| "Love On The Telephone" | ||||
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| Single by Foreigner | ||||
| from the album Head Games | ||||
| B-side | "Women" | |||
| Released | 1980 | |||
| Recorded | early 1979 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Length | 3:18 | |||
| Label | Atlantic | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Lou Gramm, Mick Jones | |||
| Producer(s) | Roy Thomas Baker, Mick Jones, Ian McDonald | |||
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"Love on the Telephone" was the third single from the third album, Head Games by the band, Foreigner. The song was written by Lou Gramm & Mick Jones, and released as a single in Europe. It reached No. 34 in the Netherlands.[1] The song's b-side, "Women" was chosen as the next single for the American market.
Johnson City Press arts writer Elaine Cloud Goller described "Love on the Telephone" as a "road-weary rock and roller's lament."[2]
Pete Bishop of The Pittsburgh Press praised the song for its melody, full arrangement and muscle.[3] El Diario del Centro del País praised the song as a great example of classic rock.[4] Evening Post critic Dave Murray praised Gramm's lead vocal performance.[5] Daily Republican Register critic Mike Bishop said that "Love on the Telephone" is "a fairly good rocker" and said that lead singer Gramm sounds a lot like Bad Company lead singer Paul Rodgers, Al Greenwood's keyboards sound a lot like Styx and that the song's chord progression is very similar to that of Foreigner's earlier song "Cold as Ice."[6] Morning Call critic Alan Janesch felt that lyric saying that the "line's engaged" was lifted from the Beatles' "You Won't See Me."[7]
During Foreigner's 1981 tour supporting 4 "Love on the Telephone" generally served as the first song of the encore, followed by "Hot Blooded" and "Headknocker."[2]
References
- ↑ "Foreigner - Love on the Telephone". Hung Medien. Retrieved 2012-05-24.
- 1 2 Goller, Elaine Cloud (September 26, 1981). "A 'Hot Blooded' show..." Johnson City Press. p. 5. Retrieved 2022-06-18 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ Bishop, P. (October 7, 1979). "Foreigner Rolls into Crossroads". The Pittsburgh Press. p. 79. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
- ↑ Ghezzi, A. (January 3, 2012). "Los cien mejores discos de los '70". El Diario del Centro del País. Archived from the original on May 21, 2014. Retrieved 2012-05-25.
- ↑ Murray, Dave (November 3, 1979). "Albums". Evening Post. p. 10. Retrieved 2022-06-18 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ Bishop, Mike (November 16, 1979). "Platter Chatter". Daily Republican Register. p. 6. Retrieved 2022-06-18 – via newspapers.com.
- ↑ Janesch, Alan (November 10, 1979). "Foreigner: Head Games". Morning Call. p. 46. Retrieved 2022-06-18 – via newspapers.com.