FOREIGNER To Unveil Acoustique: The Classics Unplugged Album On Rockline

August 19, 2011, 13 years ago

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FOREIGNER will unveil their new album, Acoustique: The Classics Unplugged, with an appearance on the Rockline, with host Bob Coburn, on Wednesday, September 14th. The show starts at 11:30pm EST/8:30pm PST and fans are encouraged to speak with the band by calling 1-800-344-ROCK (7625). For more information go to this location.

Foreigner is celebrating the 35th anniversary of the band's formation by going acoustic, electric and live - all on the same package.

Feels Like the First Time is a CD/DVD package that will be released by Razor & Tie exclusively via Wal-Mart on September 13, while the audio components will also be available on iTunes. The set comprises a pair of CDs - Acoustique: The Classics Unplugged and Juke Box Heroes: Brand New Digital Recordings of Foreigner's Greatest Hits, along with the DVD Live in Chicago, which was filmed in March during two shows at the Arcada Theatre in St. Charles, Ill., and will also be shown during PBS' pledge drive this fall.

The tracklistings for the component parts of Foreigner's Feels Like the First Time package include:

Acoustique: The Classics Unplugged:

Long, Long Way From Home'

'Cold As Ice'

'The Flame Still Burns'

'Double Vision'

'Fool For You Anyway'

'Say You Will'

'Starrider'

'Waiting For A Girl Like You'

'Feels Like The First Time'

'Juke Box Hero'

'That's All Right'

Juke Box Heroes: Brand New Digital Recordings of Foreigner's Greatest Hits:

'Save Me'

'Feels Like The First Time'

'Cold As Ice'

'Long, Long Way From Home'

'Hot Blooded'

'Double Vision'

'Head Games'

'Dirty White Boy'

'Urgent; Waiting For A Girl Like You'

'I Want To Know What Love Is'

'Juke Box Hero'

Live in Chicago (DVD):

'Double Vision'

'Head Games'

'Cold As Ice'

'Waiting For A Girl Like You'

'When It Comes To Love'

'Blue Morning, Blue Day'

'Dirty White Boy'

'Starrider'

'Feels Like The First Time'

'Urgent; I Want To Know What Love Is'

'Hot Blooded'

'Juke Box Hero'

Acoustique: The Classics Unplugged will also be available for digital download on September 13th. This acoustic album featuring Mick Jones, Kelly Hansen, Jeff Pilson and Tom Gimbel, brings to you the Foreigner classics re-imagined in the studio, a first for their genre. Listen to the classics like you have never heard them before

Founder Mick Jones says of Acoustique: “My feeling over the years is that if you can write a song on an acoustic instrument, and it sounds good, you know you have a good song,” Mick explains. “The first time we approached these songs this way I was flabbergasted about how well they adapted back to their nucleus. It’s been an eye opener how stripping the songs bare brings fresh meaning and emotion out of them."

Vocalist Kelly Hansen say of Acoustique: "We were doing these live acoustic shows that were being broadcast," he recalls, "and we got a huge response. It was kind of shocking and surprising, and also something that was really new for us. We've never really done that, kind of laying yourself out naked, without lights and amps or anything. It was a real different feeling and a challenge, so we came back and decided to record it."

A high point on the Acoustique disc is the song, 'The Flame Still Burns', which was co-written by Mick Jones for the 1998 cult rock movie Still Crazy, where it was performed by JIMMY NAIL. Mick won the prestigious English Ivor Novello songwriting award for this song. Also included is a tribute to ELVIS PRESLEY with a blistering version of 'That’s All Right'.


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