Foreigner - Head Games
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Artist: ForeignerEdition: Music CD
Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
CD Release Date: 2002-08-06
Music Label: Atlantic
Soundtracks:
- Dirty White Boy
- Love On The Telephone
- Women
- I'll Get Even With You
- Seventeen
- Head Games
- The Modern Day
- Blinded By Science
- Do What You Like
- Rev On The Red Line
- Zalia (Previously Unreleased) (Bonus Track)
Free Music Notes for Head Games
Free Music Review: Take that, Punks!
Hit: 5 Stars
First, I'll back up everything said in Alan Caylow's review. Spot on.
And, I'll add that although "Head Games" is probably doomed to remain the least esteemed of Foreigner's first four albums, it has definitely emerged as my favorite. Not that I think it's the quintessential Foreigner album, or necessarily the "best" Foreigner album (by whatever standard you chose to measure by), but darned if it doesn't just ROCK. This is high-octane, stripped-down Foreigner, "aerodynamic and ready to roll."
In addition to a bit of a personnel change for their third album, it's very evident that the band picked up on the punk/new-wave/power-pop influences that were impossible to ignore in the 1978/1979 music world. The songs here are tight, focused, and for the most part, hard edged. Most of the songs on "Head Games" could have as easily been recorded by The Knack, The Beat, The Buzzcocks or The Undertones. The sound is much simpler than on "Foreigner" and "Double Vision", but it still retains a very identifiable Foreigner personality. The drums hit hard (listen closely to "Dirty White Boy" - the master is distorted on the major drumbeat), the guitars are crunchy, but not plodding, and there is still the added color of the keyboards, although they are clearly dominated by the guitars, with the exception of the title track and "Rev On The Redline". Lou Gramm has/had a great "rock voice", and he provided this album with another batch of flawless vocals.
The one soft spot on the album, in my opinion, is the song "Blinded By Science". It's not that I think it's a weak song - it builds a nice power as it progresses, and I never fail to get sucked into it - it just seems to be a distracting slowdown from the rest of the album. The song would fit better on "4", and in fact would be a great trade for "Night Life", which would have been right at home on "Head Games".
While perhaps not as "Classic" as the other three of Foreigner's initial quartet of albums, "Head Games" is straightforward rockin' fun, if a bit heavy-handedly "guy oriented" at times. Critics who dismiss Foreigner as not having enough rock credibility should give this album a listen, and not just the singles. They may be pleasantly surprised.
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