Foreigner: 4
Gene Sculatti, Creem, October 1981
This is what? These guys second or third LP since Mick Jones publicly declared Fgner aint dinosaurs and that they were really starting to get, er involved with "the new music scene." Not that the fabled yob squad behind Hot Blooded had gone punk, mind you, but the guys didnt want to be left holding the dry ice in case New Wave did happen to seize the day.
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