Mr. Moonlight (album)

Mr. Moonlight
Studio album by
Foreigner
ReleasedOctober 24, 1994[1]
Recorded1993–1994
Studio
Pre-production - EH Recording Studio, Owned and operated by John Jackson
  • Criteria Studios (Miami, Florida)
  • Emerald Studios (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Bearsville Studios (Bearsville, New York)
  • Utopia Studios (Lake Hill, New York)
  • Soundtrack Studios (New York, New York)
  • Track Record Studios (North Hollywood, California)
  • Studio 4 (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Genre
Length54:17
LabelArista
Producer
Foreigner chronology
Best of Live
(1993) 		Mr. Moonlight
(1994) 		Complete Greatest Hits
(2002)
Singles from Mr. Moonlight
  1. "White Lie"
    Released: October 1994
  2. "Until the End of Time"
    Released: March 1995[2]
  3. "All I Need to Know"
    Released: 1995 (Can.)
  4. "Rain"
    Released: 1995 (Ger.)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Rolling Stone[4]

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 Inside Information (1987) and the last to feature original lead singer Lou Gramm. Prior to starting work on Mr. Moonlight, he was the lead vocalist on three newly recorded tracks from Foreigner's compilation The Very Best ... and Beyond (1992). Mr. Moonlight 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,[5] and ranked as Foreigner's worst-selling studio album.

  1. ^ "Mr Moonlight".
  2. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1995). The Great Rock Discography. ISBN 9780862415419.
  3. ^ Parisien, Roch. Foreigner: "Mr. Moonlight" > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 9 January 2017.
  4. ^ Evans, Paul (2004). "Foreigner". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (Completely Revised and Updated 4th ed.). New York: Fireside. p. 307. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  5. ^ Cite error: The named reference US Billboard 200 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).