četvrtak, 01.01.2009.
Foreigner - Extended Versions: Live (2006)
This is a live album that was recorded by the rock group Foreigner on November 26, 2005 at Texas Station in North Las Vegas, Nevada. When the band announced that the concert was being recorded, they said that they would therefore be on their best behavior, but they hoped the audience would be "on their worst." This is part of a long-running budget live series started by BMG in the late '90s.
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!..Mark Wilson
Line-up
* Kelly Hansen - Lead Vocals
* Mick Jones - Guitars, Vocals
* Jeff Pilson - Bass, Vocals
* Jason Bonham - Drums
* Jeff Jacobs - Keyboards, Vocals
* Tom Gimbel - Guitar, Saxophone, Flute, Vocals
Codec: mp3
Bitrate: 320 kB/s
Size: 147 MB
Genre : Rock
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Tracklist:
01. Head Games 5.47
02. Cold as Ice 5.31
03. Waiting for a Girl Like You 5.50
04. Dirty White Boy 4.05
05. Starrider 6.33
06. Feels Like the First Time 5.16
07. Urgent 7.47
08. Juke Box Hero / Whole Lotta Love 8.45
09. I Want to Know What Love Is 6.51
10. Hot Blooded 8.07
