Foreigner to release orchestral album of their biggest hits

Foreigner have announced a new double album featuring all their biggest hits recorded with a 58 -piece orchestra and a 60-piece choir.

Author: Scott ColothanPublished 19th Feb 2018

Released on Friday 27th April 2018, the live recording ‘Foreigner with the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus’ documents the band’s two sold-out shows at KKL in Lucerne, Switzerland in May 2017.

The 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus were conducted by Ernst van Tiel at the shows and the album represents the culmination of a year-long collaboration between Mick Jones and Grammy nominated composing/arranging team, Dave Eggar & Chuck Palmer.

Songs that feature include ‘Juke Box Hero’, ‘Waiting For A Girl Like You’, ‘Cold As Ice’, ‘I Want To Know What Love Is’, ‘Double Vision’, ‘Urgent’, ‘Feels Like The First Time’, ‘Say You Will’ and ‘That Way Yesterday’.

Mick Jones says: “I could never have imagined when I set out to create Foreigner 40 years ago, that we’d still be touring around the world and performing the music we love all these years later. 

“Dave Eggar and Chuck Palmer’s orchestral arrangements have shown us a new symphonic dimension of our music, which I hope our fans will enjoy.”

The ‘Foreigner with the 21st Century Symphony Orchestra & Chorus’ track-listing is as follows:

CD track-listing:

  1. Overture
  2. Blue Morning, Blue Day
  3. Cold As Ice
  4. Waiting For A Girl Like You
  5. Say You Will
  6. When It Comes To Love
  7. That Was Yesterday
  8. Feels Like The First Time
  9. Starrider
  10. Double Vision
  11. Fool For You Anyway
  12. Urgent
  13. Juke Box Hero
  14. I Want To Know What Love Is

DVD track-list

  1. Overture
  2. Blue Morning, Blue Day
  3. Cold As Ice
  4. Waiting For A Girl Like You
  5. Head Games
  6. When It Comes To Love
  7. Say You Will
  8. The Flame Still Burns
  9. That Was Yesterday
  10. Juke Box Hero
  11. Starrider
  12. Double Vision
  13. Fool For You Anyway
  14. Hot Blooded
  15. Urgent
  16. Feels Like The First Time
  17. I Want To Know What Love Is

Double vinyl track-list:

Side One:
1. Overture
2. Blue Morning, Blue Day
3. Cold As Ice 
4. Waiting For A Girl Like You

Side Two:
1. Double Vision
2. When It Comes To Love
3. Say You Will
4. That Was Yesterday

Side Three:
1. Urgent
2. Juke Box Hero

Side Four:
1. Starrider
2. Feels Like The First Time
3. I Want To Know What Love Is