Mr. Moonlight (album)
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Mr. Moonlight is the eighth studio album by British-American rock band Foreigner, released by Arista Records in Europe on 24 October and by BMG Entertainment in Japan on 23 November 1994. In the United States and Canada, it appeared in early 1995 on the Rhythm Safari label. Recorded at seven different studios across the States, the album was produced by Mick Jones, Lou Gramm, and Mike Stone, with an additional production by Phil and Joe Nicolo. It was Foreigner's last studio release until Can't Slow Down (2009).
The album was the first since 1991's release Unusual Heat, which featured New Foreigner Vocalist Johnny Edwards, he would only appear on this releases, two singles from this album were released the Rocker Lowdown and Dirty, which was a Mainstream Rock Chart Hit and the ballad I'll Fight for You, which didn't chart above the Top 60. After the dismal performance of this album and Lou Gramm's failure with his new band Shadow king, he and Mick Jones decided to meet in early '92 to discuss collaborating again in LA just when the Rodney King riots broke out, this isolation from the outside world gave them time to talk and start writing a few songs which ended up on their new Greatest hits The Very Best ... and Beyond (1992). After the positive response of this release, Jones and Gramm went back to the studio to write and record another studio album which became...Mr. Moonlight it was also the first album in fifteen years without bass guitarist Rick Wills, who joined the band in 1979, and drummer Dennis Elliott, who was a founding member.
Though it was intended to be a comeback release, Mr. Moonlight was a commercial disappointment, only peaking at number 136 in the Billboard 200 chart,<ref name = "US Billboard 200" /> and ranked as Foreigner's worst-selling studio album.
Track listing
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Personnel
Foreigner
- Lou Gramm – lead vocals, backing vocals, percussion
- Mick Jones – guitars, acoustic piano, backing vocals
- Jeff Jacobs – acoustic piano, organ, keyboards, backing vocals
- Bruce Turgon – bass, backing vocals
- Mark Schulman – drums, backing vocals
Additional musicians
- Ian Lloyd – backing vocals
- Tawatha Agee – backing vocals (on "I Keep Hoping")
- Robin Clark – backing vocals (on "I Keep Hoping")
- Paulette McWilliams – backing vocals (on "I Keep Hoping")
- Duane Eddy – lead guitar (on "Until the End of Time")
- Billy Bremner – additional guitars (on "All I Need to Know")
- Randy Cantor – keyboards and additional guitars (on "White Lie" and "Rain")
- Luis Enriques – percussion (on "Real World" and "Running the Risk")
- Scott Gilman – saxophone, recorder, backing vocals
Production
- Mick Jones – producer
- Lou Gramm – producer
- Mike Stone – producer, engineer, mixing (at Bearsville Studios in Bearsville, New York, and Soundtrack Studios in New York, New York)
- Phil and Joe Nicolo – additional production, mixing ("White Lie" and "Rain", at Studio 4 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
- David Bianco – mixing ("Real World")
- Mark Stebbeds – mixing ("Big Dog", at Track Record Studios in North Hollywood, California)
- Ted Jensen – mastering (at Sterling Studios in New York, New York)
- Danny Clinch – photography
- John Pitter – illustrations
- Red Herring Design – design
Charts
| Chart (1994-1995) | Peak position | |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref name="ARIA history pages">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation | CitationClass=web
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126 |
| Japanese Albums (Oricon)<ref name="JPN">Template:Cite book</ref> | 73 |