STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - FOREIGNER - HEAD GAMES

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Good morning record enthusiasts and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we celebrate the 68th Birthday of founding member and former Foreigner keyboardist, Al Greenwood. Happy Birthday Al ! To commemorate the date, we turn our collective ear towards their third studio album, Head Games. Head Games was released September 10, 1979 on the Atlantic label and produced by  Roy Thomas Baker , along with bandmembers Mick Jones and Ian McDonald. The 5X Platinum album peaked at #5 in both America and Canada are spawned 5 singles as noted below (*) :

1. "Dirty White Boy" Mick Jones, Lou Gramm 3:38 (*) (#14 Canada, #12 Hot 100)

2. "Love on the Telephone" Jones, Gramm 3:18 (*) (#34 Netherlands)

3. "Women" Jones 3:24 (*) (#41 Hot 100)

4. "I'll Get Even with You" Jones 3:40 (*) (failed to chart) 

5. "Seventeen" Jones, Gramm 4:36

Side two

6. "Head Games" Gramm, Jones 3:37 (*) (#14 Canada, #14 Hot 100, #12 Cash Box)

7. "The Modern Day" Jones 3:26

8. "Blinded by Science" Jones 4:55

9. "Do What You Like" Ian McDonald, Gramm 3:59

10. "Rev on the Red Line" Al Greenwood, Gramm 3:35

The LP marks the last Foreigner record for both Greenwood and Ian McDonald.