The making of Foreigner's '4': How Mutt Lange and the band created an AOR masterpiece that defined 80s rock
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Neil Jeffries
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A detailed retrospective on the making of Foreigner's landmark 1981 album "4," which along with Journey defined early 80s AOR music. The article covers the grueling, expensive recording process with producer Robert John 'Mutt' Lange at Electric Lady Studios in New York, including the famous anecdote about Duran Duran's Simon Le Bon joking about competing for the prize of most studio time and money spent. The piece explores how the album became a mega-selling AOR masterpiece that helped shape 80s rock music.
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· 3 pulledDuran Duran's Simon Le Bon came up to me and said, 'I hear we're in the running for the prize for spending the most time and money in a studio!'
Six months into the endless, ever-expanding time frame that was the making of Foreigner's fourth album, producer Robert John 'Mutt' Lange decided he needed a break.
Along with Journey, Anglo-American superstars Foreigner defined early 80s AOR music thanks to 1981's mega-selling 4 album.
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