Foreigner (Cat Stevens album)

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Foreigner is the seventh studio album released by British singer-songwriter Cat Stevens in July 1973. In addition to the minor hit "The Hurt", which received a moderate amount of airplay, Foreigner also included such songs as "100 I Dream" and the 18-minute-long "Foreigner Suite", which took up the entirety of side one. It is the first album written and produced solely by Stevens. It was mostly recorded in Jamaica using a brand new musical group, except for Jean Roussel on keys. The title comes from the feeling of being "a bit of an outsider" to R&B and soul music, Foreigner's genres, as well as Stevens's experience living in Brazil as a tax exile. Although Foreigner sold well, with the album reaching No. 3 on both sides of the Atlantic, it was not favorably reviewed, and its release was not followed by a tour. In Canada, the album was ranked at number 100 for its first three weeks before jumping to number 48. It reached its peak of number 5 in the ninth week.

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