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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
I took a chance on this album based on the international hit single contained therein, I want to know what love is, which became a number one hit in Britain and elsewhere. I love the ballads but I'm so not keen on the rocking songs, because Lou Gramm seems to be shouting rather than singing.
The set opens with one of the rocking songs (Tooth and nail) then continues with two superb love ballads (That was yesterday, I want to know what love is) that were both released as singles. Next comes another excellent ballad (Growing up the hard way), though as the title suggests, it is not a love song but describes life's struggles. Two rocking songs (Reaction to action, Stranger in my house) precede more great ballads (Love in vain, Down on love, Two different worlds). The album closes with another rocking song (She's too tough), but this one works much better for my ears than the other rockers here.
Foreigner liked to consider themselves as a hard-rock group, but while they could certainly rock with the best, I quickly realized why their biggest hits were all ballads. Lou Gramm is a fine ballad singer but he struggles with the up-tempo songs. Fans of hard-rock music tend to be more interested in the music rather than the singing, and some of them despise ballads.
On reflection, I wonder how many people will truly love every track here, but although I'm not one of them, I enjoyed enough of the album to make me glad I bought it.
The set opens with one of the rocking songs (Tooth and nail) then continues with two superb love ballads (That was yesterday, I want to know what love is) that were both released as singles. Next comes another excellent ballad (Growing up the hard way), though as the title suggests, it is not a love song but describes life's struggles. Two rocking songs (Reaction to action, Stranger in my house) precede more great ballads (Love in vain, Down on love, Two different worlds). The album closes with another rocking song (She's too tough), but this one works much better for my ears than the other rockers here.
Foreigner liked to consider themselves as a hard-rock group, but while they could certainly rock with the best, I quickly realized why their biggest hits were all ballads. Lou Gramm is a fine ballad singer but he struggles with the up-tempo songs. Fans of hard-rock music tend to be more interested in the music rather than the singing, and some of them despise ballads.
On reflection, I wonder how many people will truly love every track here, but although I'm not one of them, I enjoyed enough of the album to make me glad I bought it.
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Bought this in 84-85 and still re-visit this album from time to time enjoying it every spin. The ballads are very moving and emotionally charged and fill the album with a few rockers interspersed among these. A Heartfelt soft Rock Album without being too cheesey. A class act band with songs that feel as though their written from heart.
Foreigner do best the soft melodic rock yet the hard rockers never quite made the mark in my book so this album is cut from a very rich seam.
Enjoy- But don't buy if your lonely or heartbroken.
Foreigner do best the soft melodic rock yet the hard rockers never quite made the mark in my book so this album is cut from a very rich seam.
Enjoy- But don't buy if your lonely or heartbroken.
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Agent Provocateur is a very decent follow up to the superb 4.
The record is certainly better more (over?)produced than 4, bringing in a more radio friendly sound that its predecessor.
This works to great effect on the ballads, particularly on the massively popular I Want to Know What Love Is.
But let's not forget that Foreigner were a rock band in their core, and Agent Provocateur rocks, particularly with the riff of the opener track Tooth and Nail and the other rockers Growing Up the Hard Way and Stranger in My Own House.
Down on Love is another fantastic ballad, less commercial than the mega selling I Want to Know..., but more evocative and introspective.
Somehow, Agent Provocateur succeeds on two fronts, one, uplifting your mood witht the rockers, but also in taking you into your reflective inner self.
The record is certainly better more (over?)produced than 4, bringing in a more radio friendly sound that its predecessor.
This works to great effect on the ballads, particularly on the massively popular I Want to Know What Love Is.
But let's not forget that Foreigner were a rock band in their core, and Agent Provocateur rocks, particularly with the riff of the opener track Tooth and Nail and the other rockers Growing Up the Hard Way and Stranger in My Own House.
Down on Love is another fantastic ballad, less commercial than the mega selling I Want to Know..., but more evocative and introspective.
Somehow, Agent Provocateur succeeds on two fronts, one, uplifting your mood witht the rockers, but also in taking you into your reflective inner self.
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