The Very Best ... and Beyond
{{Infobox album
| name = The Very Best ... and Beyond
| type = greatest hits
| artist = Foreigner
| cover = The Very Best... and Beyond.jpg
| alt =
| released = September 22, 1992 (US)
December 7, 1992 (UK){{cite magazine|title=New Releases: Albums|magazine=Music Week|page=16|date=5 December 1992}}
| recorded = 1977–1992
| venue =
| studio =
| genre =
- Rock
- hard rock
- pop metal{{cite magazine |last= Blender Staff |first= |date= May 2003 |title= 500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die! |url= https://archive.org/details/blender-2003-04-15-eminem-c/page/n59/mode/2up |magazine= Blender |location= New York |publisher= Dennis Publishing Ltd |access-date= April 1, 2023}}
| length = 73:10
| label = Atlantic[http://www.discogs.com/Foreigner-The-Very-BestAnd-Beyond/release/1104563 Discography site] Retrieved August 14, 2011
| producer = {{hlist|Duane Baron|John Purdell|Mick Jones|Lou Gramm|Robert John "Mutt" Lange|Keith Olsen|Ian McDonald|Alex Sadkin|Frank Filipetti|Roy Thomas Baker|John Sinclair|Gary Lyons}}
| prev_title = Unusual Heat
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = Best of Live
| next_year = 1993
| misc = {{Singles
| name =
The Very Best ... and Beyond
| type = greatest
| single1 = With Heaven on Our Side
| single1date = 1992
| single2 = Soul Doctor
| single2date = 1992
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} {{AllMusic | class=album | id=the-very-bestand-beyond-mw0000086950 | title=Foreigner: The Very Best...And Beyond | first=Mike | last=DeGagne | accessdate=April 29, 2020}}
| rev2 =
| rev2Score =
}}
The Very Best ... and Beyond is a primarily American greatest hits album by the British-American rock band Foreigner released on September 22, 1992 by Atlantic Records.[http://allmusic.com/album/the-very-bestand-beyond-r59919 Allmusic review] Retrieved August 14, 2011 The collection spans the band's history from 1977 through 1987, and includes three new tracks recorded in 1992. The compilation skips over the period in the early 1990s when original lead singer Lou Gramm had left the band, omitting any songs from the 1991 album Unusual Heat.
Earlier in 1992, a compilation titled The Very Best of Foreigner, with a different tracklist, was released in the United Kingdom and Europe. The Very Best ... and Beyond was eventually also released in the United Kingdom on December 7, 1992.
Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline =
| extra_column = Original album
| total_length = 73:10
| title1 = Soul Doctor
| writer1 = Mick Jones, Lou Gramm
| extra1 = Newly released, 1992
| length1 = 4:51
| title2 = Prisoner of Love
| writer2 = Jones, Gramm
| extra2 = Newly released
| length2 = 5:15
| title3 = With Heaven on Our Side
| writer3 = Jones, Gramm, Johnny Edwards, Parthenon Huxley, Steve Schiff
| extra3 = Newly released
| length3 = 5:16
| title4 = Juke Box Hero
| writer4 = Gramm, Jones
| extra4 = 4, 1981
| length4 = 4:19
| title5 = Hot Blooded
| writer5 = Gramm, Jones
| extra5 = Double Vision, 1978
| length5 = 4:24
| title6 = Cold as Ice
| writer6 = Jones, Gramm
| extra6 = Foreigner, 1977
| length6 = 3:20
| title7 = Head Games
| writer7 = Gramm, Jones
| extra7 = Head Games, 1979
| length7 = 3:37 {{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Foreigner-Head-Games/release/9819044|title=Foreigner – Head Games (1979, Vinyl)|website=Discogs}}
| title8 = Waiting for a Girl Like You
| writer8 = Jones, Gramm
| extra8 = 4
| length8 = 4:50
| title9 = Urgent
| writer9 = Jones
| extra9 = 4
| length9 = 4:29
| title10 = Double Vision
| writer10 = Jones, Gramm
| extra10 = Double Vision
| length10 = 3:43
| title11 = I Want to Know What Love Is
| writer11 = Jones
| extra11 = Agent Provocateur, 1984
| length11 = 5:03
| title12 = Say You Will
| writer12 = Jones, Gramm
| extra12 = Inside Information, 1987
| length12 = 4:11
| title13 = That Was Yesterday
| writer13 = Jones, Gramm
| extra13 = Agent Provocateur
| length13 = 3:46
| title14 = I Don't Want to Live Without You
| writer14 = Jones
| extra14 = Inside Information
| length14 = 4:53
| title15 = Rev on the Red Line
| writer15 = Al Greenwood, Gramm
| extra15 = Head Games
| length15 = 3:34
| title16 = Dirty White Boy
| writer16 = Jones, Gramm
| extra16 = Head Games
| length16 = 3:38
| title17 = Feels Like the First Time
| writer17 = Jones
| extra17 = Foreigner
| length17 = 3:51
}}
Personnel
- Lou Gramm – vocals, percussion
- Mick Jones – guitars, acoustic guitar, bass, piano, keyboards, background vocals
- Ed Gagliardi – bass and background vocals on 5–6, 10, 17
- Rick Wills – bass and background vocals on 4, 7–9, 11–16
- Bruce Turgon – bass, background vocals on 1-3
- Ian McDonald – guitar, horn, keyboards, background vocals on 5–7, 10, 15–17
- Al Greenwood – synthesizer, keyboards on 5–7, 10, 15–17
- Jeff Jacobs – synthesizer, keyboards, background vocals on 1-3
- Dennis Elliott – drums on 4–17
- Mark Schulman – drums, background vocals on 1-3
- Robin Zander – background vocals on 1-3
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (1992)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{cite web|url=https://imgur.com/a/jMukUUB | title=Foreigner ARIA chart history|publisher=ARIA|via=Imgur.com|access-date=20 July 2024}} N.B. The High Point number in the NAT column represents the release's peak on the national chart.
|align="center"| 185 |
| {{album chart|Austria|34|artist=Foreigner|album=The Very Best Of Foreigner|rowheader=true|access-date=10 May 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Netherlands|2|artist=Foreigner|album=The Very Best Of Foreigner|rowheader=true|access-date=10 May 2023}} |
| scope="row"| Finnish Albums (The Official Finnish Charts){{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972|edition=1st|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|year=2006|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5 | language= fi}}
| align="center"| 13 |
| {{album chart|Germany4|23|artist=Foreigner|album=The Very Best Of Foreigner|id=1395|rowheader=true|access-date=10 May 2023}} |
| scope="row"|Japanese Albums (Oricon){{cite book|title=Oricon Album Chart Book: Complete Edition 1970–2005|publisher=Oricon Entertainment|location=Roppongi, Tokyo|year=2006|isbn=4-87131-077-9|language=ja}}
| align="center"| 98 |
| {{album chart|New Zealand|49|artist=Foreigner|album=The Very Best... And Beyond|rowheader=true|access-date=10 May 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Switzerland|20|artist=Foreigner|album=The Very Best Of Foreigner|rowheader=true|access-date=10 May 2023}} |
| {{album chart|UK2|19|date=19920510|rowheader=true|access-date=10 May 2023}} |
| {{album chart|Billboard200|123|artist=Foreigner|rowheader=true|access-date=10 May 2023}} |
Certifications
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{{certification Table Entry|region=Australia|type=album|award=Gold|title=The Very Best of|artist=Foreigner|certyear=1996|access-date=November 28, 2021}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=France|type=album|award=Gold|title=The Very Best of|artist=Foreigner|certyear=1996}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Switzerland|type=album|award=Gold|title=The Very Best of and Beyond|artist=Foreigner|relyear=1992}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=United Kingdom|type=album|award=Gold|title=The Very Best of and Beyond|artist=Foreigner|id=10759-1236-2|access-date=1 May 2021|certyear=2013}}
{{certification Table Entry|region=United States|type=album|award=Platinum|number=2|title=The Very Best and Beyond|artist=Foreigner}}
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References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- [http://www.foreigneronline.com/music.html?dd_id=29 Official Foreigner's website]
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Category:Foreigner (band) albums
Category:1992 greatest hits albums