Foreigner - Feels Like The First Time Reviews (Critic Reviews for Foreigner - Feels Like The First Time at Underground Music)

Based on 1 critics - Overal Score:  20/ 100

If only they had skipped the second disc..... which I refer to as "Feels like the Worst Time". The first CD of unplugged treatments of mostly classic foreigner songs is good...some of the arrangements different enough to even be called fresh and sadly the last track ...the Elvis tune "That's All Right" is so good it makes me wish they would have not retreaded Foreigner songs but attacked classic tunes. The third disc...the DVD is not the previous Sound Stage show but a more recent one...that said...its starting to get old...the same set the same licks on the previous Sound Stage, the Ryman Theatre and now this....but its a nice hour and a half. Now together these are worth the 12bucks it will cost you at Walmart. I should add... I like the new singer and band...I'm seeing them in a few weeks in concert.


BUT...the second disc... a horrible idea is where they lost me big time. It is a slavish recreation of their biggest hits. As I said in a review of that disc on its own...WHY? Well, I'm sure this is a business/publishing and more importantly MASTERS ownership ploy. They want to license classic songs to commercials and movies and instead of having producers deal with Atlantic Records who will take a chunk...they can deal direct with these "memorex" versions. So when you are watching "Supernatural" and hear that great Foreigner/Mick Jones guitar intro and then something ...like...Lou Gramm...that is what you will be listening to. Now I don't mind Mick and his business partners cranking this CD out to get to producers but WHY do they have to foist it on the public?

Because of the repulsive 2nd disc I am docking this set....but if you are a fan of the new group or don't even know who Lou Gramm is...enjoy ...it is a terrific value... Play it in your car...watch the DVD as a warm up for Beatlemania or Mama Mia and enjoy! For fans of classic Foreigner ...be warned. By the way ...there are plenty of places online to get sensational bootleg DVDs of the classic Lou Gramm Foreigner ...and in particular the spectacular supershow from Tokyo in 1985 that makes the more recent edition of the group look like a Vegas lounge act.

Critic Rating
Popmatters 2 out of 10

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