The Anthrology for the serious classic rock fan

This two CD, 39 song Foreigner anthology is the best Foreigner compilation set to date. Foreigner was one of the biggest, and best rock n' roll acts of the 1970-80's, and "Jukebox Heroes" is an excellent set for any Foreigner or classic rock fan. There is an excellent booklet that comes with the set, chronicling Foreigner's rise to the top and providing the stories behind each of the songs. If you love Foreigner, or if you love classic rock, "Jukebox Heroes" will be right up your alley.

Great Double-Disc Set Of Foreigner

JUKEBOX HEROES: THE FOREIGNER ANTHOLOGY is a great double-disc set of material by Foreigner, and it also contains Lou Gramm's and Mick Jones's solo work, as well as two songs Jones did with Spooky Tooth. However, "Break It Up" is an edited version, so you might want to get the first five Foreigner studio albums in addition. That said, this is the ultimate Foreigner anthology.

The most complete Foreigner hits package out there

Though every other domestic Foreigner hits compilation is single disc, this is actually a two-disc one. With its vast selection of tracks, it certainly lives up to its "anthology" title. Read on and you shall see the pros and cons of this compilation.

First of all, the pros. THIS IS THE MOST COMPLETE FOREIGNER COMPILATION OUT THERE, PERIOD. Headknocker, Starrider, and At War With The World, three of my favorite Foreigner songs that were never hits, CAN BE FOUND HERE! Every one of the band's big hits can be found here (Feels Like The First Time, Cold As Ice, Long Long Way From Home, Double Vision, Blue Morning Blue Day, Hot Blooded, Dirty White Boy, Head Games, Urgent, Juke Box Hero, Waiting For A Girl Like You, and I Want To Know What Love Is.) All these hits are in original release order. If you're a casual fan and you want more than single disc compilations offer, but don't want to get all of the band's albums, this probably won't fail to please.

Sadly, this anthology ain't perfect. The title is somewhat deceiving. It's called the FOREIGNER anthology, and yet we get some Lou Gramm solo tracks and some Spooky Tooth (the band Mick Jones was in previously) tracks. These aren't bad songs, but they don't belong in a Foreigner anthology. Likewise, there is WAY TOO MUCH emphasis on the band's post-4 material. Foreigner, like Chicago, had become somewhat of a "predictable ballad machine" by the tame the eighties rolled around. But the biggest flaw of all? MANY TRACKS ARE EDITS! Why not just ditch the Spooky Tooth and Lou Gramm solo tracks and put on the full-length versions? Is that so much to ask?

This is a good anthology overall, but if you're a casual fan and nothing more, the single-disc Complete Greatest Hits compilation will probably be enough. But if it isn't, shell out the extra cash for this, and you probably won't regret it.