Agent Provocateur (Album)

Agent Provocateur (French for " Provocative Agent " ) is the fifth studio album by the American-British rock band Foreigner. It was released on December 7, 1984 by their record label Atlantic Records.

Background

The concept album tells the story of a spy who can see through the life inside and outside of man. It was the first number-one album of the band in the UK. In the U.S., the album only reached fourth place. Compared to the previous records from the year 1982, the sales of this album were worse, but the album contained the successful single of the band, I Want to Know What Love Is, which was only in the UK and the U.S. Foreigners number -one hit. The second single, That Was Yesterday in the U.S. reached 12th place in the UK, the album was certified platinum in the U.S. and even triple platinum.

Title list

Contributors

• Dennis Elliott - drums, vocals
• Lou Gramm - percussion, vocals
• Mick Jones - guitar, keyboards, backing vocals, other instruments
• Rick Wills - bass, backing vocals
• Wally Badarou - analog synthesizers, digital synthesizers
• Tom Bailey - Vocals
• Brian Eddolls - Synthesizer
• Larry Fast - synthesizer
• Don Harper - vocals
• Jennifer Holliday - Vocals
• Dave Lebolt - Synthesizer
• Ian Lloyd - vocals, background vocals
• Bob Mayo - synthesizer, piano, backing vocals
• Mark Rivera - saxophone, background vocals
• Jack Waldman - Synthesizer

Production

• Producers: Mick Jones, Alex Sadkin
• Toningeneure: Josh Abbey, Larry Alexander, Joe Ferla, Frank Filipetti, Howie Lindeman
• Assistant: Bobby Cohen, Tim Crich, Scott Mabuchi
• Remastering: Ted Jensen
• Photographs: Bob Defrin
• Design: Bob Defrin

Charts

Album

Singles