive. All the songs are somewhat extended and rock harder in most cases than the originals. Juke Box Hero gets a super workout and includes Zep's Whole Lotta Love. I assume a tribute to the band and Jason's father. This CD is so cheap it is the DEAL OF THE CENTURY! Kelly is similar to Lou but wails. He has great highs still which Lou now has trouble with. Gibbel gives Jr Walker a run on Urgent as well. If you buy this CD you will want to see Foreigner 2006 for sure!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We gotta keep doin' it till our clothes go outta style!, April 21, 2006

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Mark Wilson (Huntington, WV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Extended Versions (Audio CD)

Love that line. Just finished listening to Extended Versions live, and it really rocks. The first 3 songs sound really good, but once Dirty White Boy starts the whole CD just kicks up a notch and keeps getting better from there. The songs are heavier sounding than in the past, but nothing that takes away from the variety of style & instrumentation that's always been a Foreigner hallmark. It's just that once the band gets warmed up, the CD really maintains an intensity throughout, just like the show I attended during their 2005 tour which this recording comes from.

The first thing I noticed when I looked at the CD back tray liner was that the shortest song was 4:25 (Dirty White Boy) and all the others clocked over 5 minutes. Five songs...half the CD...came in at over 6 minutes so I could tell they were definitely "extended" and kept in most of the cool stuff I heard at the show I attended. Some extended instrumental work and so on. Mick Jones really comes alive as a guitar player here. Overall just shy of 70 minutes total. Dirty White Boy, Starrider, Urgent & Juke Box Hero are definitely stand-out tracks. Lots of swagger and they really rock. The new rhythms they're playing on Starrider really kick. For those who may've heard the new band for the first time on the Rockline radio show last summer, the versions of Urgent and Juke Box Hero on this CD sound even better.

The next thing I noticed was that the CD and all the songs were published by "Trigger Productions, Inc." Thought that was cute. (For those unfamiliar, Trigger was Foreigner's original name on the demo recording they circulated back in 1976. That very good & interesting demo is included in its entirety as bonus tracks for the remastered/extended debut CD released a couple years ago.) Also noticed that this CD was produced by bassist Jeff Pilson, giving the project a real "band" feel.

I'm glad too that they listed the date & location of the show on the CD liner. Most of the other Extended Live CD's I've seen don't. This band still rocks!

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good live album with a new line-up, August 5, 2006

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Michael J. Bridges - See all my reviews

This review is from: Extended Versions (Audio CD)

I heared Foreigner reformed with only Mick Jones as the original member. I had basically written them off as washed-up and over. How can it be Foreigner without Lou? Then I saw this CD. I actually laughed when I saw it and thought "This has gotta be bad, almost worth picking up bad". Well was I surprised at how good this band sounds! Kelly does not sound exactly like Lou Gramm but he sings in the same range and is a suitable replacement. The band also features former members of Dokken and Bonham. In fact, they also do a snippet of "Whole Lotta Love". Only hit missing here is "Double Vision". This is a pleasant listen for any classic rock fan. I am a "casual" Foreigner fan, not a die-hard. SO far, the best of the "Extended Versions" series.