Hands down Cold as Ice and Jukebox Hero are the two best songs. I admire the band's ability to fuse rhythmic piano parts with hard rock guitar lines. unlike bands like Aerosmith and The Rolling Stones, who base their songs off of one guitar or bass riff, Foreigner bases their songs off of a piano riff, and it's good to hear the keyboard getting it's due awesome in a world currently dominated by bass beats.
The band is obviously influenced by blues music, as heard very plainly in "Women." If I had to guess, I would say the Doors also impacted the band's sound, because like the doors, they often use a quickly repeating guitar line during the refrain.
Foreigner also makes good use of the rhythm guitar, see "Hot Blooded." Two guitars has never hurt a band.
All this banter is just making the article longer so I feel like I've looked into the origins of the band deeper than I have, Essentially, if you don't know what Foreigner is, you should buy an album right away, because they rock.
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