GLOBALRPH MUSICATLASForeigner: Artist Essentials
Move between compact guitar hooks, spacious keyboard textures and the large vocal arrangements of the original studio catalog.
Showing 10 of 10 selected recordings.This depth selects the first 10 recordings in the recommended sequence. Changing the order rearranges those same selections.
When only a year is established, chronological order within that year is approximate.
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First released: 1984 (year verified)
Original album: Agent Provocateur
Original 1984 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: Hear the answering voices gradually turn the restrained opening into a much larger refrain.
Annual appearances: 1984 | 1985
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1984 (year verified)
The original studio recording was released in 1984 and belongs to the original Agent Provocateur program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.
Recording: Original 1984 studio recording
Credit: Foreigner
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Agent Provocateur
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.
Foreigner - original album programs and separately labeled editions
Original Agent Provocateur (1984) program and year in the label album collection. Modern mastering, bonus recordings and other original album programs are not substituted for the selected recordings. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Foreigner - original Atlantic studio album chronology
Rhino explicitly dates the original albums Foreigner 1977, Double Vision 1978, Head Games 1979, 4 1981, Agent Provocateur 1984 and Inside Information 1987. Original studio hits are separated from later deluxe-edition demos, live tracks and nearly unplugged performances. The 2014 box date is not used as first release. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
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First released: 1977 (year verified)
Original album: Foreigner
Original 1977 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The rising keyboard figure makes the guitar and lead-vocal entrances feel sharply defined.
Annual appearances: 1977
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1977 (year verified)
The original studio recording was released in 1977 and belongs to the original Foreigner program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.
Recording: Original 1977 studio recording
Credit: Foreigner
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Foreigner
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.
Foreigner - original album programs and separately labeled editions
Original Foreigner (1977) program and year in the label album collection. Modern mastering, bonus recordings and other original album programs are not substituted for the selected recordings. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Foreigner - original Atlantic studio album chronology
Rhino explicitly dates the original albums Foreigner 1977, Double Vision 1978, Head Games 1979, 4 1981, Agent Provocateur 1984 and Inside Information 1987. Original studio hits are separated from later deluxe-edition demos, live tracks and nearly unplugged performances. The 2014 box date is not used as first release. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
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First released: 1977 (year verified)
Original album: Foreigner
Original 1977 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The clipped piano pattern keeps its insistence beneath the shifting vocal layers.
Annual appearances: 1977
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1977 (year verified)
The original studio recording was released in 1977 and belongs to the original Foreigner program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.
Recording: Original 1977 studio recording
Credit: Foreigner
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Foreigner
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.
Foreigner - original album programs and separately labeled editions
Original Foreigner (1977) program and year in the label album collection. Modern mastering, bonus recordings and other original album programs are not substituted for the selected recordings. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Foreigner - original Atlantic studio album chronology
Rhino explicitly dates the original albums Foreigner 1977, Double Vision 1978, Head Games 1979, 4 1981, Agent Provocateur 1984 and Inside Information 1987. Original studio hits are separated from later deluxe-edition demos, live tracks and nearly unplugged performances. The 2014 box date is not used as first release. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
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First released: 1978 (year verified)
Original album: Double Vision
Original 1978 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: Notice how the guitar leaves little gaps for the vocal to push against.
Annual appearances: 1978
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1978 (year verified)
The original studio recording was released in 1978 and belongs to the original Double Vision program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.
Recording: Original 1978 studio recording
Credit: Foreigner
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Double Vision
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.
Foreigner - original album programs and separately labeled editions
Original Double Vision (1978) program and year in the label album collection. Modern mastering, bonus recordings and other original album programs are not substituted for the selected recordings. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Foreigner - original Atlantic studio album chronology
Rhino explicitly dates the original albums Foreigner 1977, Double Vision 1978, Head Games 1979, 4 1981, Agent Provocateur 1984 and Inside Information 1987. Original studio hits are separated from later deluxe-edition demos, live tracks and nearly unplugged performances. The 2014 box date is not used as first release. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
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First released: 1981 (year verified)
Original album: 4
Original 1981 studio album recording and mix
MusicAtlas editorial note: The quiet opening holds back the weight of the full band until the refrain opens out.
Annual version match under reviewThe selected recording has release evidence, but its version has not been matched to the retained annual entry. It is omitted from Beyond the yearly lists until this match is resolved.
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1981 (year verified)
The original studio recording belongs to the 1981 4 release cycle. The 2025 remix and archival alternates are separate editions; the album day is not used as the exact date of an earlier single.
Recording: Original 1981 studio album recording and mix
Credit: Foreigner
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: 4
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.
Foreigner - original album programs and separately labeled editions
Original 4 (1981) program and year in the label album collection. Modern mastering, bonus recordings and other original album programs are not substituted for the selected recordings. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Foreigner - original Atlantic studio album chronology
Rhino explicitly dates the original albums Foreigner 1977, Double Vision 1978, Head Games 1979, 4 1981, Agent Provocateur 1984 and Inside Information 1987. Original studio hits are separated from later deluxe-edition demos, live tracks and nearly unplugged performances. The 2014 box date is not used as first release. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Foreigner 4 - original album versus later remix and archive material
Label identifies the original 1981 album and its three principal singles, separately from the 2025 stereo remix, Atmos, early versions, instrumental rough mixes and live recordings. Only the original year and original studio identity are used, not the newer mixes or their dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
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First released: 1981 (year verified)
Original album: 4
Original 1981 studio album recording and mix
MusicAtlas editorial note: The soft keyboard atmosphere gives the held vocal notes an unusually wide space.
Annual appearances: 1982
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1981 (year verified)
The original studio recording belongs to the 1981 4 release cycle. The 2025 remix and archival alternates are separate editions; the album day is not used as the exact date of an earlier single.
Recording: Original 1981 studio album recording and mix
Credit: Foreigner
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: 4
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.
Foreigner - original album programs and separately labeled editions
Original 4 (1981) program and year in the label album collection. Modern mastering, bonus recordings and other original album programs are not substituted for the selected recordings. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Foreigner - original Atlantic studio album chronology
Rhino explicitly dates the original albums Foreigner 1977, Double Vision 1978, Head Games 1979, 4 1981, Agent Provocateur 1984 and Inside Information 1987. Original studio hits are separated from later deluxe-edition demos, live tracks and nearly unplugged performances. The 2014 box date is not used as first release. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Foreigner 4 - original album versus later remix and archive material
Label identifies the original 1981 album and its three principal singles, separately from the 2025 stereo remix, Atmos, early versions, instrumental rough mixes and live recordings. Only the original year and original studio identity are used, not the newer mixes or their dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
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First released: 1981 (year verified)
Original album: 4
Original 1981 studio album recording and mix
MusicAtlas editorial note: The repeating rhythm creates a firm platform for the much freer saxophone break.
Annual version match under reviewThe selected recording has release evidence, but its version has not been matched to the retained annual entry. It is omitted from Beyond the yearly lists until this match is resolved.
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1981 (year verified)
The original studio recording belongs to the 1981 4 release cycle. The 2025 remix and archival alternates are separate editions; the album day is not used as the exact date of an earlier single.
Recording: Original 1981 studio album recording and mix
Credit: Foreigner
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: 4
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.
Foreigner - original album programs and separately labeled editions
Original 4 (1981) program and year in the label album collection. Modern mastering, bonus recordings and other original album programs are not substituted for the selected recordings. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Foreigner - original Atlantic studio album chronology
Rhino explicitly dates the original albums Foreigner 1977, Double Vision 1978, Head Games 1979, 4 1981, Agent Provocateur 1984 and Inside Information 1987. Original studio hits are separated from later deluxe-edition demos, live tracks and nearly unplugged performances. The 2014 box date is not used as first release. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Foreigner 4 - original album versus later remix and archive material
Label identifies the original 1981 album and its three principal singles, separately from the 2025 stereo remix, Atmos, early versions, instrumental rough mixes and live recordings. Only the original year and original studio identity are used, not the newer mixes or their dates. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
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First released: 1978 (year verified)
Original album: Double Vision
Original 1978 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: Short instrumental replies keep the strong central hook from feeling static.
Annual appearances: 1979
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1978 (year verified)
The original studio recording was released in 1978 and belongs to the original Double Vision program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.
Recording: Original 1978 studio recording
Credit: Foreigner
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Double Vision
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.
Foreigner - original album programs and separately labeled editions
Original Double Vision (1978) program and year in the label album collection. Modern mastering, bonus recordings and other original album programs are not substituted for the selected recordings. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Foreigner - original Atlantic studio album chronology
Rhino explicitly dates the original albums Foreigner 1977, Double Vision 1978, Head Games 1979, 4 1981, Agent Provocateur 1984 and Inside Information 1987. Original studio hits are separated from later deluxe-edition demos, live tracks and nearly unplugged performances. The 2014 box date is not used as first release. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
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First released: 1979 (year verified)
Original album: Head Games
Original 1979 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: The keyboard line adds brightness to the tightly packed guitar-and-drum rhythm.
Beyond the yearly listsRelease evidence and recording details
First released: 1979 (year verified)
The original studio recording was released in 1979 and belongs to the original Head Games program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.
Recording: Original 1979 studio recording
Credit: Foreigner
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Head Games
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.
Foreigner - original album programs and separately labeled editions
Original Head Games (1979) program and year in the label album collection. Modern mastering, bonus recordings and other original album programs are not substituted for the selected recordings. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Foreigner - original Atlantic studio album chronology
Rhino explicitly dates the original albums Foreigner 1977, Double Vision 1978, Head Games 1979, 4 1981, Agent Provocateur 1984 and Inside Information 1987. Original studio hits are separated from later deluxe-edition demos, live tracks and nearly unplugged performances. The 2014 box date is not used as first release. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
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First released: 1987 (year verified)
Original album: Inside Information
Original 1987 studio recording
MusicAtlas editorial note: Listen for the clipped rhythmic details underneath the smooth, sustained refrain.
Annual appearances: 1988
Release evidence and recording details
First released: 1987 (year verified)
The original studio recording was released in 1987 and belongs to the original Inside Information program. Year precision does not assign an album day to a single or a later reissue.
Recording: Original 1987 studio recording
Credit: Foreigner
Role in this collection: Primary artist
Original album: Inside Information
Original album association; the supported year is not an exact worldwide release day.
Foreigner - original album programs and separately labeled editions
Original Inside Information (1987) program and year in the label album collection. Modern mastering, bonus recordings and other original album programs are not substituted for the selected recordings. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
Foreigner - original Atlantic studio album chronology
Rhino explicitly dates the original albums Foreigner 1977, Double Vision 1978, Head Games 1979, 4 1981, Agent Provocateur 1984 and Inside Information 1987. Original studio hits are separated from later deluxe-edition demos, live tracks and nearly unplugged performances. The 2014 box date is not used as first release. | Reviewed 2026-10-18
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