Lou came in and sang them very professionally.” “I called Lou up and said it's pretty stupid to end such a great career like this.'Įven as they decided to return to the studio and make another album, Jones recognized that the dynamic had changed. 'The band was on shaky ground, and for one day we did actually break up,” Jones admitted to Rock Express, explaining Foreigner’s tenuous situation after touring behind 1984's Agent Provocateur. In some ways, it was a miracle Inside Information ever got recorded. 'When I finished that I was ready to start recording our album,” he said during the conversation with Kerrang! “It was the first time I'd produced outside of Foreigner and the energy and speed with which it was done turned me around.' Jones also gained fresh inspiration as a result of working on Van Halen’s 5150. The same template was in place for other songs on the album, including the opener, “ Heart Turns to Stone,” and the title track. “ Say You Will,” the first single from Inside Information, had a rock edge, but also embraced a very pop and keyboard-heavy feel. At that point, things seemed more in their control than ours.”

“I think the slower songs tended to take prominence in those years, probably because of the radio situation at the time. “Our ratio of ballads to rockers had never really changed,” he explained in the liner notes for 2000’s Jukebox Heroes compilation. Though Inside Information was armed to continue Foreigner's string of ballad-based hits, Jones claimed the band's formula wasn't modified. Though vocalist Lou Gramm targeted collaborator Mick Jones as the culprit, the guitarist insisted he wasn’t the one to blame, instead pointing the finger at radio programmers who pushed softer tunes onto the listening public.

This stylistic direction caused enormous tension within the group.

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