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4 by  ReleasedJuly 2, 1981RecordedDecember 1980−April 1981Studio, , , Length42:10,  chronology
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Released: June 22, 1981 ""
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Released: January 21, 1982 ""
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4, also known as Foreigner 4, is the fourth studio album by the British-American rock band , released on July 2, 1981, on . Several singles from the album were hits, including "", "" and "".

The album was a success worldwide, holding the #1 position on the  album chart for a total of 10 weeks. It eventually sold over seven million copies in the US alone.

Background and writing

The album was originally titled Silent Partners and later was changed to 4, reflecting both the fact that it was Foreigner's fourth album and that the band was now down to four members. In 1981, art studio  was asked to design a cover based on the original title, and they developed a black and white image of a young man in bed with a pair of binoculars suspended in the air overhead. The resulting design was rejected by the band as they felt it was "too homosexual". The replacement cover for 4 was designed by Bob Defrin and modeled after an old fashioned film leader. Hipgnosis is still credited with designing the record labels.

The album marked the completion of the band's shift from hard rock to a more mainstream, pop outfit which had begun in . Both  and  had left before the recording of 4. As a result, all of the songs on the album are compositions by  and/or . McDonald and Greenwood had played saxophone and keyboards, respectively, and so several session musicians were needed to replace their contributions, among them , who played the saxophone solo in the bridge of "Urgent", and a young , who would later have a successful solo career.

Track listing

All tracks are written by , with additional songwriting by  on tracks 1-2, 4-5 and 9-10.

No.TitleLength1."Night Life"3:482.""4:183.""4:114.""4:495."" (On some vinyl editions, "Luanne" is listed as 3:11)3:256.""4:297."I'm Gonna Win"4:518."Woman in Black"4:429."Girl on the Moon"3:4910."Don't Let Go"3:58